The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-09
THE WEEKLY SPECIAL
The Latest Gossip at the Ma
tiOnal Capital.
REFU rATION OLA BASE CHARGE
The Republican Tariff easure-A
Foreign Envoy Lost-Other
NeWsy Notes.

very cute attempt was made here on
Friday to damage the Democratic
party on the Pacific Coast by showing
that it was in the lead in caring for the
temporal interests of John Chinaman.
A speedy denial, however, knocked the
silly little canard before it had time to
travel very far. The story was as fol-
lows: Assistant Commissioner Ander-
son, of the General Land Office, has
just rendered decision that may eat
up all the remaining public lands on
the Pacific Coast. A Chinaman named
Sam Ling entered $50 acres OF land in
Wyoming under the timber culture
act. The local land agent refused to
issue the certificate of entry because
the applicant was Chinaman. The
Nor golian appealed and the Land
Office has decided in his favor, the
statute reading, "No distinction shall
be made in the construction or eXecu-
ton of these laws on account of race or
color" The Celestials will probably
make a raid on the public lands as
soon as they learn of the decision. !"
The reply was not long in coming
but in the meantime there was good
deal of excitement in political circles
anent the publica ton. On the follow
ing day the same paper (Which pre-
tends independence in politics, but
which is an out and out advocate of
Harrison) made public the following
meek denial, in response to very Wig
orous demand from the Interior Depart
ment: Commissioner Stockslager de-
MED yesterday afternoon that the Cen
eral Land Office had made a decision
admitting the right of naturaliz d
Cinnamon to make homestead, pre-
emption or timber-culture entries.
The facts as published were en-
tirely erroneous, AS matter of
fact, the law comforting those benefits
gives it only to citizens, or those who
have declared their intention to be-
come such, and as section 2169 of the
Revised Statutes prohibits the naturali-
cation of Cinnamon, they cannot avail
themselves of the homestead and other
land granting acts. An application
has been received from Chinaman in
Wyoming to make a timber culture
entry, but no decision has yet been
made in the case. This is presumably
the foundation of the story"
Now that we are on the Chinese
question l am reminded of Representa-
tive
PERRY BELMoNT's LITTLE
joke which he fred off On Saturday
Mr.. Belmont is chairman of the House
committee on foreign affairs, and when
the news was received informing the
country that China had refused to
ratify the treaty with the United
States number of newspaper men
sought him out.
Have you any reason to give why
China would not ratify?" asked one of
the scribes.
"Well, yes;" hesitatingly responded
the Congressman. They believe they
can scare q more favorable one from !
their friend-Mr. Harrison"
Members of the House, when other
occupation is not easily TO be had hav
again fallen into the
uAR1T OF ARISING soMEBoDY.
It does not make very much differ
ence who that somebody is or what he
may or may not have done; all that
the id e mem Der wants is nothing more |
than an opportunity to be abusive.
The unfortunate person on whom the
anathema of this session seems
to be showered is Architect Smith
never, of the Congressional Library,
and up to the present time
he seems to have received considerably
more than bis share. The attack on
the library building, the architect and
the commission in charge of construc-
ton was renewed last week, and terms
we're applied to Mr.. Smithmeyer which
would never have been used had 1t not
been that the ranters were shielded by
the projecting power Vi Iuo hOuSe.
judge Payson, of Illinois, who is as a
rule pretty cool man, allowed his
snimus to overcome his reason and
when he concluded. repeating the
charges of ineficiency and extrava-
gauce that had been poured in his ear
by interested but defeated architects,
he was followed by Ex-Governor Cas-
well, of Wisconsin, who also had been
imposed upon by
MR.. sMITHMEYER' sPRoFEssIoNAL ENEMIES
A very small minority of the mem
bers still Insist that the building which
is destined to contain the greatest
the world ever saw should be
completed for sum but little larger
than the one they demanded for the
erection of a public building in their
district.
The Republican Senatorial caucus,
which was held here a few evenings
since, was by no means harmonious;
in fact, it was decidedly noisy and
more than ordinarily disjointed. II
was held at Senator Edmunds' house,
which is on the edge of the city limits,
and there, for four hours, the grave and
reverend legislators