Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-05-17
FROM WASHINGTON.
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His Sentence.
WASHINGTON, May Is. - The
House committee on Pacific rail-
roads has finally decided TO report
favOrably to the House the Pacific
railroad funding bill which il had
under consideration several months.
The bill reported will be a substitute
for the Vandever bill, but this sub
stitute is really the bill reported by
the Senate committee, amended in
some respects. The votes on report
ing the bill are seven TO four. One
member RETAINED from casting his
vote on the ground that he was not
fully informed upon the subject. a
minority report will also be pre-
sented.
MUST RETURN To CHINA.
AS result Of correspondence be-
tween the Department Of Justice
and the Treasury 1t has been de-
cided to send back to China the
twenty-one Cinnamon struggled
into this country from Mexico and
now in custody at San Diego, Cali
fornia- They will he transferred TO
San Francisco and placed on the
first steamer sailing for China. This
action is taken on the theory that Il
is cheaper and better.fOr the govern
ment to bear the expense OF their
return 10 China than 10 send them
back into Mexico and run the chance
Of having TO rearrest them and send
them hack indefinitely.
M'cALLA SENTENCED.
The action of the Secretary Of the
Navy in the case Of Commander
McCalla, late commander Of the En-
terprtse, was made public today.
The court found him guilty on all
the charges, and sentenced him to
be suspended from rank and duty
for three years, and 10 retain his
present number on the list Of COM
manders while so suspended. The
action Ofthe Department Is embodied
in n general order issued by the Sec
retary this afternoon approving the !
sentence.
THE FARMERS ALLIANCE.
The hearing OF the Farmers Ali
ance representative was continued |
by the ways and means committee
this afternoon, Mr.. Livingston, the |
national lecturer Of the organization,
taking up the argument. He quoted |
President Lincoln's prophecy, that |
corporations would be enthroned;
that the property Of the country
would be concentrated, and the re
public itself Overthrown, as others |
had been. One-tYentieth Of the
people owned three fifths Of the |
property. Ii Congress refused |
TO approve the sub-treasury plan,
then let it remove the re- |
striction, hedging in the national |
banking system. The farmers |
would care nothing about trusts and |
combinations and concentration Of |
money If they could hold their CROPS
in sub-treasuries and were not COM
PEELED, as ut present, 10 sell them at
stated times. 1t would be godsend |
TO the country 10 pass the sub-treas-
ury bill for the reason III for no
other) that there would not be a
bucket-shop left in the United
States. The day Of speculation in
crops would be done away with and
the producer and consumer be
brought together. Sixteen millions
would build all the warehouses the
Alliance wanted. What good were
river and harbor improvements to
the debt-ridden, oppressed farmer?
in conclusion, he said If the COM
mittee thought a landed basis best;
II they could not accept crop basis,
let them put in the bill. Do some
thing TO relieve the farmers. Don't
make It question of tariff-or Of poll
tics, but let the bill stand on its
merits.