The morning call., 1891-02-08
STAMFORD AND
The ALLIANCE.
The Senator IndulgeS in PTeSi-
Dental Aspirations.
4 Bill TO Prevent Aliens From Taking Up
Public Lands.
EOrrOW Makes Record as the Lightning
Pension MaHipulatOf" = The
Pacific Cable Bill.
Special TO THE MoKNINe CALL.

WASHINGTON. Feb. THE California
Press correspondent is positively informed
that a conference between the Presidents of
the Farmers Alliance Of two prominent
States and Senator Stanford was held at the
latter's residence to-day. The Senator took
great pains to explain his bill to them and
they seemed completely charmed with the
picture he drew of the flush times its enact
ment would bring. Senator Stanford hears
his name mentioned continually as candi-
date for the Presidency, and although he has
been interviewed several times and each
time denied that he was f. candidate, he does
not attempt to deprecate any attempts of
the Farmers Alliance or anybody else to
boom him for the Presidency.
SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLATTERY.
Tie truth about the matter is, it ticlles
Senator Stanford immensely to even hear
his name mentioned in connection with the
Presidency. 1t pleases him only too well if
he can induce anyone to listen to his argu-
ments In favor OF his land loan bill. His
secretaries are engaged in sending copies of
his recent speech" on this subject, far and
wide. 1t is reported here among ous circle
of Californians, that Associate Justice Field
regards Stanford's nomination as one of the
probabilities. Field thinks his nomination
. by the Alliance would force the Republi-
cans to accept him as their own candidate,
ard this, by the way. is Senator STAN
ford's Own theory, if his intimate friends are
right
CURTIS AND STANFORD.
Edward Curtis OF San Francisco is a
shrewd man, as CalIfornians all know, and
there is n good deal of speculation AS to
what relation Curtis bears to Stanford.
Curtis is simply kind of henchman" " of
the Senator For instance, Curtis waddles
and puffs up and down town. through the
hotels, down Newspaper row, and through
the Capitol corridors, and sees what he can
see and hears what he can hear, all Of which
is faithfully reported to his chief. Curtis
feels the public pulse. as it were. and keeps
a weather eye on the Farmers Alliance
Headquarters of this city. In short, Curtis
is natural-born quidnunc, and is useful to
Stanford in many ways. While the ALL
anee Convention was in session in this city
Curtis did the gaslight act; he showed
them all the sights and "set 'em up hand
some" with Senator Stanford's money.
CLEVELAND's NAME Is DENNIS.
While on this topic your correspondent
will give THE CALLS Sunday readers the
opinion OF Democratic Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court in regard to Cleveland's
prospects for the Democratic nomination in
1892. This Judge cast aside the ermine long
enough to say that, in his opinion, Grover
Cleveland'S name was dennis" 50 far as
the Presidency in 1892 was concerned He
thinks the South will not be unanimous for
Cleveland by any means, and his views on
the silver question Will ruin him in the \ oTth-
west and far Western States.
ALIEN LAND HOLDERS.
General Vaudever will on Monday intro
duce a bill entitled An act to prohibit IN
naturalized persons from making final proof
or obtaining title TO any of the public lands
under any existing land laws. The bill pro-
vides that no person who is not native
born or naturalzed citizen of the United
States shall be permitted to file upon or
make final proof, or in any manner obtain
title under any of the existing laws to any
of the public lands in any State or Terri
tory. His attention was directed especially
to this matter a few days ago by receiving
letter from Judge ID. ii. BudlOng OF Nisala,
who stated that during the last year three
fOurths Of the proofs submitted III the Land
Office at Visalia were by Italians and POrtu-
guese and other aliens, who have only do
clared their intention TO become citizens,
and acquire title under the pre-emptlOn and
other laws without becoming citizens. The
only case requiring full citizenship is final
homestead proof. In the Yisalia District all
the springs and running waters are being
taken up Systematically by aliens, and the
other land IS only fl, for grazing, and having
nO.water is forced to be left for the benefit
Of the cattle and sheep owned by the aliens
who have possession of the water supply.
UNDESIRABLE IMMIGRANTS.
The letter was referred to Land Commits
sioner Croft, who said to California Asso-
ciated Press representative to-day that
during the last four months he had been in
formed that in all the Pacific Coast land
districts aliens have been taking up lands
much more rapidly than before, and in his
Judgment the public lands were now
scarcely large enough for all real American
citizens, and would soon he exhausted. He
thought that home-seekiug citizens should
be protected and the law so changed that
aliens would not be placed OH an equal foot
ing practically with citizens. He has an
swered BGdlong'S letter, in which he takes
this positi Il.
General Vandever said tonight that the
late arrivals of Italians in Southern Calfor-
mia and all along the coast to some extent
were as obnoxious as the Chinese, and he
would do all in his power to protect the cit-
zers from this species of importation. The
other California members also have re-
GElNtu ltlltIS OU Lllt sdLle suUJeCl, anu uIE-
ing their action.
PaysOn, Chairman of the House Commit
tee on Public Lands, said to-day that the
chances for the bill passing this session
were not of the BEST owing to the great
rush on the hOmestretch, but he was quite
positive the committee would report it IA
vorably without loss of time when, If it
was diligently watched, 1t would be forced
through the House.
MoREoW's RECORD.
Friday evening is always set aside as
pension night" and about fifty or sixty
members usually assemble in the House
chamber, each with his own little batch of
private pension bills, and then commences
an interesting scramble for recognition.
Morrow was placed in the chair last night
and to-day he is called the lightning PEN
sion manlpulator." Before 10 o'clock the
House had passed 1l0 bills, an unprece-
dented number for that length of time.
TIE PACIFIC CABLE BILL.
Representative Morrow says that the Com
nitee on Foreign Relations has been prom
ised the next morning hour" in the House.
and one Of the bills lie will call up will be
the Chinese exclusion measure.
He says the Trans-Pacifc Cable Bill will
undr ubiedly be reported favorably in day
or two, aud IL will also be one of the meas
ures he will call up on that day.
Senator D0lph said tonight that the Com
mittee on Appropriations would very soon
take up the bill reported by the Committee
on Foreign Relations, which places in the
hands Of the President 5000, 600, to be used
by nm TO secure tie construction OF Pa
eihc cable. Some of the Senators have been
heard u express themselves on the subject.
and 1t Is thought now that it will receive
the much-farned consideration from them
that at hrst seemed improbable. The COM
mlttee viii not take final action in the mat
ter until the Sundry Civil Bill from the
House reaches the Senate. They will then
take It up in earnest, and should it be passed
upon favorably 1t will become part OF that
bill.
THE MINER AFFAIR.
Representative McKenna has received a
number OF messages from California con-