Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1892-07-22
CONGRESSIONAL MATTERS.
Important Decision on Appeal Of State Of
California From the Action of
the Land Commissioner.

Senator Kyle has introduced resolu-
ton providing for an investigation rela-
tive TO the slums of cities. This was
adopted.
The conference report on the river and
harbor bill has been agreed to, and a
concurrent resolution for a final adiourn-
ment July 20 was offered by Senator Al
drich and referred to the Committee on
Appropriations.
General Schofeld has received tele-
gram General Brooke, in which he states
he has turned over the Wolcott party to
the State authorities OF Wyoming for
trial. This puts an end, so far as the
military authorities are concerned, to the
"rustler" troubles.
The Senate bill to increase the PEN
sions OF those who lost limbs in the serv-
ice OF the United States, and which will
add 100000 to the pension charge, has
been passed by the Senate, while the
House bill to pension the survivors OF
the Indian wars was, after the provisions
were considerably extended, recommit-
ted to the Committee On Pensions.
The conference on the naval bill has
finally been agreed to, the house accept
ing the Senate amendments appropriate
ing in the aggregate about $66, 900 and
the Senate receding from all further
amendments except one providing for the
construction of one sea-going coast bat
tie ship OF 1900 tons, which, with an
armored cruiser of 5000 tons provided
for in the House bill, will constitute all
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appropriation is made for battle ship,
the bill az it passed the House is only
increased $4,000.
The Senate Committee on Appropria-
tions has finished its consideration OF the
sundry civil bill and reported it to the
Senate. The amount of the appropria.
tions made by the bill is $36, 6,797, ,S16
that being an increase over the bill as il
passed the House OF $11, ,574,816. There
is an appropriation of $5, 100000 in aid
OF the Worlds Fair, and no requirement
as reported to the senate that the
Worlds Fair shall not be kept open or
Sunday. The requirement is that gov
ernment exhibits shall not be kept or
exhibition on that day.
| Secretary Noble has rendered an i'm
portant decision on the appeal of the
State of California from the action of the
Commissioner of the general land offic'
in respect to certain applications mad,
by the State to select indemnity schoo
lands in lieu of townships made frac
tional by the existence of damp and over
flowed lands. The Secretary holds tina
the State has no valid right to select in
demnity for school lands, using swami
lands as basis, for the reason that th,
swamp sections went to the State unde
the swamp-land act. He further hold
lat the act of February 2S, 1891, amend
i ig Sections 2275 and 2276 of the Revisec
Statutes does not authorize new or fu
ture selections in California on the basi
of Sections Is and SO when they ar
swamp in character, nor did this amend
ment give the State any rights it did no
previously possess under former statutes
For this reason he affirms the Commis
sioner's decision. About 10, ,000, 600 acre
of land are involved in the case, whicl
has been pending before the department
for several years.