Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-20
FROM THE CAPITAL.
TIE CHINESE EXCLUSION Law tx.
TENDED.
Tie Third Party National Conference. --
Caucus ON Sllyer.-Olher
Items.
Erotosi Against she Incorporation of
Yellowstone park company.

rrotos, Against she Incorporation Of
Yellowstone pRrk company.
WAWuSuTON, FEB. l0.-Secrotary
Noble has sent to the Senate commit
Tee ON Territories a vigorous pTltts.
agnlust The passage uf the hill Ito 10.
CurpOmto the Yellow tone Park Com.
pauy," the corporations OF which arc u
be Charles Gibson, John II. Perry, Ui
Missouri, Thomas Lowry aud james
w. Raymond, Of Minnesota. The bill
provides that the mcOrpOratOrs aud
their successors shall have perpetual
succession and are authorized to ace
quire anu operate hotels and secure
other privilege. rhoge Is granted to
tho company for twenty years the use
% ten acres OF ground ut each ~ the
following localities In the Parks the
Mammoth Hot Springs, tho Noffis
Geyser basin, the Lower 0eyscr hnsiu,
the Fountain Gpysct basin, the Upper
GCyser hssln, the Grand Canyon,
Lower Yellowstone Lake, aud the west
bay Of Yellowstone Lake, ior the use Of
each Of which the company agrees to
rny tho government $50 por annum,
which IL ~ be- IN lieu OF all iaNe-, and
I'm each locality the company TO keep
ilrst.clals hotel The bill IA denounced
by the secretary rs opposed 10 the pub
lie good, for private Interests solely,
and IN oyeEy way pcrnlclOus.
the CHINESE EXCLUSION ELL.
The bill passed by the Senate today,
extending for ten year the operations
Of thu Chinese Exclusion laws, Il a
substitute fora similar measure Intro.
duccd by Senator D5lph. The bill has
widpr scope than Is indicated 10y 10
title; for, IN addition 10 ru.enacling tho
present exclusion laws, which arr
about TO Olapsc, It contains a section In
tended 10 NEE, the present difficulty
the tronaury officials have encounter.
ed In returning Chineso 10 China,
through judicial decision adverse 70
their right 10 return them further than
TO the county from which they entered
the United states. Under this construct.
ion oi the law the treasury returned n
number OF Chinese tc Canada, Instead
OF 10 China, anu they soon again were
Rmuggled across the line, which it was
impossible to guard at all :imoa and
places.
Another new section provides severe
penalties for the return 10 thu United
States Of Chinese once sunt out oi the
country.
TnE THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT.
The inlores, Of all tho great reform
associations Of the country il centcred
ia the national conference to 10 held at
st. Louis next Monday, and many
think upon the outcome OF II rests the
tate Of the National Third party move
mont. IL lie conceded by the reprtson.
lRtlvcs Of hll the great Industrial or.
gnuiLstions that ihl predominant Issue
ut the conference will be the rhird
party movement. The Peoples party
representatives Ia Congress generally
believe that the conference Will decide
In favor Of the laird party representa-.
tive. simpson OF Kansas IL going 10
81. Louis aB the champion OF the move.
ment, and Il IL understood thnt his col.
leagues In the HOUSE share HE views
o. to the necessity Of u national party.
4 CAUCUS on SILVER.
Representative Hsrscr( Ohio) said to.
day that he had presented the request
for "A caucus Of the Democratic party on
man OF the caucus, and had no doubt
that a call would be issued. Between
forty aud iifly signatures Were APP
PENDED 10 tho request, and the caucus
rules provide that caucus shall be
called when asked by thirty-tye mem-
burs.
REDUCTION OF DUTY on BARLEY.
Fitch introduced bill to amend the
Mckinley tarifl law 30 MS TO reduce
tho duty on barley ironI 30 cents 10 10
cents bushel Of forty.eight pounds.
REID HAS NOT RESIGNED.
The report that United States Min.
lister Reid had resigned IN denied at the
State Department. IL Is said on ex-
cellont authority that Reid agreed TO
continue his diplomatic service until n
reciprocity treaty was concluded be.
tween the United States AMI France.
Tho Cabinet today considered the
Berlng sea controversy, hut took no
action.
IN ADVOCACY OF TIE ASII.orTIoS
hill.
A. Pillsbury, Of Minneapolis adj.
dressed the subcommittee on Judiciary
this morning In advooy OF the Wash.
burn anti.option hill. He believed
that dealing IN futures tended 10 do.
press the price Of farm products. Mr..
Brigham, an Ohio farmer, also favored
the measure.
Convicted OF DefTRuding the Govern
mrut.
BAN FRANCISCO, Feb. lO.-George
Lang, one OF the largest viticulturisis
of Napa Valley, was convicted today
of deirauding the government Ia evad-
ing the payment OF internal revenue
taxes. Ills dlslillery aud wine.makiug
plant at CnlistOga were conflscated by
the government. After tue verdict
was rendered Lang was arrested ON q
criminal charge for attempting to
bribe u witness In the case.
The Blaine Divorce Case.
DHADwooD, J. D., Feb. lO.-At last
the Blaine divorce case has come to
trial and all the testimony ~ In. This
morning Judge Palmer, plaintiffs at.
torney, roRd the complaint and dcfend-
ants answer, aud began reading the
dispositions. Tho dispositions Of DE-.
Fuller and Dr. Wynkoop, after con.
Hrming that Of General McMahon ~ To-
the amity Ia which The young couple
nnuarently paR-pl the firAt few mouth.