The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-04-14
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
Assistant Secretary Spaulding Writes
a Letter to the Collectors on
the Pacific Coast.

W tit representatives OI tne big BLACK
loot Mining Company and the Bite
Root Development Company on til,
question OF the revocation Of their per
mits, granted some months ago, to GU
sections OF land in Montana.
sacrotor,, Nforto,, Il a. no,.,
~ Aar;o,,is,ra ~ aa,,;saS ~ sia' .li,eii
tho 5;tnsss of annlcan,s e ioi M ',s;,;n,s u .vs
not oovarna5 hr tba c;n;lsar,;aa M os,.I,'' s,,.ns
Eac6 an,,;cantos ~ "a ,,,;nn s',as1 NJ iu.es
will he renY;rad - ans,sa, m'S 81 ap,sos.ao,
.;ons os ~ c r,nral y ond ,,h,.s; ~ " Hses
t;ons ana on tha ,s,sl. ~J % guaiiiIs' ni q
rann;ra5 IL narf,rr, I A ~ % Laane ne ~ ~ u; y
means 10 y soa,,ra h;,h at.Jp Jps ~ .i'' ~
danar,ment [ ~ at'e nish s'aiioaru III 'h'
A Republican Senator, who stands
nigh IN the party councils, says the pro.
posed Senatorial investigations Of pri.
yate character and the reorganization
schemes will come to nothing this ses.
sion. They cannot be considered while
tion, and when that subject is disposed
OF the Senate will probably adjourn, as
the quorum would otherwise disappear
within two days after the President no
titled the Senate he has no further busi-
ness to preziAit to it.
4
ss..I IesIeasries uresnam ahu Oarlisle whlle
pehg ioJhiag li.o n .ne eNpaiultures OF the
p9iirille nea COMMISSION reached some
alloMai,ces a,v,,lI wiiicl were extravagant and
siloulu " uiscoh.ihueu. IL appears that
everypouy connected with the commits
sloll iioiil .ile s,ehograpiier down, nave
ueeh gwen very iiperai allowances, wnch
luz. ese o,lcials .l oi .nis aomlnistratlon in-
ciule uiiue1 a,, Lile neau q useless extrav-
.asalts. .es ilere are, y Y said, eight or
Yen, ssn onielais connected with tne commis-
pay by drawing 70 to $l5 per day in ad-
ditlon to regular salaries, which range
from 81 900 to $500 per annum. Ru-
mors OF these exposures have made
quite stir in the department, and some
interesting developments are expected.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Re-
latlons held a meeting the other morn
ing. 1t is understood that, while favor
able to making public the text Of the
Russian treaty, it was unable to agree
upon favorable report by reason Of dis
agreements relative to the correspond
ence accompanying the convention. A
well-known Senator, who is the cham
plon OF general humanitarian legisla-
ton, states that, when published, the
treaty will be found neither more nor
less Objectionable than several other
treaties which have been in operation
for some years. The criticisms, he says,
are due to a conception Of the effect Of
the instrument upon the garbled ex-
tracts Of surreptitious publication of
the treaty first sent to the Senate.
written the following letter to Collectors
on the Pacific Coast: The department
is informed That the practice obtains
among Chinese laborers in this country
OF entrusting money to merchants, which
i treated as q part OF the capital in the
business. Chlnese laborers who have
made sucn disposition OF their savings,
altnoulgh not actually engaged in busi-
ness, have claimed to be merchants, and
say they are thereby entitled to leave the
country and return at pleasure. The de-
Partment desires you to closely scrutin-
ize tne certificates which may be pre-
sented at your pors byreturning Chinese
ana 70 require evidence Of the standing
OF the holders as bona-fide merchants,
actively engaged In business. In no case
should Chinese be permitted to enter as
merchants unless their right to the priv
ilege IS clearly established, and where it |
appears the practice herein referred to is
attempted. the certificates presented
should De ignored the holders arrested
and tne facts reported to the depart
ment."
nj. a,,o..... !. .t.,.
my question u sheaInlng our naval
Vessels J. J: y one 70 wnich secretary Herbert,
!. y sala, proposes 70 glye y some earnest
colhiuerAtion. Naval CONSTRUCTOR Hlcn-