The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-09-30
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
Thomas II. Endcott Of Washington
State has had his pension increased.


entire expulalon from the array and GOV
ers all unexpired enlstments.
Government receipts from all sources
continue more encouraging this month
than had been hoped for. Treasury off
cials are beginning 10 believe the excess
OF expenditures over receipts will not bt
10 large this month az they have beer
the two preceding months OF the present
fiscal year. The excess during July and
August was nearly So, ,0O0,0 900 each. Thus
far this month it is less than $500, 900
with indications Of keeping down pretty
well during the remainder.
July ~ last David A. Sanders Of Ply.
mouth, Utah, filed an application with
the Department OF Justice for amnesty
for violating the laws relating TO unlaw-
full cohabitation. The applicant gays he
did not receive the benefit OF President
Harrison's amnesty proclamation, and
for that reason his unlawful relations did
not cease until few days after the time
mentioned by the proclamation az the
limit, November, 1890. He says he has
not violated any law Of the country ex-
cept that relating 10 cOhabitatiOn that
he has not violated this law for more
than two and one-half years. President
Cleveland is in doubt whether he can
properly grant the pardon, and before
acting on it has referred it back to the
Attorney-General for an opinion.
In regard TO the account OF the inter
view between Secretary Gresham and
the Chinese Minister, in which Secre-
tary Gresham is said to have told the
Chinese Minister that the administra-
tiOn did not intend to enforce the exclu-
sion law, it is stated at the State Depart
ment that, whatever the views OF the
President and Secretary Gresham might
be in the matter, they would not give
assurance TO the Chinese government
that & law would not be enforced while
it remained on the statute books. and
that therefore the statement attributed to
Secretary Gresham was inaccurate. 1t
is understood that Mr.. Gresham merely
assured the Minister OF the good will OF
the United States toward the Chinese
government and hoped the question of
exclusion would be arranged in a salts
factory manner, so that the amicable re-
lations between the two governments
would not be disturbed.
Representative Oates of Alabama has
a bill to annex Utah to Ne
vada. Mr.. Oates said: ~ have been
over this question long time
and believe have found the true solu-
tlon OF vexing question. The plan is
wholly within the power OF Congress to
carry out. There is nothing in the con-
stitution to prevent it. There is no way
to destroy the State. That cannot be
done, and yet the future of Nevada is a
serious question. It's population de-
creased from 10000 in 1880 to $4,000 in
1890 in round numbers, and there is no
prospect OF its recovering any part Of
what it has lost. On the other hand, if
the silver-mining industry be further di-
there will not be 10000 people
in the State in five years, but it has two
Senators and Representative in Con-
gress. Utah, just adjoining, has 240,0
population, and is not represented at all
except by Delegate with no vote. 1t
is not right that Nevada should have
such power in Congress, nor is it fair
that we should keep Utah out of the
Union. The passage of this bill will
solve the question what to do with Utah
and at the same time put life and
strength into the veins Of decaying
State" The bill was referred to the
Committee on Territories.
In reply to Senate resolution of Sep
tember 7, directing the Secretary of the
Treasury to inform that body to what
extent the appropriations heretofore
made for the enforcement of the Chinese
exclusion act have been expended and
what portions are now available, and
in his opinion it is necessary
that a further appropriation be made by
Congress in order to carry out the law,
and if so, how much, the Secretary has
sent his reply, inclosing a statement
showing the appropriations and expend-
lures since 1889. 1t was shown that the
balance available the 9TH instant for the
year amounted to 1858, ,502, which
includes the uneXpended balance of the
for the last fiscal year,
S20,692, 1t is estimated that $3S, 900
will be required to pay the salaries and
necessary expenses of the officers regu-
arly employed to enforce the exclusion
act for the remainder of the current
year, leaving an estimated balance avail
able for the deportation OF Chinese found
to be unlawfully in the United States of
S25502. 1t appears by the census report
Of 1890 that the Chinese population of
the United States in that year was 106,-
5SS. OF this number 95, AT were in the
Pacific States and Territories. The num-
Der who registered under the act of May
), 1892, was 13,243, leaving 93,444 who
failed to avail themselves of the privi-
eges of the act. Assuming that about
10 per cent of these would be entitled to
exemption, the Secretary finds there
would still remain about $4,000 liable to
deportation under the law. The lowest
cost for transporting Cinnamon from San
Francisco to Hong Kong is $35 per cap
tia, and other expenses incident to ar
rest, trial and inland transportation
would also average, he says, not less
than $50 per capita. If, therefore, all of
those who did not register should be
to China, the cost involved
would aggregate in round numbers about
6,000,00 This, the Secretary says, in
MS opinion would be moderate amount
TO carry out the act. He was unable to
furnish an accurate estimate of the num-
Der who might be deported during the
of the current fiscal year, the
matter being largely dependent upon the
action of the courts. Assuming, how
ever, that the courts would be able to
dispose of 10000 cases during such Pc
'iod, the amount required would not be
ess than $700,000. The Secretary ex-
presses no opinions, and makes no rec-