Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-09-28
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.

Negotiations looking to the acquisi-
tion OF the Mole st. Nicholas, Hayti, for
use by the United States as coallng
station will be reopened by Henry NJ.
Smythe, the new Minister to Hayti.
Government officials express some
doubt that the Costa Rican government
will surrender Francis II. Weeks, the
| New York absconder, as there is no eX-
tradition treaty between the countries.
The United States will, however, acqui-
esce in the request for the absconder's
extradition made by the State OF New
| York.
The new White House baby will be
known hereafter as Esther" The old
fashioned name has been selected for the
child by the President. Mrs. Cleveland
says that the selection Of this name has
no significance other than partiality Of
| the parents for Scriptural denominatives.
Esther means "a star" and "good for
tune"
Land Commissioner Lamoreaux has
been notified that the force employed at
the Cherokee Strip is insufficient. He
has delegated Chief Clerk Jacobs, In
spector Swineford and Special Agent
| Womack unrestricted orders to employ
all the help necessary and carte-blanche
instructions to establish booths wherever
it is necessary. Each booth will here
after, it is stated at the land Office, be
kept open twenty-four hours.
Government receipts from all sources
continue more encouraging this month
than had been hoped for. Treasury Off
cials are beginning to believe the excess
of expenditures over receipts will not be
80 large this month as they have been
the two preceding months OF the present
| fiscal year. The excess during July and
August was nearly $4,000 each. Thus
far this month it is less than $500, 900,
with indications of keeping down pretty
well during the remainder.
July 24 last David A. Sanders of Ply
mouth, Utah, filed an application with
the Department of Justice for amnesty
for violating the laws relating 70 urlaw-
full cohabtation. The applicant says 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 as the
limit, November, 1890. He says he has
not violated any law OF the country ex-
cept that relating to 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-
ton 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 Il law would not be enforced while
1t 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
introduced a bill to annex Utah to Ne
vada. Mr.. Oates said "I have been
thinking over this question long time,
and believe have found the true solu-
ton 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. Its population de-
creased from 10000 in 1880 to 1000 in
1890 in round numbers, and there is no
prospect of its recovering any part of
what it has lost. On the other hand, il
the silver-mining industry be further di-
minished, there will not be 900 people
in the State in five years, but it has two
Senators and Representative in Con-
gress. Utah, just adjoining, has 240, 900
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 Z, 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
whether in his opinion it is necessary
that further appropriation be made by
Congress IN order to carry out the law,
and II so, how much, the Secretary has
sent his reply, inclosing a statement
showing the appropriations and expend-
itures since 1889. Ii was shown that the
balance available the 9TH instant for the
current year amounted to $6S, SOP, which
includes the uneXpended balance of the
for the last fiscal wear,
S2O, ,6a2. IL is estimated that SIS, 900
will be required to pay the salaries and
necessary expenses OF the officers regu-
larly 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
S25, ,5O2. II appears by the census report
of 1890 that the Chinese population of
the United States in that wear was l06,-
6SS. OF this number 95, AZ were in the
Pacific States and Territories. The num-
her who registered under the act of Nav
3, 1872, was 1928, leaving qS,4A who
failed TO avail themselves of the privi-
leges of the act. Assuming that about
10 per cent OF these would be entitled IN