Show AT THE CAPITAL Wirings from Washington on Wednesday IMMIGRATION OF FOREIGNERS Cqoley to be President of the InterState Inter-State Comiulsoion Other News Paragraphs Washington Words W WASHINGTON March 923The Acting Secretary of the Treasury this after U noon issued the 148th call for the REDEMPTION OF BONDS The call is for 10000000 of the loan of 1882 and notice is given that the principal prin-cipal and accrued interest of the bonds designated will be paid at the treasury of the United Stales in the City of Washington on the 1st day of May 1887 and that the interest on said bonds will ceasa on that day The act to amend the act to prohibit importation and IMMIGRATION OF FOREIGNERS AND ALIENS under contract or agreement to perform labor in the United States which was I approved February 23d should according accord-ing to its provisions have gone into effect today The Acting Secretary of the Treasury who is charged with the execution of this act has not yet had an opportunity to prepare regulations that will see to its proper enforcement They are now however in course of preparation and will be issued in a few days It is said at the department that the delay is caused by the difficulty experienced perienced in reconciling the seemingly inconsistent provisions contained in the actThe The question was recently presented to the AttorneyGeneral as fo whether the Secretary of the Treasurv had power TO REMIT THE FORFEITURE of the schooner San Diego her tackle apparatus and furniture by virtue of the sentence of coud 11n ion announced I an-nounced against the said vessel etc on I the 4th of October 1886 in the case of the United States vs LN Handy and the schooner zqn Diego by the United States district court for the district of Alaska under section WaG of th Revised Re-vised Statutes for being engaged in killing fur seals Another question presented seated was as to whether such power of remission resides in the Secretary of the Treasury under section 1958 of the Revised Statutes or the fifth paragraph of section 5293 of the Revised Statutes or any other statute of the United States The At ornevGeneral has given an opinion on the subject in which he says that soar so-ar as section 1958 is concerned it is quite clear that it gives the Secretary no authority to remit the forfeiture of the vessel for being engaged in killing five seals an offense which he says has NO CONNECTION WITH THE TEVEM3E or navigation laws of the United States He says also it would seem impossible to hold that the forfeiture in question which was not incurred by reason of ny action in either of the islands of St Paul and St George is within the power of remission conferred on the Secretary of the Treasury by the fifth paragraph of section 5293 which provides pro-vides that the Secretary of the Treasury may exercise that power If the fine the penalty of the for faiture was imnosed bv virtue of anv provisions of law relating to fur seals upon the Islands of St Paul and St George it only remains for me to say that my investigations have not led me to any legislation under which you Secretary of the Treasury could remit re-mit the forfeiture in question COOLEY TO BE PRESIDENT The Star tonight says Judge Cooley is to be president of the interstate commerce commission and this will accord with the wishes of the President inthe matter matteq J r |