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Show U ASIIIC.TO. Washington, 22. The house private land claims committee to day reconsidered recon-sidered the vote by which they agreed to report adversely on the Saniillan bill. The news of the resignation of District Attorney Coghlan has been received by the California delegation and the appointment ef his successor was a subject of considerable conference confer-ence among them to day. John L. Love, Van Duzen and Phillip Teare are mentioned for appointment to succeed bim, tbe last named being most likely to receive it. Witb the exception of Jones and Sharon, who are absent, all the Pacific coast delegation in congress have signed a paper, requesting the house committee on education and labor to press to its passage the joint resolution aireauy reporieu irom mat committee, providing for negotiations with China and England to restrict Chinese immigration. The delegation recommend, aa an alternative measure mea-sure for adoption by the committee, Davis' bill which proposes to allow free entry of one Chinaman for each 100 tons of a vessel's capacity, and to collect $100 capitation tax for all in excess of this limitation. The delegation dele-gation conclude their letter to the committee by an urgent request for speedy action. Representative Wigginton to day introduced a bill changing the time for the election of California members to the next congress from next November, No-vember, as required by the general law, to the day of holding tho state ; election in September, 1879. He says it costs California nearly $250,-000 $250,-000 to hold each election, and as the one for the constitutional convention takes place in June, the state would be subjected to this heavy expenditure, expendi-ture, twice in the same year, it the election only for congressmen be held next November. It is expected, however, that the California constitution constitu-tion will be amended bo as to make the stkte elections hereafter coincide with the elections lor congressmen and president. The bill was referred io the committee on elections, which has leave to report at any time. It will he supported by the California delegation dele-gation unanimously. Wigginton today introduced two very novel and important land bills, which are likely to give rise to considerable con-siderable discussion, but which, after full examination, he thinks will be ultimately passed. They provide for placing posture lands and also land which, though arid, are irrigable, under the control of homestead settlers, on somewhat tho same principle prin-ciple as formerly applied to placer mines. The first bill deals with all lands in those portions of the United ctatea where irrigation is necessary to ogriculture, excepting mineral and timber land?, and excepting all tractB of not lees than 820 acres, which can be redeemed by irrigation by means of accessible water not otherwise utilized or claimed. Any nine or more persons, entitled to homestead privileges, are to be al lowed to organize a pasture district, comprising a continuous tract of such lands of value for pasturagj only, not exceeding 2,560 (?) acres for each person. The organization is to be made under the regular ones prescribed pre-scribed by the inferior department, and no one person's tract shall be entitled to a greater amount of water than is sufficient for the reclamation and culture of twenty acres, nor shall the tract be selected in such a manner, along a Btream, as lo monopolize a greater amount. The title is to be acquired npon compliance with the nmi teraMsTsohi declarations, obtaining Burveya. etc. The bill also provides that alter the paeturage districts are organized, any person may settle on a contiguous paaLurage farm and become a member mem-ber of the district; provided the water for his use can be taken without injury in-jury to the rights of previous members. The other bill contains very similar provisions, authorizing the organization organiza-tion ef Irrigation districts. It deals with the arid agricultural lands, which can be redeemed only by irrigation, irri-gation, for which there is accessible water not otherwise utilized or claimed, sufficient to irrigate 320 acres each. One of nine or more persons per-sons is to be allowed to select eighty acres of such lands to be utilized, jointly or severally, but all governed by common regulations. The usual term of homestead settlement is required, but patents will not be issued until after survey, and upon such evidence as the general land office may require, re-quire, that such land has actually bt-en redeemed by irrigation. All the other provisions are idcutical with those of the pasturage. The house committee on appropriations appropri-ations to-day completed the Indian appropriation bill. The total amount is $4,700,000, $70,000 leBs lhan lust year. The present bill contains no new legislation of importance. An olficial statement of the liabilities liabili-ties and assets of the treasury on the Mfcu. showB the liabilitiea $141,706,686 in coin. The treasurer's general account and balance, including includ-ing the bullion fund, is $611 878 907 and id currency, $78,848,755, including includ-ing the fund for the redemption of certificates of deposit June 8 1872 $25,395,000, ond $10,000,000 special fund for the redemption of fractional currency. The assets are staled at $141.758.68G in min imi.wi;n m coin and bullion, $11G,738,G03 gold bars, $3 367,713 alandard silver dollare, $310.5C1 silver coin and bullion, bul-lion, $10,012,016 gold certificates, S7.19.2U0, and deposits held by national bunk depositories, $3 035 -027, and in currency, $78,848,755 in. eluding deposits held by national bank depositories, $9,221,683, United States notes, $47,327,341 and United States notes lor redemption of fractional currency, i.U,ULW,000. The treasury department has information in-formation that the Canadian government govern-ment baa decided to exaot a duty of 17 per cent, ad valorem upon all importations of United States silver coin shipped into that country. The unexpected and sudden death of William Orton occasions profound regret, especially among those with whom he has been officially asso-i aled. |