Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-05-21
A DrlnOcratic Victory.

SCCllotl III iduu.
Line down south this morning.
A Democratic Victory.
New YoaK, May lS.-Thc World says
the judiciary election in this State yestcr
day resulted in an overwhelmingly Demo-
cratic triumph. This c.tms.cl minority
Of the Democrats in the State is 5000.
WASHINGTON, May l3.-Thc House
ju lci,ry committee agreed on an impor-
tant h;ll rc.ulatin.. the olc Of dc.crmin.
ing the ratification uf ia amcnIme ut to the
Federal Consultation, base on one intro.
ducel 10y Bingham. The first section
makes it the duty al State executives to
forward ccrtif safe, Of ratification 10 State
depirtm .nts, where they shall liz placed
ON fi!e. The sccon declares tn It after
certificate of ratification has been given it
shall be unlawful for any Stale officer t,
certify I" any rercal unless C"n1rcs. shalt
have propose to rereal, and it such Ger.
iii.a,c "f rope a i, received the State de.
p,rtn, m. shall make u" record If tao same.
but it shall be void and Of no effect The
third sccti"n declare. that after three.
rarths ii the State, have ratiticl any
aascndm,nt, PERSONS attempting TO teic a!
IL. either IN Ter c ,!lr of State law or by
orliaary nc ms, 81 he de mel guilty.
"f misdemc ,n,r IN on c"nv .c:i,n be sub.
ject 10 fine an IN, ,,risonment.
Several Congress avow Their intcn-
ton Of appointing co'orcl boys to West
Point.
The Crsnl Army Of the Republic has
Gle tie ten Lo gan Gran C"nnm,n'lcr-in.
Caict. an | ch '>cn the VARGAS ofi .crs for
III. ensuing year Resolutions were ad-
opel d,plorin, the death OF Gen Thomas
AMI to re .pmMca the observance OF Dec.
Grafton Day; ,ocondcmn the opinion IF the
Attorney General requiring the General
Government 10 ask irum the Southern
State. sovereignty over the national cenc-
terics; to recommend the estatl ,shmcnt of
a State Home for soldiers "n the Plains !;
AN Asylum f,r chlurcl veterans, aud to
suggest the DONATION Of llu for volun
teers.
Th,m,s W. sweeney has been retired
by tn. President with the fu.lrlnk OF Bri-
sadier General.
Among the amendments proposed to tho
Northern Pacific Railroad bill is one by
Arncl, Of Tennessee, granting alternate
sections IL laul, nat granted to the road,
i0tn the han Is of Ii trustees, to be known
as the Free linens II IN stead Commission,
who are to sell or mortgage these lands,
with the pr,ccc Is to provide homes for the
frccmea Of the South and to G lucate them.
WAsnlNGroN, May l5.-ArSuments in
favor of the China Cable were made before
the Congressional Foreign and Land COM
mittees last week by Cyrus W. Field. The
enter prise is warmly favored Ivy Pres
ident Grant. Gen. Sherman. Admiral Por-
ter, aud many members Of the Government,
Senate and House The cable is propo-
sed to run to the Sandwich Islands, Mid
way Island, Yokohama and Sanghai. The
total length, allowing twenty per cent for
slack, Is 9,l2l miles.
The Senate Pacific Railroad Committee
has completed bill for the construction
ole sraiiroad to the Pacific on the 23d par
allcl. 1t grants the usual amount Of land
to about forty corporators in the eastern
and southern States, and ignors Fremont's
III Paso scheme.
Schenck from the Committee on Ways
and Means, reported bill repeating the
tax on lcgacics and SUGGESTIONS, gross re.
ceipts Of railroads aud corporations, OK.
cept lotteries, thoatcrs an places of amusc.
snent; also taxes on sales, except Of liquors,
and all special taxes except dealers in
liquors, recti6crs, manufacturers Of stills,
brewers, tobacconists, banks aud bankers,
brokers. foreign insurance agents, claim
agents, patent rights dealers, places Of
amusement, gift enterprises, lutteries,
bowling alleys aud billiard rooms. It re.
duccs the special taxes on hotels, modiacs
the income tax, increasing the amount Of
exemption to 500, but leaves the rate
at five per cent; rcpeals the tax on CARR
ages, watches. ctc., also on gas, on grind
ing Of coffee and spices, and sales Of man
ufacturcrs. Total reduction $50, 1853, 7l6
i imposes Government tax on foreign
commercial brokers, on deposits Of money
in banks at the rate Of three per cent an,
pually. and abolish the use Of stamps on
ordinary country contracts. The bill was
re'committel with authority to report II
any time. q: 49,. a.
Sr. Lorls. May IA train bearing