The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-03-05
EAST ERN STATES.

! bids tor steamboat mail service on the
Pacific coast during the next regular
term IF four years. were opened at the
postoffice department. The lowest valid
bids are as follows:
CALIFORNIA ROUTES.
Fran San Francisco 10 Sacramento
California Steam Navigation Company
$4,000 per annum.
San Francisco to Portland, Oregon
Steamship Company, 1922. 600. The Pa
ciHc Coast Steamship Company bid
| $24. 900.
Tahoe Lake Service-Fish Bros, s.,
900.
OREGON.
Portland to the Dalles, Oregon Steam
Navigation Company, S7,4s7.
Portland to Astoria, Oregon Steam
Navigation Company, IS 1896.
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
From New Tacoma to Port Townsend
L. N. Starr, $29.500.
Port Townsend to Semiahmoo, w. T.
Monroe. 1894.
Seattle to Sehome, James G. Britain,
$4,475.
Port Townsend Via Port Wrangle) &c
Sitka, P. b. Cornwell, Sl4,sOO Corn.
we'll, who represents Ben. Holiday,
offered also to extend the route to Port.
land at q total cost of Sic, 800 per an,
mum. Other bids for the route as ad.
vertised, are $4,000 by the @. S. n
Co. and s23. 500 by L. NJ. Starr.
New YORK, March 2-The Presidcn,
is unusually irri:ated and nettled by
the summary disposition Of his veto
He said 10 a silver senator yesterday
that he did no. expect such indecent
haste. He did not suppose that two
thirds of Congress would forget what
respect was due the Executive. Tn,
Senator replied warmly ; Some of u,
in Congress, Mr.. President, consider
our conduct quite as respectful to yor
IS your conduct in vetoing the bill
whiclr> more than two.thirds of the
representatives of the people demanded
should become q law aud you must
have learned by this time that Con
gress does not pass bills for tho Execu.
tive to play with
A Congressman who has held close
relations with the President. criticised
to him yesterday the part of the veto
message relating to fraud. and said il
sounded like newspaper editorial
written by Wall-street broker.
WASHINGTON. March 3-The Silve,
Bill being now finally disposed of, Their,
is fair prospect that the House will
settle down this week 10 industriou:
work upon the regular annual appro.
priation bill. The Consular and Diplo
matte bill will be called up for acton
next Tuesday. and the Pension and Ma.
val Appropriation bills are expected &c
be reported from the Committee within
q few days thereafter. The Legislative
Executive and Judicial Appropriation
bills are in q state of forwardness. and
probably will be completed 10y the
Committee in about . fortnight. There
10 talk Of attaching the free coinags
provision and other imitation measures
to this bill. but it seem. to meet with
little favor among the Democratic lead
ers. and as the project has not beer
abandoned by EXTREMIST. their plan will
undoubtedly be negatived by MAORI.
ty of the House. The probability of q
p-olongation Of the session by reason OF
the anticipated wrsngling over the tar.
ia bill. has also. been materially dimin,
ished of late by quiet but powerful
combination Of interests opposed tc
any legislation affecting the presen,
rates Of duty. The first open move
ment Of the opponents of the pending
bin will take the shape of . motion te
pass the resolution under q suspen-
sion Of the rules. declaring tina,
in the present Judgment of the
House of Representatives it is not
expedient to reduce the tariff at pres
ent. The resolution probably will be
offered tomorrow. and If i. fails, an ef-
fort will be made sitter the tariff bill
shall have bsen discussed and attacked
on various side. in the House, TO com.
bine all the element. of dissatisfaction
in support Of substitute providing
imply for ihe creation Of commission
to investigate the whole subject and to
report to the next session Of Congress.
EUROPE
LONDON, March "A Constantine.
pie special ssys grea, mistrust aud un-
easiuess are felt respecting Russian de,