, 1878-05-10
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
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House or REPRESENTATIVE ~, |
A>HINGrON. i. G., Npri, lHlh.
EDIrOR NLrU~: - The senate m> iiNr.
ON the lUh ~ .Iuur iOr the day of iul' Id
ioummrut. When thr joint resolution
was sent over the house wnUl have
adopted it bur for the t!ibu,trriug OF tn
Democrats, The Rrpunlvn> voted for il
solid. aul were Joined ~ u about ~ Dem
OcAts from PENNSYLVANIA, Ohio and New
England. II their object had been at
tiincD. viz, an early adjournment /
would have pnt QuietuS To the Woo,
tariff bin, at least for the present Sc>>iol
The democrat, of the middle states de>pis
Fcnlaudo'> efforts t. reduce the dntit> ~
imports, for the reason that if nr j. sue
CrSsill it j. morally certain they wi, b,
overwhelming y defeated in the huckcy'
and Keystone states in the coming election
GOLD AT PAR.
This phenomenon has been abou
reached A. the mineral premium has beer
only 4 of one per cent. less than the dis
, count on the paper Of state bonds, befIr
the war While am willing to give Mr.
John sherman his dues aS an honest an,
intelligent secretary Of the treasury. whC
ha, thrown no stone IN the way of Il speedy
return to specie payment | cannot bu
think that neither laws nor the execution
thereof. has had much to do with the mat
ter. The truth j.. our country is growing
prosperous very rapidly. We are making
and receiving more money the last three
yea rs than Tor any similar period IN Ions
time. For a decade, at least, previous I,
1874. Our imports exceeded our exports
mi ion OF dollars annually. The It'd,
commenced to turn in 1915. when We I'm.
PORTED more than we imported Sl2O0 600,
900: in lS1G. the excess WAS $3.50. UOO. 600
aud this fiscal year ending on the both o
Iune il will rim close 10 two hundred mil
lions. In just II years from the 10Th .
April, he anniversary .! ihe tiriug on For
Sumpter, gold resumes its od place aS I
circulating medium IN the United States
il took England about he same length o
time a lhe bank of England suspended
in 1906 aud did not permanently restore
till 1922.
TERRITORIAL BUSINESS.
learn from delegate Jacobs the f,'lOw
ing state Of affairs in regard TO the terri
'OIlhl WS Sl"illNIt'
The bill to empower legislative asSem
bIirs of territories to create muuicipn
corporations, either by general or ~ppcia
laws. and ratiiy and confirming all tha
heretofore has been done by territorial as
SembIirS in the creation of such COrpora
i1ns, las passed the senate ami is now
pending before the committee OF the house
on territories. II will IN due time be re-
ported and passed. The house is way be-
hind the senate IN its legislation. This
bill is to cover the Seattle case. whicl
town appears to be without a legal cor.
pOrate existence.
Judge Jacobs bill for the restoration tC
he public domain of the lands heretofore
belonging to the branch line Of the North
erI Pacific Co. from Tacoma to the mOutl
of Snake river via. the Cascade mountains.
will soon be reported from the committee
on public lands. and will pass tie house
For many years the county commission
ers sf most Of the counties in WashingtOu
territory have been in the habit OF selling
the l6th and 35th sections school lands
to those who had settled on them prior to
survey. When the lands were surveyed
and parties We're discovered to be on these
sections. the commissioners made them t.
ties. charging pnrcns II, an average
of one dollar and thirty cents in gold coin
per acres. \ great portion OF thosA sales
were made in the WalIa Walla valley
The act Of these commissioners was clear.
Iy Illegal and all the titles nall and void
Judge Jacobs has had II bill introduced
confirming these titles. II will be report
ed tavorably and will become Il law.
Many years ago 4. f. Fishers claim
was taken into the SkikomiSh Indian res.
ervation after Mr.. +. had made much val.
nable improvement. Your delegate IN.
introduced bill giving him compcnsa.
tionS to the extent OF $500 1t will bC
reported and no doubt pass.
Many other bills ofa private character
are also pending.
y. p. n. r. MATTERS.
The long contest between the y. y. man
ayers on one side. and Messrs. Mitchell
Judge Jacobs and Montgomery on til,
otherSide. has ben amicable arranged
The managers have mt last consented t.
bnild their road around the rapids Of til,
Columbia at the Cascades and The Dale
within 2i3 years, and agree 10 carr,
treigbtS at a reasonable price and withon
discrimination. Senator Mitchell has dr
tached his Salt Lake bill aud made it
separate measure. This is satisfactory l.
all. The entente cOrlia'e has been r.
stored; those lately hostile are now of OH
mind; AL are working harm oniouSIy.
Those opposed eyes,
| Which like the mcteOrs of n troubled heave
| Did lately m2et in the intestine shock,
| And furious close OF civil butchery,
! Shall now, i'm mutual wcll.beseemng ranks,