Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-07

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GERS would have to 90 back to a cap
tam position. As a natural conse
quence, all these gentlemen have unitsd
in a most determined resistance. Mrs
Zen. Sherman. to keep her husband in.
has braced Don Cameron till he has q
very stiff backbone on the subject
Then Rufus Ingalls,, who has got DO
sifion in the Quar.ernaster Generals
once, and who has a large num-
ber Of friends to be cared for,
has joined the opposition because, If
the bill passes, he, too, will be retired.
| 1he result Of this combination has been
to concentrate upon the Senate during
TWO or three days twenty professional
lobbyists, bac ed by some of the strong
est material influence ever brought to
bear upon any legislation. Each indi-
Vidual Senator is subjected to great pres
sure. Gen. Logan, during the course of
his speech this afternoon. which re-
viewed much that has been already said,
had III 1t one very effective paragraph,
and that was addressed to the lobby
that had been upon the floor of the
Senate and in the galleries working
tooth and nail in the interest of few
ancient favorites, reluctant to give up
the spoils upon which they had 50 long
relied. His remarks were so pointed
and direct. they had the effect of clear
ing out the gallery and from the floor
for the time being. quite number of
the most vigorous of lobby leaders.
Eject OF the Chinese Bill.
NEW York, June 5.-A Times editorial
SAYS: At the elect ON in Oregon today,
the first member of the next Congress
will be chosen. The peculiar feature of
the contest, however, is the prominence
given to the Chinese question. II is
claimed by the Democrats that this is
the first opp ,rtunity the Pacific coast
States have had of marking their sense
ofthe grt IS regeneration of the Repub-
lican party in betray ng pledges of the
Chicago pla form in regard to the Chi
nose question. Exactly how the mark
ing is to be, except by increased Demo-
cratic majorities, does not appear. Lat
terly Oregon has been conceded to be o.
Democratic State. and the only logical
result of the so-called Republica n be-
trayal in the matter of the Chinese qaes-
ton must be to give the Democrats q
largely increased majority. Our Demo-
cratic friends will. of course, in case
their majority il diminished. concede
that the treatment Of the Chinese in
migration bill by Congress and the
President has met with popular ap-
proval.
Singular Charge.
CoLDwArER, Mich June6.-Ex-chief
Engineer Drake, Of the fire department,
was held yesterday for trial in the Cir
cult Court on the charge of burning
buildings last summer SO "a to prove the
efficiency of the fire department.
COnvaleseeht.
PONTIAC, June 6.-Judge Pillsbury,
shot by the riotous mob on the Chicago
d. Alton train, is in An improved cOndi-
ton, and his recovery is expected.
An Election Charge.
CHARLES Cry, (Iowa) June 6.-Msm-
bers of the State Amendment Society of
Iowa claim that a campaign of free beer,
whiskey and money and importation of
voters is to be freight to defeat Prohi-
bitionists June 27th in this State.
| An GntcrnationaI AFFAIR.
WASHINGTON, June 6.-On May Sth
last Secretary Frelinghuysen sent long
dispatch to Lowell on the subject of the
relations between Great Britain and the
United States to the various inter
oceanic canal projects. Without in so
many words, declaring Clayton Bulwsr
treaty abrogated the Secretary of State
asks our Minister at London to call the
attention of Lord Granville to two
points, either one of which is sure to
bar the claim made by Her Maiesty's
Government that the terms of the treaty
Of 1850 bound us to accept the PROPOSE
ton TO share its control and protector
ate over the canal with Great Britain or
any other European power. The points
are these: LIST, That through violation
Of the terms of the treaty by Great
Britain i'll gradually magnifying what
was at first British settlement" in
Honduras under Spanish American sov-
creignty into British settlement and
possession, the treaty has become void
able, and may at any time be made
void by the United States. And I'd,
That the treaty. so far as its terms were
specific. applied to a canal along the
Nicaraguan route and to that alone,
any argument covering other canals or
railways being expressly relegated to fu-
ture treaty stipulations, which have not
yet been agreed upon, and to whose
forming and ratification Freling-
huysen presents strong objections
Having made these points and having
also gone over some of the well under
stood and reasonable grounds of oppo-
sition on the part Of the United States
to foreign Intervention in the matter OF
canals, being contrary to the Monroe
doctrine, and dangerous to the mutual
interests Of this county, the Secretary
of State rests his case with an expression
Of confidence that the differences BE-
tween the two Governments will be sat
isfactorily adjusted before the canal
will be built.
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