Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-04
LATE EASTERN NEWS.
I'm Important Decision.

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retary of the Iuerlor Ia, de:l led u
question. of some Importance to the
Pacific slope and western Terrific RE-
in connection with timber lau6s.
Two VIZ, Il cutters had been ar, ste.
lv a >pccla. agent Il tie dcpar;iitl.'
for cutting i've hundred cords q
mesquite WOOL N on pahiic lands IL
ArZ lua. Tie one bundled col,lS
rem .iniu IN tier posse >lon W 70
tnrued over to tie Cni;cd States n 4
th~y offered 10 COMPROMISED the case
lv pawn, NJ Of one dollar " cord tcr
tl!4 norton disposed Of. Inc SEC
retaly huil, ;hat according 10 Nm. :
geological reports, mts ate l. Il
shrub and not a timber tlee. It's
wood had little value expect as fl /,
and it canilot be applied TO ordinary
wood cutters who are generally Il
poor class of people. One dollar
a cord for mesquite Is great hard
ship. Timber laws We're not enacted
TO mt money III the Treasury, but
TO rro.ec, timber on public land, and
mesquite is not timber wI'hn tie
meaning of the statues. he sp~cltl
aren't is therefore directed TO return
the seized cordwood to lis nohliui
owners.
Comnrnf on the Presidents Veto.
WAslnXGroS, Aug 2.-Tue Pre,i-
dents veto Of the river and htrbor
bill Was complete surprise 10 Srn-
ators and Representatives, and de-
lighted those Republicans who have
contended that a veto OF this PERM
cious measure would add great
strength to the party aud inspire
new confidence i'll the Administers
lion. Las, Friday, when the Cabinet
held its first session after the final
passage of the bill, the Presiden;
had practically determined TO veto 1t,
but Seniors and Represent atlves III
troops marched to the White House
aud to offices of members of the Cab
met and begged that the bill miIht
be approved. They rot only plead-
ed the necessity of the money appro-
prIated for their respective States
aud districts, but declared that dis
approval of the bill would be I'M uri-
Gus to the National Administration
Louisiana, Mississippi aid Arkansas
Senator's and Representatives said
that planters in those States had
borrowed money to rep2ir damages
caused by floods las; spring. aud
were relying upon the General Gov
eminent TO stop the gaps in levees,
and that failure of the rlver and har-
Dor bill to become law would ruin
them. It was authoritatlvely asser-
ted the President had declared that
he would approve the bill, but con-
fine the use of appropriations TO
works Of national character. He
had said he would not veto the bill
because of his desire to save aprro-
priation for Mississippi river and
Potomac fats and he believed it pos
sible to so curtail the expenditures
as to relieve the measure of the scan
dial which attached to it. The Cab
met met to-day at noon and the mes
senger with the veto did not reach
the House until 4:30 P. NJ. Members
of the Cabinet spent over three hours
discussing the bill. Attorney Gen
eral Brewster maintained that the
bill must either be approved or We
toed. He said that the Presiden;
could Lot approve measure and al
forwards curtail the expenditures
under it. If as part of the law-.nak-
ing power he signed the bill, he
was bound to obey the letter OF the
law. Members of the Cabinet were
practically unanimous that the bill
should be vetoed. The political con.
sequences of the veto were thorough
ly discussed and while the President
desired that the appropriation for
the Mississippi river should be made,
he believed that approval of the bill
on that account alone would not
change 1000 votes in the lower val
ley from the Democratic to the Re-
publican parry. In the north and
west it was believed the masses of
the people would applaud veto as
All earnest of the desire of the Ad-
ministratiOn TO re:rench expenditures
wherever such ietrenchment could
be made without detriment TO the
public service.
Passed Over the Veto.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-In Senate
on conclusion of reading of the veto
message of the river and harbor bill
vote was taken on passage of the
bill over the veto and it resulted i'll
yeas Al, nays II. So the bill has
become a law.
The sundry civil bill was taken up
and the commission time for final
report was extended to Sept. Is,
1888.
MormOns Determined to Win.
DENVER, July 26.-The TriJunc's
Ogden special says: A wholesale