Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-12-22
Congresa1onal.
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| WASHINGTON, Dec. 2l.-Bayard, from
the Finance Committee, reported a eah
stitute for the 1cPheroon resolution oe
tobacco tax. II provides fer q robeH1
on stocks on hand. He viii ask that III
resolution be considered tomorrow.
Senator Miller presented in the SEN
ate today petition of citizens Of Sar
francisco for postoface building II
that city; also resolution of the Pro
duce Exchange, ON the Same subject.
Referred to Committee on Public Bold
inas and Grounds.
saunders offered a remonstrancs. ast.
ting forth that the construction which
allows lands to be entsred or purchased
at *l.26 per acre without present settle
ment should be repealed, and hereafter
all Government lands b held for the
actual settler.
The holiday resolution was then dis
cussed.
| Garland moved that the Senate con.
sent that the House adjourn, bat the
Senate could not afford il. Rejected,
45 to Il.
The Senate voted n the adjourn
ment resolution, which was carried, &c
| to %.
The Civil Service bill was then dis
oussed.
The Ways and Means COMMITTEES sp-
proved the classification schedule @
made In tho report Of the Tariff Com
mission, and recommend the adoption
OF the report. No decision ss to rates
has been reached.
The Congressional COMMITTEES recon-
mend the Governors of States TO attend
the NewburRh, IN. ~, centennial In
October next, with military escorts.
Senator Slater introduced a bill in
the Senate today appropriatinR 35OO. 600
to be expended under the supervision of
| the Secretary of War, in the construo-
tiOn of a jetty ON Clatsop spit, at the
mouth Of the Columbia river, Oregon. in
accordance with the plan submitted by
the majority of the Board of Examin-
| ers for the permanent improvement of
the Columbia river.
The bill provides that the Secretary
| OF War may order such further examin-
| alton and surveys to be made at the
| mouth OF tho river. and adopt such
notifications and changes in such plan
| as he may:deem proper. Estimates for
this work furnished by the maiOrity of
the Board of Examiners required S3.-
10000 to complete it, and If allowance
for contingencies is made, tho position
being ono Of great exposure, the total
expense will be placed at $5,5C0,OOO.
The Board recommends the oOnstruc-
tion of a jettv, slightly convex t. the
north, extending from the shore near
Fort Stevens in a northwesterly direc-
ton towards point three miles south
of Cape Disappointment. This jetty is
to stop short of that point. or be pro-
| lonRed beyond it. az expenses may indi-
cate to be necessary. Estimates are
made on the basis Of buildinRtthe jetty
| of stone.
The Committee on Pacific roads took
up the bill to consolidate the Southern
Pacific and Texas roads, making
through line from New Orleans to San
Francisco.
The bill provides that no reads which
| are parallel or competing lines shall be
consolidated, but only those which
| merely connect. It is urged by friends
| Of the railroads that the reason they
desire consolidation is mainly to do bus
ines unombarrassed by dozen
or moro charters under which the vari-
| GUS corporations between New Orleans
and San Francisco have been formed. A
subcommittee, consisting Of Senators
Sawyer, Saunders, Miller (Cal.), Brown
and Sewell. have been appointed to con-
slider the question, and report q bill.
Senator Saunders introduced bill at
the request Of a delegation now in
| Washington, to admit Utah as State.
The delegation will be hero some time,
and desire to appear before tho Senate
Committee on Territories, and urge
their claims, but the matter was not
before the Senate, and in order 10 bring
it the bill had to be introduced. The
delegation here lab0red under some en-
barrassment, because they found an in
disposition ON the part of Senators to
introduce their bill.
Senator Sanders, however, told them
that he would introduce il for them by
request, although they must not take Il
| for granted ON that account he favored
the measure. The bill does not provide
any organic act or any le9ialation on the
subject of polyRamy, but ON the oon-
| trary stipulates that no laws are 10 be
| enforced excedt such - locally appli-
GABLE" This undoubtedly will be
broad enough to perpstuate polyRamy
were Utah once endowed With the pow
ers Of State and from under dominion
of federal supervision.
HoUAs.