Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-04-14
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VkDHlSGEoN, AP'"
-~.,tts. on Commerce has con
80 in the plan submitted BY tn
s;.i.sippi River Committee for tn
- Of improving the mouth. Fou
ss.ared and thirty-tvo thousand dol
s. have bsen agreed upon.
The Cesnrmailsns.
r.. ssnats has confirmed w. L
r..,dIer Secretary Of the Navy, w. Il
g., Minister to Russia. ]. Partridge
,s:.;.s., TO Paris, John H. Smith. Min
-, q Liberia. John Knox, Com2trol
-d tho Currency; United States At
...,.v D. b. Searlss. for Minnesota
r.;..d st.tes Marshal, A. c. Botkin
:, Montana; L. Ireland. Marshal TO
r..h Chandler was confirmed by 2
-. "a Republicans and 4 Democrats
s..iust l6 nays, all Democrats. Onl!
- formal speeches wore delivered
s.ysrd against and Rollins for.
Tbe President has nominated Georg'
r,nev. of Tennessee, Minister Residsn
"A Consul General OF the Unitet
e..t.a at Bolivia: VIM. J.. Scruggs. o.
cerOia. Minister Resident Of TIT
U.ited States Of Columbia; c. c. An
i,..;s Of Minnesota, Consul General o.
2. Jynitsd States at Rio Janerio: Con
.rle-Jos. F. Swords, OF the District o.
0p,uubia, ut Trinidad; Samuel F
p.ekmsn. OF Pennsylvania, at Cologne
n.o Z. Bullock, of Indiana, at Augs
~. Germany; Theo. Carissus, Of IL
rssiA At Apia; Thos. Adamson, of Penn
alyania. at Panama.
Net Likely Ia Pass.
In reference 10 the Cobbs railroad
Ind grant forfeiture bill, it is no.
thouQht probable by members OF thu
Jsdic:ary Committee that any actor
- be reached on the matter tue pres
Il session of Congress, inasmuch as il
vill require two-thirds voto to pass
- bill. If reported upon favorably by
- committee, and members say it viii
= almost impossible to secure such Q
uajority in the House.
8eip fer = Condemned Murderer.
Sixteen affidavits in DIR. Lamson's be
i ~ have bsen sent to London by tn.
Attorney General per steamers Arizona
lbyssinia and City Of Berlin. Az som,
4 thsss will reach London too late fol
sSamination before expiration of th,
apEisve, Secretary Frelinghuysen to
~ autographed the substance Of then
Minister Lowell, urging him to los>
= sime in bringing them to the notice
Z Lord Granville. DR.. Winston ol
~ Life Insurance Company says h.
~ Lawson under treatment last year
i ~ found his mind to be greatly i'm
Y 1nirsd from the use Of opium. Ths
aadayits Of all tsnd to show Lawson'i
nind was impaired from the use ol
l1ses, as in 1877. according 70 one oi
- adidavits, Lamson showed a marked
ila6ney towards insanity. It is said
A11eensy General Brewster attaches
lIs1t weight 10 this nsw evidence. II
- brought to the attention Of the
Ion authorities, however. by Mo.
10y - early a. December that Lam
"a vas ths Victim Of the morphine
habit.
H Preparation or the Chiuese Rill.
WARRINGTON, April Is. The joint
hhou Of Senator'S Miller and Jones and
representative Page in framing the new
Oinsss bill were not ended until after
= o'clock last night, and at 1890 this
1esning Page submitted to the House
Committee on Education and Labor q
ssgg Of the measure thus privately de-
vned, and asked the committee to au-
iApEizs him 10 report 1t to the House
mt Monday for passage without
anendmsnt under suspension of the
SasA Willis Of Kentucky also was as
sastatsd With Page and Carpenter, and
hvas the Democratic member Of tho
uk'eommittss which had charge Of the
Mhtect whom 1t was under examination
Mo months ago, and he protested
sGninst this proposed action unless the
essrtunity should bs offered for . vote
= ths House ON a substitute bill to pro-
~ for 10 ysars' suspension with only
asheht modification Of the registration
uosm. He aaid it was impossible for
= sommittse TO aot intelligently on the
~ juss presented without further time
aexAmine il. He doubted the efficiency
aths registration system, and was not
hsor Of merely throwing tub to the
- but vas desirous Of passing the
- which would afford genuine relief.
= nan spoks Of the recent expressions
Osmocratic msmbsrs Of tho Pacific
- dsleeation in favor of making the
= Of suspension not less than Is
yeafA and quoted c Commissioner Swift's
am 70 reporters in California pa
mat a ten years suspension would
Noees than mono. Willis added that
ninasl would vote for . two years.
eesaon rather than obtain no sus-
y m OF Chinese during this session,
= believed in common with others
Ffssidsnt Arthur dare not veto Is
~ bill. and he was fearful that il
asssmpt was made to crowd this
n ysass' bill through the House,
without allowing q vote TO bs taken
- y ysars' amendment. the majority
= ~ frisnds of the vetoed bill would
!. .s.u1 aaAinst the effort, and that no.
esoald b accomplished. He thsrs-
- eamsstly suggested that without
AG debate the House should b
- u opportunity to vots on saeh
:. emsat. Page replied that hs and
apah'icAn colleagues had ascsr-
ea beyond the possibility Of doubt
- Frssidsnt would not be willing
: bill for any longer tsrm than
ssess and that unless . tsn-ysar
promptly passed there would be
eay grave danger Of 4 failure to
NY bill whatever on this subject
! The present session of Congress.