Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-20

bo0e 0essaoo.
WAmuofox, Rsb. 19.-At 2:5 q. m.
the Hoaee vas still IN ssssiou, With little
prospsct Of IN adjoornmsnt before day.
break.
An exciting and angry scene eusued
upon the question Of excusina Brumm.
Who admitted that be left the house at.
ter the contest began. On this showing
the Democrats voted against excnsinc
him, and Lamb moved TIA. he be
fined g.
Brown, of Indiana, opposed the mo
ton. Is WAS fac. within tho OBSERVE
tisn Of every gentleman who had Wit
messed the proceedings Of the House
sois evening that the whole matter had
!. Generated into farce. He then
made a strong erraiRnment OF the
cordnct OF the Honse, declaring it dis.
reputable and calculated to bring upon
the members the deserved contsDpt Of
the country.
At 3:45 shis morning the House WAS
stu IN sess'on, With no prospect of .
vote or adjournment.
Exesssag seese IL the nssse.
In The House, during the early hours
OF the morning, there Was a scene Of
great confusion and excitement. His
cock attempted to have bill read, and
the Democrats objected with great en-
phasis. Hiscock was Standing full in
front of the Speakers desk, where he
vas surrounded by an excited crowd of
adherents and opponents. and finally
the disorder b scarne % great that the
Sergeant at Arms was r-Quised TO re-
store order. Tucker, approaching to
within = couple Of feet Of Hiscock, ad-
dressed him directly and called him to
order.
The gentleman calls me 70 order"
exclaimed Hiscock. excitedly, " because
his side unwillingiy have advertised tn
the country the bill which they ate ppt
to force down this House."
Hiscock at one point in the debate
understood Morrison to say that seven
y-fvs Democrats had be@n here and
skulked away, and he was proceeding to
make strong point upon this misun-
derstanding of the case, when Morrison
interrupted him 10 say that such an as
sumption was untrue. Mutual explana-
tions followed. and the House again
settled down into = state Of compare
tive quiet.
At 6 o'clock a motion was agreed to
voting all leaves Of absence for this leg
islativs day.
At 9:15 .. IN. quorum was obtained.
and Hewitt's motion making the Aexi-
can pension bill \ special order for the
2lst INST. Was then ad0pted-yeAs LIS,
Rsys 81. This announcement Of the re-
suit Was received with applause ON the
Democratic side. and at 8.5S q. N. the
House adjourned until Wednesday.
River 00Dssve0eoe Ms0ey.
WAsHrxa7oN, Feb. l8.--The HOUSE
Conmittee on Rivers and HaFbors il
engaged IN constructing its bill. Four
meetings have besn held each week.
The engineers estimates. ~ submitted
BY Secretary Folasr, are taken up in
regular order, and each recommenda-
ton 10 considered aud passed upou.
The work will 0o0up, a couple of weeks.
When It 10 flushed the committee will
call on delegations from States asking
appropriations tor rivers and harbors
and listen TO tn .ir arguments. After
this the committee will resume it's exc
cutive session and consider these state
menta. after which the bill will BE- pol
ished o6 aud reported.
None Of the engineers estimates for
rivers and harb0re in California will be
rs%ched before the latter part of this
week. One Of the members Of the
committee stated today that probably
the Pacific Coast requests would be
fsvorably considered. Willis, chair
man OF the committee. says the total
appropriations will not exoesd $l2.O0O,-
00O, but this estimate il considered too
low. Among the recommendation for
continuing improvements 10 rivers and
harbors on the Pacific Coast are tho
following: Upper Columbia river,
$56.0O0; constructing canal around the
oasoades Of the Columbia river, $780,
OU0 lower Willamette aud Columbia
rivers. $2i2,OOO; upper Willamette,
$34. 600: Chehalis river, Washington
Territory, 5000 Cowlitz river, Wash
ineton Territory, 5000 other rivers in
Washington Territory, $1,000: i'm
proving the mouth of the Coquille
river, Oregon, 100000.
Associate Justice 81 Oaksoa.
The President has nominated G. 8.
Palmer. of Vermont. AZ Associate JUS
tios If the Supreme Court Of Dakota.