Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-06
WASHINGTON.


"sn9ssoe CDa0ceo fer A10lpA1on.
| -. WAa1uoroa, Feb. 4.-Brsuta of
Warrington Territory, has BEEN more
man usually industrious this session N
Presenting the claims of his con ssituents
% admission 10 Statehood. His bill to
admit the Territory has been introduced
ana referred for over q month, bot
tneee u nothing encouraging in this
fs0s, Tor the same measure has been
regularly introduced and referred for
several years. Wednesday Mr.. Breuss
nao presented . memorial of the Terri
sonai AeRisiasurs up0n the subject Of
aomiosoo, and members have observed
thas Il contains very strong argument
on s1e question. The memorial il
slRned By Governor Newell, Sevell
Ir9sx, President OF the Council, and z.
y. Ferguson, Speaker Of the Territorial
AeRisiztuss. IL gives the taxab,e prop
cry OF Washington Territory at a.
OooOO. and it, population at I25,OOO,
some estimates being a. high as 10000.
he point 10 made that California vas
admitted With 92,000 population, Colo
RADIO With 5000, Iowa With 43 ZOO. while
Nevada noW has bus $500. similar
comparisons are made a. to taxable
property. Against WashinRton's 3d.
00o'OOO OF taxable property are placed:
Colorado. *43 $500, 600: - and Neya-
Dc, t9.0OyOO0 each, and Oregon, S46,-
GU. Even with these oomparisons il il
doubtful il Washington viii be admit
Ted this session. Probably for o. l,ticai
reasons the House COmmittee on Terri
tof,es intend reporting . general law
soon, concerning the admission of
new Seates. IL requires q population
eomosent Tor Congressman, and under
Il waehinx ton can take a census, and If
its claims are substantiated can come
into the Union. The bill will probably
pas both Houses this session.
Changes In Senase Committees.
WAsHNoToN. Feb. 5.-The following
changes have bean made In tho men,
bership OF the Senate Committees: On
aoditlonA accommodations for the IL
brary, Bayard, Merrill and Miller of
California added. and DoIph retired /
on Agriculture and forestry, Sawyer and
0ioeon added on commerce, Dolph,
Gormon aud Slater added, and Farley
relieved on manufacturer, Pike and
Butler added; on mines and mining.
Bowen advanced to the chairmaushjp |
on Territories, Call aud Jones of Flor.
lila added on woman suffrage. Cock
rill added and made chairman. and |
Jones of Florida retired; on claims.
Fair added. and Gibson retired.
The following have been named AZ |
mesabers of the two new committees
created by the new code of Senate rules: |
Expeniitu Of public moneys, Wilson. |
Harrison, Plumb, Plat, George and !
kenna fish and fisheries, Lapham,
Sewell, Dawes. Palmer, Morgan, Groome |
and Farley.
Orlando Evans, for postmaster at |
Reno, New.
Newspaper Postage.
The following memorial was present
ed to the House today, by Finnerty, and |
referred to the Committee on Post |
Offices:
office Of the Western Associated
Press, Chicago, February l, 1884: 20
tho Hon. Speaker Of the House |
of Representatives, Washington, d.
O.: Sif-At the annual meeting
Of tho members of the Western Assooia-
ted Press recently held at Detroit, a res0
luton WAS unanimously passed to memo
oFialize congress setting forth the Unjust
20 OF present rates of newspaper post
age, especially the rate ON transient
papers-one cent for each two ounces
in weight and one cent for any fraction
OF an ounce thus newspapers exceed
ing two ounces by the weight of the
wrapper only are consigned TO the waste /
box in the pest Office, unless the stamp
thereon is two cents. In case of letters
II the postage happens to be insult
cient. il 10 mailed and the deficiency
collected from the receiver, and most
people suppose the same thing Ia done
regarding papers; and Why should it
not be2 Tho smaller class Of news
papers without supplements come with
IN the two ounce weight, but with them
overrun it. Nearly all the papers are of
quarto form, columns or more to the
page.