Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-24

GO<S.R Es>lONAL.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON. April q -Ths Chair
laid before the Senate message from
the President, transmitting a report OF
the Secretary of State, giving inform.
tion concerning the average produ zion
consumption, expiration and importa.
ton of wheat, rye, corn and cotton &c
foreign countries.
Petitions and memorials were pre-
sented and referred.
Farley and Miller. of California, pre-
sented joint resolution of the LegislA
ture of California. recommending the
pass Ge of the pending bill providing
for tue establishment of national ex-
pertinent st ltions connected with the
agricultural rolieg 8.
Hill reported favorably the bill grant
Ing - DAYS annual leave of absence to
letter carriers. Calendar
Tho Senate then began the consider
alton of bills on the calendar.
The bill amending the revised stat
utes In relation to timber depredatlons
was passed.
The bill defining the title and duties
of certain officers of the medical de-
ptrtihent of the army was passed.
The bill reported adversely by the
Con'uitt on Finance TO au,horiz-
payments of customs dates Ia leg Il
tend r notes went over.
The chair laid before the Senate a
spectral order. beinI the bill to establish
bureau of animal ministry and IL pre-
Vent the expprtatIDn of diseased cattle.
and To provide for the extlrp.tlon of
pleufe- pneununia and other contagious
diseases among domestic animals, the
House bill being subs itutad for the
Senate bill.
Plumb said the cattle interests of the
country were unanimously In favor of
hs legislation proposed by the bill.
, Coae severely criti Used the Depart
ment Of Agriculture for spreading false
reports as To the nature of diseases
among Auerlc tu cattle. He / td care
fully read the Consular reports and
found ~ preteuse of any animal hav-
ing foot and mouth disease or plnro-
pneu nouia ever having been landed in
Engi .nd or any other European cpun-
try. II tie bill passed, with the over
ShaaowIng powers which IT gives the
Com Missioner of Agriculture, Coke
SOui l recommend thas his people get
rid of their cattle as soon "a possible.
rher, WAS but one reason. he thought,
why the Agricultural Department mad
given such wide publicity to the alb
surdly aggravated reports abost tie
ca,tls diseases, and that WAS that the
department was determined to aggran-
dize itself at the expense IF the cattle
interest.
Williams said he was himself stock
raiser, and he knew tn t 10 out of ~ of
L. ot.al. in, thu MT r e.
voreu this measure: and" circulated
Williams. 'to sly there is no pleuro-
pneu aonia in this country. Nv God. it
Is IN New Jersey, New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Maryland and the District of
Columbia. | have seen it,
Mop. erson sail he had not been able
to iini anv III New Jersey.
Wiliams ack aowlcdged III eminence
Of DIR. McPhersnu. and that lie WAS All
authority on the Constitution and on
matters affecting the navy; but he did
not think that gentleman woaid rec ~
ME ,,ieuro pneumonia II he SAW 1t. If
th,; ,,i-rl,e could once spread on the
plains II aould be Ineradlcable. and the
day VS. imperative to staiEp 1t out
now. Williams said he had some doubt
of the eatlre onstltutipnality of the
measure: bat 1t WAS no use fpr constltu-
t,nnt! lawyers to land the question be
tween he devil and high water If tae
evil had u be met.
Brown, representing the minority OF
the Committee on Woman Suffrage,
submitted the views OF that minority III
OPPOSITE n to the measure recently re-
ported 10y the majority of the commit
tee. which proposed constitutional
granting the right of suf-
fta- - to women.
iending debate on the pieuro-pneu-
moui. oil. the Senate went into execu-
ave = ssinn and adjourned.
HOUSE.
- .r..ater portion of the day WAS
consuusd III discussion of the cont sted
election case of Woods against Peters,
of k,nsas, there being two reports. The
mi .rity report, favoring Peters. the
S:tti-t- member, was adopted.
taiAlns reques ed Mss III to with
draw MS point of order which sent the
Il va, appropriation bill. with the Sen
ate amendments. To the committee OF
tue WG1ir. but kssson declined so
there Was no satisfactory agreement.
The House then went into committee OF
the ~ IL. Converse In the cnair, ON
that hlii
Rand u. said tho Sanate bad added
tWentv important Amendments lncreas-
ing appropriations TO the eAtont of
81. 81 $50. and oue amen i'nent which
reduced them $500.
kessou said tue main Importance OF
the amendments was not IN the amount
of III inev appropriated, hu. IN the OBJ
iect If the appropriations. it vas pro-
posed To secure arm for the new
vessels now IN process Of completion
and 10 proc With the construction OF