Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-14

wssaTsoroN. Jas. I3-HsIe. from the
1)osnnlttes On Appropriated, reported
hack tbs last naval sppropris.1on ball
sent over By the Ho0se, amended oJ
striking cot all prosisinns for ehanRes
In the existing awA Hale said be
scslid call Il 10 tomorrow.
DoIph, from the Comn1iEtes On Pub
lie Lands, reported fsvorably the Hoase
oil repsAIinQ the pre- ernption, timber
sultugs snd desert land scfs. and uodi-
firing the homestead set.
Edn1nds irtrodnosd 3 I'LL snthortz
ing sue President 10 Appoint and place
on the retired lisz Of the army, one per-
ssa fFo1n amon9 those who nsd beea
EsnerAis commanding the aranies Of the
United Ssstcs or General in Chief Of
said array. Eimnnds expressed tie
nope that unanimous consent w5uld &c
xfssa for the iaamedists CONSIDERATION
of she bill. Every Senator. be said,
so1id sss the object, parposs AMI appi-
sation Of tie bill. Is would 21thortze
the President 80 appoint General Grant
10 tlas retired lise- Ia fts form u oo-
Tiatsd al the difhcaIty observed In the
fiiz john Porter ease.
Gksekrpll asked that IL should lie over
sistii tomorrow.
BouaE-
W1sarx0rox. Jan. 13.-Stooksla9er.
rising 10 qusstiou Of personal priv.
ilaess, sent 81 tls Clerks desk and had
read an article in yesterdaY's New
York Szn, charging the COMMITTEES
lii Public Baaisdiags With log rolling
70 pass bills for tne erection Of public
onitdings, involving fI5,000,000, and
diving Randall crest credit for fighting
and exposing the isb. TIE statements
ia the article, said StsckasaQer, were
reckless, bat considering that state
meuts almosa az reckless hAd been
made on the floor add in Interviews.
esp~ciaIls by TIE gentDeman from Ohio
Warner }, IL wa n8t strange that news
pager reporters should repeat thsm.
| fbs amount involved in the bills VS.
mn $l5.06o.0D0. bat $6E2, 100. The as
ssFtion that there was any combination
90 binding together OF these bills, 50 far
as IL referred 70 him OF bis committee,
wAs wholly arRtuitsus, entirely Gncalled
/ for, and utterly false. He defended the
order under watch the public bnilding
measures wer,s to be considered.
Randall said be had never koown Of
| the article 10 the Ssa until Ii was shown
him yesterday. The material point IN
she controversy between the gentleman
from Indiana and himself was land hs
| proposed to take the ball by the hornsl,
| whsiheg there was combination. de
| did not know. and be never hSd charged
that ths gentlemen were guilty of form
| ing an Improper combination, bat be
did say that the very eject OF the resp
| luton Is combination, and naturally
u rat han "a
sent.sd objections 10 tho consideration
Of these bills he had been appealed 10
on all sides 10 withdrsw his opp siti0u.
| He has stated that II the Committes on
Public Buildings would select q dozen
or fifteen meFftsrious bills, which
shonld be passed, the House could pro
csed undsrstandingly. The answer was
tbat the moment dozen or fifteen bills
wers picked out. the gentlemen interest
ed iia the bills not selected would op-
pose the proposition. He was willing
that the country sho7ld Judge whether
there Was q combination OF not.
The following bills weFo passed: Gre
atina the United States judicial Dis
triet Of California: limitiaR time for
presentation of county and back paJ
claiuls to three years from the passage
pensions TO sir years, and providing
that claims hereafter arising Dc present.
ed within six yeara from the time they
originated; authorizing tho service Of
civil and criminal process issued by Ter
tit0riRi courts within military and In
dian reservations and tho Yellowstone
park; repeating section $40 Of the reyis
ed statutes, whidh provides that clerk
i sfssa a ~
mia, Oregon and Nevada may charge
extra fees; amending section 1883 Of tbs
revised statues so ~ TO prohibits Terri
torial Legislatures from granting private
charters; regulating appeals from ths
Supreme Court Of tue District OF Colam
bia and the Supreme Courts Of the Ter
fitoFi,s. (lt provides that no appeal Of
writ III error shall hereafter be allowed
from any judgment or decree In an,
suit at Law or la equity In the suprems
Court Of the District OF Columbia or il
the Supreme Court In any of the Terri
tsries VI the united States unless too
matter In dispute, exclusive of costs
shall exceed Ave thousand dollars); e
extend laws of the United States oyel
certain unoEganized territory south oi
the State OF kausas; repeating so muct
i w E9tth1tA A&Ac VI tbG hNNto9u nthtuLt8 ~
prohibits tbs promotion TO the position
of commissioned or NON commissioned
officers IN she regular army Of any pri
vate soldier who has served two year,
sines September. 1866; 10 regulate ths
adect Of Judgments and DEGREES OF ths
United STATES CoaFta IN any State b,
providing that they shali take eGfeot by
gay OF lien or otherwise 10 the same OF
tent aud IN like manner as the iadg
msnt and DEGREES Of the courts OF snnh
Sfatsa
| Brown Of Indiana rising said, !" l per
form sad duty In anuannaine 20 ths
House the death Of Schuyler Coifax, Al
enc tiIns Speaker OF this House and late
Vloe President OF the United States. A
telegram was reoaived through the As
ISOLATED Press this afternoon about .
o'clock announcing this sad event"
\ The House a. an expression of its sor
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