Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-12

Eorg's suls1dEsut vAs ssrssd 70 b. 100
20 g.
skirusg Of View York offered an
ameadEsnt. pguyi6tE9 that Istser ear
rssr1 nay 5e spposntsd vh@n the p1olie
BUSINESS demands Is, IN passes whsfe
siaS popalafts8 vas not l. - thaa l9.DD0.
OF ia several places rszr 70 each oshsr
where sas azzrsgsts popalsssca was 49,
600, aud the sr0@s REVENGE rot les than
$4,000. Psrdinz sesi Q tee soGmiitss
ross and the Hs0ss actozrEsd-
sKxATE
AZ I2.25 c. a. the Senator's returned
b the senate ch&mber, aud the Presi-
dent pa tssz. % ste oo5T having re-
sansz tee enait, the tsfiers on the BsTt
Of tie sslsass-Hozr AM Psc3le.ou-
APPEARED. And on ;hsiE oshslf HOsE re-
ported fbsi Fssslt os she electoral eO1ns
Wien zoe tsliersi report wss eagDpasted
TIE President Of the Senate repeated
veghasirz to- CLOSING ssassnss Of TIE an.
nouuse1nens ussds hT him "a the Horse
o Representatives relating - the dec
laralion N tue vote
Cougsg said be desired a. one mem
Der OF the Senate 20 say thar be entirely
e1sssented from the declsFAfi0n thai the
PresIdsnt bad no other psWsF 10 an
nSanelnz that vote than 20 s1po1nee
tue faes. and b. DID nos know by shat
authority toe sentence g1Otsd had be- .
Eaads part Of the ceelAFssiOn-
SHERMAN sald. FL also visa for my
SELF, having PCT On record my OPINION
on this qnsssi0u At other times. 70 agsin
assert Asd pat o1 record NV opiulon
taat the declaration u sde Vas t1s ce-
ciaration % the gentleman Who prss1a-
ed 90 that oceasio8. expEeSsi &c his Own
opInhou, and should not be taken a. q
pFecedsut. except % far a. II may snEn-
Inan6 The Judgment % mankind here
AFTER. believe the Wee President Of
ths Gated States exercised = e0nstisu
ttonAi power When BE- presided over the
BODY today and ooantsS the vote. and
that bis announcement Of the vote - .
conclusive end Of sIl Argament upon the
question, and that IN doing % lie not
Ouiy gave his own opinion a. the resuit
If certain papers gwen 20 him, bat Be
mace tue Only constitutional declara-
ton provided for under existing Las "a
20 VINO - TO be President % tbe Unitsd
States after the ith Of March
After remarks By H0ar. Ltpham, vii
son and Ingalls, on the subiecf. the chair
Edmnnds, said b regarded the Senate
as IN 10 way responsible for the deciar
alton made by him. he had peFfor med
his constitutional duty and bad on his
own responsibility made the declaration
referred 20.
A resolution offered b Ingalls, declar-
/ ing that the Senate DOES not assent "a
the Edmnnds declaration, vent over IN
/ iii tomorrow, as did q resolution oS
HoaE approving bis course
The senate resumed consideration OF
the bill TO -epcal the pre- e@ption and
/ timber eulturs laws. Several amend
nsents 20 the yerbisge Of the bill we're
made, aud others relating TO various
e. neral features Of the land laws not
b. fore affected by the bill, we're pro
% sed.
Slater opposed the bill. He said the
proposition to repeal the prescription
Law was monstroas- Greater prosperity
| hsd come under the operation OF this
Law than OF the homestead Law. De
wOnld eniIsie the pending bill an act
to facilitate the sale Of tse land Of the
| lAhd-ersnt corporations" There had
been evils under the pre- emgtion Law
bot they were not soeh as would be
n m died by its repesl. Within tbs
past twenty-five or thirty years the
West had ben covered With land
grants. No longer ia the several States
eould homesteAders Ret lands, yet the
IaEd grant roads had abundance oi
land for sale. IL was said that l6,
acres was enough for a farm. Ii VA
enough 10 snch State a. lows, bat II
the great West more was necessary fol
fha faruaF IN "a auaNaa a nj in ma ktnu I
home. Under the homestead and pre-
emption laws the settler could secure
80 acres Slater wOald. howsver, b.
willing TO repeal the timber culture anC
desert asts.
Tne bill vas reported TO the senate
end some amsndmeats thu we're re
ieeled in Committee Of tie Whole ser
eofered.
Pending their discussion tie SenAt,
sent into executive session and sooE
diAuFued