Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-06-29
THE DAY N CONGRESS-
Resolutions Regarding the
Panama Canal.


WAsRNOros, June &-Wnson. a
Iowa. fram tha JudiciaFy Oommiiina.
reported q hill pK0vidinR fnK kern,m 81
oourt u Colorado. Passed
Mcmillan, from tie oommill.a on
Commerca, Fapertea baak tha Rieer ana
harhor bill with amendmanaa and naia
he would move on WednusAag q taha
Il up and pass g.
Teller introduced z hin aathcrsrlne
the Presidenl % appoint and ralirs
ALFRED Pieaaanton a. 4 Major Ganeral.
Referred.
Edmunds called up the bin erAntlnaa
I pension Of 500 per manth % Emily ].
SlAHnArd, wido@ Of General Rfnnnnra.
Of Vermont. The bin Was paaasd.
The Chair laid before ne senate fha
coaferonoe report on The Postnff - Al.
preparation bill. slatinQ thmt tha oora-
mitaee were unable % aafee. ahaunnaeian
being upon the Subsidy prspiaioa.
Plumb moved that The senate iurl1t
o. ita amendmont % tie snhaiaV anuro-
pFiatlen bill and nak for a further con
fsrenee. Altar debate tha motion wna
AIRED 20 By S3to - Tie Dsmssrsi1
voting With the Republicans In tha
Affirmative wera Mesars. BFawn. Call
ana Eustis.
AilsF a9 szsoutivs session. The ssns,s
adjourned.
WksHINaros. June y. .-UndaG tho c.It
Of States q bill vas intFoduesd by Ran-
daa % reduce and equali1e dulios On
imports, 70 reduce Internal repenaa
taxes, and % @odiiy Ne laws Ia relation
10 The oclleotion Of the rsvnnna.
King. Of Louisiana, introduced tha
I following.
wmnnnAs. The French Govsrnmeni
gave asauranao % the Government eF
the united states that TIE project az
Dc lsessaps was a private enaarnriah for
whieA the Fronch GuyarnmauR wnn ~
ncwisa iosponsible; ard
Where's, The extraordinary axuanfi-
tures of The Panama Canal Comnanv
have caused IL 10 appeal foF aid to the
0overament of France % aseist a ~
authorizing loan Of 600.0O0.o0o francs
for The purpose Of containing shs uork
Of construction; and
Whereas. Such authorization win
Identity the French Govarnmnnf ulfh
the enterprise; therefore Be- Il
Resolved. That the Uniloo diafaa win
view with great aolicliuda and ala.
favor tbia contemplated aniion 81 tha
~ " AlAAANAAN - ~" A9A4"I NII.a..I. I.||N
oulated 70 idanffiy il With the Panana
canal, a. such action ID opposed % ths
policy Of The American Deopfa AZ az.
pressed By the Chief Executive AZ TIE
United States at the inception e this
canal, and which policy h n0w most
emphatioally repeated aud reiterated
BY the Uuited States;
Received, That tho Secretary of STATE
be requested % send 10 Congress WITH
out delay all correspondence relating -
the canal, u being q aubiect % auoh
vast importance and fFaoQhl with annh
danger 70 she National interests.
The House then went into COMMITTEES
Of the Whole on the snndry civil ap-
preparation bill.
Mosrou, Of California, mognd A
amend toe bill hy inafoaslnR frnm
t5.O0o 20 $1,000. ihs appropriation g
meet the expenses incurred under The
Chinese Immigration eo9 and bg adding
= prosiso requiring The Secretary az tha
Treasury 10 ea1ae 10 be prepared pre-
iiminary aud return eeftihsatoA idon-
tifying more particularly than at fros.
ent the Chinese 10 whom they are grant
ed. He went GA 10 point one the De-
fests IL the present law, dooiaring that
toe Law vas eVaded In she most shame
fui manner. The oeFiidoates nov used,
instead of preventing tne intFadaolion
Of Chinese labor, &aFe an aid 20 immi.
grafton. tbs defects il tho Law existed
IN TIE pfiveieGes accorded 20 certain
glasses Of Chineas by the treaty 20 some
and 90 &C pleasure. Chinese lahorara
we're constantly eosiaz 70 the cnnnsrv
under the pfetenss Of belonging % one
og another Of tba Glasses. The aouafa-
Ion Of tho Paoife coast, 30 faK "A tha
Chinese question waa concerned. va
worse than ever befnre, and if Congress
knew the whole truth Of thai question,
the Bariinaame treaty would nug b Ia
existence one hour. da presented q
petition prepared under the auspices of
Toe Knights Of Labof % she PaoIno
coast and siRaad ~ 5000 persann, ask
ING thai some motion b. taken which
would forever pgohibit Chinese immi-
gration.
After debate ths smondmuus va
adopssa without division.
The clause relative 10 The expenses of
The eolleotlon % revenue from sales 81
public lands having bean reached,
Laird, of Nebraska, made q aaVsHe AZ.
tack upon CamuiaslonaF Sparks in hIa
administration of The General Land
Oncs, sud quoted from q numbaE %
leitera written by homestead asaIloss IN
bis disiFiot, denonneinR sparks orders.
and oharaotsgixine sparks e q sssnFao
worse than The ~ nshoppera.
Cobb, Of Indiana. defsndsd he Con-
missioner, declaring that he action waa
messing with the eondemua1ion 81
every land gFabbeF ane spoeoiatof "a
public landa. Ne quoted from 8 lelteE
from 8. b. Waahbufn alrUnaly anaofainG
~ - ~
and then quoted the report % 8 special
agent, taksn from ne nies q tha
iutesiaf Dapartment. imniioaaina Laird
with land fFaads 10 Nebraska.
Laird indiRn4ully denied fhs sfath a.
eseh and every alleaatlou n the report
and hs and Cobb INDUCED ia q short
aud spirited bat umintailiaible csiloQuy
II whIeh they wsFe heard % warn one
another against making any thfsaia
Carroll, of Wyoming, said that lt uas
known that many million aeres AZ tlfi-
able lands remain; that they had nos
besn stolen by individuals under eilhog
The homegiead, timber culture, pre-
smption OF desert land i4wa; that not
one-third Of he 6 0000 000 cores aiapouad
of hsd bsea patented under thsss laws,
a1d thai O0nRrea1 VS. responsible. not
he pioneers ol the Weat. thas CouRtens
bad vetsd 10 railroad companies gveR
20. 0.Goo. 900 Of acres.
Raadail, of Penosylvonia, slatod that
hs had understood that the sote %
MorFowis amendmunt. which wAa m4op1.
"a thfs morning, woaid nJt b taken
untl sks afisfnoou. He tkarefoEe
askad unanimoas consent tnst TIE vote
b ann1ilsd. This Waa agfoed "a. hnd
then ths amsndment was rsieefaa ~
"a 70 81
blanchard Of I,suisiaaa. moved 70 IN
crease ffnm ef71.coO % e522 coo the ap.
pfDpfiaiiou Tor The salaries and cnmmia-
aiona 81 REGISTERS and feoaiEsFa - pu1-
te iaada Tbs motion vaa raieeied,
and 90 notiou e WaEuer, 81 Ohio. the
amonnt vas 6xad a $880.000.
Oa motion u BpFiuRsg, Of Illinois.
40 anaudmout usa aaopied, providing
ttsi al fees eoileoiod b registers SD
sucsissra. ftom any so1fs9 whien MoaiA
inersase their salaries bsyOad $500 peF
year b sonseFtsd into she Lfeasury.
Laird, of Asbrsska. noged = strike
oaf ths alanss appTopFiAtinG 419140 Tor
rfotansiug tha puhiia lands fFum Illegal