Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-07
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WAsHrSoTos. Feb s-solici,or Gen.
etal Goode, WIZ has been speclslI,
oesionsted to eondact the suit again :,
zee b-h Telephone Company to test ths
validity OF their patent, has secured
TOE services OF tie following FAMED
gentlemen as special COUNSEL to ss-ia,
20 tue prosecution Of the suit: AG
thurman, OF Ohio Gfosvenor Lovery
OF view York, zho 10 specialist iu
ssectrlcal matters, and Mess,s. Epps
hnnton and JEFF Chandler. Of WASHING.
ton suit will b. filed IS soon a. ,hs
soiicitor General shall have had an
oppor, unity 70 consnis With ais assist
ants Ia regard to the bill which - nos
IN course OF preparation at the Depart
ment OF Justice. The place where the
snit shall be instituted will not be de
ciaed until after all the payers in the
Case are ready. The Attorney General
nas positively declined to have any.
ising whatever to do vita the cas-.
Judge 6oSde says the esss will tie
PROMPTLY and vigorously prosecuted,
and With fairness TO all parties con-
oerned.
Adverse Report. Ordered.
The Senate Committee on Rates, at i;s
meeting this morning, ordered adverse
reports on the resolution offered by
Senator Pistt requiring that executive
nominations be considered in open a.
sion; on that by senator Hoar reopir-
ing that q yea and nay vote be taken On
all motions to adjourn over one day.
and 90 that BY Senator Morgan proyid
Tag FOR daily rec. s. from 2 to 2.30 o. M
Senator Plsts was before the commit
tee and made a strong argument in
support OF bis resolution. The vote on
70 vas as follows: Snerm n, Ingalls,.
Harris and Blackburn negative. and
Frye affirmative. The resolution will
be adversely reported by Sem tor In
CALLS. Senator Platt will ask that II 90
upon the eaieu ear, bat will not geek to
obtain confederation for il at once a. be
does not wish to have il connected In
any way with the conflict bstveSu the
Executive and the Sen ate, with which
IN fact, 10 has no necessary relationship
Ultimately he will call 10 up in open
session and discuss IL upon its merits.
The Tehaaasepee ship Railway.
The sub committee OF the House con
mittee to which was referred the bill
providing for the construction Of the
Tshnantepec ship railway have agreed
TO report favorabiy t. the full com nit
tee bill similar in its main features to
the Vest bill.
Demeut Retterates HIS Dentai.
Surveyor General Dement, OF Utah
was again before the Senate COMMITTEES
on Public Lands today. He read the
statements m sde by the newspaper men
10 the committee on the day before yes
teraAy and reiterated his denial that be
had ever said what had been attributed
to him, but added nothing to the in
formation previously ia possession of
the committee.
The Hsuse Com mittee on Public Land.
The House Committee on Public
Lands today agreed to report favDrably
the DILL TO forfeit ths Southern Pacific
land grant, except the right of way
thr ugh the public lands aud all neces-
sary land for station buildings. deposs,
machine shops and side tracks, and all
lands iusluded in the limits Of sny vii
laae. town or city site and lands sold by
the railroad company and in the pos
session Of actual settlers to an amount
not exceeding l60 acres. The question
of forfaiting the Northern Pacific land
kA'ht ~ - SobotAOAC4 jus " AuttSu " -
taken.
The Pacific Railroads and the Gov.
ernment.
WAsHIsaros, Feb. 6.-Next Wednes-
day counsel for the Union and Central
PaoIfio will have q bearing Def re "A
sistant Secretary jerks IF the Interior
Department with reference to the pay
ment to the government of the percent
age fixed by the Thurman act. Papers
on file with the Commissioner OF Rail
roads show that certain c,ntrscts are in
force between the Union Pacific, Ten
trail Pacific and shs Pacific Mail
Steamship Company. during the curren
cy of which the railr ad oemp nies
have paid the steamship company some
tsinR over t3,200.000 az consideration
for division OF the freight and pas-ea-
ger business ever their roads. Under
the act OF 1878 the government il en-.
titled 90 - per cent OF the net earnings
Of ,he roads. The question which the
govern .Ient seeks to settle Is whether
the railroads should not have included
this amount in their statement of net
receipts IL shis be 50, the railroad
companies owe the Rovernnent on th is
account about fs2s. 900.