Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-23
TIE NATIONS CAPITAL.
The Days work In the
Senate and Rowse.
A Bm en- Opium fnsAas-Aa Assay oase
st Portland -AnassneAs Over the
Indian ousutiOa--Aa5oaEnsa sur
the Holiaaya


Ato1ts Ea4oft1A Dali " N[OFl1o fof EH0
execution Of article sf she treaty wfah
China. dated November 18th. lisa. on
the sabieol Of the opiam trnflla. and
gave notios that be would ash for iRs
eonsidsfAtion - sooa as pesnible aftsE
Hoar oaared q resolution d,rsaainq
he Oommittee on Csmmerce 10 report
IN The river and harhos bill as % each
pnolic work fer weioh sprroPziaiiens
ara made therein. the faafa whinh rondnR
aalioaal tmpoRtanes and oondltion az
the woFk.
Tue resolution waa adopted.
DolpA intFodnesd q hill 70 establish
a. assay ofllcs a. Portland, Oregon.
which vas referred.
A resolution introdnoeG hy Dawes On
the ss sond day Of the session Instruct
inQ the COMMITTEES on Finance % In
quire into report What spasida rodna.
nos can be made in ths customs duties
and internal taxsa that will rednss tke
expenses Of the R0vernment withoua TIM
pairing the prospeFity Of home indua-
triea or Of the compensation OF ho7na
labor. was taken ap and adopted.
A. 1913 the Senate adjourned until
Tuesday, Janaary 9Th.
TIE mense.
The Speaker announced the anpaint.
ment OF Eoeney, MoAdoo and HOPKINS
AZ Oonferees on the bill increasing tie
annual appropriation foF the military.
On uAotio1 OF Io0lc, Of MontAna, q
bill vas passed granting the 81 Paul,
Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad
Company q Tisht of way through q car-
tain Indian reservation 10 northern
Montana and nofthesn pakola.
The Comptroller % tbs euFrency haa
declared the Attn dividend of 10 per
cent In favor Of the creditors Of the
Pacific National Bank OF Boeloa. This
makes In al. thirty per cent paid on tha
claims. amounting te e. -, lee.
The PostOflioe Committee 81 the
House, today Adopted the report sub
mtlted by Representative Warner, on
the subsidizsd telegraph lines. with few
unimpoFtant amendments.
Barnes, Of Georgia. concluded bic
Argument In opposition 10 the blu, BY
90 urgsht appeal In behalf Of good faith
towards Indians. and Of mainteHanco
OF National honor By she GoveFnment.
Springer, of Tenn, IN advocating the
bill stated thAa be was n0t surprised at
the gentleman from 0s0rala Appealing
for good faith toward the Indians, and
especially towards the Cherokoos, Who
had formerly been residents In that
State, and the ancestors OF the Qonlios
mans Constituents having broken faith
with them, aud driven them from the
State az the point of the bayonet.
B Bsrnss-~it 10 unfair In the gentleman
10 make an attack on ms State. What
be says is not true. II ID were true, u
would show that have improved upon
my ancestors, and he has deRsnorated
from his. daughter and epplaase).
Springer argued In favor of the blll.
AZ the conclusion Of SpringsEis ra-
marks, the Committee rose, and the
matter was laid over, aud the HOUSE cd
iourned until January 9th.
Reeommemdatiem Approved.
Acting Secretary FairohiId has ap.
proved the recommendation made By
the Collector o. Customs al San fran-
cisco. thai The manufacturers Of arain
bags entitled 20 drawbacks on bags ex.
ported. be required 10 reimburse 10 the
Government all expenses attending She
ascertainment Of the amount Of draw
back dae exceeding tho amount Of the
retention.
VIII Conanlt over the TariR.
WAaHrNoron. Dec. 22.--There is 9 re-
port In circulation 10 the enect that tha
caucus committee Of Republican sena-
lors. acting under Instructions Of she
eaaens, will meet q similar committee
representing the Representatives Of tfe
House, some time during the holiday re-
cess, 20 consider the course of pgoae-
durs With regard 10 the taFin.
new Public BaiIaing for Los Angeles.
Senator Williams today intfod ueod an
amendment 20 she aundry civil appFo-
priatiOn bill 70 appropriate el59. 600 for
q public buildinR 81 LOs Angeles. Cal.
The Deneiesey sEUpsssa.
Tue President today approved tbe ass
making an appropriation - supply the
acacieney appropriation for wublic
printing for the fiscal yaaF ended June
30, 1886.
ear Military Aeademy.
wkmEHz0roz, Dec. IA report vas
submitted 10 tbs senate today hy Man.
deFBon and Gibson, and In che House by
Bragg. Laird and Vielo. Of the Board ok
Visitors 10 the Aeadsmy a West Point
which shows that there we're 81 the
time 0f the visit Is vacsncisa IN TIE
academy. IL is recommended that ne
President be authorised te appolnt ten
cadets a large each year instead Of
every four years aa at present. The
course Of study is general h approved.
The buildinaa OF the academy are gen
orally condemned A. unsatisfactory foF
the usss 10 vhich they are put, and Il
suggests q number Of improvements,
and the Beard expresses The Opinion
that iBjussice is done both 30 the eadets
and army officers b. fFeqaent changes
Of officers assigned 70 daily e. professors
At the academy. In e0noiudina theif
report, The Board says t has found
much 20 approve and little 20 oFitisiae
IN tha present. administration of he
aoademy, fsoomme1dinz ahas aha IN
stitution be oentinued undeg the foster
tBR olre o. Congress. believing its az
penss y snlali compared with iia Fesnitss
and that the eoantry feosives b&ek
many times its eoet IN The valuabis ssF-
vices 81 body Of men distinguished
fof intellectual ability, strong eonsefva-
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