Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-15
CONGRESSIONAL DOINGS
Trade DsIlHEs AgAln-Tsnurs Of omes-
Fish TAriR QaesiiOas-Dlseoar.
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WksEuGFoS, Dec. l&.-Morrin, from
the Conmittss on Finance, reported
back fav0Eabiy the bill for khe retire
ment and Feooinage OF trada dollars.
and the Dill 70 prevent frauds on Amer.
loan manufactures.
On motion Of HoaF, the House AMEND
msnt % the Electoral Count bill Was
non conoaFred 10, and q conference
asked.
Among memorials presented vas one
By SpeoneF, from the German Aid So
elety OF Wisconsin, expressing the idea
that there was no further necessity for
stimulating immiRTation 20 this country,
and that no satisfactory reason can Be
assigned for allowing foreigners 10 vote
and hold offies after one years. resi-
denoe. and before they are natuFaliEed,
And Suggesting the enaokmenf Of laws
making naturalization and suffrage con-
form 20 the uniform standard.
The Senate Committee on Finance,
this morning. ordered q favorable 10
port on the bill for the nedemp,ion and
recotnsge Of trade dollars. The amOHnt
70 Be redeemed shall nos sxcssd half 3
million dollars month, and Il shall be
counted as part Of the monthly pur.
chase Of bullion for the mint.
The debate In the Senate on the re-
peal Of the Tenure Of Once Law vas
continued tiil 3 o'clock, Whea the senate
went into executive session.
After lengthy debate On the tenure
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opposed BY Edmunds and advocated by
hoar, the Senate, pending further dis
oassloD, went into executive session and
soon adjourned.
me Moase.
Morrison has given notios In the
House that on Saturday next be will
move that the House 60 into committee
OF the whole TO consider revenue bills.
The Speaker laid before the House a
letter from the Secretary Of the Treas
uFy, submitting the book OF estimates /
for the fsoal year Of 1886.
Belmont, from the OOeamittee on For /
eiRn Affairs, reported back the Fesolu- |
ton calling on Secretary Manning for /
information as to what interpretation Is /
given BY the Treasury Department TO |
the tarih law Of 1883. which in Que sec
tion declared that hah fresh for imme
diate consumption shall be admitted /
free OF tax on arrival at oar sea and /
lake ports, and in another section de-
elarea that foreign caught fsh imported /
fresh shall be taxed az the rate Of 50 /
cents per hundred pounds; alss, request
ing him 80 transmit copies of al official
correspondence relative 30 the several |
descriptions Of 6sh caught on the lakes,
Canadian tributaries thereof, or ia the
North Atlantic. Adopted.
In the morning hour Payson, on be-
half Of the COMMITTEES on Publie Lands.
called up the bill granting 30 the Ciuni'
bar a Clark's Fork Railroad Company
the right OF way through the northern
portion OF Yellowstone Park, In Mon
tana. Animated and lengthy debate
apon the bill followed, at the conclusion
OF which, as the bill vas being oonsid-
ered In committee Of the whole, Cox
moved 10 strike out the enactiag clause.
This was agreed 20 by II to 65, but be-
fore aetion was taken the morning hour
expired, and the House went into CON-
mittee OF the whole oa the su1dry civil
appropriation bills.
Long took occasion 70 orlticiRe the
President for failing 10 make perma-
nent appointment Of q Superintendent
OF the Coast SaFvoy. Tue President
was forgetting that public office is
public trust. was neQIeotinR his duty,
and was making the Coast Survey a
sport OF public ridicule ia failing 20
N AXE this appointment.
The COMMITTEES shen rose an the
House adjourned.
Presidential ADpoInteea.
WAsHIEoroH, Dec. 14.-The President
today sent to the Senate for conhrma-
tim another long list OF recess appoint
ments. Among them are the following:
Collectors Of Customs-Daniei MaRone,
of New York City; Cooley Mann, Of
Nioksburg, Misa.; Charles A. Ward, Of
Huroo, Mieh.; Daniel ]. Oampan, Of
Detroit; Q. A. Brooks. of Puget Sound; /,
John McCaferty, OF Alaska. Joseph
Il. Ryan, AssAyeF OF the Mint at Car
son, Nevada; David X. Tattle. Meter
and RsfaeF Of the Mint ct Carson,
Nevads. Collectors Of Internal Reve- {
Calhoun, OF the District Of {
Joseph P. MCCARTHY, District
Of New Mexico; Francis A. HodmAn.
Appraiser OF Merchandise, Chicago; !
Charles B. Morton, 0f Maine, Commis-
liOneK OF Navigation. P0stmRsteFs-J. ]
B. Miller, Creighton, Nebraska; N. P.
l1N81aUAlr A41AA4NAa NUuI49Aas o. n
Van AFscale. Cotton, California; W. N.
9ault, Alam00sa, California; d. d.
Murray, MaFysville. Dakota.
our Consular Service.
WAsHmaroE, Dec. 1l.-Ths House
C0mmittee on Foreign Affairs teday
consideration Of the Dipls-
matte and Consular appRopFiatiOn bill.
Az completed, the bill calls for apprO-
priati0ns aeRFeRatinR s1.571 906. The
Total appropriation for ths current
year was 81 $50 .065. The total .ncrease
NJ the appropriation for OouaulSS asF-
vioe vas placed 1 n the FspoFt aecoSu-
Danying the bill az t266 $40. No aoiioAs ,
vas taken By the COMMITTEES on the e.
Inmates for an international boundarv
Survey between the United States and
Mexico, the Haytien Arbitration Com .
the Venezuelan aud American
Claims Commission, and the Alaskan ,
Oonmission. The Oommis.
IioneFs say 10 their report the general
policy Of the COmmittse has been 20
the great impSrtanos Of oar
sommercial interests, and Of oar Con
IulsF service and tbs purpose Of the !
bill is % provide adequate salaries 10
hose officials who 81 present are known
10 be under paid.
LawbreakinG Railroads.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-The eutiFa
session Of the House Commit Z
les on Post Ofhoes and Post Roads vas {
occupied IN the reading 0f the rspsFt Of (
A @. warner, Of Ohio, Z
Do obligations Of subsidized railroad I
aud telegraph lines Tue report is 4
sased upon the investigation ordered By Q
ihe House last year. under the res0ln- &
lion Of inquiry Of Representative An Z
3erson Of Kansas. lt is very long !
docament, and begins With . summary 2
" the several aots providing for EN-
struction % the Pacific railroad and
lines. for which grants Of land
and bonds have been made. After an
sIhAnstive Argument, the conclusions 2
u the sub-eo@mittee on the several 2
points a. issas are stated as follows.
Firsi-Ths obligation 20 eonstEuot,
maintain add opeFate q telegraph lins !
is the same as ste obligation 10 con.