Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-20
WASHINGTON.
A Compromise On Adjourn,
ment Probable.
HOLIDAY RECESS TO BE TAKEN

Tariff Bill to Come Up to Vote
January 3Oth-COngressiOnal
Proceedings.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.l
WASHINGTON, December 19.-This
evening the indications are that an agree
ment will be reached tomorrow by the
Senate upon the question of holiday ad-
journment, and in connection Herewith
an agreement as to the length of the
debate on the Tariff bill.
The Democratic Senators held caucus
after adjournment this evening and
authorized Harris and Vest to propose to
Morrill, and Sherman, represent
ing the Republican Senators, a
proposition embodying the fol-
lowing provisions: To adjourn on
Friday next until January 7th, as
fixed by the House resolutions; to hold
daily sessions beginning at IL A. NJ, and
continuing until at least 5 80 P. NJ, until
the Tariff bill is disposed of, and finally
TO vote on the Tariff bill January 3Oth.
This is in practical harmony with the
Republican proposition. save in the mat
ter Of night sessions.
COMMITTEE ON TERRITORIES.
The House Committee on Territories
to-day decided to call up the bill of Rep
resentative Baker for the admission Of
South Dakota, on January 18th, under a
resolution of the House, making the
que .tion special order from day to day.
After the Baker bill is taken up,
it is proposed to substitute for it
the omnibus bill agreed upon by the
Democtatic caucus, and bring the latter
up every day until it is finally acted upon
by the House. The Committee decided
to give q hearing January 10th to all
persons interested in bills for the admis-
sion of Utah.
THE ALASKA OUTRAGES.
The House Committee on Fisheries
to-day began an investigation regarding
Gavitt, Special Treasury Agent to the
Seal Islands, testified that the Alaska
Company's agents at st. George Island
respect neither the laws of God or man.
Among other things, he said, they fur
nished liquor to prostitutes in an under
hand manner. Witness said the whole
island was place of prostitution from
one end to the other. An agent of the
company declared he would break
. mans head if he refused to bring
his (the man's) wife to him. Witness
said further, that he would rather serve
. term in the penitentiary than 20
through again what he and his wife had
experienced on the island. In conclu-
sion, he admitted that he did not know
of any case of criminal assault on native
women by agents of the Alaska Company
Geo. Wardman, Special Agent at the
Island of st. George from 1881 to 1884
said he never knew woman or girl upon
the island to be outraged, or a man OF
boy to be abused by any Of the Com
pany's agents nor did he ever know o
native woman living in the Compapy'l
house with one of the employees. HI
never saw anything which would leaC
him to believe that the Company's house
was converted into house of ill-fame.
T. F. Ryan, another special agent o.
the Government at the Island of St
George from 1885 to 1887, attributed the
lack of discipline and loose morals or
the Island of st. George partly to i'm
proper conduct and neglect of duty
on the part of some of the Gov
eminent agents, which was in turr
initiated by the agents of the
company. Witness formulated rules for.
bidding the females on the island from
visiting the CCmpany's Government
house, but Tingle, his superior officer
had declared such rule null. 1t was inn
possible to imagine what Influenced him
to do this, as the order was issued in the
interests of law and decency. Adjourned
NOTES.
Colonel Geo. II. Mendell, of the
engineer corps, has been ordered from
San Francisco to Ballast Point, Sar
Diego harbor, on temporary duty.
A favorable report was made to-day ir
Swineford $611, the amount of his salary
due as Governor of Alaska, from July
to September 13, 1885.
The President has sent to the Senate the
nomination of Thomas Burke, of Wash
ingtou Territory, to be Chief Justice oil
the Supreme Court of the Territory, vice
Charles Boyle, deceased.
The President has approved the ACT
granting the use of certain lands in
Pierce county, Washington Territory, to
the city OF Tacoma for the purposes of q
public park; and the act to establish a
land Office at Folsom, New Mexico.
The Department of State has been in.
formed by the Consul at Cape Haytien
under date of December 9Th, just
as the steamer Saginaw was leav.
ing, that after an absence Of
ten days the Haytien steamer Tous
saint POuverture appeared off thai
city on the morning of December 3rd
and began bombarding the city for two
hours. The consular corps Immediately
protested, and upon receipt of the pro
test, the commander OF the vessel granted
thirty-six hours to leave the city. The
time OF grace was to expire at 6 A. N. or
the 9th.
THE SENATE.