Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-06
IN THE CAPITOL.
Bills introduced and Com
mittees Announced.
READING RAILROAD STRIKE.
An Extensive Suit for the Harlem
Flats is Dismissed
in New York.


of-way for railroad purposes through
the various Indian reservations, and
also relating to trespasses were pre-
serted and referred TO the Committee
on Indian Affairs.
Among the petitions presented waa
one by Blair in favor Of a national
prohibiiNy amendment and one by
Hoar against the admission Of Utah
as State so long as it is in the hands
OF the Mormon priesthood. Da ives
from the Committee on Indian A fairs,
reported bills to promote for compul-
sorry education of Indian children and
in relation to marriages between white
men and Indian women.
Among the bills introduced were
the fol owing: BY Hoar, to provide ioi
a worlds exposition at the National
capital in 1892 and thereafter per-
manent exposition Of the three Ameri-
cas- in honor of the 40Gth anniversary
of the discovery of America; referred
TO a select committee on the centen-
NAL celebration; by Dawes, to estab-
lish postal telegraph system by
Plat, for the formation and admission
into the Union of the State OF North
Dakota.
Mitchell called up the joint resolu.
ton introduced by him for the APP
pointment of a commission to select
a site for q naval station on the Pa
cific coast, and addressed the Senate
in advocacy OF it. The joint resolu-
ton makes it the duty of the COM
mission to examine the coast north OF
the 42d parallel, moth latitude, in
Oregon, Washington Territory and
Alaska, and to select q suitable site,
with due regard to the commercial
and naval necessities of that coast
for a havy yard, and to make full
and detailed report to the Secretary OF
the Navy, to be, by him, reported to
Congress. Mitchell said that while
$56,000,003 had been spent for navy
yards and naval stations. OF which
amount only 5 per cent. had been ex-
pended west Of the Allegheny noun
tains, there was only one navy yard
on the coast, on which about 50 900,
900 had been expended. One estab-
lishment, no matter how we'll equip
ped, was wholly inadequate to meet
the want Of the country on the Pacific
ocean. He contrasted with the indf
ference or the criminal neglect of the
United States Government on the sub
iect of naval establishments, the care
given by the, British, French, Russian,
Italian and German governments to
the building up Of great naval estab-
ishments. 1t was not safe to act on
the theory that this country could,
whenev n occasion arose, provide foi
it. The rapid environment OF the Pa.
cific coast by important military and
naval establishments representing
British influence. and British power
and the military occupation by Great
Britain of islands in the Pacific ocean
was of itself subject which ought Ia
arrest the attention OF the American
people and pronAot the Government tc
such speedy and effective action as
should be fitting response to the for
midable extension of British pc yer
The whole country. north and west
was in fact environed and menaced BY
a Gordon OF British military and nava
establishments and by lines of British
railroads and steamships, which ii
the event of war between Great
Britain and the United State;
would give the former immense
advantages. These forces woulG
fall with unimpeded and relentless
power upon the people and industries
and commerce on the north western
Pacific coast. Oregon, Washington
and Alaska, with all their limitless
resources SO unprotected, would be
come the sport and toy Of Great
Britain.
Dolph said that Puget Sound POI,
sessed all the advantages that coulG
be found for a 6rst-cla5 naval station
The importance OF the subject could
not be overestin,ated. His colleague
had referred to the British influence
in the Hawaiian Islands, but the
United States cannot permit those is.
lands to pass under the control of any
European power, because their pos
session by any modern naval power
would give to that power control not
only over the Pacific comm +rce of the
United States, but also over its coast
wise commerce. We cannot afford tC
allow foreign guests and acquisition;
to be carried to our very doors il we
do, we shall abdicate the position
which our power, our influence, oui
wealth and our location permit us tC
enjoy among the nations OF the earth
The JOINT resolution was referred te
The Committee on Naval Affairs.
THE HOUSE.
Speaker Carlisle laid the following
list OF committees before the House
to-day:
Ways and Means-Mills, of Texas
Chairman; Mcmillan, of Tennessee
Breckenridge, Of Kentuckv; Turner,
of Georgia; Wilson, OF West Virginia
Scott, Of Pennsylvania; Bynam, Of
Indiana; Kelly, OF Pennsylvania
Brown, OF Indiana; Reed, OF Maine
Mckinley, OF Ohio; Burrows, Of
Observation-Disclosures, Penn
sylvania, Chairman Forney, Alaba'
ma; Burns, Missouri; Foran, Ohio
Sayers, Texas; Clements, Georgia
Felix Campbell, New York; Gay
Louisiana; Rice, Minnesota; Canon
Illinois; Ryan, Kansas; Butterworth
Ohio; Long, Massachusetts,; McCo
mas, Indiana ID. B. Henderson, Iowa
Rivers and Harbors - Blanchard
louisiana, Chairman; Jones, Ala
bama; Stewart, Texas; Catchings,
Mississippi; Wise, Virginia; Snyder
West Virginia; Gibson, Maryland
Fisher, Michigan; Thompson, Cali
fornia; Henderson, Illinois; Bayne
Pennsylvania; Grosvenor, Ohio
Nutting, New York; Stephenson
Wisconsin.
Invalid Pensions--Matson, Of In
diana, Chairman; Pidcock, New Jer
sey; Chapman, Michigan; Yoder
Ohio; Lane, Illinois; Lynch, Penn
sylvania; French, Connecticut; Wal
ker, Missouri; Thompson, California
Morrill,, Kansas; eawyeg, New York