Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-01-19
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS
An Interesting Resume of the Weeks
Happenings in Both Branches of
the Nations Legislature

James P. Starr has been appointed
postmaster at Syracuse, Polk county,
in place OF Frank r. Hubbard, re-
signed
A railway mail service has been es-
tablished on the route from Wood
vile to Snohomish, six times a week
to take effect from the 2Sth.
Governor-elect Hovey has left Wash
ington for his home in Indiana. He
will resign his seat in the House,
which will be fill, d by special cleo
| ton next month.
Senator Cullom has reported favor
ably bill from the commerce COM
mittee to increase the salary of the
surgeon general of the marine hos
pital service to $4,000 per annum.
The total coinage of the United
States mints for the twelve months
ending the calendar year ef 1888 was
S65, ,31S,6l4, divided as follows: Gold,
$3I, ,3S0,0SO; silver, $33,O25,6 mi
nor, 1912, 200.
The Secretary Of the Navy has is
sued peremptory orders to hasten the
work of preparing the United States
ships Atlanta, Vandalia and MOhican
for seI. 1t is reported that the last
two named will be sent to Samoa to
reinforce the Nipsic.
A party of Dakota Democrats, re-
Gently elected delegates by the
Mitchell convention, are now in Wash
ington, their object being to secure
necessary legislation to carry into ef-
feet the desires of the convention, and
they express the intention of remain
ing there until that is accomplished.
The President gave state dinner
of forty-eight covers to members OF
the cabinet Friday night, the second
of the winters series of official enter
talnments. The White House was
handsomely decorated for the occa-
sion. A miniature lake, with banks
lined with evergreens and red and
white roses, was the principal floral
decoration.
A letter was laid before the Senate
Friday from the Secretary OF the
Treasury in reply to resolution OF
the Senate asking for copies of the rul-
ing made by the department as to tue
classification of gill-nets made i'll
Scotland, and imported for salmon
fisheries on the Pacific Coast. The
Secretary says no decision has been
made during the past year on gill
nets ready and fit for use by salmon
! fishermen.
Claus Spreckels has made a state
ment before the Senate committee Of
finance, concerning his experiments
in the manufacture of beet sugar III
California, intended as an argument
against the proposed reduction OF duty
on sugar and the substitution thereof
of bounty of cent a pound. Dur
ing the hearing it was intimated that
the committee would insert in the bill
a provision, making the bounty of one
cent a pound operative until the year
1890.
The members of the Senate commit
tee having charge of the tariff bill
have decided to offer an amendment
making the duty on lumber Sl.5O per
1000 feet, reduction of % per cent
in the bill as reported from the COM
mittee. 1t was first proposed to make
the duty $l.25, but compromise on
$1.50 rate was secured by the sena-
tors from the Northwest. A proviso
will be inserted that this rate shall be
conditional on Canada removing her
export duty on lumber.
&C. w. West, Governor Of Utah,
is now in Washington. He intends to
appear before the House committee
on territories to oppose the admission
of Utah as a state. This sentiment,
he says, is shared by nearly every Gen
tile in the territory. West places his
objection on the broad ground that
Mormons are untitled to exercise the
rights of citizenship. He says: "To
give these people sovereign rights, as
proposed, would be to place every non
Mormon in Utah completely at their
mercy, Under the territorial form OF
government we are protected by Con-
gress ard the Executive. Confer the
right OF Statehood upon Utah and the
Mormons would frame constitution
and laws so unjust and arbitrary IN
their character that an outsider could
not live among them. l favor leav-
ing it a territory, but SO amending the
law as to abridge the power OF the
church"
The National Woolgrowers' Associ-
alton met in convention at Washing
ton last week. Resolutions were
adopted declaring, that while Con
gress maintained a general policy OF
protection, the wool growers and wool
manufacturers in the United States
have a right to demand that the du-
ties on wool and on woolen and worst
ed goods shall be adjusted and main
tanned 30 as to secure to them the
American market. The resolutions
protest against the Senate tariff bill SO
far as it affects wool, and providing fol
committee of seven to formulate
such schedule of tariff duties for wool
as NAV be deemed just and necessary
and to present the same to the finance
committee of the Senate and urge Its
adoption. They further declare thai
. the determination of the economic
and financial policy of this govern
ment is SO important to wool-groWlns
and all other Industries and busines:
of the nation as TO require immediate