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, 1889-12-19
BREwER's NOMINATION.
A Long Discussion on tho Conhrma
tion in tho Senate.


The executive session of the senate
this afternoon lasted more than two
hours. The principal topic Of discussion
was the nomination OF Judge Brewer to
be associate justice Of the supreme court
This was called up by Senator ingalls,,
upon the favorable report OF tho COM
mittee on judiciary.
Although there was no minority re-
port, the confirmation of the nomination
was opposed by senators of both parties,
it Is said, who based their objections
upon two grounds:
First-His decisions in the prohibition
cases in Kansas, which were afterwards
reversed by the supreme court.
Second-The statement of facts in Judge
Gresham $ review of the appointment OF a
receiver for the Wabash system of rail-
roads by Judge Brewer whose order in
the case Judge Gresham vacated, SO far
as it affected the roads within the limits
of his circuit. IL was asserted that
these things justified the suspicion that
Judge Brewer was friend of the cor
poration interests and against those of
the public, and that the facts asstated
in Judge Gresham's review warranted an
investigation.
The friends of Judge Brewer 1t is said
denied that he was in any way unduly
influenced In his action in the Wabash
rcceivership, but the adjournment eame
before the case was disposed Of IL is
believed, however, that the nomination
will be confirmed probably Tomorrow.
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tions, and for the adjustment of tho
boundaries. R
For tie fortifcation of sweet wines
free of duty.
To repeal the duty on sugar. and to
pay bounty to aid In the cultivation of
sugar.
For the free importation of jute bag
ging,
TO promote commercial union with
Canada.
TO pay Colonel John George Regan
$1C0, 600 damages. Tile was arrested and
charged with killing John surrat.)
Appropriating SSOO000 to repair the
postoilice building at Chicago.
To place letter carriers who have
served twenty years on tho retired list
on half pay.
10 remove the tax of Q cents per
pound ON oleomargarine.
BY Mr.. Wyke--Declaring IL to be the
sense of the house that the committee
on ways and means should report at an
early day the plan and rate Of taxation
by which S14 600, 900 shall be raised an
nually on incomes and salaries in exoesa
of 5000; also to preserve the purity of
the electoral franchise.
BY Henderson of lowa-To declare uu-
lawful trusts and combinations in re-
straint of trade andproduction.
BY Mr.. Anderson of Kansas--To ere
uNt u DtuSSo FOoNai tSiVbioBh u
TEN,
BY Mr.. Turner of Kansas--To shorten
to three years tho period required In
homesteading public lands.
BY Mr.. Morse of Massachusetts, To
repeal the interstate commerce law.
BY Mr.. Dockery of Missouri-To as
certain the amount of the mortgage in
debtedness OF the farmers of the United
States, and the percentage of the farmers
who are tenants also, to enlarge the
free list and equalize taxation.
BY Mr.. Splnola-Iror the retirement 0
John G, Fremont, with the rank of ma
| jor general '
BY Mr.. Ewart of North CaroIina-For
the total repeal of the internal revenue
laws.
BY Mr. Butterworth--For full reci-
| procity treaty between the United States
and Canada; also, to regulate the man.
ufacture and sale of counterfeit or COM
pound lard.
BY Mr.. Grosvenor--To provide an in
crease of pensions to minor children;
also, to make the minimum rate of PEN
sions SO "a month.
By Mr.. IT, b. Taylor-To restore the
rate of duty ON imported wool.
BY Mr.. Enloe--To prohibit gambling
contracts in agricultural and other prod
ucts; also, a resolution calling on the
secretary of the interior for information
with regard to the Tanner investigation.
BY Mr.. Wilson of Washinaton--For
the establishment of an assay office at
Spokane Falls. .'....
By various dele9ates-For the ada
mission into the union of Idaho, New
Mexico and Wyoming.
Among the bills Introduced for the
erection of public buildings were the
following; San Diego, stockton, San
Francisco, San Jose and Oakland, CAL
iforpia; Pueblo, Colorado; Helena and
Fremont, Montana; Spokane Falls,
Tacoma and Seattle. Washington; AL
buquergue New Mexico; Salt Lake City,
Utah; and Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Increased appropriations were asked
for buildings at Los Angeles and Sac
ramento.
The number of bills introduced under
the calls was 1864. Many Of these are
duplicates, if not in language at least In
the subject matter of their provisions.
The death Of James Laird of Nebraska,
s. $. Cox of New York, N. w. Nutting
of New York. and X. w. Townsend Of
Illinois, were announced to the house,
which, as mark of respect to the
memory of the deceased, adjourned until
| Friday,
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sundries 9th wood, woodenware, books
and paper 10th.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Special Biils Introduced In the House
and Senate.


Special Bills introduced In the House
and Senate.
Senator Frye to-day introduced his
bill OF the last session TO provide for the
settlement of the claims Of the United
States growing out of the issued bonds
to aid in the construction Of the Union
Pacific railroad and branches.
A bill was introduced In the house. to-
day by Mckinley concerning the collec.
ton of customs dues II Is a compound
of several administrative bills which
have figured before past congresses.
The basis Is the old Hewitt administra-
tive bill, which has been copiously
amended by insertions of phrases, sem
tences and sections of the last senate
tariff bill, and the draft submitted by
gress, one of which Mckinley has added,
and further suggestions made by the
present treasury officials. The result Is
a bill of thrty-two printed pages OF q
technical customs administrative code.
The senate confirmed the nomination
of Solomon Hirsch of Oregon to be min-
lister to Turkey.
CHIEF or THE REVENUE MARINE.
Captain l.. g. Shepard, commanding
the revenue steamer Rush, now at San
Francisco, has been appointed chief ol
the revenue marine service.
THE PENSION OFFICE.
Commissioner of Pensions Raum to.
day issued an order directing that forty
of the 26S special pension examiners now
In the field be recalled and assigned tc
duty in the pension bureau in Washing
ton; that the number of examination
fields be reduced, and that their scvcra
boundaries be extended SO as to covel
the entire country as now. Genera
Raum purposes in making this change
| to increase the effective working force o
| tho N ffipa
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THE TIDE LANDS.
Bill Formulated by the House
Standing Committee.

The house standing committee ON tide
lands held protractcd meeting Hast
night, and agreed upon bill which will
be introduced after the holiday adjourn
ment. In substance it is as follows
First--All ownership of tide lands is
declared to be vested in the state. Sec
ond-Occupants with bona fide perma-
nent improvements are declared to have
pre-emptive right ofpurchase the valua-
ton to be oct ermined upon by two COM
missions appointed by the state, the
first to be known as the committee on
appraisement, and the second as the
board equalization.
The state recognizes all patents of the
government, but it ignores all scrip ill
ings and rival claims tostitles.
The Snohomish flats and tdelanhs
at Gray's Harbor are at present covered
by United States patents, which the
state recognizes and valldatcs.
The committee has made arrange.
ments 10 charter II steamer, and during
the adjournment will take Il trip about
the Sound to study the topography OF
the country and compare the geodotic
surveys with the United States land sur
yeys,
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THE COMMITTEES.
A Favorable Report Upon Juds
Brewor's Nomination.

WASHINGTON, d. O.. Dec. 16--The sem
ate committee on judiciary has ordered
favorable report upon the nomination
of David }. Brewer of Kansas as asso-
ciate justice Of tho supreme court.
WAYS AND MEANS.
The ways and means committee held
a meeting this morning, and prepared to
enter promptly upon the work prelimi-
nary TO the preparation Of tariff bill by
providing for number OF hearings, at
which the interests likely to he affected
by the proposed changes may give their
views. The hearings are fixed as fol-
lows: Metals. ores and coal, 26ti; su-
gar, 2Sth; chemicals, Monday, 30tb;
ssr'aen rr 81 woo woS as
hemp, jute and cotton goods, 4;h; silks
9Th tobacco, cigars, snuff and cigarettes,
9TH; provisions and farm products. sth;
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COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The SIlcott Dofalcstion to BE He
ferred to the COurt OF claims,

ferred to the Court Of Claims.
At the session of the Silcott defalc ca
ton committee to-day, it became evi-
dent that the majority favored the ap-
preparation of bill to cover the de-
ticiency, but that the minority was op-
posed and If necessary, will make a
minority report.
The committee reassembled after the
adjournment hour to-day, and resumed
the consideration OF the legal points in
volved, and practically reached an
agreement, which may be regarded as a
compromise between diverse views of
the members. The measure will pro-
vide for the reference of the subject to
the court of claims, which tribunal Is to
falcation, and to adjust the claims Of the
members who lost money, il 1t follows
from their findings that they are en-
titled to reimbursement by the govern
ment.
Another meeting of the committee is
to be held to perfect the form of the
measure, and to agree upon the details
vet unsettled.
Senator Turpic from tho committee on
pensions to-day made favorable report
on Mr. Quay's bill, fixing $72 per month
US the .aEnsion to he granted all persons
who are, or may become totally helpless
ircm injuries received, or diseases con
.ractcd, while in the military or naval
service OF the United States.
The senate committee on finance to-
day ordered favorable reports upon the
following bills: To relieve the treasury
Of the necessity of carrying upon the
books the balances of unavailable assets
that have accrued sincc the formation OF
the government, the amount being about
$28, COO, 900; the direct tax bill in the
shape in which it passed both houses of
last congress.
The senate committee on education
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islature are In favor of abolishing the
office because II Is unnecessary, and
within few days Senator Watt Will in
troduce bill to abolish the office after
December 81, 1892. 1t will pass beyond
the peradvcnture of u doubt.
Laughton and his friends have no OBJ
lection to IT, so long as 1t does not reflect
the senate, and says that body will pa IS
his bill.
When the senate met Messrs. Austin
and Fairweathcr of tho committee on
elections aud priyilegs, recommended
that the Rinehart bill be indefinitely
postponed
Chairman Watt filed minority re-
port. He reported an amendment, put
ting the bill into effect on December 81,
1909.
Houghton moved to adopt the ma
jority report, and to shut oft debate
moved the previous question, which was
carried by vote Of 22 Z.
The application Of the gag law made
several senators very angry. IL was
done to avert TRADE on Laughton ii
any was contemplated.
The majority report was then adopted
by the following vote:
weather, Farr!s, Houghton, Jones, KIN.
near, Kneeland, Lawrence Luce, Owings,
Payne, Parkinson, Seaborg, Thompson
of Pierce, Vestal, Van Houten, Wilson,
Whalley, Wolfe, Wooding--22.
Nays--Drun, forsythe, Hunsaker,
Long, Preston, Watt--6.
Long, Preston and Watt asked and
were granted leave to change from no to
aye. They did not want to cast an i'm
putaiion on the incumbent.
Rinchart, in explaining his vote, said
1t was not the man, but the office, that
he was after. 1t had been represented
that he felt spite and exhibited vim
dictiveness against the present leuten-
ant governor. He wanted to deny this
absolutely. He had no such feeling.
Laughton made an excellent presiding
officer, and he had no personal feeling
In the mntter.
, 1889-12-19
JUDGE CALKINs.
II Ho Fails to Get the Judgeship He
VIII Aspire to the SenatOrship.


VIII Aspire to the SenatOrship.
1t is given out here that II Judge Cal.
kins of Spokane Falls docs not get the
judgeship, to which he aspires, he will
move to Tacoma and enter the field for
United States senator against Squire In
1891. Ono of the Pierce county dolega-
tion says 1t is true that Judge "nlkins
contemplates moving to Tacoma but
that he had no knowledge Of his sena-
torial aspirations, although he does not
doubt but the judge would accept the
senatorship. Judge Calkins Is one of
the ablest jurists in the state, and should
he become candidate tho chances
would be In his favor.
The next legislature will undoubt-
edly be disposed to recog-
nize the claims Of Pierce
county, and should it draw section
lines and send Western Washington
man TO fill the west side vacancy, the
contest would be between Squire and
Calkins. Squire will enter tile arena
with the advantage of incumbency and
Calkins with the advantage of being u
candidate from county which the re-
publican party has ignored In all ways,
although 1t Ii the banner republican
county of the state. Pierce county
would have no stronger candidate 10
urge General Sprague, although hale
and robust, is well advanced In years,
and his friends do not seriously con-
, 1889-12-19
HOUSE.


Tn the house this morning petition
was read from number of members of
the bar, asking the legislature to give
the West Publishing Company of st.
Paul an eight-year contract to publish
the supreme court reports. II was re-
ferrcd to the judiciary committee.
MEMORIALS.
BY Randle-Praying congress to give
the Washington Street Railway Com
pany the right of way through the
Puyallup Indian reservation.
s. NJ. No. s by Mr.. Clough-Asking
congress to appropriate 10000 to remove
bar from the Columbia river, near Van.
couver; passed.
From the committee on education
Adversely ON Clark's bill to publish
maps of Washington; adopted.
From the judiciary ommittee--Favor-
ably OH Kinnenr's bill to provide petit
jurors tor the superior courts.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
BY Mr. Rotch-Appropriating $4,000 to
pay for the Legislative printing since
November 81.
SECOND READING OF BILLS.
BY Mr.. Ceman.--Defining and pun
ishing blacklisting; labor and sta
tistics.
BY Mr.. Gandy-Giving liens on logs
to persons furnishing material or sup
plies; forestry committee.
by Mr.. Randall-For the preservation
of large game; Indian affairs.
BY Mr.. Painter--To establish a jute
factory in the state prison; penitentiary
com niittee.
by Mr.. Cook--To regulate the sale OF
liquor; made special order for January
10 at T.. NJ.
by Mr.. Ostrandex-To prohibit the
making of fnlso representations about
animals; agriculture.
THIRD READING OF BILLS.
BY NJ. Pcrson-R Requiring railroad
companies to build dopots; made special
order for January 10.
BY Mr.. Shaw-To prevent the spread
of Canada, Chinese and bull thistles
agriculture.
SENATE BILLS.
BY Mr.. Kinncar--To provide petit
jurors for the superior courts; amended
SO that the panel shall not consist OF
more than twcnty-four, and not less
than twelve jurors; passed with the
emergency clause.
by Mr.. Grant-Authorizing the ap-
pointment of official shorthand reporters
Of the superior courts at not less than
$40 per day, with 10 cents per folio for
transcripts of evidence; passed.
The emergency clause was defeated.
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A DISHONEST VALET.
He Filohes His Masters Purse From
His TrDwsers,

WAsHfNGroN, b. c., Dec. lS.-Monday
night, when Senator Hearst returned to
his room, he threw his trousers care
lessly over the back of his chair. 1t was
pleasant music to the ears of Henry Red.
clitle, bright skinned mulatto, who
had been acting in the capacity of valet
to the California senator for the last four
years. When his master was soundly
snoring, he quietly went through his
pockets and relieved them of their bur
den. lie then went out to see the town.
and when Hearst arose this morning he
was without cent, lie notified the po-
lice of his Wallets dishonesty and Red
clilie was arrested while he was onthusi-
astcally entertaining some friends.
, 1889-12-19
A MISUNDERSTANDING.
The Restriction of the Carrying Priv
iIcges Allowed American Vessels.

OTTAWA, Dec. s.-Lieutenant Colonel
Pryor, member of parliament from Vic.
toria, is here to clear up the nisunder-
petition of the Victoria Board of Trade
Tor the restriction of carrying privileges
allowed American vessels.
The board asked the government to
prohibit American steamers from doing
Il coastnY trade on the Fraser and Skena
rivers, but the government understood
that vessels ylyipg between American
ports and British Columbia ports on the
Pacific were included in the request, and
issued an order accordingly. Subse-
uuently 10 suspended the order.
, 1889-12-19
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
1t Looks Like MIR. Hiil Not Compii,
the q ,de,


the q Ide.
OLYMPIA, WASH, Dec. 1.-THE house
bill authorizing William Lair Hill to
compile and annotate the code is as dead
rs door nail
The feeling that such an important
thing as the compilation of code for
the tlourishing young state should not
be left to one man has assumed proper
tions sufficient to knock the bill higher
than Gilroy's kite, which anyone could
see from the debate in the house this
morning, and this afternoon, after hot
fight, the bill was made the special order
for january o.
Many of the members are willing to
have Mr.. Hill come here ana draft bills
as the legislature may direct and submit
them to that body for its action,
1t is lIis idea to prepare II code for sub,
mission to the Legislature of 1891. The
house is not in favor of paying Mr.. Hill
$4,000 to find out what they know now,
viz: That the legislature of 1901 will
not accept the code submitted in its
entirety, but will revise and extend it at
an enormous additional expense to the
state.
MI lklil ~ bt III tils ioh-
nection, will not come here to obey the
bidding of the legislature in drafting
bills.
Another strong objection to Mr.. Hills
proposition Is that 1t Is inspired by the
Bancroft Whitney Company OF San
Francisco, which will get the printing
of the code If MIR. HilPs original propo.
sition is accepted. There is no doubt Of
this. +. ID. SanbOrn, the companys
Lobbyist, denies this. He says that at
first there were relations between tho
company and Mr.. Hill, but that they
have been broken off and that Mr.. Hill
is acting Independently.
The following kilograms which have
passed between himself and Mr.. Hill
within the past few days do not verify
his statement:
OLYMPIA, WASH, Dec. is.
W. Lair Hill, Seattle:
Make no other proposition than the
one already submitted to the Legislature.
BY all means retain the privilege of the
copyright. F. II. SANBOHN.
Here is the proposed code commits
sioner's answer:
SEATTLE, WASH, Dec. l6.
] will retain the privilege of copyright
ing under all circumstances.
w. LAIR HILL.
Mr.. Sanborn is a suavc individual. and
he may be able to explain that the ex-
change Of kilograms was simply joke.
Hc can not do it simply by distributing
sets of the California code.
There was some talk among the mem
bers of the house of asking Judge
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Several Bills Awaiting the Govern
Or's Signature.

No bills have been sent to Governor
Ferry for several days. Several are ready
for his action. The governor thought, OF
staying ut Seattle to attend the wedding
OF Senator l.andes, hut, fearing the blls
were accumulating in his office, hurried
home.
The Whitman county delegation au-
thorizcd Senator Farris to telegraph Sen.
ator Allen to-day that the delegation
favored j. NJ. Hill of Whitman county
for United States marshal and Thomas
II. Boyd of Tacoma for supervisor of the
census.
Speaker Feighan has placed Repre-.
sentative Evans on the following com.
mittees: Judiciary, municipal corpora.
tions, state library, public buildings and
grounds, corporations other than munic-
ipal and harbors and navigable waters.
Governor Ferry has about made up his
mind to remain in Olympia during the
holiday vacation. He thinks that BY so
doing he can find plenty to keep him
busy. He may return to his home in
Seattle during the recess.
Both houses passed memorial to-
day, praying congress to place Major
General X. Ii. Milroy of this city on tho
retired list. General Milroy held Lee 8
army in check for four days at Win.
chester in 1858. During the four days
engagement Lee lost 1900 men. The
delay gave Meade a chance to get good
position at Gettysburg, and had much
to do with the disastrous turn of affairs
for the confoderacy.
Senator Snow of Yakima and Doug
las counties, residing at Watcrville,
made his appearance for the first time In
the senate to-day on crutches. and was
warmly greeted by his brothers. He cx-
poets TO spend the holidays OH the sound
and be in attendance after the recess
When the senate was called to order
Secretary Barton Administered tho oath
and the newly arrived senator selected
his seat along side of Senator Houghton
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and labor instructed Chairman Blair TO
report favorably on his educational bill.
This action does not, however, bind any
member OF the committee as to MS ac-
tion on the iloor of the senate.
The nomination of William I. Harris
to be commissioner of education was
ordered reported favorably.
The senate committee on pensions re-
fcrred the dependent pension bill to a
subcommittee.
, 1889-12-19
Presidentiai Nominations.

senate the following nominations:
Postmasters-Adam y. Cooper, at Can.
yon City, Colo.; Jacob NJ. -Buzzard at
Silverton, Colo. Alphonso L. Learned,
at Port Townsend, Wash. Frank Il.
Harding. at Park City, Utah; john
Koomler, at Las Vegas, N. NJ; James
Il. Whitson. at Selma, CAL; William 4.
Tucker, az Yuba City, Cal; Moses si Brad
at Baker City, Or. Victor Bassis nano,
at Gilroy, Cal. Fred NJ. Dunbar, at
Riverside, CAL. George X. Obcr, at
Bakersville, CAL; George Baker, at
Breckeridge, Colo; also large number
of recess aDpointments.
, 1889-12-19

template pressing his candidacy
again, and Walter j. Thompson will
never be United States senator from
Washington,
There Is also talk among many mem
bers Of negotiating with Judge galkins !,
Hill does not recede from his present
stand.
, 1889-12-19
THEIR LSsr enAKIvAnI,
Long suffering Husband Fatally
Shoots Two Young Men.

PoRT TOWNSEND, Wash, Dec. 1s.--A
few days ago Martin Phillips was mar
ried and moved with his bride to Lopez
Island. Last night large crowd sur
rounded the house and harassed the
occupants with a vharivari. After re-
peatcdly warning the crowd to desist,
Phillips took a double barrelcd shotgun
and fired, fatally wounding two young
men named John Hall and John Gra-
ham
, 1889-12-19
FROM ST. PAUL TO SPOKANE.
Tho Union Pacific win Issue Side
Excursion Tickets.

Sr. PAUL, Dee. Is. The Union Pacific
announces in a circular that after Jonu-
airy holders of Pacific coast excursion
tickets, reading via Huntington, who
desire to make side trips TO Spokane
Falls will, upon the presentation of their
tickets to tho ticket agent ut Pendleton
be furnished with tickets from that point
to Spokane Falls and return at the rate
Of Sl2. The round trip tickets will be
good for fifteen days, with stop-over
privileges within limits.
, 1889-12-19
sUFFERINGs OF COAL MINERS.
Twenty Thousand of Them Put on
Three Quarter Time.

Railroad Company to-day posted a mo-
tice that the miners and laborers In all
the collicrcs throughout the Schuylkili
region would be put on three. g tiarter
time on and after next Monday, to con-
tinue indefinitely. The individual
collierics will also go on three fourths
time. The wages of 10000 men and boys
are affected.
, 1889-12-19

to look out for the interests of their so.
cieties, by whom they were delegated.
"The bill IL ~ good one" said DIR.
Highce. "Our objection Is that 1t does
not give us sufficient representation.
allopaths and separate examining
board, and we are going to get them. III
we don't we will defeat the BILL"
, 1889-12-19
LETTER ExONERATED.
He Was Joking About the Ten Per
Cont Comm issiOn.

Sergeant-at-Arms Letter of the house
has been exoneratcd by the special COM
mittee appointed to investigate the
charge thut he demanded 10 per cent
commission of Carpenter Steinbcrg to
whom he gave work.
Carpenter Steinbcrg and two of his
employees testified that Letter made the
remark attriouied to him in their pres
ence, and that ,aey regarded it as joke.
Letter also saidithat he was joking.
The committlt having no evidence of
bad intent on the part of Letter, could
not but exonerate him.