Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-05-24
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Representative Wilson has had con-
sultation W it'll the Postoffice Department,
ami has had an arrang, .ont made 10 es-
tablish daily service in place of tri-
weekly service from Vancouver to La
Camas and Washougal, and Vancouver
to Kalama, taking in La Center, and an
evt-nsiOn from La Center, via Etna, to
Hayt from two to three times week.
Senator Squire is davo- ing most OF his
time to the bills for surveys of the rivers
and harbors and securing larger appro
rriations for surveys in the State of
Washington. He saws bv far The mos
important matter before G Dngress relat-
ing o his State is secur ng surveys of he
public land first and surveys t the har
bors and navigable streams, so that ap.
prnyri tons may be made for their i'm
provement.
1t is more than probable now that the
tariff bill will pass the House suhsttn
TALLY as it came from the committee.
Each man who is aggrieved, and who de-
sires to change some provision, will offer
an amendment. which will be supp RED
bv the DpmOcr It's, but will be voted down
by the r publicans. BY this method
each man viii get in his kick and 90 on
record, and when he bill comes up as a
whole all will support and pass it. Bar
ring few slight changes, the McKinle,
tariff bill will go to the Senate in its pres
ent form.
The Committee on Indian Depreciation
G aims, OF which Senator Moody of South
Dakota is Chairman, and who was criti-
CT Led bv Senator Mitchell of Oregon the
other day, had a meeting and endeavored
to reach some agreement upon a bill
which wonld adjudicate all the claims
now pending. Tie committee has more
than a hundred bills before it, many of
which were introduced by the Oregon
and Washington Senators and by other
Senators from the Western States. Sew
eral members want the bills reported at
once or some movement made for a gem
eral bill. Senator A len of Washington
says general bill will soon be reported
Oregon is the second State in the Union
in point of completeness of census sta
tisties. The only delinqu-ncies in the
State are Multnomah and Klamath coun-
ties in furnishing the bonded and floating
debt and amount paid for interest. The
cities of Oregon, Alhanr, Corvallis, Eu-
gene, Pendleton, Salem aud The Dalles
are delinquent in the same, and the cities
OF East Portland, Eugene, Jacksonville
and Albany are delinquent in furnishing
receipts and expendi ures for the past
two years. In Washington Whitman
county is partially delinquent, and Chal-
lam, GARFIELD, Jefferson and Yakima
counties have furnished nothing regard
ing indebtedness
One fee bill which Representative Will
son introduced and passed in the House
is now before the Senate Committee on
Public Lands This bill reduced the fees
OF land offices in Washington State, but
affects no other Offices The bill has been
referred to subcommittee. Senators
from States where the fees are as high as
in Washington do not take kindly to this
bill, saying that they do not want to cut
down the fees of their appointees SEN
ator Alien, who is member of the Com
mittee on Pub ic Lands, can no doubt
secure the passage of the bill if he
wishes.
The tariff bill prevents the considera-
ton Of the Yellowstone park bill. which
carries with it among other provisions a
right OF way grant to the Montana min
eral road to Cooke City. The fight bein /,
made on the bill comes from other cor
porations, who wish to build TO Cooke
City. The Northern Pacific is among the
number. However, as it is Impossible
for that company to build this year, the
Montana mineral road men have the hest
Of the fight, and will no doubt carry their
bill through in spite Of all the rival com.
pany can muster.