The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-06
GREAT WORK AHEAD.
Three Important Bills Under
Discussion.
TARIFF. SILVER. SELECTIONS


WA4rySrcs CETr. May &-Tha kig bRzzs.
o. rashsr the ezsiS szvolvlas the hsx Goes-
ocas which tbs congress Is TO CONSIDER,
eS-ae al "A . hcneh-sha sarla hszl. the Sal
ver eaa aad tie federal election bill Every
enc Of them Is under fuil head Of ssscussica
ousss1e Of the capisos. though tAe debate
~ the men Who viii do the veslag has not
opened n the congressional halls. There
: feeI1g unansEous almost, on the part
Of tAe Republicans thai the first two viii
pass. alter soyne amendments ca the
shzrd there Is SOME doubt All vii BE de-
hated as Eenzsn. zstAonSh. 50 FAR - the
Ho1Se = concerned, tho debate vii not Be
drawn eCt 20 such Interminahse length As
has been dome IN other years The rules
q sae Republican majority viii not allow
this needless waste oE tina. and . vote viii
De forced after reasonable discussion
There have been hints that the debate On
the sa-sH VIII be limited to six dayx.
though this IS ncx officially announced ~
toe determination either Of the Republican
ssac1s or the Republican leaders
The silver ball VII be disposed 81 in
Shorter order than The tariff blll- The In
tsrests involved are not so diverse and
there 3 not 50 mach ground 70 be gone
over Ii the federal election bill once gets
under debate Il is hard 70 tel when is
would be ended Il would open al TIE IRE
OF those who GeiiSns In Arraying tie Novth
against the South- The South woaid fight
any measure which has bean presented and
many OF the Northern Democrats would
have % suppors them In the interests OF
the party. and the Republicans are By 10
means unanimously IN favor OF xaeh law
The Senate viii waste more time over all
these os.Is. for they hare 40 rules that viii
shut Cd debate. sad thar most elastic thing
called senatorial courtesy viii allow mem
hers 20 talk themselves hoarse and the
country tired On any question whatever.
This policy OF delay BY the senator's who
are opposed TO federal election law las
already begun For hours every day de-
hates are strung cut There are no mem
hers rash enough 10 raise objections. The
Senate i conservative. digniEsd aEd slow.
and the prosy speeches thai have been let
loose On land grant forfeitures and Okla
hcma organization e2pty the galleries. and
Afford employment for the pEhEc printer.
who faithfully prints them Ia the Record.
The Senate. il IS conceded. viii delay iegis-
laticn to such an extent that the first or
middle OF August VIII arrive before adj
isurnmens comes; the House could prob
ably ges through business by the Fourth of
July.
Another Of the 6Ig bills yet to be heard
from IN the way of debate il the rivers and
harbors bill II viii be comparatively use
less for members TO try 10 tack on amend
ments. The committee work hss . great
deal Of weight. and such attempts would
be practically useless This bill. which ap-
proprssses about 81, 600. Goo bears the trade
mark ct the Eastern members who hare
been voting appropriations for rivers and
hArbors for the last ten years Ii overiooks
the new states a. co<asly ~ il they were not
IN existence exeeps - territories. To be
sure they are mentioned. but they do not
get the attention. they deserve.
The bill .. II CANA from the esmmittee
does not suit the delegation from the state
of Washington. and Il il passes the House
In IT. present SHAPE IL viz get an overhaul
ing In fhe Senate that mar result in some
VIA: increased appropriations. The state
OF Washington asked q great DEAL prob
ably more than it had any reason to ex-
peck vouid be granted. though no more
than the interests involved required. and
k3S &EI04lht A&9&~3 eFSEl VERY FE&3KTE.
For the Chehasis 5000. for the Skagis
StilIasuamish. Sooksacs, snohomish and
snoaaasmse. $15so, and for tie Cowtitx
81. GO. Is the way tia hsE reads row.
senator Allen proposes 80 try for more
when the bill comes to the Senate. He has
loaded himself for Il and viii make q strong
case when the committee gets tine bill
senator Squire Is with him and the two
viii work spgether-
The bill - il came from the com mitt<e
i the sanae old bail. " Senator Allen said TO
. correspondent of the Posr-IsrEaIf@Es-
cEz a.fs does not give our sta te the asten-
tion We deserve II no more appropriations
exn be secured 20 begin or esyrv on i'm
provemsntz. vii try for additional sas-
veys.r
IL Is not unlikely that these might be
secured 1t viii be easier 10 DO this than
ss secure enlarged appropriations for ira
proweme4ts that are noF xo8nx ca. II the
latter plan were adopted by tie House, il
wozia let down tie bars for every member
WHO thinks he has not been gwen all his
state or district deserves, While IA she nat
ter Of Surveys il world be different This
i bgzaeh Of The work Ehich Is rot called
for ia the older states. and there xoElG be
less danger IN making changes f. fxver Of
Washington There would 5e less Liability
of stare pese In the dirscfioa of nez sur
veys, Simply heca1se many states do not
iced aer surveys.
The reesas decision Of shs secretary OF
the interior vki1h shook the title 70 vaiax~
be property in Spokane Fails. seeEss 10
hsve been misunderstood in that city. IL
Is barely possible that the secresary's Ian
rr@xe ~as q little strozx On the subject. a.
ne kad bot lfstss evidences before him and
Interested parties had not stated 70 him the
ssssl and exact sstzztiou- As sooa a. the
srp1pse his aeei-sEz caused vas lad before
hiz Ia zsa<is al haste to gaiss proceedings
~ ssoppsng hss decision n TIE dspartrasns
-rfsI farther arguments can be male on
motion Tor rsvsex. The case. waen f1ily
xexz11reG. VII sezsze several irz norrans
pcEnsx. nss enly far the particular coEr-
rany and rersons involved IN Spokane
FAsls. be-: Eo- ckaer eorn pxnass AID settlers
wao claim lznss On wnseh Indians have
lived and partially perfected tide. The o5-
Ss<k Of he secretary n crssrizx 3 bearing
waz 70 determine the facts n 80 Enochs
and improvements. zsa whether