The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-11

secEivsno GOOD TREATMENT.


WAsarxsrox CIR, AprM 10.--For some
days - stUe q boeh hensoD ~ ccnGsons
has bssa taken up ehis1y With diseus1icns
q West<rn ssetss and tssIit0riea- II d.
lower house Idaho md Wyoming. Who
want 10 b allowed - Coma into H. Union.
havs ben debated vigorously. discussed q
- thsir rsouress. thefr poi1tics and their
rsaa1jonship - theis Nosnoa hro1hers and
sisters II Utnh. II the esnots Montana
has nd ~ can. with he ueats Of two
SENATORS - Tie stnkes.
Idaho and Wyoming are getting better
treotusnt IN responss - their cells Tor
statshood than he four sfa1ss that came
In Lest year. This II On the superstition
that they vii b. sdmftted q this session
Of con8rsss. 1he Other states had - wait
long ard petisntjy. and fheir continued
knocking got TO ~ one Of the standing
subjscss d discussicn yess after year.
Particularly was this ths fsct with ths Da-
kotas. Idaho and Wyoming have had
comparatively smoo11 sailing
The cOmmtttsso q cnce favored Wyo-
ming and only waited % Idaho until The
supreme court declared he validity Of their
tsst oath, which IL Incorporated into the
constitution The debate ON Wyoming in
the ttouss brought the question Of female
suffrage 70 the front. and ON that Issue. to
some extent, the vote divided. The out
come, II that issue Be considered - cutting
much Of figure. put the Republican party
In the light d iavorina Il. simply 10 the ex-
tent that they did not consider the woman
suffrage clause suficsent grounds for deny
Ing TO Wyoming the rights 10 which her ~
sources and her population entitled her.
Postmastsr-G General Wanamaker has
been dsvotfng . good deal of attention
lately to the consideration Of how 70 brace
up the posto0ice service throughout the
country. To help him in this work be In
vifed poetmasters from many Of the great
cities Of the country 10 meet and confer
with him. They discussed the postal busi-
ness for two or three days. None Of the
postonscss In Washington. Oregon or Nor-
tsna were representsd. bat 1t the re-
quest OF the postmaster general
statements Of the business done in
the several departments In such cities
~ Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane Falls were
submitted for discussion and comparison.
One Of the topics considered was the meas
urs now pending In congress to increase the
pay Of railway postal clerks and to shosten
the number Of hours for work Of the clerks
In p0stof1css 10 eight hours Per day. It
was shows among other things that the
saiafies Of the clerks are too small for the
amount and quality Of work they are ex-
rected and required TO do. From
ing the sentiment Of the clerks 70 be
in favor Of "a increase In wages rather
than decrease In hours. Some strong
statements wefs made by the postmasters
that the class ~ = rule are inadequately
paid. An results OF the conference larger
appropriations will b. recommended Tor
clerk hire In many cities. and It u iikely
hat the postmaster general will submit
some recommendations to congress on the
eighthour question.
The Senate he'd spasin Of industry re-
Gently that led that body 70 meet an hour
earlier than usual for daily sessions. 1t
lasted one week and then the pressure OF
committee work Vas 90 strong that the
hour was changed back again. The early
opening movement started fresh talk on
the subject OF adjournment, and the I'M
creasine hours Of work were said TO be
sure signs that the sensts wanted
an early adjournment. The Eenats meets
daily at Il o'clock noon. The II O'Clock
order interfered with the preparation Of
work In the committee rooms, and, Il was
pretty conciusively shown. hindered rather
than helped the dispatch OF business. The
hope for early adjournment was short
lived, and the probabilities are that the
whole move Was rather an indication that
ons or two senators had pet measure
they were anxious to Rst action on rather
than deep-seatsd desire TO quit and 10
home before the dog daya