The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-03-05
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Senator George Hearst, Of California,
after long sickness, in which he strug.
gled valiantly for life, died on Saturday,
March lst
The new preacher-senatOr, Kyle, from
South Dakota has coined q new and APP
propriate word. He was elected by the
joint favor Of the independents and dem
ocrats, so he calls himself an "indocrat."
Senator Nick Owings has been trying
to repeal the Sunday law, but the women
and the dominies won 4 victory and bis
bill was knocked out in the senate on
Wednesday. Senator Eshelman opposed
the bill by speech and vote.
Inspectors are at Olympia overhauIing
the books Of Surveyor General Cavan-
augh, and the latter is greatly perturbed
in consequence. 1t Is the prevailing opin-
ion that CavanauGh's official life Is draw
ing to a close, as the Squire men are hot
after him.
By vote Of 81 to "A the state house Of
representatives has decided that NJ. B.
Sachs, the Port Townsend superior Judge,
should be removed from Office; holding
that the charges Of gambling and mall
feasance in Office having been sustained. Il
now remains with the senate to decide
the question. Representative Snively
voted for impeachment.
The Hunt system" Of railroads, it is
reliably reported, has been sold to c. B.
Wright, Of Philadelphia. The pay.
ment on this big deal, amounting to g.
900, 900, was made on the End day Of
March. Mr.. Wright, it will be remem-
bered. is leading stakeholder and direc-
tor Of the Northern Pacific. The Hunt
system embraces roads from Walla Walla
to Wallula, Pendleton and Dayton, and
unoOmpleted lines to Grand Ronde val
ley and on the Sound. Mr.. Hunt Ia said
to have been forced to make the sale.
The 5lst congress adjourned on the
Srd Of March after the last Of the appro-
priation bills had been approved. OF the
5000 bills introduced about 1000 have
become laws. OF this number about one
third became laws during the short
session Just ended. Among the important
bills which have failed are the pure food
bill, bill for taxation Of compound lard,
bill to pay claims Of churches for use Of
buildings during the war, eight hour bill,
Blair educational bill, sub-tFeasuEy bill,
elections bill, bill to subsidize Hawaiian
cable, bill known o. the shipping subsidy
bill, bill for the establishments Of postal
telegraph system, and the bill for the es.
tablishment Of postal savings banks.
Among the bills which became laws arc
these: The copyright bill; private land
court bill postal subsidy bill; the Indian
repeal bill; the customs administrative
bill the general land forfeiture bill; the bill
to relieve the supreme court by the e..
Enlistment Of an intermediate court Of ap
peals; the U. s. judges salaries bill; the
Worlds fair bill; the Wyoming anG
Idaho admission bill; the anti-lotteFy and
antitrust bill; the reappoTtionment bill
the immigration bill; the bill 10 ratify tn,
agreements with various Indian tribe
and appropriations to friendly Sioux o
10000; to reduce the ices Of pensioG
agents, To pay French spoliation claims
the meat inspection bill the bill TO pre-
vent the importation Of adulterated fOoC
and drink the live cattle and hog inspect
ion bill; the bill apprOprlating q! 900 90
10 the improvement Of the Mississippi
river; the bill TO prevent sorghum suga
manufacturers from using alcohol withou
the payment Of tax: the bill to Limit b
, 90 per cent, Of the rates charged pgivat,
/ parties the rates that land grant railroad
shall charge for che transportation Q
. government troops and supplies; the bill
for the relief Of settlers on Northerl
. Pacific railroad indemnity lands; the bill
! to permit the export Of iermented liquor
, to foreign countries without payment O
tax the bill toapbly the proceeds Of pub
lie lands and the receipts from certai
= land grant railroads to the support q
agricultural and industrial colleges; tn
bill TO- extend the time Of payment {
public lands In cases Of failure Of crops
!; the bill to set aside the big tree tract /
" California as public park; the bill q
i the inspection. Of cattle on steamers I
secure more humane treatment Of cattle.