The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-12-24
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
Estimates Made for the Regular Annual
and Permanent Appropriations for
the Next Fiscal Year.


the House has completed the annual ap
preparation bill. II makes the total ap
preparation $24, ,202, ,739, or $s6l, 766 les
than for this year and 81 ,7.0,2lB lesi
than estimated.
Captain Symonds, who was directed Il
examine Rogue river from Grants PasI
10 itB mouth, reports to the War Depart
ment that the river Is not worthy OF i'm.
proyement, and Congress Is advised e
make no appropriate n Tor the purpose
lie says there are too many waterfall,
aud rapids in the river, and the com
merce does not justify improvements al
the mouth OF the river.
Williams Of Massachusetts has intro
duccd In the House "A bill for the discon
tnuance OF silver purchases after Feb
rnary next, and setting aside as trusI
lund the money received by the Treasury
Tor he redemption OF the national bank
notea, which, by the Sherman law o
~ q, WAS made q miscellaneous receipt
The Secretary OF the Interior has ac.
cepted the reconveyance to the United
States by the NJ. Paul, Minneapolis and
Manitoba Railway Company OF AZ, ,00C
acres Of land in the Red River Valley In
North Dakota, and has Issued instruc.
tlons to make indemnity selections oI
non-mineral lands unoccupied in Min.
nesota, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Montana and Idaho.
Captain Symonds reported In favor OF
improving the upper Columbia river in
Washington at two places, one from the
Little Dales to the international bound
ary, fifteen miles, and the other from
the head OF Rock Island rapids TO Foster
creek, just above the mouth OF the
Okanogan, ninety miles. To make the
survey aud prepare fJr the improvements
81 0N will be necessary. The depart
ment concurs In the recommendation.
Members Of Congress are inclined 10
layorabIy regard the suggestion that the
face OF Mrs. Potter Palmer should be
used for the head piece oi the silver dol
lar that will be coined next year. Such
a selection would not only be a compli.
ment TO the board OF lady managers OF the
Worlds Columbian Exposition, of which
she is President, but 10 the entire female
population OF the country, and that it
would be particularly appropriate TO i'm
mortalIze Il representative American
woman in this way during the exposition
year.
The statement prepared 10y the Gle ks
OF the House and Senate Committees on
appropriations to show the estimates
for the regular annual and permanent
appropriations for the fiscal year OF 1893
aggregates $50j, ,SGl 1856, an increase
over the estimates for the current fiscal
year OF $l6 929 ,24l and over the appropri-
ations exclusive OF deficiencies and mis-.
cellaneous) OF 1875 260 The appro-
priations, however, include $2l ,l54, ,2lS
for rivers and harb)rs, for which no es.
Inmates were made. The appropriations,
Of course, never equal the estimates, but
on the other hand no deficiency nor mis-
cellaneous appropriations are included
in the estimates. They do not include
anything for rivers and harbors, on ac-
count OF which the chief OF engineers
estimates that SOS, ,064, $50 can be profit
ably expended.
Mr.. Mills OF Wisconsin has introduced
joint resolution in the House directing
the President of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House to appoint COM
mittee, TO consist OF three Senators and
five Representatives whose duty it shall
be to investigate as to the propriety Of
making changes in the revenue laws and
report the result OF their inquiry to the
next Congress. The committee is to
have power to send for persons and pa
pers, and sufficient amount of money
to carry on the investigation is author
lied. A preamble to the resolution
states that the result OF the recent cleo
ton indicates that large portion of the
people expect and desire a change in the
revenue laws to the end that the bur
dens OF taxation may be more equally
distributed among the people.
The proposition to choose President
by direct vote OF the people promises to
meet with more than usual consideration
by the Committee on the Election of
President and Vice President and Repre-
sentatives in Congress. The committee
bad meeting the other day. At the
last session of Congress Springer intro
duced joint resolution providing for
Presidential and Vice Presidential term
OF six years with ineligibility of the in
cumbents OF reelection, and also provid-
ing for scheme of electng them by
direct vote Of the people. Springer ad-
dressed the committee and was followed
by Colonel Mcclure, who indorsed
Springer's sentiments. Representative
Betzhoover OF Pennsylvania, will intro
duce resolution in the House in a few
days which has for its object the election
OF President and Vice. President by di-
rect vote of the people, and this will be
referred to subcommittee.
An unusualincidentin in the opening pro-
ceedings of the Senate was the Offering
of prayer by Jewish rabbi. Chanlain
Butler introduced to the Vice President
Rev. DR.. Joseph Silverman, rabbi of
the Temple Emanuel, New York, and
one of the distinguished attendants at
the Rabbi Convention in progress at
Washington City at that time; and DR..
Silverman then delivered the opening
invocation. He did not follow the Gus.
tom of the so-called orthodox Jews by
covering his head, but stood bareheaded
during the proceedings. On the occa-
sion of the death of Senator Barbour of
Virginia funeral services were held in
the Senate by Bishops and priests of the
Catholic Church, but this Is the first oc-
caeion in which Jewish prelate has
been invited to conduct religious exer-
eises in that body. In the House Isaac
M. Wise, a Jewish rabbi from Cincin-
natl, made the opening prayer.