Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-03-25
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
A Great Deal of Controversy Said to
Exist Over the Disposition OF
PuyaIlup Reservation.

The River and Harbor Committee will
Give no more hearings. 1t is believed
The Sacramento river will only be given
an appropriation OF about $50,O0O ana
the San JOAQUIN about $40, 900.
The House Public Building Committee
has ordered favorable report on bills
making the following appropriations Tor
pubIic buildings: Boise, Idaho, $780,
600; Helena, Mont, $3.50, 600.
The bill appropriating $4,000 Tor
public building at Boise, Idaho, has been
ordered favorably reported by the House
Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds. ..
Senator Mitchell has presented petit
ton from Coos Bay (Or.) citizen praying
for an appropriation for the removal o.
OBJ. tructions in the channel OF the Upper
Coos Bay, Or.
Mr.. Morgan has introduced bill in
the Senate declaring all laws and parts
OF laws imperative which exempt from
the payment OF duties articles OF COM
merce not on the free list entered in the
custom houses OF the United States for
transportation through the United States
to or from any British possession.
Senator Allen has secured the passage
OF the bill granting portion OF the pro-
ceeds OF the sale of the Port Angeles
townsite to Clallam county for the pur-
pose Of erecting public buildings. The
Public Land Committee of the House is
dead against such bill as this, and will
probably prevent 1t from becoming a
law. Senator Allen also reported bill
granting Hollingsworth eight acres of
land near Colfax, WASH, which has been
in dispute for several months, but which
rightly belongs to Hollingsworth.
Representative Wilson has been urged
by Spokane people to hurry up the case
before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission known as the "Spokane ter
minal case, which was argued before the
commission last summer at Spokane.
The commission will not make a decision
at present, because there is now pending
a similar case in the Circuit Court which
was appealed from the commission.
Then, il the Spokane case should
be decided by the commission, the
railroad could appeal to the court, and
it would remain unsettled. When the
decision is made the commission will be
governed by it and make its decisions in
accordance with it. One appeal has
been argued, and decision is expected
at an early date.
Senator Mitchell has introduced sew
eral amendments which he proposes to
offer to the Indian appropriation bill
when it comes up for consideration in
the Senate. The first of these amend
ments provides for the leasing OF lands
in the Klamath Indian reservation not
decided by the Indians for terms OF five
years for grazing purposes, the regula-
tons to be approved by the Indian agent
and the Secretary of the Interior. The
second amendment provides for the leas-
ing of lands on any Indian reservation
Tor grazing purposes for five years and
for mineral purposes for ten years. This
will prove very good thing, as it will
allow a large amount of mineral lands
now tied up on Indian reservations to
be prospected and mined, and will also
afford some income to the Indians.
Among the petitions introduced the
other day in the Senate were several re-
tlecting on Senator Dolph and protesting
against his bill, which, it was stated, le-
gaized the liquor traffic in Alaska. Sem
ator Dolph made brief explanation of
the petitions and his bill on the subject
in the Senate. He stated he would be
in favor of prohibition in Alaska if it
was practicable, but that liquor is now
sent to that Territory by shiploads and
sold to everybody. He proposed to pass
a bill licensing reliable persons to sell
liquor, who would then become assist
ants OF the government in preventing
the sale to Indians and others by ire
sponsble and smuggling parties He
said that 1t would be impossible to stop
the sale OF 1t by any rohibitory enact
ments the government might make.
Senator Squire recently moved to re-
consider the vote by which the bill at.
5aching the north shore OF the Columbia
river to the Oregon collection district
was passed. He merely entered his mo-
lion, and intends to call it up at some
uture time. The proposition was ear
nestly combatted by Senator Dolph, who
holds that in the interest of vessels en-
,ering the Columbia river, no matter
whether they land goods either on the
north or south shore of that water. |
should be able to enter and clear at AS |
,oria instead of being compelled to 90
.round to Gray's Harbor on the Pacific |
ocean Tor entering and clearing goods to
'r from the Washington side of the Co
umbia river. Senator Dolph said he |
considered it an unheard-of proposition
0 have both sides of river like that in |
Inherent collection districts. He wanted
Q vote Immediately upon Squire's mo-
ION, but it was decided to be out OF
rider.
There is great deal of controversy
yer the disposition of the Puyal!up In.
ian reservation. Senator Allen has
zen severely criticised on account of the
Ill he has introduced, and copies of a
'ng editorial abusing him very roundlv
ave been sent to every member of the
louise. The effect will be that NOTHING
IN oe done in this Congress to settle
ne ruyallup Indian affair, and it will
an 20 on as II is now, detriment to
acoiha and OF very little use to the In
ians' Senator Allen says he believes
he men who have made contracts with
le Indians and paid them for the lands
iouid nave right to these lands. The
ecfetary OF the Interior and the Puyal-
Up Commission hold otherwise, and
'em TO think the Indians are losing a
reat zeal IN the proposed settlement.
> 81 none OF the members of the House
III take the trouble to inform them
, ~ ABOUT the situation at Puyallup. {
~ when the matter comes up for con, I
Iteration IN that body will be opposed
anything being done, as they do NOT 6
loefstand the matter, the bill will very
kelly be killed. '''s j
A hlil has been introduced in Congress
MIR. Oates OF Alabama, which. if If I
ISIS, might save considerable lobbving