Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-04-29
CONGRESSIONAL MATTERS.
Ex-senator Blair Wants to Find Out
Why He Was Not Received
as Minister.


steamers plying exclusively Oh the lakes,
bays and sounds OF the United States.
Senator Dolph has introduced bill
providing for the survey and construc-
ton OF wagon road from Gold Hill on
the Oregon and California railroad in
Jackson county, Or, to Crater Lake and
appropriating 900, 600 for the purpose.
Senator FELTON, has introduced amend
ments to the river and harbor bill, in
creasing the appropriations for impro--
ing the harbor and bay at Humboldt,
Cal, from 5000, 900 to t400 600, and for
Wilmington (Cal.) harbor from $4,000
TO SOL 900.
The United States Consul General at
Copenhagen has cabled the Secretary OF
State that the abandonment Of the Dam
ish mission may impsril Dcnmark's at
ttude toward the Worlds Fair. The
diplomatic appropriation bill has been
amended providing for Minister TO
Denmark at salary Of 81 800.
The Attorney. General has sent to the
Senate in reply to a resolution list of
unappealed awards against the United
States for fiowage damages caused by the
Improvements in the Fox and Wisconsin
rivers. The awards aggregate $l0S, 1922,
and the Attorney General says he knows
OF no reason why they should not be
paid.
Senator Sherman the other day pre-
sented the resolution recently adopted
by the New York Chamber OF Com
meree reciting the importance OF the
bureau Of American Republics a. an
agency in promoting the commercial re-
lations between the United States and
the other American nations and urging
liberal appropriations TO extend its use
| fulness.
Vessels comprising the Behring Sea
fleet during the coming sealing season
will be the Mohican, Adams, Ranger
Yorktown, the two revenue cutters Cor
win and Rush, and the fish commission
steamer Albatross. England. 1t Is I'M
derstood, will send three gunboata to
assist in police duty. The Thetis will
not be taken from the submarine cable
service work. All the vessels are tn be
under way early in May.
The Senate has passed bill that was
passed by the House some eight weeks
ago Tor the better control Of and TO pro-
mote the safety OF national banks, with
amendments recommended by the FL
nance Committee and with an amend
ment establishing stricter rules as to the
bonds OF the cashiers and the other
officers. A conference on the amend
ments with the House was asked, and
Sherman, Aldrich and Harris were APP
! pointed conferees on the part Of the
Senate.
Representative Lane of Illinois from
the Committee on Military Affairs has
reported to the House bill authorizing
the Secretary Of War upon application
of Governor OF State or Territory to
issue for the sole use OF the National
Guards OF such State or Territory any
3bs-inch muzzle-loading rifle field guns,
3.3-inch breech-loading rifle field guns,
Hotchkiss or Calling or rapid-fire guns,
with implements or harness for the
same, which may be on hand and not
needed Immediately for the service Of
the regular forces.
The conierees in the Indian appropri-
alton bill have agreed to insert Repre-
sentative Wilson's amendment, provid.
} ing for the removal Of the upper and
middle bands OF the Spokane Indians tc
Cnur d'Alene, and an appropriation Of
$50, 900 for carrying the agreement into
effect. The Senate struck this out, but
its conierees have agreed to the de.
mands OF the House. Representative
Wilson is one Of the conferees, and has
been able to hold in several important
amendments, among them being one by
Senator Dolph appropriating $4,000 te
carry into effect the agreement with the
Umatilla Indians.
, j. X. Dodge, statistician of the Agri-
cultural Department, furnishes q Ions
statistical reply to the resolutions adopt
ed by the st. Louis Cotton Exchange
charging the last Agricultural Depart
ment report was erroneous in its conclu
sions as to wheat and cotton. Dodge
says the resolutions are unworthy O.
the intelligence OF an American CONNER
cial association, and why band of spec
ulators, suffering from their own rash
ness and mad judgments, should 80 stul
tify themselves az to defy open facts O
production and distribution, which art
published daily by the commercial press
OF two continents, is past comprehen
sion.
The Thetis will sail from San Fran
cisco soon on the work OF surveying q
line for the cable between the Pacific
Coast and the Sandwich Islands. The
Thetis goes out TO complete the survey
begun by the Albatross, which was
taken off for duty in Behring Sea. She
will lay down the two lines, and is ex
pected to return to this country in the
course OF the next two months. The
transfer from the Albatross to the The
It's has caused some delay, and those In
charge OF the work expect that the com.
pletion OF the survey will be further de
layed by the substitution of the Thetis
which is II much slower ship than the
Albatross.
Senator Chandler presented memo
rial to the Senate recently from ex. Sem
ator Blair, asking an investigation as to
the reason OF the refusal OF China to re-
ceive him as Minister. Blair saws the
Chinese Minister several times expressed
regret at the rejection and q strong de
sire of the government to request him
10 secure from his government an inter
change OF friendly explanations, which
would set the matter right. Blair thinks
the investigation would disclose de.
testable conspiracy; that the rejection
was secured through false representa-
tons from the Chinese legation during
the absence OF the Minister and by other
false and dishonorable means. He SAYS
he is in possession of facts proving the
difficulty to be rivalry OF business in
terests, the nature OF which should be
ascertained by the governments. whose
friendly relations have been impaired, II
not endangered.
A great deal OF uneasiness prevails
among the clerks in every bureau OF the
Treasury Department over the prospect
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