Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-02-03
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
The House Committee on Territories Re
ports Favorably on the Admission
Of Utah Into the Union.

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The President has determined to leave
the Crater Lake and Mount Hood reser
walton to his successor.
| The House Commerce Committee has
adopted the report OF the subcommittee
on the bill to allow pooling by railroads
| under supervision OF the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
The Senate Interstate Commerce Com
miss on by q vote Of 8 to 8 rejected the
railroad pooling provision amendment
to the CuiIom bill, and will report the
bill as TINS amended.
The House Committee ON Territories
without division has ordered favorably
reported the bill enabling Utah to form
a constitution and State government
and to be admitted into the Union.
Senator Dolph has introduced a bill
for the relief Of the Blalock Wheat
Growing Company. which was referred
to the COMMITTEES on Public Lands and
will probably be reported tavorably soon.
In reporting TO the House the Com
mittee on Election OF President says rel
alive TO the bill repeating the Federal
supervision OF election statute that "yc-
tiers must be freed from such espionage
and interference, )" and that 1.-THE people
have decided Federal meddling with
elections must cease"
1t is now certain that the sundry civil
appropriation bill will contain q pr0vi-
sion TO sIlow the four States admitted In
the omnibus bill the preference right OF
sixty days TO select lands for their pub
installations. Attorney General Jones
says this 10 worth " 900 900 to the school
interests OF Washington.
Representative Fellows offered In the
House for reference resolution direct
Ing an inquiry by Congressional com
mittee into the etate OF affairs ON the
Isihmus OF Panama, the expenditures OF
money In America to secure acquiescence
In the canal project and the propriety OF
General Newton's connection with the
Panama Canal Company.
Representative Wilson has received
an order from the Commissioner of the
general land Office for the issuance oil
patents Tor the lands OF the Northern
Pacific, commencing at the eastern line
OF Washington and continuing through
TO the end Of the road, for all odd sec
tions within the grant. Montana and
Idaho have been left out for the present,
owing to the fact that the lands Of the
Western State have been more generally
sold than the others and owners are ask
Ing Tor patents.
Provision 10 made In the suudrv civil
bill for extra rates to be paid for surveys
In the mountainous and heavily-tim-
bered districts OF Oregon, Washington
and Idaho a. was done last year. In
this same bill s93, 600 is appropriated for
liIeboats and life-saving staff ms on the
Oregon and Washington coasts. The
sundry civil bill only provides $50. 900 Ia
carry out the Chinese exclusion act and
the return OF the Chinese TO their native
country. Senator Dolph claims that thi 4
amount Is much too small, and he will
mako an effort to have IL increased In
the Senate.
the lighthouse bill, which parsed the
House, contains the following appropri-
atoms for Oregon and Washington: AT
the mouth Of the willamette river, Or,
light and fog signal, $1,000; at Gray's
Hsrbor. Wash, first order lighthouse
ard log signal, at a cost not to exceed
5000. In addition to the appropriation
Of $l5.600 already made; on the north
head OF Cape Disappointment, WASH, a
first order lighthouse, not to cost more
than $40 coo, and when the light shall
have been esta biished the light at Cape
disappointment will be discontinued
and light OF the fourth order to DO sub
stltuted therefor; at twenty five points
on the Willamette river between Salem
and Portland, beacon lights and buoys,
Mt cost not exceeding % 600. and the
same to be expended under the direction
oil the Secretary OF the Treasury. Rep.
resentative Wilson has already secured
In the sundry civil appropriation bill a
provision for lighthouse at Gray's
Harbor.
Perhaps the most important meeting
OF the Finance Committee OF the Senate
held during this Congress Was that which
resulted in the decision of u favorabl
report OF the bill to repeal the Sherman
silver purchase act. Subsequently Sher-
man reported the bill, and IL was placed
on the calendar. The meeting was large
ly attended, every member being pres-
emit except Senators Jones and Vance,
who 10 Ill. While a majority was in ia
vor OF the action taken, a vigorous OBJ
position was manifested by Harris oil
Tennessee and Voorhees, OF Indiana.
Those who voted to report the bill favor
ably we're Morrill,, Sherman, Allison, Al
drich, Hiscock. Mcpherson and Carlisle.
Senators Voorhees, and Harris entered
an emphatic protest against the proposed
action OF the committee, and would have
been j,ined by Senators Jones and Vance
had they been present. The meet ny is
said To have been interesting. This is
probably In reference 30 the speeches
made by Harris and Voorhees,. They
were outvo,ed, however, and the discus
sion will now be trans erred TO the floor
of the Senate. Senator McPhers IN said
the bill was satisfactory to him, although
he would rather have had his resolution
reported. One feature he did not ap-
prove was that which postponed the
time TO January l., 1894, but still he
thought il afforded relief, for the peo-
pie would know at that time at least that
the present imitation OF currency would
end and the country would return to
currency and money not debased. Teller
and voorhees, do not believe the bill can
pass, and Voorhees, is credited with saw
ing that not ten Democratic Senators
will vote for IL.
The proposed Seattle canal has met
with serious obstacle by points raised
by engineers and scientific men who
have visited that point and given some
attention to the climatic conditions and
topography of the lands and the country
Lakes Union and Washing
ton. II appears now that, II his cana
should be built, depth of water suffi
cient TO be OF any use for floating ships
into the fresh-water lakes won d be 80
great a drain upon the lakes as to mate
rally lower their depth. There is not
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