Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1893-02-03
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
The House Committee on Territories Re
ports Fayorably on the Admission
Of Utah Into the Union.

VI Oteht INV tAAN OhhOhs
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
mission by vote Of 8 to 5 rejected the
railroad pooling provision amendment
to the Cullom bill, and will report the
bill as thus amended.
The House Committee on Territories
without division has ordered favorably
reported the bill enabling Utah to form
q constitution and State government
and to be admitted into the Union.
Senator Dolph has introduced bill
for the relief of the Blalock Wheat
Growing Company, which was referred
to the Committee on Public Lands and
will probably be reported favorably 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 "vo-
ters must be freed from such espionage
and interference" and that "the people
have decided Federal meddling with
elections must cease"
It is now certain that the sundry civil
appropriation bill will contain provi-
sion to allow the four States admitted In
the omnibus bill the preference right of
sixty days to select lands for their pub
lie institutions. Attorney General Jones
says this is worth 81 ,O0O, 900 to the school
interests of Washington.
The lighthouse bill, which passed the
House, contains the following appropri-
ations for Oregon and Washington: At
the mouth of the Willamette river, Or,
light and fog signal, $1,000; at Gray's
Harbor, Wash, frst-order lighthouse
and fog signal, at a cost not to exceed
Sc, 900, in addition to the appropriation
OF $l5,500 already made; on the north
head of Cape Disappointment, WASH, a
first order lighthouse, not to cost more
than $50 ,000, and when the light shall
Disappointment will be discontinued
and light OF the fourth order to be sub
stituted therefor; at twenty-five points
on the Willamette river between Salem
and Portland, beacon lights and buoys,
at cost not exceeding 5000, and the
same to be expended under the direction
of 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 favorable
report of the bill to repeal the Sherman
silver purchase act. Subsequently Sher-
man reported the bill, and it was placed
on the calendar. The meeting was large
! ly attended, every member being pres
ent except Senators Jones and Vance,
who is Ill. While majority was in fa-
vor of the action taken, vigorous op-
position was manifested by Harris ol
Tennessee and Voorhees, OF Indiana.
Those who voted to report the bill favor.
lably were Morrill,, Sherman, Allison, Al
ldrich, Hiscock, Mcpherson and Carlisle
Senators Voorhees, and Harris entered
an emphatic protest against the proposed
action Of the committee, and would have
been joined by Senators Jones and Vance
had they been present. The meeting il
said to have been interesting. This il
probably in reference to the speeches
made by Harris and Voorhees,. They
were outvoted, however, and the discus
sion will now be transferred to the foo
|. t@f fka Gornkn MODhnronv, uafs
! 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 th'
time to January l, 1894 but still b
thought it afforded relief, for the peo
pie woulo know at that time at least tina
the present initiation Of currency woul,
end and the country would return t
currency and money not debased. Telle
| and Voorhees, do not believe the bill ca
, pass, and Voorhees, is credited with say
: ing that not ten Democratic Senator
will vote for it.
The proposed Seattle canal has me
with serious obstacle by points raise
by engineers and scientific men VIII
have visited that point and given som
. attention to the climatic conditions an
topography of the lands and the countr
!, surrounding Lakes Union and Washing
!. ton. It appears now that, if this cans
' should be built, depth of water suff
cient to be of any use for floating ship
into the fresh-water lakes would be 8
great drain upon the lakes as to mate
rally lower their depth. There is nc
sufficient rainfall in that vicinity nc
: sufficient watershed to these lakes
keep up the supply. As consequence
the outflow would soon drain the lake.
This question will no doubt come up G
soon as another attempt is made to pu
the bill through the House or Senate
That it will make great difference i
the consideration OF the bill there ca
be no doubt. AS matter OF fact it ma
be positively stated that Congress dos
not intend to dig this ditch, and that
will accept any theory like this advance
by scientific men and refuse the il
dorsement OF the Seattle scheme.
course, the members of Congress cannt
be expected to understand the topogrl
ply OF these lakes and the lands su
rounding them nor to know wheths
there is not sufficient watershed or rail-
fall to aupply the demand that a huS