Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-27
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
Minority Report Of the House Banking
and Currency Committee on Bill
to Repeal Sherman Act.

Representative Wilson has received
assurance that an appropriation Will pe
made for the Gray's Harbor light.
Despite protests to the contrary, II
transplres that Don M. Dickinson OF
Michigan is to be In Cleveland's CAD
met.
The President has sent to the Senate
the following nominations Postmasters
John L. Merriam, South
Riverside; Idaho, Miss Emma +. Ste
vens, BIackfoot.
Baker of Kansas has introduced in the
House bill for the free coinage OF silver,
making it unlawful for any person to
make any contract, note, draft or bill
payable In any specific coin or currency.
Representative Hermann has secured
favorable report up N the bill paying
Il. w, Shipley $2.4o7 for excess work
and money expended on the Neg Perce
reservation in 1880. Shipley is now
resident Of jackson county, Or.
The House Committee on Commerce
has decided to report the two bills to
amend tn. Inters ate Commerce law to
meet the Supreme Court decision in the
celebrated Councilman case, and also
Judge Gresham's recent decision.
The Senate Mines and Mining Com
mit,ee has considered Caminett g
bill. Senator FELTON,, ex Representative
Berry and Caminetti made statements,
ter which the bill was reported to the
Senate with Felton's amendments,
heretofore printed, and Berry's pro
vision, prescribing penalty for viola
ton OF the law by the miners.
Celso Caesar Moreno appeared before
the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
the other day in support OF the bill in
troduced in the House to authorize the
com pany in which he is interested to lay
Transpacific cable. A charter for this
purpose was granted to the company in
1876; but, owing to financial EN- barrass-
ment, it was not commenced. The COM
pany now wants the charter renewed,
and thinks the money for the purpose
will be raised.
Secretary Noble sent to the Committee
on Indian Affairs a communication on
the reports submitted by Special Agent
Cisney OF the investigation into alleged
irregularities in connection with pay
ments to certain members of the Sioux
ribe OF the $4,000 appropriated by
Congress to reimbur them for property
destroyed during the recent outbreak.
Secretary Noble reviews the evidence
submitted, and finds it does not sustain
the charges made.
The subcommittee charged by the
House Committee OF Commerce with in
quiry into the advisability of amending
the interstate commerce law to permit
pooling has agreed upon bill, which
has the approval Of the Interstate Com
merce Commission and influential rail-
way men. 1t provides that pooling shall
continue to be unlawful, but may he per-
mitted on such terms az the commission
may approve whenever in it's judgment
will be to the interest Of the public.
Commissioner Raum of the pension
bureau appeared the other day before
the subcommittee of the House Com
nittee on Appropriations, which is pre-
pairing the pensions appropriation bill.
The origina estimate Tor 1894 made by
the Commissioner was $165, 100000. A
subsequent estimate few DAYS ago
placed the amount required at $172, 000,-
100. He was asked as to the reason
the increase, and exp aimed his former
6sures by saying he had presumed the
new administration would not do as
much work "a his had done, but admit.
ted, VI it allow as many PENSIONS,
$l72 900, 0O0 would be needed.
The Intercontinental Railway Com
MISSION has prepared iac-simile, in
miniature, of Central America and
South America to show the surveys OF
the proposed railroad intended to unite
he systems OF North America and
South Amer ca. 1t is about twenty-five
Ieet long. and will be sent to the Worlds
Fair as part OF the government ex
hlbit. AT the last meeting the mem
bers OF the com mission the work of the
surveying parties was reviewed and
found in satisfactory condition. The
International commission will ask Con-
gress for an appropriation of $50 900 to
finch the Office W rk of the survey and
publish the results.
Secretary Tracy has awarded the con-
tracts for the cruiser Brooklyn and battle
ship Iowa to the Cramps. In making
the award the Secretary says: Had |
the power to award the contracts for The
construction oil these ships In my DIS
cretion, | should distribu them to two
firms, bu | have no such power. lam
required by the statute to award the con-
tracts to the lowest and most responsible
bidder, and there Is no doubt that the
Cramps are the lowest bidders, and |
cannot say the Union Iron Works are
better builders than the Cramps any
/ ho ~ L 4
ter builders than the Union Iron Works.
regard both as excellent builders and
equally good. Under these circumstances
it is plainly my duty under the law to
award the contracts for both of said yes.
sells to the Cramps"
The President is still giving close con-
siderati n to the subject of freight
brought over the Canadian Pacific, Two
new points have been discovered, viz.
That the original law specified that the
consua system was to be applied
to freight which was the product of con-
tiguous foreign countries only, and that
by the Canadian law United States con-
suiar officers guilty of fraud in the
United states are not amenable to arrest
so long as they remain in Canada. A
large bulk of the freight handled bv the
Canadian Pacific, and which comes into
this country under consular seal. is the
product OF other foreign countries. nota-
bly, Japan and China. Did this class of
freight not enjoy the privilege of the
consular-seal system, they would enter
this country at an American port and he
transported by American railroads
These two points are considered imnor.
tant as giving the President. If ha
chooses by exercising it. the right Of
suspending the operation of the consn.
lar-seal system without action by Con.
gress.