The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-12-04
WILL BEGIN WORK AT ONCE.
Congress Will Find Bills, Committees
and Organization All Ready.


wasHISeroS CRY. Dec. 3.-[Special. l.
Congress upon reassembling Monday next
will be all resdy for work. All the COM
mittees have been appointed, and there
will be no delay of organization. Likewise
all business fed into the legislative hopper
during the extra session is Just so far
along through the mill. So far as the Pa
cific northwest is concerned, the bulk of
the important measures which it is de-
sired to have acted upon are already in the
hands Of committees, where so many bills
of real value to the communities or COM
monwealths desiring their passage are
weighed in the balance of congressional
favor and found wanting. But the speci-
nc items are in the great appropri-
alton bills-that il where those SEN
ators and representatives whose edu-
cation in such matters dates back
through years of service get what
they might vainly appeal for In
separate measures. These bills must be
passed. Without sufficient appropriations
the machinery of the government would
stop. So from Washington to Florida and
from Maine TO Texas come the demands
for distribution of the Federal revenue.
Unless certain number of these demands
are aeceded TO the bills will fail. This is
legislation.
Washington Is one of the many states in
the Union particularly interested in the
river and harbor bill. OF course it is too
early yet to say what any particular sec
tion may expect, but there is no reason 10
suppose that Washington will not stand
as well as she has In the past On the
contrary there is every reason 10 believe
that much larger and many more appro-
pfiasions will be allotted to her. Washing
ton has been comparatively SO short a
tine a state that her necessities, from the
lack of proper representation in congress,
have not been known. and being known it
was hard 10 make their great importance
generally understood. 1t xas for this rea-
son that in the last river and harbor bill
IL was possible TO obtain for a large num-
Der of the most important rivers aud har-
bors Of Western Washington only sufsi-
Gent appropriations 20 survey and report
upon the needs OF these waterways. These
report. will be in the possession of the
committees on rivers and haroors at the
present session and will add greatly TO
their information.
The improvement of the Columbia river
by means Of boat railway ~ the Dalles
IS matter that wili be siren uoasly urged
IN the present congress Senator Mitchell,
OF oregon. IS the father OF this measure,
which he has introduced and succeeded in
having passed three times in the senate,
OILY 10 see IL faiI in the house. There has
been in the past no small amount: OF dis
agreement between the Oregon senators
and its then sole representative. Btngsr
Hermann. TIE latter has opposed the
plan of boat railway IS insufficient for
the needs OF q great and growing country,
grain producing empire comprising 70
small portion of two grea; states. Mr..
Hermann has wanted canal with locks,
ike that now being constructed a. The
Cascades. This would cost several mil
.3oas 20 hulld. and sorae geasrai idea Of
the tine it would take may be obtained
from . Consideration Of the namoex Of