The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-01-28
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
The House Committee on Territories Re
ports Favorabfy on the Admission
Of Utah lnlo the Union.

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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
uieree Commission.
The Senate Interstate Commerce Com
miss on by q vote of to rejected the
railroad pooling provision amendment
to the Cutlom bill, and will report the
bill a. thus amended.
The House Committee on Territories
without division has ordered favorably
reported the bill enabling Utah to form
constitution and State government
and to b admitted into the Union.
Senator Dolph has introduced bill
for the reliet Of the Bisloek Wheat
Growing Company. which was referred
to the Committee on Public Lands and
will probably be reported Iavorably 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-
tiers must be freed from snch espionage
and interference" and that "the people
have decided Federal meddhng with
elections must cease
Ii is now certain that the sundry civil
appropri alton bill will contain a provi-
sion to allow the four States admitted in
the omnibus bill the preference right of
sixty days to select lands for their pub
institutions. A. orney- General Jones
says this 10 worth ~ ,OOO, 900 to the school
interests of Washington
Representative Fellows offered in the
House for reference a resolution direct
ing an inquiry by a Congressional CON-
mittee into the state Of affairs on the
lsthmus OF Panama, the expenditures o.
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 OF
patents for 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
tons within the grant. Montana and
Idaho have been lett out Tor the present,
owing to the fact that the lands OF the
Western State have been more generally
sold than the others and owners are AK
ing for patents.
Provision is made in the sundry civil
bill for extra rates TO be paid for surveys
In the mountainous and heayly-tim-
oered districts OF Oregon, Washington
and Idaho as was done last year. In
this same bill 1913, 900 Is Appropriated for
itfeboats and life-savinx staff ns on the
Oregon and Washington coasts The
sundry civil bill only provides $50 900 TO
carry ont the Chinese exclusion act aud
the return OF the Chinese 10 their native
country. Senator Dolph claims that tn =
amount is much too small. and he will
make an effort TO have ii increased in
the Senate.
the lighthouse bill, which passed the
house, contains the iollosing appropri-
atoms for Oregon and Wash ngton: At
the mouth OF the willamette rlver, Or.
light and fog signal, 5000; at Gays
Harbor, Wash, a first order liz hthouse
and fog signal, at cost not TO exceed
5000. In addition to the appropriation
OF $l5, 800 already mad-; on the north
head OF Cape Disappointment, Wash.
first order lighthouse, not 10 coat more
than $50 900, and when the Ixnt shall
have been established the light at Cape
will be discontinued
and light OF the fourth order To be sob
stituted therefor; at twenty five po mt.
on the Willamette river between -a,em
and Portland, beacon lights and b1pys,
at cost not exceed ng IS 900, and the
same 10 be expended under the direction
OF the Secretary OF the Treasury. RIP.
resentative Wilson has air, adv serrred
IN the sundry civil appropriation bill
provision for a lighthouse at Gray.
II Dor.
Perhaps the most important meeting
OF the Finance COMMITTEES OF the senate
held during this Congress va. that which
resulted in the decision OF favorab..
report OF the bill 10 repeal the sherman
silver purchase act. Subsequently sh.r.
map reported tae bill. and b.. ~ o..d
On the calendar. The meeting vas lar2a.
Iy attended, every member being pres
ent except Senators Jones and Vance.
who 10 Ill. While a majority was in IA |.
yor OF the action taken, a vigorous op- /
position was manifested by Harris OF .
Tennessee and Voorhees, Of Indiana
Those who voted TO report the bill favor. /
ably were Morrill,, sherman, Allison. Al. /
irich, Hi-cock. Mcpherson and Carlisle !
senators Voorhees, and Harris entered .
an emphatic protest against the proposed /
action OF the committee, and would have
been lnined by Senators Jones and Vance /
had they been present. The meet NJ ia |
,aid to have been interesting. This il.
probably in reference 10 the speeches
made by Harris and voorhees,, Th.y
we're outvo'ed, however, and the discus
non Will now he trans ere I TO the floor
II the Senate. Senator Mcpherson said
ne Dill was satisfactory To him, although
ne would rather have had his resolution
eported. One feature he did not an
Prove was that which postponed the
lme TO January !, 1894. but still he
honght 1t afforded q relief, for the peo,
re W0uIa know at that time at least tina,
ne present imitation OF currency would
nd and the country would return 10
urrency and money not dstased. Teller
nd voorhees, do not believe the bill can
ass, and Voorhees, IL credited with saw.
~ that not ten Democratic Senators
I'LL vote for it.
The proposed Seattle canal has met
'ith serious obstacle by points raised
y engineers and scientific men who
ave visited that point and given soma
.tention TO the climatic conditions and
geography Of the lands and the country
grounding Lakes Union and Washing
N. IL appears now that, il his cana
iould be built, q depth OF water sniff
en' TO be OF any use for floating ships
TO the fresh water lakes won d be 90 ,
eat drain upon the lakes A. 10 mate.
ally lower their depth. There Is not
ffic ent rainfall in that vicinity nor
fficient watershed to those lakes to
'ep up the supply. Az consequence
q on'fi w would soon drain the lakes
1is question will no doubt come MP 90 .
on as another attempt il made 10 put /.
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