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agreed to.
The House COMMITTEES on Judiciary
has decided TO make favorable report
on the bill giving Clerks Of the Circuit
Courts OF California and Nevada twice
the compensation now allowed and re-
tain lees To the amount Of 1900.
cablegram received by Secretary
Herbert from Admiral Benham 1t Rio
states that he had transferred his flag
from the San Francisco 10 the New York.
His purpose MAS TO allow the San Fran
cisco 10 70 outside the harbor for fresh
| ar. The ships are taking turns IT the
duty OF staying in the harb0r. aud il Ia
now the New fork's turn. Benham and
staff are the only persons in the feet
unable To indulge in the change.
The Interstate Commerce Committee
Of the Senate the other morning heard
arguments on behalf Of the proposed
amendment TO the interstate com inerce
law To allow railroad pooling, reasonable
rates 10 -, Fixed by the Interstate Com
mefce Commission. with the right OF
appeal 10 the Federal Court for final ad-
lndicaiion. J. X. Counseiman of Chi
I oago. large grain shipper. made the
argument. George b. Blanchard, Com
missioner of the Central Traffic Associa.
'Nsn. and j. X. CoWen, counsel OF the
Baltimore and Ohio. were also heard.
Ha~l-y iniroiae resolution In the
Senate THAI the Secretary oil the interior
send 10 the Senate the mast advanced
copy of lhr census Office returns relative
To manufactures. lie explained that
the report WAS far advanced iow ard COM
pirlion during the ineam henry OF super
ini-nsi-nt Porter and Secretary Noble.
but had h~en withheld; bat lac thought
the information should hc in ysssssssion
OF the SENATE during the tariff discus
sion. on ihe SUPPRESSION OF Cackreli lac
amended the resolution by directing the
Secretary to state the reasons Tor the
DELAY and directing him 20 submit the
latest Information In his possession. The
resolution ~ amended "a ~ agr~-d TO.
Bryan Of Nebraska introtueei in the
House = bill Ia amend this Revised Stat
u,rs 10 a. 10 p~rini, in evil cae~s n vcr-
dat of three. iourths OF the Jury aud
saeh verdict have the same force and ef.
f~ct as unanimous verdict He ssiI:
! have iAsos~i this change for scvera,
s~a'r, and nay Alteration MAS called 20 IL
anew by n suggestion mSi- by Judge
Br~~-r a, ihe cht~aso Union I>eaya.
Cinb banquet last Thursisv. In civil
ea~~s ,Avse 10 no reason ~hy litisants
should II. oosn PEELED TO fight until one
can s~~atr a unanimous seriict. nisa.
sr~~mcn,s arr asna!iv caused by one or
two members al the jury. and q three.
foatth~ verdi I woaii >e,,le most cases.
making a grca; saving Of COSTS
IL 10 the parpos~ nl the senate Com.
mites on Foreign Relations to take up
Morgsh's hill Tor the ft%ors animation OF
the Nicaragua Canal Company during
the pr~s~n; session. Morgan and FRYE
are both knn~n 10 be- anxiaa. 20 pro-
mni~ the ~n,rrpsisc. II 10 understood
the President is convinced Of the i'm
jprtAace ot tho canal. ani Gresham 10
also Ia ansori with Morgan on the sub
test- Publication OF the testimony taken
by thi. o,ntn,~sion In the Hawaiian in
sestisatlon contains many illusions TO
the canal hrpugh, out hy questions asked
Icy these Senators TO drtnanstrasr the
Importance OF controlling the islands in
ca-c the canal vas bull, aud TO show the
dependence OF one in,rrcs, on the other.
In response TO . resolution the Civil
Service Commission transmitted TO the
senate a statement OF the variou. nj.
Legged violations ot the civil ssryirr Law
stnrr Ma'ci, I. lSsa. nv officers appointed
by the President The feature Of the
r~i.nrt - an attack on SECRETARY Carlisle
and the Treasury Department Tor whole
sale violations OF the civil service re-
ad'rrmcnts, Comm ssioner Roosevelt
cites the case ot q certain clerk dism is~ed
from the Treasury Department for polit.
ical reasons. and saws when his attention
WAS callei 10 the fact that Carlisle took
the position that IL Was not . violation
OF the civil service Law Ia rcmove a man
for political reasons. Roosevelt, there
fore rcommends the matter 10 brought
Ia the attention Of the President.
Secretary Herbert has sent 10 Cum.
mings OF the House Committee on Naval
Affairs a letter indorsing the project oil
rc@cning Tho kear~argr. The Secretary
urged that any action toward rescue I've
taken at oncc. The committee voted 10
report favorAbly the bill OF Blair Of New
Hampshire. but Was more generous than
Blair proposed: while his bill would ap.
propriate 80. 90, the committee decided
to raise the sum TO $4,000, with the pro.
viso that the wrccking company shall
receive not more than $40. 900 IL the At
tempt he q failure. Several proposals
for raising the kearrargc have been
made 10y wrecking companies that rep.
tr~ent that the attempt would he per.
ferily feasible. The Naval Committee
sought to secure immediate considcra.
ton for the bill. but Bland demanded
tina. the silver debate proceed, adding
that the kearsarge rescue and other
projects would have - wait until the
silver bill was disposed Of.
The long struggle In the House over
the Bland bill for the coinage Of the eli.
YER seignioragc and silver bullion In the
Treasury has been ended by the passage
OF the bill by vote Of les 10 100. The
special order 10 bring the bill to vote
was adopted by bare quorum immedi-
a,ely after the House convened. This
broke tho opposition OF the tilibusters,
and they were powerlcss 10 do anything
further. All the amendments offered TO
the measure by its opponents were de.
ieated. The one which polle,i the most
votes was Onthwaite's amendment to
strike out the second section. The bill
as passed is in the nature Of substitute
for the original text Of the measure.
The changes. however. do not affect the
material features Of the BILL which pro.
vide for the coinage Of the silver seiynor.
age in the Treasury, the issue OF silver
certificates, II need be In the discretion
OF the Secretary Of the Treasury. in ad.
vance Of the coinage, and thereafter the
coinage Of the remainder Of the bullion
as fast a. practicable and the issue Of
silver certificates thereon to take the
place OF treasury notes issued under the
sherman act, which arc to be retired and
cancelled a. rapidly m the coinage takes
place. The changes made In the substi-
tute simply make specific the fact that
the eeignorage Is TO be coined, and that
this bill shall not Affect the rtsicm ntinn