The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Facts Concerning Uncle Sans
Land Policy.
SWELL People on TIE BICYCLE.

WASHINGTON. March ST. Special. -
some Cxccedlngiy interesting. facts con-
cerning the pubic land system Of tie
United States were brought oct IN TO
cent debate IN the house on the homestead
lands IA Oklahoma. In 4 speech Mr.. i.accy
II Iowa, who has made o special study 81
the land policy OF the government, declared
that uron territory bought by the govern
ment at various times In the past there
now lived a population which would 10
r1prescntod IN TIE next electoral college
by i5S votes, or a tribe mOre than ono
third IL The whcla number. The Louisi-
ana purchase cost 3 IS cents per acre. The
purchase from spain IN 1919 cast Ill
cents Per acre. In IStS the Mexican pur-
chase Gust ~ cents rer acre. The 6ads-
den purchase Of 1883 cost S4.S CCnts per
aero Alaska cost I.i9 cents per acre The
Georgia cesslon cost lo.l ccnts per acre
Tho ayCraVu cost of these entire purchases
amounted % ~ cents per acre. The total
amount expended IN the purchase OF lands
up TO 1850 was SIS, i57, SS9.sS. The actual
net cost M 20 1850 OF al the public lands,
after deducting what had been received
from the same. was Sl2l. $40. 20. s., which
includes balance Of expense OF adnlinistra-
tlon. The net cost, therefore, per acre IL
Il 90 cents.
Mr.. Lacey also presented figures which
had been complied at his spcciai request
By the government commissioner % lands,
showing that from lsG2 down o. the bc-in-
ming OF the present year ass. So homestead
entries had been made on hcpgblic lands
OF these entries 100. 6i0 have been COM
mutcd by the govcrnment-tbat j., their
pos9ssoEs have becn permitted 10 dispose
of them on account q their own inability
to carry on tho contest for homes against
crop failures and hard times.
The Bicycle Craze
Fashionable Washington IS bicycle mad
For several days We have had IN progress
a cycle show prepared in aid a a worthy
local charity, and all the swell people In
town have h0rorcd tie affair with their
presence Perhaps 10 other city in the
country has had the wheeling craze quite
as acutely o. the national capital The
managers Il this show found 10 difficulty
in getting society young men and women
to ride In races, and some of these events
have been the cause Of more CT les sport
on the part 81 the fast set. For instance,
young Mr.. Cana 81 the Chilean lesa ION
was made marked fayorite BE- The 80
4bA4tANftN AAAH AAs t.4N taAlA+aNfN-A aAts
another well known young maD. IN
Washington almost everybody rides q
wheel. Government officials, society dew
otces, ronarlrs representative, n.eubl -
OF tho diplomatic corps Gwen "a Justice q
the supreme court, may be seen mining
about on tho smooth asphalt t-.u.;Cats
which make this city tie paradise a.
Whcc.mCn.
Speaker Reed still insists upon having
congress adjourn casly in June TIE big
speaker has an idea that an early .lt laru.
mont viii D lp bis chances a. tr,-Idrn-
tial candidate lie BELIEVES the people Fl
the country a-e tired cf having grc-s in
session and that the national lgg 'aturc g.
looked upon By business men as q ListGFb.
ing influence. Consequently Mr. Reed
hopes 20 DO civcn credit for rushing
through with tho business Of concrc Is
fast as pos .blc. lie insists tla- ali the
appropriation bills can Do Passes! In time
70 permit az adjourn ncat rCt later than
the Arst az June. ara Pc oven Cherisiies T..e
bopc thai Cg-Trli- rny Orr r1r ont a. tho
way by the nii -l.e o.! Mly. II tie speaker
succeeds in bis piars, De viii maslc a record.
Tic Weather Nap.
Senator Palmer Of Illinois has fad 1t
Is watching tho big maps which the
weather bureau spreads out in tie marble
room, just behind the senate chamber.
These maps show graphically the state Of
the weather IN al parts II the United
States and arc corrected up TO tic hour
of going % press, as it were, By tele-
graph. Senator Palmer goes to tho marble
room every morning 81 his lie To SEQ what
sort Of weather they are having IN Illinois,
and particularly al his home town Of
Springfield. Ho loves TO add In letters 10
his friends, Il see you are having snow
today or How did you like today's cold
snap!' There are other senators who
take great deal Of interest in watching
this weather map every day, and in writ
ing about Il pleasantly to their friends at
home. It IS "a good way to vary the bur
den OF their usual Communications about
pensions and claims.
Two senators who appear to be unfor-
tunate In their treatment By the nows-
papers arc Cullom ana Nolcott Of Illinois
and Colorado respectively. Perhaps there
are few men in congress better known or
more talked about than these two. One
Is candidate for the presidential nominal
ton Of his party, and the other is noted
far and near as perhaps the most eloquent
eAAARA VI AAAN FNAAAAANs % WI 1uAlDil
name is printed "Collum" or "Collom"
quite as often as It Is printed correctly,
while Mr. WolCott finds himself In print
as "Walcott" with provoking regularity
The Cuban Question.
Though Mr.. Morgan and other senator's
have sharply criticised senior Dcpuy de
LONE, the Spanish minister, for rus0rting
TO the public prgss a "a means Of arguing
the Spanish side Of the Cuban question be-
fore the American people, there IS no prob
ability that NJ do Ionic viii get into any
trouble over The matter 1t. Is well known
horo that he took the pTeoautiCn before
making public bis article Of which the
senators complain 10 20 TO the state dc.
partment and consult with Secretary Oh
ncy. The secretary oi state advised him
to have the argument used in the news
papers, saying that il was a digniled and
respectful statement, aud he did not see
that there could be any reasonable objec.
lions 10 10. While Il is true that, Accord
Ing 10 tho strict letter OF the rule Of diplo.
matte intercourse the minister violated
the proprietics or Usages, there j. little dis
position here to hold him accountable for
1t. The American people love fair nlay
and are not afraid Of free speech. and so
iOiiB Us tile spanish minister makes all bis
printed articles moderate ami respectful
and tries simply TO tell what the facts are,
without criticising any American officials,
10 Is not likely that be will be- ia any dan
ger OF losing his job. IL is tho president.
ana not congress, who has tho power to
say II q minister is not acceptable to this
government. WALTER WEIINAs.
DIR. W. n. Salisbury, OF Menomnee, spe-
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