Mesa free press., 1898-02-04
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WA0T1lINUlON NOIES.
Hawaiian matters are not likely to
be discussed for three weeks to come.
The House yesterday approved an
appropriation of $4,000 to furnish
free seeds to farmers.
President Dole declines to talk for
publication, while Congress is consid-
ering the annexation treaty.
The Senate in executive session. con-
f1rmed the nomination Of McKenna to
be Associate Justice of the United
States Supreme Court.
AS the Chief Executive of friendly
nation, President Dole of Hawaii
will be received with all due honor as
the guest of the United States.
The fate of the Territories now
pressing forward for Statehood, al
ready has been practically settled, and
unless the unexpected shall happen,
there will be no Territorial legislation
at this session.
Senator Perkins has offered in the
Senate petitions from the Los Ange-
les Chamber of Commerce, one asking
for an increase in the army establish
ment, the other advocating the creaa
ton of an army commission.
Information has been received from
Washington which leads prominent
miners to believe that there is a fair
opportunity for the passage of the
bill for the creation of an executive
department of mines and mining,
Congressman Barlow has presented
a bill in the House providing that the
National Soldiers home and branches
be authorized to grant outdoor relief
to the amount of So a month, to old
soldiers who have been one year in
the homes
Senator Hoar's proposition to move
the term of Office of President from
the 4th of March up to the Both of
April, is good one. Inauguration
day falls in the very worst time of the
year. The change would also move
the Presidential year up nearer to the
fiscal year, the latter ending June 3.
The Vice-President and Mrs. Hobart
entertained the President and Mrs.
Mckinley last week in a beautifully
appointed dinner of twenty covers.
This was Mrs. McKinley's first ap-
pearance as a dinner guest in Wash
ington since the Inauguration, and
was consequently awaited with great
interest.
For the third time in the history Of
the nation, in recognition of the i'm
portance of brilliant enterprise,
Postmaster-Gene Gary has decided
to order series of special postage
stamps, commemorative of the holding
of the Transmississippi and Interna-
tional Exposition at Omaha in 1898.
The stamps will be issued in denomi-
nations of 1-cent, 2-cent, scent, To-.
cent and 81.
Senator Stewart has introduced q
bill which permits settlers with inn
perfect titles to lands included in
forest reserves to substitute other
lands Of equal area outside of re-
serves. and credits them with work,
improvements. and residence on the
lands surrendered.
Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma
are the only regularly organized Ter
rltories now remaining, in view of the
polCOlluS OuI Ol indian IorrlCOry
among the five civilized tribes, and
the only remaining Territory legisla-
tion in sight would be on the transit
ton of Alaska from a district into a
single or two Territories, and the ad-
mission into Statehood of Indian Ter
ritory, after the five tribes shall be
broken up, and the entire section re-
organized.
With the expiration of the present
contract, the United States govern
ment will go out of the business of
printing return cards on envelopes.
This undertaking was adopted by the
Postoffice Department long time ago,
but the results have never been very
successful, and it is now deemed best
to leave the work to outside Offices,
which have at all times kept up a
vigorous competition with the govern
ment printing Office in this business.
The Santa Fe Company is carrying
out it's policy of identifying it's depot
surroundings by putting it's chief
landscape gardener, Mr.. Hesp, and
Fred Alden at work on the station
grounds at Riverside with instructions
to produce the best results possible.