The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-01-27
WASHINGTON NEWS.
What Congress 10 ooins,-Notes From the
white H. use snd the Departments.

What Congress IL Doing Notes From the
White IL. use snd the I,spartmen&.
1t is said that j. S. Clarkson will not
be secretary Of the Senate, there hav-
Ing been serious objections made to
Ills appointment by several senator's,
which are based chiefly upon the
ground that he has been and still IL in
terested in Legislation now pending In
the Senate.
Representative Shafroth said to-day
that there appeared some mlsunder-
standing as to the provisions of the
arid land bill which he has introduced,
OF the passage of which he IL 30 conf
dent. 1t does not provide for the ces-
sion OF all the arid lands but loan of
l,OOO,OOO acres to each stnte.
The secretary OF war has returned to
the military committee OF the House.
with q favorable Endorsement, bill
recently introduced by Mr.. Moody of
Massachusetts, providing that the off,
GERS of the army who have served in
two wars with credit may be retired
with the rank next higher than that
which they now hold.
The House on Thursday passed the
Senate bill to extend the powers of the
director Of the census, after striking
out the committee amendment to
authorize the director to contract for
extra printing with private contractors.
The whole fight was upon that amend
ment. The influence of the public
printer and the labor organizations of
the country were employed against it,
and after Il lively debate of several
hours 1t was overwhelmingly defeated.
The publication of the reports of the
twelfth census, therefore, will be made
by the public printer us in the past.
The special committee of the House OF
Representatives to investigate the case
Of Brigham ii. Roberts of Utah to-day
reached a final conclusion. On the pO-
lygamous status of Mr.. Roberts, the
committee was unanimous. and agreed
upon Il formal statement of the facts.
On the question of procedure to be
adopted the committee was divided
The majority. consisting of all the
members except Littleiied of Maine
and DeArmond of Missouri, favored
exclusion at the outset. Messrs. Lit
tletield and DeArmond will make q
minority report favorable TO the seat
ing of MIR. Roberts on his prima facie
rights and then expelling him.
1t has been decided by the Postofficc
Department to permit the star route
system in measure to supplement the
system of rural free delivery. Second
Assistant Postmaster General Shnllen-
berger has found that it is feasible to
permit carriers on star routes to de-
post mail in proper recrptaclcs placed
along their line of travel This plan
will be started in South Carolina be-
ginning July LIST, and will be extended
to other parts of the country rs rapidly
as possible. This innovation makes
necessary u change In the postal regu-
latiOn which forbids mail contractors
and their drivers access TO the mail
matter or to any mail locks or keys.
Attorney w. b. Harrison, who is
here representing the Denver Chamber
of Commerce, was heard before the In
terstate Commerce Commission Fri
day. He appeared In the case Of Kin
del against the railroads for violation
of the long and short haul clause in
Denver freight charges. Mr.. Harrison
made an excellent presentation OF the
arguments for the recognition of Den
ver's claim to fair treatment In trans
portation. He was nttcntively listened
to by the commissioners. Mr.. Hnrri-
son says that he is confident that the
commissioners will give Denver the re-
lief sought.
The treasury officials say that favor
itsm has not been shown In making de-
pOsits of public money with national
banks, for such deposits have never
been refused when bonds accompanied
it as security. They further say that
no complaint or criticism of the pres
ent system Of deposlting public funds
has ever been received from bank
or a banker or any other financial or
commercial association of my sort, be-
cause they are familiar with the meth
DDS of the Treasury Department and
approve them. The only complaints
and criticisms have appeared in the
newspapers or have been made by pol
itfcians for political effect. There are
now $50 banks designated as deposit
tories of public moneys, and on Satur-
day last the amount Entrusted to them
was $9G,417 900. OF these nineteen are
in Illinois, thirteen in Indiana, eight in
Michigan, eight in Wisconsin, twelve
In Iowa, seven in Kansas, six in Ne
braska and twenty-three in Ohio.
The Grand Opera House, the largest
auditorium in Washington, was packed
to the doors Sunday night with an en-
thusiaesic audience that expressed its
sympathy with the Beers in their fight
with Great Britain. The speakers in
cludetl members of both branches of
Congress, and on the stage were other
public men who came merely to add
their moral support. The keynote of
the speeches was that the Beers were
fighting for their independence as our
had done in ITO The
gathering assembled under the auspices
Of the United Irish societies, and
of leading Germans of the city
Joined in the movement. The decora-
lions were American flags. with fair
sprinkling of the green of Erin. Among
those who occupied seats on the stage
were Senators Mason of Illinois, Allen