The silver star., 1900-05-25
CONGRESSIONAL GRIST-
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

TIE rust question I'D 70 Al an
Gasst d2scEsssc1 IN tie Hocse Cn,1-
u:tree o1 judiciary TEeztay, & coa-
srttut;onai azsodnent szzIfy being
adopted by PARTY rose. giving Coz
grsSS power 70 deHce- regulate, c,sa-
t-ul prohibit Or dsssosre trusts roo-
opolies o. co-t6nstsc-s. xe1her II TIE
form Of q corporation % Otherwise.
he United States Sug-e-ne Cours hss
sustained the conssttu,sSuality Of The
rH reres1e tax On inAs-irznce< IN the
e J. knovl-oa czae New York JUS
tsc= White rad TIE opinion os the
cczrt Sui. Ees b-oz-h- 70 reroTe- TIE
tar ps1f Tie deczslqa declares the
tx is not reprzrzn, 70 th% Constitution
Tbe cou-s1tfoa that Congress has 70
"a. 70 irg--Se a t.x -zs also helt 70
Be Unso--d Sei-hsr : the Uniformity
cl1c=- q the c-oas-i-ats11 Tiol1red. de-
ci2-s-t the court The claim -hsi the
Imposition of : Irt,-Ts=-iTs -z:s Is sub
Ts-zivs 10 TIE ful.iarne1szl conception
q free soTe-pu=ni = h=hi 70 BE- unter-
sb,=.
A--c-aey General Go5sr1 of Ksn-
rzs reached here Mo-day With the
aT0vei .uts1fioo Of fling n the
United States Supreme Court an II
Junction suit IN the name Of the state
o. Kalsz= eszirs, th- state q Colo
rzdo. Tne proposed suit : 10 prevent
the diEe-zioa ot the Arkansas river
D: Colorado irrigatiouists. thus pre-
venting tie natural aow os tie stream
into Kansas and as Claimed. dana
ginz 20 the extent Of raaEy millions
Q. dollars the farmers Of that state
Contrary 70 expectations Nj GODDARD
= ~ra ~ - - T.
Junction. and he Announced today
thz- he would Tot file il Until TIE May
term Of court which opens Nay 18th
The senafe committee On Iaier-ocean-
r. canals has rre-~efl-.-i it, written re-
for1 upon the Nicaragua canal bill
The report Includes the statements OF
Admiral Walker and other members
of the commission appointed TO investi-
gate the various rour.-s and also the
conclusion of tho committee with refer
ence to both the Nicaragua and the
Panama routes. The COMMITTEES. takes
strong position against the proposition
TO build the canal via the Panama
route, paying for the work already
done by the French. The declaration
s made that the Panama company IS
practically without assets. except
those included in the Panama rail-
road.
Congress mus. ONE TO the aid OF
the administration In bringing c. T.
w Neely. the Cuban defaulter. TO jus
uce. a new law must b. enacted. and
enacted at once. which VIII tighten the
goyernment's hold on him. Every loop
hole Of escape must BE- closed. Attor-
ney General Griggs has forwarded TO
Senator Hoar, chairman Of the Senate
Committee on judiciary, and to Con-
gresham Ray, chairman Of the sim
liar committee Of the House. a COPY
OF bill drawn especially 10 meet the
present emergency. He accompanied
the bill with n strong letter. pointing
out the Necessity for its prompt pass
age. He expressed the hope that the
measure may u. passed without de-
lay.
The Senate committee on Indian dep
relations has reported fayorably Sem
ator Warren's bill 10 strike ont the
amity clause Of the act providing for
the settlement Of Indian Depreciation
claims II viii be recalled thar tho
original act required the claimant TO
show that the Indians who DESTROYED
his property We're at aInity with the
United States. This requirement bar.
red hundreds of legitimate claims aris-
ing from the raids of Indians in Texas.
Arizona, Wyoming. New Mexico. Utah,
Idaho and Washington. as well as In,
some Of the states further east. /.
was found to work great hardship and
Injustice to legitimate claimants. and
consequently Senator Warren introduc.
ed bill to cOrcrct the law. II f. nm
possible To predict the outcome Of the
bill at this scsslop. but 1t Is almost GER
tain 10 pass the Senate though IL NAV
be stalled In the House
The House committee or eyDositions
Ia very nearly ready to report n bill
appropriating sj.ODO.OCJ In aid Of the
exposition which the people OF St
Louis propose to hold in 1903 to com
mennonite the purchase Of the LouisI-
ana territory by the United States
The bill provides that the 5000 600
from the government shall be n loan
In the Plckwickinn sense. repayment
being contingent upon the success of
the exposition. The 81. Louis people
are required to sell for cash nj par
so.yo'ooO worth of stock. and are
authorized to issue S5.OOO,OOo worth of
ton are to be applied first TO the pay.
ton are tobcapplied first to the pay-
mcnt OF the actual expenses. and, IL
'"'i' 10 my SuTpius, Dfle-tHlrI OF the
same Is TO be paid TO the government
before anything is applied 20 the pay.
ment OF the Interest or the principal
on the bonds In other words, tho
government II 10 bc preferred part.
ner In the enterprise.
In view Of the significant references
10 the enforcement Of the Monroe doc
trinc by Secretary Root, Senator Lodge
nnd other prominent men. the Stnte
Department has taken steps to secure
DATA on the subject. The burden of
these speeches has been the startling
Increase Of the German colonies n,
South and Central Amcssn, when
have been regarded ns incnncing the
Monroe doctrine. II also iins been ns.
serted that these Gcrrnan coIopIsts
maintain their home customs In the
new land. dcal almost exclusively with
Sermany, use only the German Ian.
gunge. have almost autonomous gov.
ernmcnts within the limits Of American
republics. and nrc, IN fnct, little Ger
mnnys wherever located. The Stntc De.
phrtincnt hns addressed nm instruction
To every minister nnd consul In South
nfln Cnnfrut 80. f..r