Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-03-23
WASHINGTON NEWS.
What Congress Is Doins--N.t~s From the
White u, use and the departments

ish war and Philippine insurreciioh'
President Mckinley has asked the
authority OF Congress To place GcnefaI
Shafter on the retired list with the rank
Of major. general. General Smarter
was retired from the regular army as
brisadier,gcneral several months ago.
bur the President thinks his public ser
vices Justify this distinction.
Ex-Speaker Reed was In town satnr-
day and spent the greater part OF the
day in the room OF the ways anu
means committee chniiin. his former
colleagues abut the Republican muddir.
Mr.. Reed has always been an anu
panslonist nnd sees a great deal OF
humor In the present condition.
The Senat. committee ON naval ar
fairs has agreed TO report the bill Tor
Pacific cable which Senator Hale was
authorized 10 draft ai the last session
Of the committee and the report was
later presented TO III. Senate. The bill
provides for u present cnbi. only to
Honolulu. hut declares purpose TO cS'
tend II In the future.
The Senate committee ON Interstate
commerce has decided to ask the Sen
ate to rccommIt the hIii extending the
maximum time for the confinement OF
live stock In transit from twcn'y-rleht
To forty hours. This decision was duc
largely TO the representations that the
change would result In cruelty TO ani'
mails undergoing shipment.
The remains OF sISiy.siS soldiers who
died In Cuba were buried ut ArlinEton
cemetery "Wednesday with military
honors. The bodies OF about 80 sol
dicrs who died In Cuba now rest In this
historic spot. The officers nj Fort
Mycr had charge OF the services. which
were very simple. \ Protestant anu
Catholic clcrEymcn read the burial ser
Vice. taps Were sounded nnd - Noiiry
iircd over the graves.
The national society. SONS OF Amcf!'
cn. will present medals To such mem
bcrs OF the District OF Columbia soctcty
ns served In the war with spain. This
action IL taken Ia accordance with
resolution adopted 10y the last Congress
OF the nntIona, society nj Detroit, uu-
thoriEinr u committee To procure from
the government al oll Spanish gun or
plate from one OF the captured ships. TO
strike medals from the same and dis-
tribute them to members uf the society
who served In the last war.
The House committee on public lands
hns reported hill abolishlng the pay.
mcnt OF SIS nm mere ON land taken M
by settlers under the desert land net.
The committee MS" REPORTED TavoTnbly
bill to refund Si..J per acre To- per.
sons who hnv. located under the pre-
cmp,ion or homestead laws. and who
have rommui-d their entries by cash
payments to $50 Yer acre where the
lands located were within n railroad
grant nni the railroad was never
built.
Admiral AMI Mrs. Dewey left her.
Saturday nigh; FOR trip south. They
expect to visit Savannah. Macon. ST.
Augustine. Jacksonville and Palm
Beach. The admiral and Mrs. Dewey
probably Will not return To the city un.
III the latter part Of next month. mt
which time. Il Is said. they vii, sail
for Europe. visiting the Exposition
some time during the summer. Mrs.
Dewey has been made chairman OF the
batticship committee In aid OF the chill.
drcn's eastern fcstivn, FOR the Cuban
orphan asylum.
The Republicans have fired tho hrst
shot at the trusts In pursuance OF In
structions from the national commit.
tee OF their party. Representative Ray
OF New York has Introduced from the
special subcommittee on trusts n joint
resolution proposing an article TO the
constitution TO he voted upon by the
legislatures OF the several states next
winter. 1t is to he article ~. and EN-
powers Congress ito regulate and re-
press monopolics and combinations: TO
create and dissolve corporations and to
dispose OF their property"
The Senate committee on approprin-
iions has reported the urgency def.
cheney bill, carrying an appropriation
Of S.O.OO FOR continuing the work OF
the geological survey In stream gaue-
ing In the arid and sepi-arid states
This work has been suspended by rca-
son of the exhaustion or the appro-
priation caused by extra work Of the
survey during the drouth period IN Cal
ifornia. Hydrographcr Newell OF the
survey states that when the new ap-
preparation Is available considerable
work will he done In Colorado and Wy
oming.
The Investigation OF charges that ccr-
tain federal appointments are polyGn,
mists came to u close Tuesday by au
agreement FOR unanimous report from
the House committee on pos,iiiccs and
post roads. which holds that at the time
the appointments were made the Pres
idcnt was not awarr that the appoint.
ces We're charged with polyganiy. As
TO the facts OF the polygamous status
of appointees. the report states that the
common reputc Of the communities In
which they lived. wns ,hat the parties
were polygnmists. hut that there Is a
want OF definite and conclusive cvi.
dence on that point.
At q meeting of the national cxecu.
tive committee engaged In raising
funds for u home FOR Rear Admiral
Schley. last night, Secretary Evans re-
ported many favorable responses to the
circulars soliciting contributions. He
also reported that absolute refusals to
contribute TO the fund had been re-
ceived from the naval contingent In
Washington, with one single exception.
that OF Rear Admiral Hichborn. and, In
some instances the refusals were ac-
compnned by adverse comments on the
IN, mi Inl,,a nrninct lnfinr frnra AIias