The Elbert County tribune., 1900-04-12

The House committee on puDnc
lands has made a favorable report up
on REPRESENTATIVE Mondelrs BIZ reuuc-
ing the price OF lands entered uhuer
the desert land act to the same rhte
as now maid for homestead entries, ana
allowing second entries under the des-
ert land law In certain cases
The postoffice appropriation bill mas
been finally agreed upon by the House
committee tn postotfices and post roaos- aus
4, 1t carries a total of about S1lo'co,oV'
Z The economic postage bill was also Ia-
/ vorably acted upon. The BIZ autnor
izes the use of n device by which postal
cards are paid for only in case OF use
and Il is designed to facilitate CONNER
cial transactions.
Representntlve Hay of virginia, one
of the prominent members of the mill
tary committee OF the House. has pre-
pared a bill TO create out OF the miiitla
of the several states reserve Voiun-
I teer army for use In time OF war 10 sup,
plement the regular service. The Dill
contemplates a general broadening OF
the basis OF the national guard i.s
equipment with the service rine anu i,s
complete organization in time OF war
into regiments, brigades. DIVISIONS anu
The naval appropriation bill has been
reported to the House by Acting Cnair-
man Foss of the naval committee. Inc
amount carried by the bill Is Soi,zis,
DIG. the largest ever reported TO ine
House from the naval committee. Aslue
from this, the report which accompan-
les the bill is remarkable for its array
of facts regarding sea power the world
over, foreign naval programs ana the
comparative strength of the navies OF
the great powers, accompanied by col
ored charts, showing the upbuiiding OF
various great nayles.
The House, after four days of debate,
on Friday passed the substitute for
the Senate bill providing for n territor-
ial form of government for Hawaii.
The bill now goes to conference. Inc
most interesting feature of the day
proceedings was the attempt OF Mr.
| Hill Comm to secure the adoption of
two amendments, one providing for
resident commissioner instead of del
| egate in Congress. and the other declar-
ing that nothing in the act should be
interpreted as n pledge of statehood
Both We're overwhelmingly defeated.
On motion of Senator Davis the SEN
ate on Thursday considered the Hay
Pnuncefote treaty for the modification
of the Clayton Bulwcr treaty. About
three hours were spent In the discus
sion of the amendment to the treaty
made by the Senate committee on for
eign relations, providing that none OF
the conditions and stipulatlons in sec
tions 1, 2, 3. 4 and 3. of article 2. shall
apply TO measures which the United
States may find II necessary TO take for
securing by It's own forces, the defense
of the United States and the mainte-
nance of public order"
Representative Bell has introduced n
bill which provides that goods manu-
| factured by convict labor and trans
ported into any state for use or sale
shall be subject to the laws of such
| state enacted in exercise of its police
powers, to the same extent as though
such goods were produced In such state.
This masurc. IL adopted, Mr.. Bell says.
will aid materially in preventing the
manufacture of goods by convict labor.
as 1t will enable many states prohibit
ing such manufacture within their own
boundaries. to also prohibit the sale of
convict-mnde goods manufactured in
other states.
CORPS with the three battalion forma-
tions as in the regular service, and is
designed to obviate the necessity of n
large standing army upon the expira-
tlon Of the present law July l, 1901.
increasing the standing army TO 6o,OOO
and authorizing the present volunteer
army of $4,000. The bill makes all
citizens between the ages of eighteen
and forty-five liable to military service
in the volunteer army. 1t appropriates
S4.O0O,OO0 annually for the maintenance
and equipment of the national guard of
the several states and requires the sec
reta.y OF war to keep in each state n
supply of ordnance stores sufficient for
ninety days use In the eveIlf of war.
No disposition is manifested in the
Senate TO disturb the war revenue tax
es during the present session of Con-
gress. Republican members of the
Senate committee on finance agree that
the session Is too far advanced to JUS
try any effort in that direction at pres
ent. Some of them say there Is no
menace in the present surplus of reve-
nue., and they generally agree that as
circumstances would not permit the
removal Of the entire tax, 1t would be
complicated work to make an equita-
BILE adjustment They say this work
must be undertaken at the beginning
of n session, when undertaken at all.
Mrs. Mildred Dewey. wife of Ad-
miral Dewey, has left the Catholic
church, which she Joined a few years
ago and In which her marriage to the
admiral was celebrated. Her Intention
was announced in the Journal Sunday
morning. Admiral Dewey, when the
report wns referred to him, said: las
to the question of whether or not Mrs.
Dewey has left tile Roman Catholic
church and will hereafter attend the
Episcopal church with me, will you
kindly say that ! have no statement
whatever to make in this respect" The
admiral admitted, however, that Mrs.
Dewey had some weeks ago definitely
given up her pew in St. Paul's Catholic
church. That Mrs. Dewey has deter
mined TO change her faith is neverthe-
less, true, and the knowledge of 1t was
whispered about from one to the other
at st. Johns church this morning.
Representative Shafroth, who has
been in consultation with the Interior
Department regarding protection from
vandalism of such portions of the West
as contain prehistoric ruins, has intro
duced bill for this purpose, which he
believes will become n law. The bill
authorizes the secretary of the interior
to reserve from sale and settlement all
tracts not exceeding 800 acres, on
which are monuments, cliff dwellings.
cemeteries, mounds, forts, or other
works of prehistoric aboriginal people.
The secretary of the interior may per
nit Investigations Of these tracts by Of
ficers of the Smithsonian Institute, sci
entific schools and colleges The bill
provides severe punishment for
destroying or carrying away any relics
of antiquity found on these reserya-
ton, and also provides that the secre-
tary may acquire by purchase lands
within such reservations now owned by
individuals.