The Elbert County tribune., 1900-06-14

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The Senate has passed the House
bill authorizing the secretary OF tne
interior to sell timber from the pubic
lands and TO permit persons residing
within or In the vicinity of any forest
reservation TO cut and remove from
such reservation dead and down I'M
Der for their own use for hrewod, OF
Improvement OF their homes, mining
claims or farms.
During a Temporary lull In the eA-
element which marked the CLOSING
hours of Congress. the members OF
the House from the Rocky Mountain
states, by concerted and prompt ac-
ton, succeeded in getting Congress
man Lentz of Ohio to agree TO unan-
imous consent for the passage OF tne
bill granting travel pay to certain
members of the Torrey cavalry, and
the bill was passed and received the
approval OF the president.
Adelbert Hay has done good work In
Pretoria and has justified his appoint
ment He is only twenty-three years
old, but has shown that wise heads
sometimes rest on young shoulders
As consul of the United States he has
had a most delicate and perplexing
position to fill, and he has filed 1t to
the satisfaction of the Beers and the
English, whose interests he has looked
after, the American citizens In the
Transvnal, the officials of our govern
ment and all others concerned.
After disagreement between the
House and Senate which has lasted
several weeks, settlement has been
reached on the bill opening the Fort
Hall Indian reservation in Idaho and
the Kiowa and Comanche lands in
Oklahoma for settlement. The Idaho
lands thus opened aggregate 100000
acres and the Oklahoma lands 1000
900. Agreement to opening the lands
was only reached by excepting them
from the provisions OF the free homes
net, and the lands will cost settlers
S1.50 per acre.
Secretary Root has made answer to
the Senate resolution inqulring as to
the number of Filipinos killed and
wounded. and the number of prisoners
taken since the insurrection began.
Having no detailed Information on the
subject, the secretary cnbled the In
quiry to General Macarthur. command
Ing at Manila, and received the follow
Ing response, which was submitted TO
Congress: "Filirinos killed, 1O,7S0;
wounded. 2,014; captured and surren-
dered, 1924; number of prisoners In
our possession, about 1000"
General Wheeler is again, after an
interval OF thirty-nine years, an off,
Ger in the United States army and
brigadier general at that. He gradu-
nted at West Point in 1859, and in 1861
resigned his commission in the Second
<,nt .l,-x, To. bs IN RIM "
He Is the first man with that record to
be restored to the regular army, and 1t
is supposed that he will be placed on
the retired list very soon, for he will be
slxty-four years old next September.
Having received this appointment,
General Wheeler expects to retire from
political life and will not be candl-
date for Congress.
A conference agreement has been
reached on bill which will open to
settlement about two million. four
hundred thousand acres of public land.
Senator Shoup of Idaho originally pro-
posed the bill opening to settlement
the old Fort Hall, Idaho. military res
ervation, containing about four hun
dred thousand acres. Delegate Flynn,
In the House, secured an amendment
similarly opening n tract of about two
million acres In Southwest Oklahoma.
The Indians first receive allotments of
Oklahoma lands of 100 acres each,
with 100000 acres to be held in COM
mon by them, the balance of 100000
acres being opened to homestead set
tiers for $1.25 per acre.
Only few of the Intimate friends of
Private John Allen of Mississippi
know that the genial humorist from
Tupelo Is now serving his last term In
Congress. 1t is his unalterable pur-
pose to retire from political life and he
will not be a candidate for the House
next November. Mr.. Allen has served
his district for fourteen consecutive
years and is weary of the legislative
grind. 1t was great disappointment
to him, moreover, TO be beaten for the
Senate by former Governor McLaurin,
particularly as 1t was his second defeat
for that office. His inimitable stories
in darkey dialect will be missed by his
brother statesmen. but II he chose to
relate them on the lecture platform he
could easily double his income.
Under the restrictions placed by
Speaker Henderson upon special leg
islation carrying appropriations
number of measures of special
interest In the Rocky Mountain
states will fail to pass the House at
this session. Among these are bills
which have passed the Senate for pub
lie buildings at Evanston, Wyoming:
Colorado Springs Trinidad and Glen
wood Springs. Colorado. Under these
restrictions the Denver Soldiers Home
bill, the bill to reimburse Denver for
damages caused by defective walks at
the federal building, the bill to reim-
burse Wyoming for moneys expended
IN protecting the Yellowstone Park,
and the bill to give travel pay to the
members of the Torrey regiment dis
charged while on sick furlough, Will
also fail Of passage In the House.
This Congress will go into history ms
one of the most Industrious ON record,
and this session as the shortest "long
session on record. In 1877 working
days both houses have passed 1,2l5
bills, of which 2s3 are public acts OF
general importance and 932 are private
acts granting pensions. paying claims
and giving relief to people who have
been injured or suffered damage in
some way or other through the govern
ment. A large number of the private
acts were pensions growing out of the
war with Spain. The best previous
record was 1923 bills in 175 days. Dur
ing the session 81. 152 bills have been
introduced, so that ten per cent. of
them have been enacted into laws,
which is another remarkable record.
The bulk of the business exceeds the
record of the four previous Congresses
combined during their "long sessions"
OF course. so many bills could not be
passed without a great deal Of debate,
and the Congressional Record for this
session will make ten big volumes of
700 large pages, with two columns OF
fine type to the page.
Congress adjourned sine die at 5
o'clock Thursday afternoon. For the