The Meeker herald., 1900-06-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM WASHINGTON.


The House has agreed to the confer
ence report on the military academy
appropriation bill, concurring in the
Senate amendments to make Miles lieu.
tenant general and Corbln a major gen
eral. The bill now goes to the Presi-
dent.
The Senate has passed the House
bill authorizing the secretary of the
interior to sell timber from the public
lands and to permit persons residing
within or In the vicinity Of any forest
reservation TO cut and remove FIRM
such reservation dead and down tim
Der for their own use for frewod, or
improvement of their homes, mining
claims or farms.
During Temporary lull In the ex-
element which marked the closing
hours of Congress. the members of
the House from the Rocky Mountain
states, by concerted and prompt &C.
ton, succeeded in getting Congress-
man Lentz of Ohio to agree to unan-
imous consent for the passage Of the
bill granting travel pay to certain
member 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 abpoint-
ment. He Is only twenty-threq years
old, but Inns shown that wise heads
sometimes rest Oh young shoulders.
As consul of the United States|he has
had most delicate and pefplexing
position to fill, and he has fill@i 1t to
the satisfaction of the Beers nd tho
nu1iah whoso inf rasfs no hu N 1nOk nfA
after, the American citizens in the
Transvaal, the officials Of our govern
ment and all others concerned.
After a disagreement between the
House and Senate which has lasted
several weeks. 4 settlement h3s been
reached on the bill opening tie Fort
Hall Indian reservation In Idaho and
the Kiowa and COmanche hhds in
Oklahoma for settlement. The Idaho
lands thus opened aggregate 100000
acres and the Oklahoma LANDS 1000
600. Agreement to opening the lands
was only reached by excepting them
from the provisions Of the FREE homes
act. and the lands will cost settlers
$3.50 per acre.
General Wheeler Is again, dfter an
interval Of thirty-nine years, IN off,
Ger In the United States army and a
brigadier general at that. He gradu-
nted at West Point in 1850, and In 1861
resigned his commission In the Eecond
cavalry to enter the Confederate army.
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 hetwill be
sixty-four years, old next September.
Having received this appointment,
General Wheeler expects to retire from
political life and will not be 4 candi-
date for Congress. ss
This Congress viii 20 into history a.
and this session NJ the shortest ''lona
session on record. In 1877 working
days both houses have passed 1,216
bills, Of which 2S3 are public acts Of
general importance and $50 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 723 bills in 175 days. Dur
Ing the session 21.152 bills have been
introduced, 80 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 y
OF course, SO many bills could not be
passed without great deal Of debate,
and the Congressional Record for this
session will make ten big volumes Of
zoo large pages, with two columns Of
fine type to the page.
Congress adjourned sine die at S
o'clock Thursday afternoon. For the
Senate 1t was day of waiting. The
bling block to final ADJOURNMENT
could not he agreed to by the confer
rees of the two houses, and the dis
agreement was reported to the Senate
early In the day. The report was ac-
| cepted by the Senate, which refused to
request another conference, although
Mr.. Hale expressed the belief that an
agreement might be reached. Later on
the House agreed to the Senate amend
ments. Soon afterwnrd the House res
olution providing for final adjourn
ment was passed. an amendment tx
Ing the hour at o'clock. June eth. II
was not until $40 that the President
pro tenn affixed his signature to the
naval bill. With other measures, II
was hurried to the President, and was
signed by him n few minutes later.
The concluding hour Of the Senate was
purely n social session. No business
beyond the adoption of the customary
resolution of thanks to the chair, Mr..
Frye, was accomplished. In acknowl.
edgment of the compliment, Mr.. Frye
delivered a brief and graceful speech,
which was received with cordial ap-
plause throughout the chamber.
Few Women in official life have been
more widely known and more general
iy admired than Mrs. John Sherman
although her retiring disposition made
her averse to ostentation of any kind
She was essentially n home woman
with the simplest tastes and much
more devoted to affairs about her own
hen birthstone thnn to Dny Dhase NJ u,1I.