The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-06-05


of the Colorado COOPERATIVE colony, in
southwestern Colorado. has reached an
agreement, which has been adopted by
both houses. The disagreement was
upon the form of an amendment to the
bill proposed by Senator Pettigrew,
providing for second entries of lands
under the homestead law. This amend
ment was rejected by the conference
committee, and the substance of the
Mondell bill substituted. This pro
vides that persons who have made
homestead entries and committed the
same, shall be entitled to make sec
ond homestead entry; also that persons
who have made homestead entries and
for any cause have lost or forfeited the
same, shall be entitled to make second
entries. This is perhaps the most i'm
portant public land legislation which
has been enacted at this session of
Congress, and will enable many per
sons in all parts Of the West, who have
made homestead entries, and for va
rious reasons failed to complete them
TO secure another opportunity.
The United States Supreme Court
has decided Admiral Dewey's bounty
claim against the admirars contention.
The effect is to deprive the admiral and
the men engaged with him at Manila,
of half the amount claimed by them.
Chief Justice Fuller delivered a dis
senting opinion. Justice Harlan rem
dered the opinion of the court, which
turned on whether the words super
iority' or "inferiorty' in the statute
had reference to support of the enemy's
vessels by land batteries. mines and
torpedoes. I'VE cannot do that" said
Justice Harlan, without going far be-
yond the obvious import of the words
employed by Congress. There is un-
doubtedly some force in the suggestion
that in rewarding officers and sailors
who have sunk or destroyed the enc
my's vessels in n naval engagement. 1t
is not unreasonable that all the difficult
ties of every kind with which they
were actually confronted should be
taken into consideration. But that is
n matter which we cannot suppose was
overlooked by Congress" The original
claim of Admiral Dewey and his sail
ors was about 100000. The Court of
Claims reduced it to 100000. That de-
cision is sustained by this ruling. The
admiral's personal claim is reduced
from about $4,000 to $4,000. Chief
Justice Fuller and Justices White and
Mckenna dissented.
The report of the Industrial commits
man, makes radical suggestions re-
garding the employment of labor. 1t
recommends that Congress ask all
states In the Union to adopt laws regu-
lating work day hours for laborers
from fourteen to twenty-one years OF
age and to prohibit the employment, in
shops, of boys under fourteen years of
age, and not then unless the boys shall
have attended school at least thirteen
weeks during the year. The eight
hour "A day law is to be passed by all
the states. No women or girls are to
be employed under ground; no person
under eighteen years of age is to be
employed as telegraph operator on
railroads; engineers and switchmen are
to he examined for color blindness; any
engineer who becomes intoxicated
while on duty is to be charged with
misdemeanor: blanket Injunction
against absent defendants to be prohib-
tied; laborers not to be prohibited from
working when they desire; the impor-
tation of convict-made goods from one
state to another to be prohibited, Con
gress to adopt n mode of laws regulat-
ing railroad labor. which will be bind
ing, in case of accident, without regard
TO the laws of states where the accident
occurs. The recommendation of the
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right to be employed and protected
without belonging to Il union and that
union laborers and non-union laborers
should be treated alike. The report al
so suggests that strikes should be legal
except when they endanger health and
safety. A boycott or combination where
liberty is injured is Illegal and in some
cases, criminal. All troubles should be
settled by arbitration and both sides
should abide by the decisions of the ar.
bitrators.
AS the result of conferences between
President j. w. Springer of Denver OF
the National Live Stock Association
and members of Congress relative tC
the German meat inspection bill, the
following bill was introduced in the
House by Representative Bailey OF
Kansas: THAT whenever the President
of the United States shall be informed
that the government of the German
empire has passed a law imposing pro
hibitory duties on meat products which
may be imported into that country
from the United States. he shall issue
IL proclamation fixing time when all
articles produced OF manufactured in
the German empire, when entered for
consumption ut the ports of the United
States. shall pay duty of ten per cent.
in excess of the duties imposed there
on prior to the passage of this act; and
all such products and manufactures
when 20 entered for consumption after
said time fixed by the President. shall
pay such increased duties" The bill
was referred to the ways and means
committee and Mr.. Springer saw mem
bers of that committee with n view to
urging early action. He said as to the
measure: THE National Live Stock AS
sociation is the largest organization of
its kind in the world. representing over
5000. 100000 and with it are federated
on this subject the American Short
Horn Breeders Association, the Ma
tional Hereford Breeders Association
and some hundred live stock organizn-