North Park union., 1900-03-09
WASHINGTON NEWS.
What Congress is DoinK.-Notes From the
White H.use and the DepartmsatA>


The Navy Department has decided to
assign Commander b. +. Tilley Of the
collier Abarenda as the commandant
OF the Pago Pago coaling station,
which will place him In charge Of the
administrative affairs OF the Samoan
territory of the United States.
The Senate has passed bill grant
Ing the mineral land states fifty per
cent. of the income derived from inter-
est upon public land sales to aid and
establish schools of mines In such
states. Under the bill $4,000 per
annum will be available in each state
Tor this purpose ut present.
The secretary Of state has informed
the congressional committee that lie
desires u prompt and full investigation
of the charges made by Mr.. Macrum,
and says that II Mr.. Macrum's mails
were tnmpered with his neglect to re-
port the matter is the gravest violation
OF the regulations and discipline of the
consular service that has occurred Tor
many years.
The proposition now pending In
Congress for the appointment of
commission to study the CONNER
cial conditions Of China and Japan Is
ohmAAuA ~ tho5C utSuuy uuopsSu cS
the active commercial nations Of Eu-
rope. A document recently Issued by
the treasury bureau of statistics shows
that experiments made by other ma
tions have been very satisfactory.
The House OF Representatives In
dulged in its annual joke of knocking
out the appropriation for the Civil Ser
vice Commission In the committee of
the whole Saturday and putting 1t back
again when the bill was reported to the
House. But there was thirty-tive Re
publicanS who placed themselves on
record as against the present merit
system and tifty-one Democrats voted
in its favor.
The secretary of the interior has
recommended to the committee on In
dian affairs that the Senate bill provid-
ing for restoring to the public domain
II portion of the uintnh Indian rcserva-
tion bordering western Colorado should
he reported adversely. He stated that
the law establishing the reservation
conferred upon the Indians such title
to the lands comprising the reservation
that it could not now be vacated with
out their consent. The secretary urges
that the statutes of the reservation
should not be disturbed mt this time
and states that If portion of the res
crvntion be segregated without the free
and full consent of the Indians serious
trouble with them is likely to follow.
Senator Clark and Marcus DAILY. the
rival millionaires of Montana. faced
each other during the greater part of
Saturday in the Senate committee on
elections in the investigation of Mr..
ClarkS election to the Senate of the
United States. Mr.. Clark sat in the
rear of his attorneys and Mr.. DAILY
on the opposite side of the room. Mr.
DAILY wore II pleasant smile throughout
the day and Mr.. Clark maintained an
unrutiled cOuntenancc. 1t had been eN-
pected that Mr. DAILY would be called
TO the witness stand during the day,
but he was not. The day was given
up to j. X. Toolc. Il close friend of Mr.
DAILY. Mr.. ToOle's testimony covered
the senatorial contest from the DAILY
side of the question. He also related
many particulars concerning the capi-
tai contest, placing the total eXpendi-
turc in behalf of Anaconda in that con-
test ut from S350,000 TO S450,O0O.
There Is movement on foot for the
passage of a law requiring defendants
in criminal cases in United States
courts to furnish bail through surety
lIulN
While there is very little bail forfeit
ed in the Federal courts compared
with the state and municipal courts,
nevertheless there is always more or
less trouble in this line, and it is al
most impossible TO recover on Il bail
bond without legal proceedings. The
same difficulty was found in recover
ing on bonds given by civil officers OF
the government until the system Of
surety companies was introduced. No
surety company has ever declined to
pay on 4 bond except in one instance,
where a dispute us to liability occur
red. in Baltimore. and was settled by
arbitration. Men OF experience in this
direction claim tnat similar results
would follow in the courts if all per-
sons admitted to bail We're required to
furnish bonds from surety companies.
Miss Lillian Pauncefote, daughter of
Lord Paunccfote, British ambassador
to the United States, was married at
noon Saturday to Hon. Robert Bromley
of Stokehall. Neward, Nottinghamshire,
England. The wedding was one of the
most notable that has occurred in
Washington for many years. Quaint
old st. Johns church, where the cerc
mony was performed, is one Of the
landmarks of Washington. an outward
ly dingy little stucco-coatcd building of
colonial type. just across from Lafay-
cite Square from the executive man.
sion. Its capacity is about 500, stand
ing room included, and this did not
serve to accommodate mt 1.-THE of those
who wished to witness the ceremony.
The ceremony was performed by Kt.
Rev. Bishop of Washington. Henry
Yates Satterlee. assisted by Rev.
Charles MackaySmith. rector of st.
Johns. After the ceremony wedding
breakfast was served at the embassy
to 400 guests. Mr.. and Mrs. Bromley
later left for Palm Beach, Florida. and
will soon return to England. where the
young matron will be presented Mt
court.
Senator Warren proposes that the
people of Hawaii shall have home
rule. A residence for many years in
a territory convinced the senator. he
says. that it Is Il very undesirable state
of affairs which permits persons who
live many thousands of miles distant,
and who have no personal knowledge
of the local conditions. to make laws
and prescribe duties for territorial resi-
dents. The bill taken up by the Sen
ate recently providing form of gov
ernment for Hawaii prescribes that
the franchise shall only be extended
to male citizens of the islands, thus