, 1900-04-12
CONGRESSIONAL GRIST-
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

lied by the recent currency ACT hre NOW
selling at a premium of LOS, winch ~
equivalent to interest of about .olio
per cent. During the days,
since the passage of the act I'VE anu
four per cent. bonds to the value OF
s21O,OOO.OOO out of n possible SSio.ooo'-
900 outstanding have been ohered Ior
refunding into the new two per CENTS;
At least S25, 100000 have been offered
by private individuals, which shows
how hard 1t is to find w~ell-paying Ill
vestments.
A few weeks ago n Washington sOcl-
ETY. paper published a cartoon whlcli
excited a great deal of comment ne
cause so many people recognized IL as
an accurate representation OF q paihlui
fact. Admiral Dewey was represented
as sitting upon a high stool. A woman
who bore a striking resemblance 10
Mrs. Dewey had already removed Il
laurel wreath from his brow and had
substituted n FOOLS car. She had Ill
vested him of his sword and sash.
which lay on a chair neal by, and had
girded him with n spangled belt OF
mock diamonds and jingling bells, ana
was removing his epaulets and other
insignia of rank and the medals ana
decorations that covered his breast II
%concealing his uniform with fantastic
decorations and furbelows like those
worn by clowns in n circus. Inc PIC
ture was passed around everywhere
and now everybody says that 1t con
tanned more truth than humor.
The rural free delivery system OF the
Postoffice Department has grown TO
such proportions that it has been found
necessary to create w new divisions
to properly handle it. An order signed
by the postmaster general establishes
four divisions. the Eastern division
with headquarters at New York, In
| Guiding in its territory New England,
New York and Pennsylvania, nine
| states, with Special Agent f.. H.. Hath
away in charge; the middle division,
headquarters at Indianapolis, Indiana,
comprising Ohio and all states west of
Missouri and southern states down TO
and including Louisiana, with II. M.
Wise in charge; the western division,
comprising states west of the Missouri
and Iowa to the coast, headquarters at
Denver, Colorado, with William u. An
min in charge; the southern division, in
Guiding eleven southern states, head
quarters at Washington, with III. Con
quest Clarke In charge. This order will
go into effect May list.
The passage by the House Of the Sen
ate bill ratifying an agreement with
the Indians of the Fort Hall Indian
reservation, and making appropriations
to carry the bill into effect, settles Il
long standing controversy between
these Indians and the states of Wyo-
ming and Idaho. The agreement, which
the bill r%atifies, provided for the allot-
ment of part of the Fort Hall reserva-
ton in severalty to the Indians and the
opening to settlement of the remain
der. For relinquishing thepOrtionO Of the
reservation thus opened to settlement
the Indians will receive 100000. OF
this amount, $4,000 Is to be expended
for the erection of a modern school
plant at Fort Hall; 100000 Is TO be
paid, pro rata, to each man, woman
and child of the Indians residing OH
the reservation within three months
after the passage of the act: $4,000
thereafter annually for eight years
M so. 900 nine years thereafter. The
agreement with the Indians grew out
of the constant trouble which existed
between them and the white settlers
of Wyoming and Idaho on account OF
the persistent practice of the Indians
in hunting big game outside the reser
walton in violation of state laws.
This was n notable day in the United
States Senate. 1t brought to a clos.
the sharpest and most prolonged debat,
upon any measure since those discuss
ed during the memorable war Con
gress" two years ago. At 4 o'clock this
afternoon the votes We're begun upon
the Puerto Rican tariff and civil gov,
eminent bill and pending amendments
and less than an hour later the meas,
ure, about which there has been sc
much contention In and out of Congress
was passed by n majority of nine, the
final vote being 40 to 81. Only com.
mittee amendments We're adopted. II
has been evident for some time that the
bill would command n majority In the
Senate, but Notwithstanding the fact
the interest in the measur both Of III,
senators and the public has not tagged
an instant. Following is the detailed
vote upon the measures: Yeas-Allison
Baker, Bard, Carter, Chandler, CLARK
of Wyoming, Cullom. Deboe, Depew
Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster, Frye, Gal
linger, Gear, Hanna. Hansbrough
Hawley, Jones of Nevada, Kean, Kyle
Lodge, McBryde, McComas, Mcmillan
Penrose, Perkins. Plat of Connecticut
Plat Of New York. Pritchard, Quarles
Ross, Scott. Sewell, Shoup, Spooner
Stewart, Thurston, Wetmore, Wolcott-
40. Nays-Allcn, Bacon, Bate, Berry.
Clark of Montana, Clay, Cockrell, Cul
berson, Daniel, Davis CRepJ, Harris.
Heitfeld, Jones of Arkansas, Kenny.
Lindsay, McLaurln, Martin, Mason
0Rep), Money, Morgan, Nelson RepJ
Sullivan. Talliaferro, Teller, Tillmnn
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