The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-04-06
Carson Letter.

EDITOR COURIER: Congress Is e.
tablishing a billion dollar record l
find reported in the dispatches of one
day the following items:
-Four hundred new national banks
are in progress OF organization in elf
fsrent parts OF the country since the
financial bill the gold standard bill
was approved On March IL
One hundred and forty four ne-
pension bills have been favoras..y acted
upon By the House Committee
The bill to increase the salaries OF
the Chief Justice Of the United States
Supreme Court to $3.50 Peryear. and
Associate Justices to $4,000, Circ1it
Judges to 5000, and District Judges
to s. co.. reported favora5ly-
Bill fixing fees of jurors and wit
nesses attending upon United States
Courts for travelling expenses fxed at
Is cents per mile in Wyoming. Mon
tana, Washington. California, Oregon,
Idaho, Colorado, Utah. New Mexico,
Arizona ana Nevada. reported fase--
ably.
Bill reported fayorzbly to retire
about 1.272, 900 worth OF silver coins
and silver certificates issued By the
Government Of Hawaii
Representative Seadham Of Califor
MIA appeared before the Committee on
Appropriations and asked that the
Government be touched in the sum
of 81, 600 TO complete the quarantine
station al San Diego
Mark Hanna said in the Senate that
if anybody says that the sugar and to-
bacco protected industries Of the United
States have agreed TO contribute 10 the
Republican campaign fund If the Porto
Rican tariff measure IS passed, Is liar.
An amendment has been proposed
to the Alaskan Civil Code Bill prohibit
ing aliens from either locating or own
ing By purchase or otherwise any min
eral land. and an amendment 10 the
amendment has been proposed basel
on the Golden Rule, 70 the effect that
it be provided that the mining sags Of
Alaska be as liberal towards English
and Russian subjects as the mining
laws of England and Russia are to-
wards citizens Of the United States.
The Republican Senator'S held a
caucus and failed 10 compromise on
the Porto Rico tariff bill. and il vas
then announced that the bill would De
pressed TO 4 vote, ard the dispatches
further announce that the Republi-
cans expect to get enough dishonest
Democrats TO take the place Of the
(honestl Republicans who refuse 10
vote for the tariff 70 enable them 70 pass
the bill
Senator Allen Of Nebraska has offered
a resolution calling upon the Secretary
of War TO furnish Congress with list
of soldiers who were killed in battle in
the Philippines, and a list Of those who
died from disease and those who died
from suicide Senator G2llinger char
acterized the resolution as IAN attempt
to discourage enlistment" and that
its object was for campaign use
Comment Is unnecessary upon the
foregoing news items-but il seems 70
have been pretty good days work"
Cesar crossed the Rubicon, Wash
ington crossed the Delaware. and
Butler crossed the Tugela three times.
Mckinley is mot doing ting 70
James G. Blzine's Reciprocity with the
South American Republics II was
the ambition Of Mr.. Blaine to have re-
ciprocity in trade with all South Amer
lean Republics The Republican party
went &c issue before the people IN one
general election on that question. and
Republican orators and newspapers
told Us what bully thing il would be
to have free trade between ali Ameri-
can Republics But now that Porto
Rico is part of the United States. the
grand old party, led by the protected
robber barons, viii not stand either
free or fair trade with our own terri
tory. This fully illustrates the fact
that the grand old party never in
tended 70 enter into reciprocity treaties
with any other government on the face
of the earth.
Congress has passed a relief bill for
Porto Rico in the sum of 3, 00o, coo. 10
alleviate the sufferings resulting from
an overdose of benevolent assimilation
The Porto Ricans, it will be remem-
bered, left their cities en- masse. and
men, women and children marched
out with flags, flowers and music to
welcome our soldiers They expected
the same kind of government that
Uncle Sam gives TO Arizona, New
Mexico and other territories and that
NJ 1fzorir,in afiuU tariffs uorl11 b-a i'm,