North Park union., 1900-04-20

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| on Representative Mondells bill reduc-
\ ing the price of lands entered under
| the desert land act to the same rate
| us now paid for homestead entries, ana
| allowing second entries under the des-
| ert land law In certain cases.
\ The postof1ice appropriation bill mas
| been finally agreed upon by the House
committee on postottices and post roads.
| 1t carries total of about S115,OOO,oo.
| The economic postage bill was also IA
| vorably acted upon. The bill author
| ICES the use of device by which postal
| cards are paid for only in case OF use,
| and it is designed to facilitate CONNER
cial transactions.
| Representative Hay of Virginia, one
| of the prominent members OF the mil
tary committee of the House. has pre-
\ pared bill to create out OF the mliltla
of the several states reserve voiuh-
1 teer army for use in time of war to sup.
| plemept the regular service. The bill
contemplates general broadening OF
the basis of the national guard, IT'S
| equipment with the service rifle and lis
| complete organization in time of war
| into regiments, brigades. divisions ana
The naval appropriation bill has been
reported to the House by Acting Chaif-
| man Foss of the naval committee. Inc
| amount carried by the bill Is S6l,2l9,-
| 016, the largest ever reported 10 tne
| House from the naval committee. ASIDE
| from this, the report which accompah-
| les the bill is remarkable for Its array
| of facts regarding sea power the world
| over, foreign naval programs ana the
comparative strength of the navles OF
the great powers. accompanied Dy col
ored charts, showing the upbuildinS OF
various great navies.
The House, after four days Of debate,
on Friday passed the substitute Tor
the Senate bill providing for territor-
ial form of government for Hawaii.
| The bill now goes to conference. The
| most interesting feature of the days
| proceedings was the attempt of MIR.
| Hill Comm to secure the adoption OF
two amendments, one providing for a
| resident commissioner instead of del
egate in Congress, and the other declnr-
ing that nothing in the act should be
Interpreted as a pledge of statehood.
Both were overwhelmingly defeated.
On motion of Senator Davis the Sen
ate on Thursday considered the lay
! Pauucefote treaty for the modification
of the Clayton-Bu treaty. About
! three hours We're spent in the discus
sion of the amendment to the treaty
made by the Senate committee on Tor
| eign relations, providing that none or
the conditions and stipulations in sec
tions 1, ., 3. 4 and j. of article 2. shall
apply to measures which the United
States may find 1t necessary to take Tor
securing by Its own forces, the defense
of the United States and the mainte-
nance of public order"
Representative Bell has introduced a
bill which provides that goods manu-
fnctured by convict labor and trans
ported into any state for use or sale
shall be subject to the laws of such
state enacted in exercise of its police
powers, to the same extent rs though
such goods were produced in such state.
This masure. II adopted. Mr.. Bell says,
will aid materially in preventing the
manufacture of goods by convict labor,
ms 1t will enable many states prohibit
Ing such manufacture within their own
boundaries. to also prohibit the sale of
convict made goods manufactured In
other states.
corps, with the three battalion forma-
tOns us In the regular service, and is
designed to obviate the necessity OF
large standing army upon the expira-
tion of the present law, July !, 1901.
increasing the standing army TO 65,OoO
and authorizing the present volunteer
army of $4,000. The bill makes all
citizens between the ages of eighteen
and forty-five liable to military service
in the volunteer army. 1t approprintes
$4,OOO.OOO annually for the maintenance
and equipment of the national guard OF
the several states and requires the sec
| retary of war to keep in each state n
supply Of ordnance stores sufficient for
ninety days Use In the event of war.
No disposition is manifested in the
Senate to disturb the war revenue tax
es during the present session OF Con
gress. Republican members of the
Senate committee OH finance agree that
the session is too far advanced to JUS
try any effort in that direction at pres
ent Some of them say there Is no
menace in the present surplus of reve-
nue., and they generally agree that as
circumstances would not permit the
removal of the entire tax, 1t would be
complicated work to make an equita-
BILE adjustment. They say this work
must be undertaken Mt the beginning
of n session, when undertaken Mt all.
Mrs. Mildred Dewey, wife of Ad-
miral Dewey, has left the Catholic
church, which she Joined few years
ago und in which her marriage to the
admiral was celebrated. Her intention
was announced in the Journal Sunday
morning. Admiral Dewey, when the
report was referred to him, said: "As
to the question of whether or not Mrs.
Dewey has left tile Roman Catholic
church and will hereafter attend the
Episcopal church with me. will you
kindly say that l have no statement
whatever to make in this respect" The
admiral admitted, however, that Mrs.
Dewey had some weeks ago definitely
given up her pew in St Paurs Catholic
church. That Mrs. Dewey has deter
mined to change her faith Is. neverthe-
less, true. and the knowledge of 1t was
whispered about from one to the other
at St Johns church this morning.
Representative Shafroth, who has
been In consultation with the Interior
Department regarding protection from
vandalism of such portions of the West
as contain prehistoric ruins. has intro
duced a bill for this purpose, which he
believes will become law. The bill
authorizes the secretary of the interior
to reserve from sale and settlement all
tracts not exceeding 800 acres, on
which are monuments, cliff dwellings,
cemeteries, mounds, forts, or other
works of prehistoric aboriginal people.
The secretary of the interior may per
init Investigations of these tracts by Of