Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1900-02-22
WASHINGTON NEWS.


IhC Navy HIS ueclucu W
assign Commander b. II. Tilley of the
collier Abarenda as the commandment
Of the Page Page coaling station,
which will place him in charge of the
administrative affairs of the Samoan
territory of the United States.
The secretary of state has informed
the congressional committee that he
desires prompt and full investigation
of the charges made by Mr.. Macrum,
and says that if Mr.. Macrum's mails
were tempered with his neglect to re-
port the matter is the gravest violation
of the regulations and discipline of the
consular service that has occurred for
many years.
The proposition now pending in
Congress for the appointment of
commission to study the CONNER
cial conditions of China and Japan is
| similar to those already adopted by
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 it back
again when the bill was reported to the
House. But there was thirty-five Re
publicans who placed themselves on
record as against the present merit
system and tfty-one Democrats voted
in its favor.
favorable report has been made by
the house committee on mines and min
ing on Representative Mondelfs bill
to apply n portion of the proceeds of
sales of public lands to the endowment
and support of mining schools in the
several states and territories. The re
port says that the magnitude of mining
interests in the nation renders the
class of schools proper subjects for
federal aid and encouragement.
Everything done in Congress nowa-
days is planned and carried out for the
possible effect ii may have upon the
| November election. Although the Re
| publicans profess absolute confidence
in the reelection of President Mckin-
ley, and the Democrats that such re-
suit is entirely probably. nevertheless
no legislation is framed and no vote Is
taken without forecasting the consc-
quences upon the presidential cam
| palgn.
There is slight possibility of the eX-
pulsion of Senator Clark of Montana.
In the first place, the evidence offered
by his prosecutors has not impressed
the committee, and secondly. no man
was ever expelled from the Senate of
the United States. 1t takes n two
thirds vote, and even in the case of
Caldwell of Kansas, some twenty
years ago. when the evidence was very
clear. it was found difficult to get II
majority.
Ii is reported that the Democrats in
Congress have decided to cast IL solid
vote against duties on Puerto Rican
products. They will accept the Presi-
dents recommendations. While the Re-
| publicans will reject them. with three
or four exceptions in the House, and II
| dozen or more in the Senate. If seven
or eight of the Republicans in the
House vote for free trade with Puerto
Rico it can be carried, but in the Sen
ate it will require nj least fifteen Re
| publican votes To ovprturn the commit
| tee.
| Governor Merriam. director of the
census, has appointed Charles f.
| Martin of Denver. and secretary OF the
| National Live Stock Association. as
special agent in charge of the taking
of II classified census of live stock for
the eleventh census. Headquarters for
| this division of the work. which en-
braces all the range country. will he
established in Denver and active work
will be commenced AT once. This will
he the first time in the history of the
country that Il classified census of live
stock will have been taken. The asso-
citation began the agitation of the mat
| Ter Il year ago and through the assist
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Realizing that il will he "A long time
before any bill 10 organize II perma-