The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-17
Stevens IS ON PATROL
FOURTH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN
Is HOME TO LOOK AFTER
HIS FENCES
ROGERS PROMISED INVASION
1t VIII BE Met by Vigorous De-
fensive Measures Within a
Few Day.s-WilI Stay
If Need Be.

Congressman +. c. Stevens arrived In
ST Paul from Washington yesterday
afternoon. He vert at once to the office
of Edward Vanish, who, beside being SUI
pervisor of the census in this district, is
also chairman of the Republican con-
gressional committee The politicians
soon learned OF the arrival of the con-
gresham and Col. Lowenstein and. Capt.
Burger were closeted with him for short
time.
Mr.. Stevens said he would remain In
st. Paul until after the city election and
possibly after the congressional conven-
ton. His stay would depend upon wheth.
er his -presence~was9 needed in Washing.
ton He was willing to discuss the bills
before congress, relating to st. Paul af-
fairs, but did not think 1t would be
proper for him to say anything about the
candidacy Of Edward G. Rogers for the
Fourth district nomination.
As to the published statement that
Supt Merriam had empowered each con-
gresham to appoint six young women to
take positions in the census department
at salaries ranging from $50 to $50 per
month Mr.. Stevens had nothing to say.
He deprecatingly said when asked if he
had made his fifteen appointments that
the order might not apply to this dis
trict
Mr. Merriam, he said, was fully three
months ahead of any of his predecessors
in arranging for the; coming census, and
while the work was much more than the
superintendent had anticipated, there was
no doubt but that the Minnesota man
would be equal to the occasion.
AS to his vote on the Puerto Rican bill.
MI Stevens said he had no excuses to
offer. The whole affair had been a temp
est in a teapot. There had been no great
dlfference between Senators Davis, Mel
son and himself. They were in accord
with him and he with them on the propo-
s1tlon that the constitution of the United
States should not be extended to the new
possessions without affirmative action. of
congress.
He would gladly have voted for the
Davis amendment if the senate had
adopted 1t aid consequently when the bill
was returned to the house the only safe
course was to concur in the amendment
establishing civil government in Puerto
Rico, and place the burden of taxation
as lightly as possible on the people. Now
that the bill was passed the problem
would be worked out to the satisfaction
of the country. @ n
The efforts Of the Women's Federation
in the way of legislation to secure a ma
tlonal park in the northern part Of the
state had, in a way, been successful in
that 1t was agreed that a committee
should be appointed to take up the en-
tire question. The resolution authoriz-
ing the appointment of such committee
had been favorably1 reported on by the
acomlnittee on Indian affairs and was ROW
in the hands of Senator Davis
The sh4pl subsidy bill wAssin the senate
and there; was more than possibility
that it would pass that body this ses-
sion II it did it would also pass the
house Mr.. Stevens said he had secured
favorable recommendation for an adj
ditional $4,000 for the new postofilce
building and the matter was now pending
before the committee on public grounds
and buildings. The bill to retain the old
custom house building m the possession
of the government was pending before
the same committee with favorable re.
port from the subcommittee. II was esti-
mated that it would take $4,000 to put
it in good shape after the new building
Was ready.