The silver star., 1900-01-26
WASHINGTON NEWS.
what Congress IL Doing. Notes From t,,.
white NJ use and the Departments.

""ato M use and tho Dcpar tments.
II Is said that J. s. Clarkson will not
De secretary Of the Senate. there hay-
ing been serious objections made to
MS appointment by several senators.
which are based chiefly upon the
ground that he has been and still is in
terested In legislation now pending In
the Senate.
Representative Shafroth said to.day
tnat there appeared some misunder-
standing MS to the provisions of the
aria land bill which he has introduced,
OF the passage of which he is SO conf
uent. II does not provide for the ces-
sion OF all the arid lands but u loan of
l,OOO,OOO acres to each state.
Inc secretary Of war has returned to
the military committee Of the House,
with favorable Endorsement, bill
recently introduced by Mr.. Moody of
massachusetts. providing that the off,
GERS OF the army who hnve served In
Two wars with credit may be retired
WIN the rank next higher than that
which they now hold.
Ihe House on Thursday passed the
senate bill to extend the powers of the
director of the census, after striking
out the committee amendment TO
authorize the director to contract for
extra printing with private contractors,
The whole fight was upon that amend
ment. The influence of the public
printer and the labor organizations of
the country were employed against it,
ana after II lively debate of several
hours 1t was overwhelmingly defeated.
The publication of the reports of the
twelfth census, therefore, Will be made
by the public printer rs in the past.
The special committee of the House of
Representatives to Investigate the case
OF Brigham ii. Roberts of Utah today
reached u final conclusion. On the po-
lygamOus status of Mr.. Roberts, the
committee was unanimous, and agreed
upon a formal statement of the facts.
On the question of procedure to be
adopted the committee was divided.
The majority, consisting of all the
members except I.ittlefield of Maine
and DeArmOnd of Missouri. favored
exclusion Mt the outset. Messrs. Lit
tlefeld and DeArmond will make
minority report favorable to the seat
Ing of Mr.. Roberts on his prima facie
rights and then expelling him.
ut has been decided by the Postofficc
Department to permit the star route
system In u measure to supplement the
system of rural free delivery. Second
Assistant Postmaster General Shallen-
berger has found that 1t is feasible to
permit carriers OIL star routes to de-
pOsit mail In proper receptacles plnced
along their line of travel. This plan
will be started In South Carolina be-
ginning July LIST, and will be extended
10 other parts of the country as rapidly
as possible. This innovation makes
necessary change In the postal regu-
latiOn which forbids mail contractors
and their drivers access to the mail
matter or TO any mail locks or keys.
Attorney W. Is. Harrison, who is
here representing the Denver Chamber
of Commerce, was heard before the In
terstate Commerce Commission Fri
day. lie appeared In the case of Kin
del against the railroads for violation
OF the long and short haul clause in
Denver freight charges. Mr.. Harrison
made an excellent presentation of the
arguments for the recognition of Den
ver's claim to fair treatment In trans
pOrtation. He was nttentively listened
to by the commissioners. Mr.. iarri-
son says that lie is confident that the
commissioners will give Denver the re-
lief sought.
The treasury officials say that favor
itism has not been shown in making de-
posts of public money with national
banks, for such deposits have never
been refused when bonds accompanied
1t as security. They further say that
nO complaint or criticism of the pres
ent system OF dep0siting public funds
has ever been received from Il bank
or banker or any other financial or
commercial association OF any sort, be-
cause they are familiar with the meth
ods of the Treasury Department and
approve them. The only complaints
and criticisms have appeared In the
newspapers or have been made by pol
ltlcIans for political effect. There nre
now $50 hanks designated as deposit
tories of public moneys. and on Satur-
day last the amount intrusted to them
was x9B, B,417 900. or these nineteen nre
In Illinois, thirteen In Indinna, eight In
Michigan. eight In Wisconsin. twelve
In Iowa, seven In knnsag. six In Ne
braska and twenty-tliree In Ohio.
The Grand Opern House. the largest
auditorium In Washington. was packed
to the doors Sunday night with an ell
tlitisinstIc audience that expressed Its
sympathy with the Beers In their fight
with Grcnt Britain The speakers In
clutlcd members Of both branches OF
Congress. and on the stage were other
public men who came merely to add
their moral support. The keynote OF
the speeches was that the Beers were
fighting for their independence as our
fOrefathers Ind done in 1910. The
gathering assembled under the auspices
OF the United Irish societies. and a
number OF leading Germans Of the city
Joined In the movement. The decorn-
tions were American flags. with II fair
sprinkling Of the green Of Erin. Among
those who occupied seats on the stage
were Senators Mason OF Illinois. Allen
OF Nebraska and Tillinnn Of South Cnr-
oiIna; Representatives Clnrk. DE Ar
mond and Cochran OF Missouri: Bailey
OF Texas. Cnrmnck and Cox Of Tennes-
nec. Rhcn, JOiit" and Lamb OF Ken
lucky; Shnfr0ih OF Colorado. DOvcner
OF West vlrglnin. Meyer OF Louisiana.
Sulxer Of New York ant Lent Of Ohio.
and Mr.. Van slcien OF New York and
representatives ~ the United irish So