The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-06
WASHINGTON NEWS.
What Congress Is Doing.-Notes From the
White House and the Departments.

Ine cotton crop OF lnulA tnlS year
will leave almost nothing for export.
According to Consul General Patter-
son, at Calcutta, the season has been
disastrous for cotton. The total yield
for the season is estimated at 641, ,32I
bales, against 1.365, ,S64 bales last year.
Under the joint resolution of Con
gress the President has appointed Mrs.
Daniel Manning as a commissioner TO
represent the United States and the Ma
tional Society of the Daughters OF the
American Revolution at the unveilins
of the Lafayette statue in Paris and at
the Paris exposition.
The Senate has passed bill grant
ing the mineral land states fifty per
cent. of the income derived from inter-
est upon public land sales to aid ana
establish schools of mines in such
states. Under the bill $4,000 per
annum will be available in each state
for this purpose at present
The Senate committee on foreign re-
lations has agreed to report favorably
the treaty between the United states
and Great Britain prescribing condi.
lions for the regulation of estates OF
American citizens who die in Great
Bdain and of British subjects who die
ipSiie United States.
The Federation of Labor has sub
mitted its anti-injunction bill to Con
gress through Mr.. Itidgely Of Kansas.
1t provides that no injunctions or re
straining orders shall be issued by any
court of the United States in any terri
tory or state to interfere with any trade
dispute between employers ana en-
ployes.
The House committee on military al
fairs has acted favorably on the bill
.ha Iaf fnr anph REGIMENT
auDgiving the adjutant general of the
army the rank of major general. Fav-
orable action was also taken on the
bills providing dentists for the army
and establishing "A military hospital at
Hot Springs, South Dakota.
A new bill to establish the University
of the United States has been introduc-
ed by Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew.
The bill limits the institution to work
exclusively postgraduate and special,
provides for particular attention 10
matters which concern the government,
vests the management in single gov
erning body and makes no appropria-
tion of money.
Secretary Root has sent to the House
claims for damages alleged TO have
been caused by United States troops
during the SpanishAmerican war,
principally while encamped or travel
ing. The claims aggregate S132.U6,
and by states are: Alabama, S13.345 !;
Delaware S625; Florida, $3, 1863; Geor-
gia, $11, ,14O; Illinois. SOL; Indiana. $50;
Kentucky, S195; Massachusetts, S1So;
Minnesota. $40; New Jersey. S160; New
York, S10T; Pennsylvania, S5G,3t1 !;
South Carolina. S2l.0S2: Tennessee,
$500; Texas, S1,091: Virginia, $4,000; !;
miscellaneous, S2,94G.
The quartermaster genernTs depart
nj )it Is making arrangements for the
interment of about 700 soldiers who
lost their lives in the Philippines or in
Cuba. About 800 of these were brought
home from the Philippines on the
transport Hancock. which arrived at
SAT- Francisco about a week ago. All
not claimed for private interment VIII
be buried in the national cemetery at
Presido. San Francisco. Nearly 2OS
soldiers whose bodies We're brought
home from Cuba will be buried in the
national cemetery at Arlington the lat
Ter part of this week.
Arthur Sewnll. Democratic candidate
for vice president in 1896, paid his re-
spects to President Mckinley the other
day. Mr. Sewall denied a recent inter
view in which he was quoted rs fore
casting the defeat of the Democratic
party this year. Il did not say any
ming of that kind without qualifica-
tion," Mr.. Sewall said. Il believe in
expansion in n certain way. l believe
in keeping Puerto Rico and Hawaii and
extending to them every law of the
United States. Make them territory of
this country without discrimination as
TO tariff or other laws. | also want to
keep the Philippines, but l think we
should ultimately establish n republic
h..ra nrnfntstinn
over 1t.
The bill providing form of govern
ment for the territory of Hawaii was
passed by the Senate Thursday with
out division. Mr.. Cullom has had
charge of the measure. Mr.. Clay of
Georgia delivered II carefully prepared
speech on the Philippines. He favored
the adoption of the Bacon resolutions
declaring it to be the policy of the Unit
eAStates to turn over the islands to
t3ay.ilipnos as soon as n stable gov
er a(aent could be established by them
under the protection of this country.
AT the instance of Mr.. Foraker. the
Puerto Rican tariff bill was made the
unfinished business and will be consid
cred rs soon as the conference report
ON the finance bill shall have been dis
posed of, next Tuesday.
The proceedings of the Senate com
mittee on privileges and elections in
the case of Senator Clark of Montana
Tuesday dealt with the bank accounts
of some of the members of the Mon
tana Legislature. One of these accounts
was that of Representative stephen
Bywater of Flathead county, who de
posted $4,000 in the Bank of Mon
tana at Helena on the Bird of last
March, after the adjournment of the
Legislature Mr.. Bywater was put on
the stand. He said that he had brought
$1,000 of this sum to Helena with him
and kept it in his trunk all winter.