The Holly chieftain., 1901-02-15

Senator Hansbrough has introduced
In the Senate a bill to authorize con-
structfon OF reservoirs for reclamation
OF public lands. identical with the New
lands bill in the House. 81 pf -Hf
The House pensions committee favors
cutting the pension of Mrs.. General
Lawton to $50 monthly and giving Mrs.
Admiral Colhoon $40, Mrs. General
Hayes $50 and Mrs. General Stanton
$50. fIFYTIl III Rti
The House committee on banking
and currency has tabled tire bill repeal
ing the ten per cent. tax on state bank
issues. and the bill requiring national
bank repositories to pay interest to the
government on public deposits.
The Senate has named a conference
committee to act on the disagreement
~ the two Houses on the bill relative
the disposition of tract of land on
the Arizonn portion Of the White
Mountain Apache reservation. The
Secretary Gage has written letter
to the chairman of the House Louisi-
ana purchase exposition committee say
+ ing that he had received satisfactory
evidence that the exposition company
had raised the S1O,000.0O0 required as
a prerequisite to the government aid
of $5,OOO,OOO.
The President has sent the following
nominations to the Senate: Carroll d.
Wright, to be commissioner of labor;
John r. Pelton of Colorado. receiver Of
public moneys at Montrose. Colorado;
Colorado I'ostmasters-Frank f. Sheri-
dan. Meeker; J. b. johnson, ,Montrose;.
Frank Ostead, Salida.
The House passed the Senate bill to
create II commission to ndjudicate the
claims Of United States citizens against
Spain. which the government of the
United States assumed by the treaty
of Paris, after having amended the bill
so as to refer the claims to the Court of
Claims instead of to a commission.
Among the Presidents recent visitors
was General Otis. from Chicago, to
present young Filipino who has been
sent here to be educated. MANY Fill
pinos are coming to the United States
for an education" said General Otis.
IN few years every big educational
institution will have a number of
young Filipinos as students"
A resolution introduced by Senator
Berry requests the President to inform
<the Senate whether the United States
minister to China has Joined the REP
rcsentatives Of the other powers Mt Pc
kin In demanding the execution of
Tuan. or other Chinese officials. and II
80 by whom he was authorized to join
in making such demand.
The President has received from Ha-
( waii souvenir Of the recent political
Nsampaign there in the form of n yel-
low ribbon bearing the motto, "Ua mau
Ike ca ka alma I ka pono." which
means, 1.-The life of the land Is estab-
lished in Righteousness This was
chosen as campaign motto Of the ad
ministration party during the last pres
idential campaign.
The bill for a. pension Court Of APP
peals which has attracted considerable
attention as a q. A. r. measure met a
reverse in the House committee on in
valid pensions where. by vote of to
z, a motion to report 1t was defeated.
A subcommittee consisting of Repre-
sentatives Norton, Graf and Miner
was then named to perfect the depart
ment bill providing for pension sp-,
peals. 81.
Vice President-elect and Mrs. Roose-
welt will go to Washington March I'd,
and during their stay there will be the
guests of Mrs. Roosevelt's brother-in-
law and sister, Commander and Mrs.
Cowles. The evening of their arrival
they will be the guests Of honor At q
dinner to be given by Senator Depew.
The vice presidents family will not
take the house owned by Bellamy Stor-
fr until autumn.
Representative Mondell has intro
duced a bill providing that the provis-
ions of the Carey land act shall con-
tinue in force until otherwise provided
by law, but that the land patented ito
each state under the act shall not ex.
ceed 1,OOO,O0O acres; that the contracts,
provided In thevbriginal act shall not
\ be required, but patents shall issue for
iands segregated in accordance with
existing law and the act as amended.
The House passed Representative
Mondelrs resolution to print 8,OOO cop.
les Of bulletin SO, of the Agricultural
Department, Professor Mead's treatise
on the irrigation of arid lands 1t is
thought that. these documents will
greatly assist representatives from the
arid and semi-arid regions In acauaint-
lug members of Congress with what ,s
meant by arid land reclamation, and in
securing desired legislation on this sub
ject.
The Senate has passed bills setting
apart a tract Of seven acres Of land
nnnp NnufroI Cifv CoIorodn o.. i.