Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-01-25
WHAT is BEING DONE AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

that IL Is difficult, To enforce The present
laws. and that the poorer Glasses conse'
au.ntly suffer in having oleomargnrine
| substituted and forced upon them for
butter. He believes that the easiest
way TO protect them would be To tax
coiorcd oicomargnrine and thus compel
Its sale uncolored.
In the debate on the army reorganI-
zatIon bill West Point hazing was fu-
I riousiy denounced by n number of sen
ators. Mr. Allen. Mr.. Money OF Mis-
sIssippi, and Mr.. McCumber declared
| IL TO be an evidence OF brutality and
cowartlIcc. the Mississippi senator
maintaining that cadet whom Others
attempted 10 haze would he justified
/ In killing his assailants. lie declared
that IL he Were cadet upon whom
such cowariiy brutality Were attempt.
cd lie would kill those who assaulted
him. IL he had TO wait u hundred years
for the opportunity.
A most remarkable collection Of rar.
economic plants ana seeds Is now bc-
ing worked up by the Department OF
Agriculture. Harbour I.athrop OF
Chicago. with David g. Fairchild ns
assistant. recently completed n tour
OF the world. covering n period OF two
1 anu
amounted To explorations. and Mr.. La
throp has given the results OF the cS.
pcdItlon. undertaken mt his own cS-
/ pcnsc To the farmers OF the United
States. through the medium OF the
section OF seed and plant introduction
OF the Department OF Agriculture.
The House spent an entire day ON the
bill to refer TO the Court OF Claims the
claims OF the William Cramp 4 Sons
Ship Building Company OF PhIlndcl.
phIa. for alleged damages due 10 the
| delay of the government In furnishing
armur plates and material FOR the bat.
;lcships Massachusetts and Indiana
and the cruisers New York and Coluu.
hla. The claims aggregate Sl..IGi ..3i.
The previous question was ordered on
the bill and the House adjourned. The
ordering OF the previous question gives
the bin n tactical advantage which
practically insur,s a vote ON II when
called up again.
Not satisfied with securing n repeal
OF that section OF the war revenue net
which Imposes u tax on lcgncics TO b.
ncvoicnt and educational institutions.
several OF the colleges OF the country
have banded together IN an effort 10
recover what has already been paid
into the national treasury under that
law. II i~ claimed that the nmoun;
OF the tax already collected is 5000
COO. hut II Is probably not more than
Sl.DgIp. Tile entire Inheritance tax
thus far. since the war revenue bill
was passed. has not exceeded $1,000
900. including the Vanderbilt. Hunt
incton. Smith and other big estates.
Secretary OF the Interior Hitchcock
made n statement TO the House COM
mittcc on public lands on the subject
Of irrigation. In which he strongly sup
ports the policy OF irrigation and says
that vast acreage. capable OF sup
porting population OF JD.opO.OOO pco-
pie. should not be left desert. Mr..
Hitchcock points out the remarkable
results experienced In the valley of
the Nile. practically rcdccmIng Egypt
from bankruptcy. Professor Newell OF
the Geological Survey. Professor Pin.
chott Of the Agricultural Department.
and Representative Ncwlnnds OF Ne.
vndn, who started the movement by u
bill for irrigation reservoirs along the
Humboldt river In Nevada. also strong
ly supported the plan.
The Republicans OF the Senate In
caucus have decided not to crowd
through the Nicaragua canal hill until
Great Britain has had fair opportunity
to study the amendments 30 the Hay.
Pnunccfote treaty and decide what TO
do about them. There was no dIspo-
sition to abandon canal legislation FOR
the session. but to move forward and
In order. So long rs the attitude of the
British government Is underlined and
so long as II has the treaty under con.
sideration. 1t would be an offensive act
for the United States TO take any fur.
ther steps or agitate the question. Ncv.
erthclcss, at the caucus there was en-.
pressed n determination not to let tile
session close without passing the pend.
ing bill. and It was suggested that the
secretary of state might intimate 10
England that only forty days remain
The War Department has received
no information from Manila that will
throw light upon the Associated Press
dispatches during the last few DAYS
concerning discussion before the
commission on the subject of teaching
religion in the schools. 1t would an.
pear from these publications that the
commission has decided to allow the
frinrs to continue to do ns they did
during Spanish domination and that
the liberal FilipinOs are earnestly pro |
testing. The War Department. does
not care to comment on the news dis. |
patches, but does not hesitate to say
that the instructions of the commits
sion did not contemplate such an ar.
rangenent. 1t is the policy of the |
President to divorce the church from
the civil government absolutely and
place it on the same basis as in the |
United States.