Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-02-22
WHAT Is BEING DUNE AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

Ti,.. commissioners ~ ,h.. ..aarnl land
office. i'm .n ot,Inion upon ,bs hi,i re-.
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for ih.. sxl.nsion of m. general land
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Chairman Mercer OF the House pub.
lie buildings committee PROPOSES Ia
hold hack the consideration OF hts oiii'
nihus bill Tor incr"nsin. the cost limit
last t,u ,inys of III. ....Iop. This
course i. u,lop,.,l I'm the hop. Of pr,..
venting um.n,im,p,s pr,yIdinr for now
buIiiIur. being rrporic,i nj tli. session
which nutl,orir. III. construction Of
new pui,lis buildings md II the omni.
bu. biii cun IL. kent frc. frnm such
proyi.ion. fb.r. will IN, no doubt of It's
pas.urc. Til. r..ump,I.n Of work
upop building. nj Cheyenne. Boise and
Salt LIKE CITY Jcpcn,is uI.nn the pas
snrc Of ia. biii.
\ spirited discussion took place In the
Hou-. over the amendment proposed
by Representative iiili OF Connecticut.
by which hc sought TO strike from the
sindry civh bili nm Hem nppr"prihuhs
upon silver dollar. sent from the Treas
ury Department and mints to the war;
ions hanks Of the country. Mr.. uili's
nr,,,,.I,i,n was oppos.i by western
nc,nhcrs- N.ssr.. Shnfroti, and He'll
az coiorndo w.r, nmony those spcnk.
ing I'm o,,nosItIon. The proposItion was
defeated and ,b,. npproprin,Ion remain.
ed in ,b.. iii. REPRESENTATIVE Mondcii
or wyo,u,nr, ioinc,I with the Colorado
rcnr.sutn,iyr. In retaining the appro.
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The officers OF the Iunrtcrmns'cr's
department have prepared u schedule
for transportation to San Francisco Of
the volunteer troops In the Philippines.
II shows TINT all the troops can be
brought home In time for discharge by
the 3nth OF June next. which Il the
tate hN'u ny law I"r inc u'snan''''n'
OF the volunteer army. Az ''e 'essr ,,,
oi Tue iacinc tr'nSPor'n',on n VI
DC uscu anu WI, ~ i"', - -,
francisco anu Mhiiih Oh ,''Sc M anu
teeuih' schuu'e. ''"n"ns ~. ..,,
t''rs hI.ch1! Ean"ru VI oi ,', ' "y H.,
across the i'hcihc, ~ " cs''l,n''u ma
there are nearly -.!u sun W ~.
pfhusht 10 'he th''cu S'"'es o''''' 's
lst OF July.
ur Gamma, ,roson,cl I'm the House
Ia,,i,n,i ,niin showiny tho total mn.
,,r',,r,n,,on Hills nm IN dn,c, This
lIro,,.,,I a ,rnnd tnt,, of SGOl IFS. 505.
.,,,,,',,, sn"w" ,i,n SS, n03ooS sinlny fund
o,,i'''ins .,,,I, .ne ~ T.. SS,, o,n ons ,.in,v
,,,' ,s,i,m,,.s which nyrrcrn,ed SIoO.
~, Sn, ,n..,,,.,;,.n ~ ,hn .ini.iny fund
nj. In ,n o,,,horizc rho holdinr OF
cha Unconventional .xbibiton nt thc cen.
tcnninl anniversary OF tne Louishil'
purchase nt 81. LOUIS III lveo. anu ap,
propriatinE N'',opVV tneIeior' p"ss.u
the House under SUSPENSION r, VI , ,me
rules py vote OF ~ 10 -; my oppo
sition was hopeiessl! III tne ni,no! ,.r,n
and the struggle over ,ne ulh ,..'... was u.is..
The question OF CLOSING .ne eHposion p,.',''
on SUNDAY was hot nieh''o"eu u"''"s
the dephte.
At the diplomatic dinner II few days
,yo tho President is said to have told
SeyornI or tho foreign ministers that he
JiL NOT SOC how nm extra session of
CONGRESS- could be avoided because
thnre wou,d he no opportunity for the
cnnsiderotion of Cuban affairs during
,ho few DAYS that remain of the pres.
an, sossion and thc subject was too i'm
'h' So ''.,,.,,,, -. i,,yor tbop 10