Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1901-03-08
WHAT IS BEING DONE AT
's THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

AH' h'At ''hGI'rN. -tv VI tHe
House having been reelected.
The Senate. on receipt OF the confer.
ence report on the war revenue reduc-
lion bill. passed II at once without dis
cussion.
The President has appointed William
y. Rubicc OF Wisconsin 10 he consul
general OF the United States ut Hong
Kong. China.
hnrbor bill In the Senate there was not
II word Of discussion. II approprlatcs
more than sJo.co0.oco.
The general deficiency. the lcgisin-
tive. executive and judicial ani the In
dian appropriations have been ap-
proved by the President.
on Senator Woicott'S rccommcnia-
tIon. William T. Bcaic Of Lcndvliic
has been appointed register OF the
United States land Office.
TIL. Senate committee on finance au-
thorizcd favornhl. r'port upon the
llous. hill extending for twenty years
the charters OF national banks.
The Senate passed resolution, Of.
fcr"d 10y Mr.. Fairbanks. calling upon
the secretary Of war for an English
translation of the Cuban constitution.
An amendment to the sundry civil
hill has b-"n adopted by the Scnnt.
which permits grain. on forest ~
serves In Colorado. Montana and Wy
1mins.
The President has signed the army
appropriation hill. which coninins the
provisions relating To the relations ot
the United States to Cuba Rnd the gov
Vrnmcn, OF thc Philippines.
Orders have bccn issued nj the War
Department for the reorganization uf
the enlisted fssrc or ,h" corps Of .n.
sinc-rs In conformity with the proSis.
ions OF the act Of February .. 1891.
]. ". Shea Of Denver. who las for
four years i-c-n clerk Of iiic Senate
rostoiiicC committee anh secretary 70
senator woicui'. has h'-'n apTnlni"i
assistant Journal clerk of the Senate.
senator woico,t s.-cur,-i the aidp.
iian Of an amendment to ih" sundFy
civil biii authorizing the secretary of
the interior {" approve the lease made
by .hc Colorado Clin Dwellings Assc'
citation with the Southern Ute ln'
dIans.
Congressman itcii made n strong
si---rh In taVUr Ot the aIu"uimrut in
the pos,oiiicv appropriation Till pEnvid'
Ing for ih" investigation hy 'hc post
master s-u-rai uf the postal telegraph
system as now IN usC IN England.
THc Srsinic cunfiTins,I ali tho naval
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The hunger of oiiic,'ssrCECTs is Illus.
irat-d ity ,hr fact that seven applica.
,ions wcr' nlsyi at the state Depart.
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senator MiicIirh 81 '''-"h '"'hc>
hack after sN y'ats ",''S. t", @ A
I"trn'ci tue hshu WIZ ~ ~"'t'H',' H'il'. '
During his senatorial '"irsI hc was
famous Tor his ihhusttE' .-lh- "n" ~
the most un'T'hE '"uiWl'"r NFH'Is
ana hlMh!s . WI" '"''
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'nc "I ,"c y, ~ 's
hours Of Congress iS thc hual lHSshE"
Of what is known as tnc omnibus puh.
lie buildings MI lT"Nh.hs i"E h','as
ING tn" present autnuElsH '"st Ilihl'
n forty public nuiidinE% IN Various
parts OF ih" nii'H states nh'I dI-
rccttnE tue seStrlatI " uhc Iy u';'su'y
to enter ini" c"niTae's i'F '""'P'''"A
them.
The Senate passed. the hill witch re-
leases the appropriation "t s.'f'.'"
for the Louisiana l'hTc.asH hNl'>lti"I
NJ 80. Louis III lisSI u was "inCnhri
10y providing an appropriation OF 49,
80 for q government exhibit az INC
Charleston Exposition; !" w. n"Iu ivy,
December. H''nrr the wv rsS
amendments wcr' auop''i ''"s'ns u"'h
rNprsitiuns un Sunday.
g.. . t-ss.,s r.yga,fv.yI fYy Ift.fa., IlrII