Gilpin observer., 1901-03-07
WHAT IS BEING DONE AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

which to effect reclamation, and also
provides that five years additional
time may be granted, if necessary, by
the secretary of the interior.
The officials of the War Department
are much disappointed because moth
ing has been done toward building n
cable to the Hawaiian and Philippine
islands. Committees of both houses
have reported favorably upon this pro-
ject, but the Speaker and the men,
bers of the committee on appropria-
tions were opposed to it because of the
expense. 1t has been demonstrated
over and over again that government
cable would be economy. The cable
bills now paid are equal to interest up
on the cost of a line from San Fran
cisco to Manila, without reckoning the
inconvenience.
Senator Warren introduced an
amendment to the sundry civil bill pro-
viding for increasing the cost limit to
the government building at Cheyenne
from $25O,OOO to 1926 900 and author
izing the secretary Of the treasury to
make contracts for its completion.
Early in the first session of the present
Congress the Senate passed bill in
troduced by Senator Warren, identical
with the proposed amendment, but the
House has failed to act upon it, or any
other public building measure. Work
is suspended upon thirty-eight public
buildings in various parts of the coun-
try, because on account of increased
prices of labor and material they can
not be completed within the cost limit.
In discussing the Cuban amendment
to the army appropriation bill Mr..
Morgan declared that we were saying
to the Cubans: Take this or die.
Take this or abandon your hopes of an
independent, autonomous government.
Take this and lay your national. and
race pride beneath the feet of the An
glo-Saxon and let him rule over you.
You must stand and deliver. We make
this eXaction upon you by solemn act
of Congress of the United States. we
leave nothing to be adjusted in the fu-
ture except the terminology of the ar
rangement. All of these provisions
which we here lay down are conditions
precedent to your right to demand any
sort of independence, of autonomy or
of sovereignty"
The conferees of the Senate and
House reached an agreement on the
hazing amendment to the military
ue pGON lslOH us uSlteu
upon is as follows: 1.-The superintend-
ent of the military academy shall make
such rules, to be approved by the sec
retary of war. as will effectually pre-
vent the practice of hazing; and any
cadet found guilty of participating in
or encouraging or countenancing such
practice shall be summarily expelled
from the academy and shall not there
after be reappointed to the corps of ca
diets or be eligible for appointment as
commissioned officer in the army,
navy or marine corps until two years
after the graduation of the class of
which he was a member.
Two of the new members of the
Senate-Mr. Kearns of Utah and Mr..
Dubois of Idaho-were among that lit
tie band of Silver Republicans which
followed Senator Teller when he left
the st. Louis convention in such n
dramatic manner in 1896. Kearns sup
ported Bryan that year, and contrib
uted literally to the Democratic cam
paign fund. He came back to the Re
publican party in 1900, and was equal
ly generous to Mr.. Hanna's war chest.
He still adheres to belief in the free
coinage of silver but does not sympa-
thize with Mr.. Bryan ON the para
mount ISSUE" being broad-gauge eX-
pansionist. Fred Dubois, on the other
hand, has gone into the Democratic
party, and expects to stay there.
The following modification of the
Philippine amendment to the army ap-
preparation bill was generally accepted
in the Senate as n compromise: PRO
vided, That no sale or lease or other
disposition of the public lands or the
timber thereon or the mining rights
therein shall be made; and provided,
| further That no franchise shall be
granted which is not approved by the
| President of the United States and IN
| not in his judgment clearly necessary
| for the government of the islands and
| Indispensable for the interest of the
people thereof, and which cannot, with
out great public mischief, be postponed
| until the establishment of permanent
| civil government and all such fran
chises shall terminate one year after
the establishment of such permanent
| civil government"
Additional honors have come to Pro-
fessor Elwood Mead, the noted irrlga-
| ton expert who Is now in charge of the
| irrigation Investigations of the United
States Department of Agriculture. The
regents of the University Of California
have decided to establish department
of irrigation Mt Berkeley, and Professor
Mead has already been called by the re-
gents to place in the faculty, and he
will take charge of the work which is
of so great importance to California
and other western states. 1t is planned
to make the irrigation department one
of the greatest activities of the univer-
sity. Professor Mead will retain his
position as irrigation expert for the
government, but Will make his home
In Berkeley and devote part of each
semester to lecturing at the university
He has won much of his fame by his
work in Wyoming, while state engineer
and consulting engineer of several
grent irrigation enterprlses.