North Park union., 1901-03-01
WHAT is BEING DONE AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL


C. T.. u. has prepared an amendment to
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition bill
making II n condition of the acceptance
Of the &J,OOO,OOO that neither the st.
Louis nor the Buffalo Exposition shall
be open on Sunday. and that no beer.
wine or other malt or spirituous liquors
shall be sold within the grounds. The
ladies' intend to make as determined n
fight on this proposition MS they did on
the canteen. and declare that before the
st. Louis people can have a dollar of
government money for their exposition
they must pledge themselves that no
beer shall be sold either there or at
Buffalo.
Chairman Mercer of the House pub
lie buildings committee proposes to
hold back the consideration of his ON
nibus bill for. Increasing the cost limit
OF various public buildings. until the
last ten days of the session. This
course is adopted In the hope of pre-
venting amendments providing for new
buildings being reported mt this session
which authorize the construction OF
new public buildings and II the omnl-
bus bill can he kept free from such
provisions there will be no doubt Of It's
passage The resumption Of work
upon buildings at Cheyenne. Boise and
Salt Lake City depends upon the pas
sage OF the bill.
Mfr. Cannon presented I'm the House
n detailed table showing the total ap-
preparation bills up to date. This
showed grand total of $694.1lS,593.
omItting the S53,O00.OOO sinking fund.
This grand total is $26.25G,209 below
the estimates, which aggregated $I2O.-
3T4,SO4, exclusive of the sinking fund.
The bill to authorize the holding of
the international exhibition mt the cen
tennial anniversary OF the Louisiana
purchase mt st. Louis In 1903, and np-
proprIating $5.OOO,OOO therefor. passed
the House under suspension of the
rules by n vote OF 191 to II. The oppo-
sition was hopelessly in the minority
and the struggle over the bill was brief.
The question of closing the exposition
OH Sunday was not mentioned during
the debate.
At the diplomatic dinner few days
ago the President Is said to have told
several of the foreign ministers that he
did not see how an extra session OF
Congress could be avoided because
there would be no opportunity for the
consideration OF Cuban affairs during
the fen days that remain of the pres
ent session and the subject was TOO i'm
portnnt to postpone any longer than Is
absolutely necessary. He did not In
innate to them when an extra session
would be called. but to others within
the last few days he suggested that
IL would not he advisable to submit
the Cuban constitution for the consid-
crntion OF our Congress until 1t con-
tanned some satisfactory provision de-
81 al, 81, f,ttt
exist between the republic Of Cuba and
the United States.
The correspondent of the New York
Times states that the report that the
President intends to make Judge Taft
civil governor OF the Philippines in
cnse Congress shall pnss IL resolution
giving him authority to regulate affairs
there entirely in his discretion until
Congress can make specific laws Tor
the islands. is probably the expression
OF wish entertained by the President
when Judge Taft went to Manila. The
qualification of the wish depends, first.
upon the action of Congress. and next.
upon the consent Of Commissioner
| Taft. When Mr.. Taft accepted the mp
pointment to the commission he de-
clared thnt he could not think of going
| to the Philippines for longer period
than eighteen months. His plan was
| to accomplish so much MS wns possible
| In a year and n hnlf and return 10
practice law In Ohio.
During the discussion of the haZins
penalty In the conference report several
senators used pretty strong language.
Mr.. Tillman said that those cadets who
practiced hazing upon their physical
Interiors We're ''brutes and dogs, and
he doubted whether the provision
against hazlng could go too far. This
school at West Point" he asserted.
'.has become disgrace in the eyes of
| the world, on account of hnZing. MIR.
Teller said system OF haZing had
grown up In West Point totally unlike
that In any other Institution in the
country. II ought to be suppressed
with strong hand. Men who prac-
ticed that sort of brutality, he declared.
were untitled for the command of
American soldiers "The people are
outraged by this practice" said he.
1--WE have got TO stop It. or eventually
dismantle the institution"
William E. Curtis, the Chicago Rec.
ord correspondent. says 1t looks as II n
scheme which Senator Hnnsbrough has
| been working over so long and 80 ably
for the reclamation of the arid states
would finally be adopted by Congress
Mt the present session. 1t is Hans
brough's hobby. He has been pound
| ing away Mt 1t for years and has been
making converts all the time, until nj
most everybody now agrees TINT 1t Is
the best solution of the irrigation prob.
lem ever offered except their own. He
proposes in his bill that hereafter all
money derived from the sale of arid
and semI-arid lands shall he reserved
ms n special fund for the construction
of reservoirs. irrigating systems and
other means for their reclamation. This
fund will mt first amount to between
81, 100000 and S2,OOO,OOO n year. and
will Increase ms times go by and the
75OOO.OOO acres of arid territory in the
West becomes susceptible to agricul
ture by its own usufruct. This fund Is
to be expended under the direction OF
the secretary of the interior, and nc
other moneys nre to be appropriated
for irrigation purposes.
Senator Hale has introduced n join,
resolution rendering the Thanks of Con.
rress to Rear Admiral William I
simpson, u. 8. n. and COMMANDMENTS
chief Of the United States naval force
on the North Atlantic station during
the late war with Spain, and to the Of
ticers and men under his command. fol
| highly distinguished conduct In the
| conflict with the enemey and In carry.