, 1901-02-07
WHAT IS BEING DONE AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

tNeilHlEt loT Ebll III lH' treasury up
on the demand of the holder
During its consideration in the house
Mr.. Corliss of Michigan made an at-
tack upon the work of the hureau of
animal industry. The growth of thRS,
bureau and the appropriations therefor
he declared We're altogether too rapiQs
He mnde II point of order against h
increase of the salary of the chief CT
the bureau from $1,000 to $1,000, and
it went out of the bill. He also moved
to cut down the appropriation for the
bureau from S1.T5b.O00 to 81, 100000. A
host of defenders of the bureau of ami
NAL industry. came to the rescue, and
the amendment was overwhelmingly
defeated.
Secretary Hay. in his report on for
eign relations, says: Tie general con-
clusion to be drawn from a survey of
the conditions in foreign countries. as
described in the reports herewith pre-
scented. is that the United States is APP
proaching, even more swiftly than was
expected. n position of cminence in
the worlds markets. due 10 superior
quality and greater cheapness of many
lines of its manufactures, which must
work great economic changes and
may result in shifting the center, moi
only of Industrial hut of commercial
activity II the money power of the
world, to Il markets.
The house committee on foreign af-
fairs acted favorably on the bill of
Representative jenkins of Wisconsin
to regulate the coming of Chinese into
this country and making more effect
re the present exclusion laws. The
bill make stringent provisions to pre-
vent the bringing of Chinese across
the border. Another provision requires
masters of vessels to give n bond of
$500 for n Chinese person not entitled
to enter and who comes here tcmpora-
rily, which bond remains alive until
the Chinese person returns to China.
The bill also revisps the court practice
So that conviction of Chinese illegally
in'the country is expedited.
What Mr.. King of Utah declared an
aftermath of the anti-polygamy cru
SADIE against Roberts appeared in the
action of Mr.. Lands of Indiana in the
House in proposing the following
amendment to the agricultural appro-
prlation bill: crowded. that no part
of this appropriation shall he available
for the agricultural college of Utah I'M
til the secretary of agriculture shall be
satisfied and shall so certify to the sec
rotary of the treasury hat no trustee.
officer, instructor or employe of said
college is engaged in the practice of
polygamy or polygamous relations
Although Mr.. King protested strongly
the amendment was adopted.
The week In the House is likely to
be monopolized by appropriation bills.
Seven of the fourteen appropriation
bills have already passed the House,
namely: the executive. Legislative and
judiciary. pension, military academy.
indian naval. river and harbor and
nigtrfpt nf Columbia hilIg frI,..n ntI,
ers, the postofiice, agricultural and for
tificatiOns bills have been reported to
the House. I'M the remaining four, the
army, consular and diplomatic, sundry
civil and general deficiency, are still
in The committees having them in
charge. The three reported to the
House and the consular and diplomatic,
which is practically completed. prob
ably will be disposed of during the
} week.
President Mckinley, in transmit
ting Secretary Hays report on for
eign relations. says: 1.-THE advance in
the general efficiency of our consular
service in promoting trade. which was
noted in my message of March 1. 1900.
!, transmitting the reports for 1890, was
even more marked last year. The
promptitude with which the consular
reports Were printed and distributed,
2 the generous recognition which is be-
l ing increasingly accorded by our bus
mess interests to the practical value
D of their efforts for enlarging trade.
and the continued testimony of compe-
tent foreign authorities to the general
I superiority of their commercial work.
have naturally had n stimulating effect
upon the consular corps as n whole.
and experience in the discharge of
e their duties adds greatly to their elf
= cheney
The House public lands committee
! concluded its hearings upon the bills
before 1t for arid land reclamation.
! Professor Mead and Representatives
!, Mondcll and Shafroth were the speak
! ers. Mondell and Mead favored the
; general features of the Newlands bill
as being of more general henet than
: the ShafrOth measures. They opposed
that feature of the Shafroth bill pro-
viding thta government stored water
T. shall he used only 10 irrigate new tracts
i of public land mt present not under
l. ditch. Mr.. Shafroth maintained that
4 unless ii could he shown that the gov
% eminent was improving its own lands,
= and could be rccompcnsed by selling
: mt an advanced price the lands so i'm
I proved. Congress would grant no aid
r. to the West and none OF the proposed
relief measures would succeed.
Representative John T.. Bell appeared
i before Secretary Hitchcock and made
p an earnest argument in favor of the
restoration of the right to the people of
p Colorado to use the reserve waters of
/ the upper Rio Grnnde and entry upon
the sites. lie raised the point that
/ when the waters of the river Originate
D ing in the Rocky Mountains reach the
fiat lands below, they sink TO Il strata
from which they do not rise until they
reach the gulf. He further asserted
that the facts We're demonstrated by re-
n cent experiments Of the Geological Sur
u vey. Secretary Hitchcock said he
would refer the natter TO the proper
: division Of his department. and order
y n thorough investigation. Judge Bell
also appeared before the general land
I commissioners and the chief of the ny
geographic bureau Of the Geological
SURVEY, Indications are that he will