The Lamar register., 1901-03-27
WASHINGTON NEWS

tending the time of the ratification OF
four of the British West Indies reel
procity treaties. The extension is one
year.
More than 500 applications for chap
lnincies in the army have been already
filed with the President. Two dozen
negro clergymen are among the NUM-
ber. The Roman Catholics are max
ing especial efforts to secure addition
al recognition. as but four of the army
chaplains are now of that faith.
Professor Willis l.. Moore. chief Of
the weather bureau, under the author
ity of Secretary Wilson, has called the
triennial convention of weather bureau
officials at Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
August 2Tth to 10Th next. Bunaio,
Chattanooga, Denver and San Fran
cisco also We're competing for the hon
or.
The commissioner of patents,
Charles II. Duell, has rendered to the
President his resignation to take eff
feet upon the appointment and quail
fication of his successor There are
several candidate in the field for the
office and it is thought that before the
end of the present month n new conf
missioner will be appointed.
Acting Director Cotterman OF the
Philippine postal service, has reported
to the Postoffice Department the fol-
lowing complete list of postoffices now
in operation in the archipelago: Ange-
les, Apsrri, Bacolor. Batangas, Cagay-
an, Catamba, Catbalogan, Cavite,
Cebu, Dagupan, lilo, Jolo, Loag, Leg
nspo, Lucena, Nueva Caceres, San
Fernando de Pampanga, San lsihro.
Canta Cruz, Tacloban, Nigan and
Zamboanga.
Secretary Root has appointed Mrs.
Dita Hopkins Kinney of New York SUI
perintendent of the female nurse
corps, under the army reorganization
act. She has been superintendent OF
the nurses in the Long Island hospital
mt Boston and has been connected with
hospitals in st. Paul. San Francisco
and New Mexico. Since the resiSna-
tion of DIR. Anna Newcomb McGee
some months ago. Mrs. Kinney has
been in charge of the army nurse
corps in the War Department.
1t is stated at the War Department
that the appointments to be made 10
fill the vacancies In the new army,
both staff and line, except In the case
of general officers and colOnels of the
line, will not be published before the
end of May. This course has been de-
cided upon as the one best calculated
to leave the President free up to the
last moment to exercise his discretion
in renrranging the list. 1t is known
that the staff selections have nearly all
been made, but they are held back for
publication.
A delegation from the American In
stitute of Architects. which has been
in conference with the Senate commit
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gard to n permanent plan for beauti-
flying the city Of Washington, has rec
commended Daniel II. Burnham of
Chicago and Fred Law Olmstead of
Boston to be permanently employed as
consulting architect and engineer by
the government and to authorize them
to select n third expert in case they
consider 1t necessary. The District
committee has taken the suggestion
into consideration and will probably
adopt 1t.
The House of Representatives be-
haves badly enough nowadays, but 1t
used to be worse. In 1899 Mr.. Jeffer-
son writes Mr.. Madison of n scandal
Gus scene in the House of Representa-
tives" 1.-The Federnls." he said, held
n caucus and determined that not
word should be spoken on their side In
answer to anything that should be
said on the other. Gallatin called up
the allen and Nicolas the sedition law,
but after n little while of common 81.
lence they began to enter into loud
conversation. laughing. coughing, etc,
so that for the last hour of these gen.
tlemen speaking they must have had
the lungs of vcndue master to have
been heard. Singleton attempted to
speak. but after a few sentences the
Speaker called him to order and told
him what he was saying was not to
the question. 1t was impossible to
proceed"
Members of the House who happen
to be chairmen of committees are au-
thorized to appoint clerks to those
committees, who are paid from 81, 800
to $1,000 year. They are paid by
the government. but are expected TO
act as private secretaries to the chair
men of their committees. The men,
bers who have no chnirmanships are
allowed secretaries who receive 500
n month. Their names are not pub
lished because several, perhaps a
good many congressman appoint their
wives or their sons or daughters and
do the work themselves-a fact they
do not care to have known. The con-
gresham draws the salary from the
sergeant-at-armS upon n certificate
stating that he has employed secre-
tary, but is not required to give the
name The greater number of Con-
gressmen, however, have genuine sec
retaries to assist them in their CORE
spondence and other official business.
A college education is not necessary to
perform the duties of private secre-
tary. although it is an additional quail
fication.
General MacArthur's report, giving
the details of the deportation of
George l.. Rice. the editor, who was
ordered out of the Philippines in con-