North Park union., 1901-02-08
WHAT is BEING DONE AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

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ments of the Agricultural Department
experiments, etc.
Senator Teller filed petition Of Colo
RADIO miners asking that the regulations
of the Interior Department be modi
fed so as to permit use by miners OF
timber on government reserves.
Representative Hull has introduced
I'm the House u bill for the payment OF
travel allowances on the discharge
from the army of volunteers, officers
and men. who re-entered the service IL
the philippines.
The house committee on invalid pen
sions reported favorably the Miers bill
for the creation of court OF appeals
for the final adjudication of pension
cases. The measure is strongly urged
by the G. A. X.
Senator Hoar, from the committee or
judiciary, reported favorably the bill
granting a charter to the Federation
nf Womens Clubs. The incorporators
mentioned in the blil include many wo-
men prominent In club life. An amend
ment made by the committee requires
annual reports to the Smithsonian in
stitution.
The President has sent n message
To Congress recommending the appro-
priation of 100000 for the payment
Of the claim of Spain for Sibutu and
Cacayan islands, in the Philippine ar
chipelago, in accordance with the
terms of the treaty recently ratified
by the senate.
The Senate committee on territories
has decided to report fayorably an
amendment to the Alaska laws under
which excess Of license moneys des-
icnated for school purposes may be
applied to municipal purposes in that
territory and postponed the Arizona
statehood bill for this Congress.
The President has sent the follow
ing nominations to the Senate: Ben
iamin X. Kimberley, receiver Of public
moneys at the Denver land office;
George d. Corson Of Wyoming, agent
for the Indians of the San Carlos
agency in Arizona; Melvin A. Deering
of Colorado, register of the land office
at Gunnison, Colorado.
The Senate committee on the Philip
pines decided to report favorably The
bill providing for the maintenance of n
soldiers library Mt Manila. The reso.
luton introduced by Mr.. Teller, provid-
ing for the printing of the Filipino pc
tition presented to the Senate by him,
was considered and an adverse report
ordered upon 1t.
In the House, speaking on the naval
appropriation bill, w. A. Smith of
Michigan brought up the question Of
the abrogation OF the treaty of 1917
prohibiting the maintenance of war
vessels upon the great lakes. Mr.
Smith said he desired to see the ship
yards of the great lakes participate in
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In addressing the Senate on the ship
subsidy bill Senator Depew said: 1T
is estimated that there is paid by AM
erican producers to foreign ship own
ers in freight charges at least $115.-
OOOOOO year. -Four per cent. on this
would give us an American merchants
marine and the expenditure of much
the larger part of this money in our
own country"
The house committee on military af-
fairs acted favornbly OH bills provid-
ing that the time of an officers leave
of absence shall date from arrival in
the United States, and not from the
time the leave is granted, and author
izlng monument commemorative the
Indian battle OF Massacre Hill, inWyo-
ming. in which several hundred troops
lost their lives.
1t was said at the War Department
that no report had been made to the
department by General Macarthur in
regard to the case of the American ed
itor Rice, whose deportation to the
United States he tMacAthur) Is said
TO have ordered because of alleged
criticisms OF the customs service at
Manila. No call has been made on
General Macarthur for Il report OIL
that case.
Representative Mercer of Nebraska.
chairman of the committee on public
buildings and grounds, introduced an
omnibus bill increasing the cost Of pub
lie buildings. 1t includes Cheyenne.
Wyoming, $2jO,OO0 to $30OOOO; Lead
Vile, Colorado, $4,000 to $4,000; Salt
Lake, 100000 to 100000. The gen.
eral impression is that there is now
little prospect of further public build
ing legislation before the expiration
of the present Congress.
The report of Representative Over
street of Indiana upon the bill which
he was authorized by the banking
committee to report to the house, ito
maintain the parity of the money of
the United States" declares that the
bill 'reatfirms the declaration of the
,Ah'tu hotattS SoN I'll
the parity of all forms of money with
the gold standard of value, and makes
provision whereby the parity of the
silver dollars may be maintained by
exchange for gold at the treasury up
on the demand of the holder"
The war revenue reduction bill as
agreed upon by the Senate finance com
mittee, provides for reduction Of
nearly $4O,00O,OOO. Taxes are repealed
on the following: Promissory notes.
mortgages, bills of lading for export.
powers of attorney. protest, charter
party, certificates of all kinds. leases.
warehouse receipts. telegraphic dis
patches, telephone messages. passage
tickets, freight receipts. bonds. except
bonds of indemnity, legacies to relig-
ions charitable, literary or educational
Institutions and commercial brokers.
Senator Depew spoke on the subsidy
Dill for an hour and half, and, strange
TO say, added some new facts of inter
est to this much-discussed subject.
particularly his description of the
transl lortation method and freight
rates of European railroads that are
owned by the governments. He spoke
from proof slips-something entirely
new for him, as lie seldom prepares his
speeches A blizzard kent tho nublit.