The Lamar register., 1901-03-20
WASHINGTON NEWS

Rose Blizzard has been appointed
! United States marshal for West Nir-
ginia.
| Representative Shafroth is planning
n trip to Porto Rico before his return
to Colorado.
The new senator from North Caro-
lima bears the name of Furnifold SIM
mons. His colleague is Jeter G. Pritch-
| ard.
Congress appropriated n years sal
ary $4,000 each for Mrs. Gear anu
for Mrs. Davis, the widows of the late
, senators from Iowa and Minnesota.
The number of persons visiting the
library of Congress in one day, March
9th, was T2.572 by actual count kept
by mechanical register. In three
dnys-Saturday, Sunday and Monday
the total was over 100000 persons.
A delegation of NeZ Perces Indians
visiting the capital, complained to the
secretary of the interior that white
settlers in their country are selling
whisky to the members of their tribe.
They also filed claims against the Ore
gon Short Lines railway through their
reservation in Idaho.
Orders have gone forward from the
Navy Department for the return of the
so long ID time on the Asiatic squadron.
to the United States. She will prob
ably sail for home about the list of
May, to be replaced by the Wisconsin,,
when that vessel has finished her otii-
cial trials.
At n Cabinet meeting the President
told his secretaries that the start for
California would be made the first
week in May. He extended an earnest
invitation to the whole Cabinet 10 ac-
company him. The purpose is to
make the journey by n leisurely itin-
erary, devoting, perhaps, six weeks to
the round trip, including the week or
more to be spent in California. The re-
routes with possibly n visit to Yellow
stone park, which the President has
been trying to see for several years.
Attorney General Griggs talked with
the President about II number of
places under the Department of Jus
tice, the terms of the incumbents be-
ing about to expire. These include Il
large number of United States district
attorneys and maIShals. Except
where charges have been made against
| incumbents and where the senatorial
status has changed, the incumbents
will be reappointed as their terms eN-
pire. In n few instances new senators
have succeeded TO those who secured
appointments four years ago. In 4
| general way it can be said that the
new senators will he allowed to eNer-
else their preroGatives and name men
| of their own selection if they are not
satisfied with the present officials.
Colonel William Carey Sanger of
] New York received his commission as
assistant secretary of war on the 1ith
instant, and was Immediately sworn in
| the office by Secretary Root. The fol-
| lowing official announcement was
made Mt the War Department regard
| ing the appointment of Colonel san
/ ger: Some time before the cNpira-
! ton of the last administration and be
fore the reappointmcnt of the Cabinet,
| Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn noti-
4 fled the President that by reason of
| his candidacy for the Senate, the long
canvass attending it and the necessity
| that there should be an assistant sec
retary who could be present in Wash
ington to perform the duties of office,
I he was unwilling to permit his name
| to be considered for rcappointment.
William Carey Sanger has, according
ly, been appointed and will Immediate
ly enter upon the discharge of his
duties"
Among the curious items in the de-
, ficiency bill passed at the late session
was an appropriation of $1O&90 ..for
suppressing the slave trade" This
covers long story. Many years ago
the government of the United States
entered into an understanding with the
European nations to cooperate in
preventing slave trading along the
African coast. 1t was n humanitarian
scheme, but very little was done. Pub
lie sentiment was not then educated on
the subject. but after the organization
of the abolitionist societies in this
country the movement was revived
and has been kept up until the present
day. The government of the United
States now pays its share of the ex-
pense of patrolling n certain portion
of the African coast to prevent the
capture of native negroes by pirates,
who sell them into slavery, and it SO
happens that the assessment upon this
government last year amounted to
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