, 1901-02-21
WHAT is BEING DONE AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

The Senate committee on civil ser
vice took favorable action on the bill
giving eX-soldiers of the Civil War
preference in civil service appoint
ments.
Senator Hansbrough has introduced
in the Senate n bill to authorize con-
struction of reservoirs for reclamation
of public lands, identical with the New
lands bill in the House.
In the Senate on the 18th inst. Sena-
tor Teller presented the credentials OF
Thomas NJ. Patterson, elected n sena-
tor from Colorado for the term OF SIX
years, beginning March 4, IDOL.
1t is said at Washington that our
government is taking no active part IN
the negotiations in progress at Copen-
hagen respecting the sale of the Danish
West Indies TO the United States.
The Senate committee on postoffices
will recommend the adoption of an
amendment to the %postoffice approprla-
ton bill providing for an appropriation
OF 100000 for pneumatic lube service
Many protests are reaching the SEN
ate in regard to the promotion OF Adj
miral Sampson over Admiral schley.
1t is claimed hat Sampson tired TO
steal the glory hat rightfully belong TO
Schley.
The secretary of the treasury has I'M
posed n countervailIng duty OF III Co
pecks or about 30 cents per pood "a lit.
tie over t~hirty-siX pounds on all renheu
sugars imported into the United states
from Russia.
Senator Morgan has given notice OF
an amendment to the sundry civil Dill,
or the river and harbor bill, authorizing
the requirement of sufficient territory
from Costa Rica and Nicaragua for
the construction of the Nicaragua ca
nal.
The Senate has named n conference
committee 10 act on the disagreement
of the two Houses on the bill relative
20 the disposition of n tract of land on
the Arizona portion of the White
Mountain Apache reservation. The
Senate confcrees will agree to disagree.
Senator Clark of Wyoming reported
favorably from the Senate public lands
committee Representative MondelTs
bill providing that ~atiidavits in
land entries may be made before the
officers authorized to administer oaths
at any place within the land district in
which the lands in question are situat-
ed.
Among the Presidents recent visitors
was General Otis, from Chicago, TO
present a young Filipino who has been
sent mere to be educated. MANY Fill
pinos are coming TO the United States
for an education,' said General Otis.
I'm a few years every big educational
institution will have n number of
young Filipinos as students"
The Treasury Department recently
drew a warrant for S1O2, T22, in favor
of Alice C. Vanderbilt. w. X. Wander
bIlt. Alfred C. Vanderbilt, Chauncey NJ.
Depew and Il. V. RossitCr. executors of
| the will of the late Cornelius Wander
bilt, being the moun of legacy taxes
Illegally collected from the estate ac-
cording to n ruling of the Supreme
Court handed down some time ago.
The bill for a pension Court of APP
peals which has attracted considerable
attention as n G. a. r.. measure met a
reverse in the House committee on in
valid pensions where. by n vote of 6 to
I, n motion to report II was defeated.
A subcommittee consisting of Repre-
sentatives Norton, Graft and Miner
was then named to perfect the depart
ment bill providing for pension ap-
peals.
In the consideration of the agricul-
tural appropriation bill when the COM
| mittee amendments providing for the
mapping of the soils of the United
States was reached, Mr.. Teller protest
ed that no such project ought to be
authorized. 1t would prove to be not
only n gigantic task, but it would in
volve millions of dollars. He moved to
-..fI- 80, .hn nsnufsfnn Il prnni,f,a.
ed considerable discussion.
Representative Mondell has intro
duced a bill providing that the provis-
ions of the Carey lam act shall con
tinue in force until otherwise provided
by law, nut that the land patented to
each state under the act shall not eX-
coed 100000 acres; that the contracts
provided in the original act shall not
be required, but patents shall issue for
lands segregated in accordance with
existing law and the act as amended.
The House passed Representative
Mondell's resolution TO print 6.OOO COP.
les of bulletin Sc, of the Agricultural
Department, Professor Mead's treatIse
on the irrigation of arid lands. 1t is
thought that these documents will
greatly assist representatives from the
arid and semi-arid regions In ac1uaint-
lug members of Congress with what is
meant by arid land reclamation. and in
securing desired Legislation on this sub
jCct.
The Senate has passed bills setting
apart a tract of sever acres of land
neal Central City, Colorado, for a
cemetery for odd Fellows; appropriate
Ing $4,000 for the perpetuation of n
site and the erection of n pedestal for
a statue of the late Major General
George b. Mcclellan in Washington
City; authorizing the Arizona Water
Company TO construct n power plant
on the Pima Indian reservation in
Maricopa county, Arizona.
Delegate Wilcox of Hawaii has fled
his brief in support of his right to hold
a seat in Congress and in defense to
he legal objections THised in petitions
fled against him. The document is
lengthy and says in part: "All the
election officers of Hawaii acted In
good faith, as did the electors, and
they were generally registered and
voted Mt the election, and the inspira-
lion to question the matter of election