Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-12-26

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ria. and Lloyd C. Griseom as minister
to Japan.
The Senate. in executive session.
ratified the treaty of friendship and
/ general relations between the United
States and Spain without debate or
division.
Genera, Breckenridge. inspector gen.
eral of the army. made an argument,
against the bill creating a general
stan corps in the army before the
House committee on military Affairs
Senator Patterson OF Colorado has
introduced bill providing that all ma
tional banking associations and other
national corporations shall. for the
purpose of all suits in Law. be deemed
citizens of the states in which they
may be located. that the United States
courts shall not have Jurisdiction In
such cases other than they would
have over individuals.
A favorable report Was ordered by
the committee ON appropriations on
the hill appropTiatins 100000 for the
use OF the Department OF Agriculture
in stamping out the foot and mouth
disease in the New England states The
item Is included in deficiency appro-
priation bill and the bill carries $780,
900 also for pay of rural free de-
livery carriers and various smaller
sums for miscellaneous expenses OF the
Postoffiee Department.
Senator Depew has introduced bill
authorizing the Issuance OF emergency
currency by the Treasury Department
II provides that such currency shall be
supplied to any national hank with
capital OF not less than 10000 to the
extent OF tfty per cent. OF the banks
capital. The extra capital Is. however.
to be supplied only In case of string
cney In the money market sufficiently
serious to I-opaTdite values and I'm
peril the commercial and business In
teres;s Of tho country.
In the Senate on the 10th inst. Mr.,
DliiinEham concluded his remarks In
opposition to the omnibus statehood
bill and by unanimous consent II was
agreed that there should b. no further
discussion OF tho measure until the
Senate rcconvcned on January 9Th.
Mr.. Teller wanted to submit some re
marks In reply. he said. to the sian.
dera on the committee on territories
and OF Mr.. Dillingham;. but other sen
ntors insisted that the agreement not
to further dincuas the bill should be
adhered to.
duecd In the House by Representative
dc Almond proposin. an amendment
to the Constitution OF the United States
providing that the term Of the Prcri-
dent shall continue until April 20. 1905.
at noon. and thereafter. April 10. nj
noon. shall be substituted for March I.
ns the beginning and ending OF the
terms Of President and vice president.
and that the Fifty-ninth Congress
shall end and the SiSticth begin Janu-
ary s. 1907. Mt noon. and thereafter
each Congress shall begin and end jan
unry sth nt noon.
The testimony taken by tho sub-com-
mittec OF the Senate committee on ter
ritorics. of which Senator Bcvcridgc is
chairman. on the omnibus statehood
bill. has been Just printed Ms Sem
atc document and tonight was made
public. II makes book Of 39t pages.
with maps. and includes the questions
and answers OF a great many people
examined by the subcommittee with
reference to size. population. resources.
schools and churches. business. moral
and other characteristics OF the people
OF the proposed states. and misccllnnc-
GUS Information.
Mr.. Morgan OF Alabama. In the Sen.
aries of the isthmian canal commits.
sion Mt 5000 year be referred TO the
committee on inter.ocennic canals. He
said he had been informed that the
present commissioners were paid
81 600 a month each and that their
service had extended over twenty.nine
and n half months. Continuing. Mr..
Morgan said II was necessary "in nd.
vance of striking one lick on that ca
nal to make such provision as will
prevent the United States from rum
ming into the horrible iniquities OF the
old Panama Canal Company rs well
as the new one" The bill was re-
ferred rs requested.
The House passed the bill to reduce
the duties on products of the Philip
pine islands coming into the United
States from seventy-five per cent. OF
the Dingley rates (the present duties)
to twenty-five per cent. of those rates.
The discussion OF the bill was accom-
panied by considerable maneuvering
on the Democratic side to secure test
votes on various amendments designed
to lower the tariff still further, and n
record vote was forced on a motion to
recommit with instructions to report
a bill providing for absolute free trade
with the islands. The division on this
proposition was on party lines. with
the exception of Mr.. Call (Republican
of Massachusetts. who voted with the
Democrats.
Representative Fowler, chairman of
the House committee on banking and
currency, introduced n bill which was
drawn by him in accordance with the
views of the Republican members ex-
pressed at recent conferences, and
which will be urged instead of the cur
rency bill reported to the House at the
last session. The bill provides: THAT
any national bank may, with the ap-
proval of the comptroller of the cur
rcncy. take out for issue and circula-
tion an amount of national bank notes
not exceeding twenty-five per cent. of
its paid-up and unimpaired capital,
without depositing United States bonds
with the United States Treasury in the
manner provided by existing laws"
The bank is required to deposit bonds
or gold coin equal to five per cent. of
the notes taken out. A tax of one
quarter of 1 cent Is to be paid on the
first days of January and July of each
year In gold on the average amount of