Holbrook argus., 1902-02-01
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Epitome of Passing Events, Social and
 Political

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 President Roosevelt has sent to the Senate the nomination of w. w. Bow. Diego.
 Secretary Root Thursday appeared before the House Insular Affairs Con- nittee to urge the enactment of a homestead law for the Philippines. He said there should be legislation to enable the Filipino to acquire title to property, and that the denial of that right was. in his opinion, the cause of much of the present disturbance.
 It is understood that acting upon the request of the Secretary of the Navy, the State Department has inti- mated to the English government that relief from further duty in this coun- try of Capt. Lewis Bayly, naval at tache, would be acceptable to the United States. It is alleged Capt. Bayly passed beyond the limits usually observed by foreign attaches, and en- deavored to obtain some information of a secret nature, pertaining to the United States Navy
 The President has referred Rear Admiral Schley's appeal to the Navy Department for comment" This is the technical term employed in naval law to designate reply, in the na- ture of criticism, to any presentation. If charges are lodged against an off, Ger they are referred to him in order that he may comment" upon them, and his reply is known legally by that name. It is understood that the pre- paration of this comment will consume about two weeks time.
 Public men in Washington have taken notice of the recent anxiety of different friendly to the United States. The visit of the Kaiser's brother, the dis pute between Great Britain, Russia, Germany, and Austria as to the posi- tions they occupied at the time that there was talk of intervention to pre- vent war with Spain, and the protests of three of those powers that they were opposed to intervention, have been accepted for what they were worth by statesmen here.
 
 The treaty of cession of the Danish West Indian Islands from Denmark to the United States was signed at the State Department Friday by Sec retary Hay and Constantin Brun, the Danish Minister. The treaty will be submitted to the Senate for ratification immediately. Following the invari- rI 1a ,.,,1 ia Ctoto Do pertinent officials decline to make pub lie any of the details of the treaty, so it is impossible to state definitely the price to be paid, though this is believed to be in the neighborhood of $5.O00,000.
 The House Ways and Means Com mittee found out Wednesday how i'm portant the beet-sugar industry of the United States is and how strongly opposed that industry is to granting special concessions to Cuba. If you stimulate the sugar business in Cuba" said one who appeared before the con- mittee, ''you stimulate Chinese labor. They have no Chinese exclu- sion laws, as we have" The beet sugar representatives attracted unus- ual attention by the bitterness of their attacks on the sugar trust, and the name most mentioned in the testimony was that of H. O. Havemeyer whose methods were severaly criticized by all the witnesses. w. H. Stewart, president of the Kalamazoo Beet Sugar Company, caused considerable enthu- siasm by vigorous championship of American industries, members of the comittee joining in the applause.
 WEDNESDAY,. Soon after the Senate convened MT. Culbertson of Texas secured the adop-