Gilpin observer., 1902-03-27

Ine democrats OF the House IN eau
Gus unanimously adopted resolutions
declaring that Congress should express
the sympathy of the American people
for the struggling BOer republics and
pledging themselves to use their ut
mos, endeavors to force" the commit
tees to report resolutions expressive Of
such sympathy, IL only that Congress
may have an opportunity to act.
Senator Clark. of Montana from the
committee on mines and mining, ia
vorably reported the bill already
passed by the House amending the act
for the protection of lives of miners In
the territories. The bill provides that
owners or managers of every coal mine
at depth of 100 feet or more shall
provide an adequate amount Of venti-
lation of not less than S3 1-3 cubic feet
of pure air per second for every fifty
men at work in the mine, and In like
proportion for a greater number.
Mr.. Hill, from the committee on COIN
age, weights and measures, favorably
reported his bill authorizing the Sec
retary of the Treasury to coin the sill
yer bullion in the treasury, purchased
under the act of July IA, 1890, into
such denominations of subsidiary sill
NSA WIN as hC may uScin hcCCSSuly "
meet public requirements, and there
after, as public necessities may de-
mand, to recoin outstanding silver dol
lars into subsidiary silver coin, and
directing that the provision for coin
age of any portion of the bullion under
above act rbe repealed. Mr.. Shafroth
states that this bill is very objection
| able to members, because it is the sub
stitution Of limited for full legal tender
money. and is a process of eliminating
the silver dollar as money.
Representative Sutherland has intro
duced bill providing that where oil
lands are located as placer mining
claims, an actual discovery of oil shall
not be essential to the validity of the
location, but the existence of such in
dications as will justify the locator in
developing the claim with a reasonable
expectation of producing oil shall be
sufficient. Also that the annual assess
ment of labor upon such claims may be
done upon any one of group of claims
| lying contiguous, and owned by the
same persons or corporation. providing
that the United States District and Cir
cult and territorial courts shall have
original jurisdiction of all suits of
civil nature arising between members
of the various Indian tribes occupying
a reservation, and between members
of such tribes and other persons,
whether residing on an Indian reserva-
tiOn or otherwise. or residing in some
other state or territory than that on
which the reservation is located.
The House irrigation committee gave
a hearing on Representative Martins
bill providing that the same herd of
cattle shall only be watered once in
twenty-fOur hours at n reservoir and
shall not be allowed to Craze for over
three hours on territory within radius
of four miles of such reservoir, built
under the reservoir act of 1897. Repre-
sentative Mondell opposed the bill
holding that it would give parties who
built reservoirs control of all lands for
n radius of four miles around them and
that the original act did not contem-
plate that persons building reservoirs
should control any territory except the
reservoir site. He said the reservoir
act was i'll advised and one of its re-
suits had been to withdraw from set
tlement large tracts of land by parties
| who, operating under the loosely drawn
provisions of the bill, had located alleg-
ed reservoir sites to such an extent
that entire ranges We're being occupied
to the exclusion of bona fide home
steaders.
The attorneys representing 1he state
of Colorado in the Kansas-C Colorado dis
pute over the waters of the Arkansas
river have filed with the clerk of the
Supreme Court copy of the oral argu-
ment made by them OH the oath and
25th of February. The report gives in
full the arguments of Judge Goddard,
| Judge Rogers and Governor Thomas on
that occasion and also gives the inter-
ruptiOns and questionings of various
members of the court. There has been
no case before the Supreme Court in
| years that has evoked so much inter
est as this important water case and
several of the justices gave evidence
by their earnest Investigations of
strong desire to get at the facts of the
case. In the report just fled there
fore, the justices will have opportunity
to review not only the arguments Of
fered by the counsel for Colorado. but
also their own questions and remarks.
1t required special permission from the
court TO allow the Colorado lawyers to
present this matter In pamphlet form,
as the court usually satisfies itself
with the oral arguments and the briefs
that are submitted.
President Roosevelt Is being besieged
daily by cattle companies in the West
who seek delay of the order of the
secretary of the Interior to remove
fences from public lands. Some time
ago the fiat went forth that fences sur
rounding pu1''c grazing lands must
come down oil the LIST Of April. Presl-
dent Roosevelt Inns been lmportuned
by large cattle owners who have had
these lands In their possession to ex-
tend the time. and has acceded to
their requests to the extent of delay
Ing action two months. Delegate Ro-
dey of New Mexico saw the President