The Lamar register., 1902-05-07


sachusetts to be secretary of the navy.
President Roosevelt has signed the
Chinese exclusion bill. The pen used
was given to Representative Kahn OF
California, who has taken n deep III
terest in the bill.
United States Minister Powell Mt
Santo Domingo having reported to the
State Department that the revolution
ary movement led by the vice president
had assumed serious proportions, the
Cincinnati, now mt Norfolk, has been
ordered to be ready to sail for there at
once to protect American interests.
The select committee on census has
authorized favorable report on the
resolution recently introduced to col
lect and bring mp to the crop yenr lp2
statistics relating to irrigation, area OF
land reclaimed, cost and value of work
and such other Information as may be
obtained bearing on the present condl-
tion of irrigation. l-
Representative Mondell, in charge of
the irrigation bill In the House. has
decided to concentrate the efforts OF
friends of the measure in securing
three days consideration of the BILL
commencing Monday, May 18th. The
that 1t will pass the House If given
consideration, and are desrous that
action be taken as soon as possible
A favorable report has been made
by the House public lands committee
OH the bill authorizing sales of timber
from public lands in New Mexico. Un-
der the proposed act timber may be
sold in tracts not to exceed 25.OOO acres
for the highest and best prices obtain
able. Under the present law timber
can only be sold in tracts of One-quar-
ter section, thus restricting and pre-
venting sales.
1t is now believed that no further
consideration will be given by the
President to the subject of retiring
Lieutenant General Miles SO long as
the commander of the army continues
his present attitude of reserve. and
that the case will be allowed to remain
as 1t Is unless General Miles himself
should do something or take some ac-
tion to revive the recent determination
of the President.
The agricultural appropriation bill,
rs passed by the House, includes the
| following amendment: 1.-THE secretary
| of agriculture shall, on or before July
| /, 1903, transfer to and consolidate
with the weather bureau and under
| the direction of It's chief, all the work
| of the Department of Agriculture re-
| lating to the gathering and compilation
of statistics by the division of stats'
ties" The appropriation for good roads
| inquiries was increased from $4,000 10
$4,000.
In the House, Mr.. Shattuc, in an en-
| tended speech on the labor conditions
of the country, said: "Another serious
factor in the problem is immigration.
The addition of 5,OOO,OOO Immigrants
to the labor supply of our country
since 1880, and a current increase OF
100000 yearly, form menace TO the
labor OF our land should IL period OF
depression again visit our Industries.
The result will be a positive reduction
In the standard of wages, the standard
of living and the standard OF civiiiza-
tion."
The House of Representatives, In
adopting the agricultural appropriation
bill, has amended the provision making
an appropriation for irrigation investi-
CATIONS by providing that this branch
of the service shall investigate and
make inquiry into laws relative TO
rights of riparian owners and of own
|
of prior appropriation. These are ques-
tions now involved in the controversy
before the United States Supreme
Court in the suit brought by the state
of Kansas against Colorado.
The committee of postal and treasury
experts who have been considering the
question of fractional postal cur
rency, probably will recommend tC
Congress measure calling for the es
tablishment of Il currency of notes
adapted, with improvements, from tht
postal notes used in Canada, Grea
Britain, Germany and France. Thi:
plan calls for books of fractional cur
rency arranged in detachable coupon
form, which are to be obtained iron
postotiices or rural free delivery car
riers in amounts of from 8 cents to 81
The conferees on the Chinese eXclu
sion bill have reached complete
agreement on the bill. 1t strikes on
that portion of the Senate bill limit
ing the extension of all existing law!
to the life of the present treaty ant
re-enacts them so far as is not incon
, sistent with the treaty obligations, un
til otherwise provided by law, and ex
tends the laws to our island tcrritor.
so far as applicable. 1t allows Chimes
to enter for exposition purposes an,
retains the provision regarding certiti
cation in the Philippine Islands.
,, Commissioner of Pensions Evan
: was Il recent caller at the Whit
. House, and while there the Presidep
informed him of the death of Williar
Mckinley Osborne, consul general I