The Elbert County tribune., 1902-05-08

President Roosevelt has signed the
Chinese exclusion bill. The pen used
was given to Representative kaBn of
California. who has taken a deep In
terest in the bill.
The Senate committee on military af-
fairs authorized an adverse report on
the bill creating national park at
Appomattox, Virginia, where General
Lee surrendered TO General Grant
The select committee on census has
authorized favorable report on the
resolution recently introduced to col
lect and bring up to the crop year 1902
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 condi-
ton OF irrigation.
After n brief discussion the Senate
agreed to the House amendments to
the oleomargarine bin as passed by the
Senate. The measure now goes TO the
President for his signature. An effort
was made by Mr.. Teller to amend the
measure so as to levy tax of ten per
cent. on the capital or assets of any
butter trust that might be formed, but
II was defeated.
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
friends of the measure are confident
that 1t will pass the House If given
consideration, and are desirous that
action be taken as soon as possible.
A favorable report has been made
by the House public lands committee
on the bill authorizing sales of timber
from public lands in New Mexico. I'm
der the proposed act timber may be
sold in tracts not to exceed 2J.0OO 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.
During the consideration of the Phil
government otuuloI
of Colorado offered an amendment to
the bill providing for commission, to
be appointed by the President and TO
consist of not less than seven nor more
than fifteen persons, to proceed to the
Philippines and try to secure last
ing peace between the United States
and the Filipinos, the United States to
pay the commissioners salaries of S10,-
900 year and all expenses.
The agricultural appropriation bill,
as passed by the House, includes the
following amendment: 1.-The secretary
of agriculture shall, ON or before July
l, 1908, transfer to and consolidate
with the weather bureau and under
the direction of its chief, all the work
of the Department of Agriculture re-
lating to the gathering and compilation
of statistics by the division of statis-
ties The appropriation for good roads
inquiries was Increased from $4,000 to
$4,000.
In the House, Mr.. Shattuc, in an eX-
tended speech ON the labor conditions
of the country. said: "Another serious
factor in the problem is immigration.
The addition of 5,O00.o0O immigrants
to the labor supply of our country
since 1890, and a current increase of
6O0.0oO yearly, form a menace to the
labor of our land should period Of
depression again visit our Industries.
The result will be positive reduction
in the standard of wages, the standard
OF living and the standard of civiliza-
ton"
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
ers holding rights under the doctrine
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 TO
Congress measure calling for the es-
tablishment of currency of notes
adapted, with improvements. from the
postal notes used in Canada, Great
Britain, Germany and France. This
plan calls for books of fractional cur
rency arranged in detachable coupon
form which are to be obtained from
postofiices or rural free delivery car
riers in amounts of from 3 cents to 81.
The conferees on the Chinese exclu-
sian Iill bora ranghad "a pamnlefp