The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-21
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

1ue hOuSe spent FTludy cOuSlQeTlllS
the Hopkins bill to create permanent
census bureau. While the general
sentiment was in favor of a perma-
nent bureau, there was strong opposi-
tion to the bill as drawn, on the ground
that 1t was not well matured. There
also was an overwhelming demand for
a provision to place the present en-
ployes of the census bureau under the
protection of the civil service law, and
the bill finally was recommitted with
instructions to report back bill con-
taining n plan for detailed organiZa-
tion of a permanent census bureau, to
include also a provision to place the
present employees under the civil SER
vice.
The comptroller of the currency has
made public an abstract of reports
made by thirty-nine national banks of
Colorado, exclusive of Denver, as fol-
lows: Resources and loans, discounts
and overdrafts, S21, ,097 ,414.47; real es-
tate, S671 .94S.34; due from other banks,
$40, ,224, ,437.SS; lawful money reserves,
50, 745, 732.47; total, $50, ,442, ,340.56. Liza
bilities: Capital stock, S2,7S0,OOO; sur
illus fund and undivided profits, ST.
4O2. .679.65; national bank notes out
standing, S1.S43.25O; due to other
banks, S3,242, 7O6.24; deposits, S26, 159,-
655. 20; notes and bills rediscounted,
bills payable and other liabilities, S12,-
1861; total, S34, AZ, ,34056. Average
reserve held, S39.O5 per cent.
President Roosevelt has sent to the
Senate the name of B. f. Daniels of
Nogales, Arizona, for appointment as
marshal of the district of Arizona.
Mr.. Daniels will succeed Ex-Governor
Myron McCord, who was appointed by
the late President Mckinley during
the last congressional recess. This
change will come as a great surprise
in the territory, where it was not gen.
orally know that the President contem-
plated ignoring McKinley's choice.
Daniels was a private in President
Roosevelt's regiment of Rough Riders
and when he enlisted was chief of po-
lice at Cripple Creek. He has been
resident of Arizona about two years,
but is not generally known in the ter
ritory.
The monthly statement of exports of
products. issued by the bureau of sta
tistics, shows that during December,
1901, the exports were as follows:
Breadstuffs, S15,35S, ,142; decrease as
compared with December, 1900, S9,0OO,-
900: cattle and hogs, S2,623, ,454; de-
crease, S500,00O: provisions, SIT, ,190,-
no; increase, 50, 152, 900; cotton, $43,-
OO3, ,469; decrease. S1,150.Oo0; mineral
oils, S6329, 1862 increase 81, 10O,0 900. For
the calendar year the total exports
were SS63 SoO,SS3 increase over 1900,
S31, 100000. The imports and exports
for December We're: Merchandise i'm
ports, S79,914, 743, of which S36,015,411
was free of duty: increase over Decem-
Der, 1900, S11 100000: merchandise, ex-
ports (domestic), S135, ,241 sos. decrease
S9,0OO.0 900; gold imports, S2,41O,966; in
crease. S4,330, 900; silver, imports, 81
1S4, ,152: decrease, 1888, 900; silver, eX-
ports, 81, go; decrease, S2,6OO,0OO.
A meeting of the committee of west
ern congressman on the proposed irri-
CATION bill was held Monday night in
Senator Warren's committee room. Mr..
Newlands, secretary of the committee,
read letters from the secretary of the
interior, the director of the gelogical
survey and the commissioner of the
general land office in answer to the
request of the committee to submit
views on the proposed bill. The sec
retary of the interior referred the mat
ter to the last named officials, who
some suggestions and
amendments, the substance of their
views being made toward stronger ma
tional control than the bill now pro-
vides. The question of state or federal
control was discussed at length, this
being the point upon which the commit
tee seems unable to arrive at con-
being about evenly divided.
An amendment submitted by Mr.. Mon
dell, making water appurtenant to the
land irrigated. was adopted. The COM
mittee will continue its work WedneS-
day night.
In the presence of the President and
his Cabinet, the entire Wisconsin dele
CATION in Congress. Governor Durbin
of Indiana, Senator Hanna and num-
Der of other friends, Henry G. Payne
of Wisconsin was sworn in as postmas-
ter general Wednesday morning in the
Cabinet room at the White House. The
oath of office was administered by
Chief Justice Fuller. The retiring
postmaster general, Charles Emory
Smith, also was present, as well as
Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Payne, wife
of the new member of the Presidents
official family. At the conclusion Of
the ceremony President Roosevelt ad-
vanced toward Mr.. Payne and with n
smile and hearty handshake addressed
him as "Mr. Postmaster General" Mr..
Payne then received the congratula-
tions of all present. after which he en-
gagged in long private conversation
with the President Mr.. Payne took
charge at the Postoifice Department
about noon. The personnel of the de-
partment who We're in the city were
presented to the new postmaster gener-
al and took leave of Mr.. Smith in the
afternoon.
Secretary Root is strongly opposed to
commercial reciprocity between the
United States and the Philippines on
the general ground that any such ar
rangement would be destructive of the
'open door" policy of this government
in the east. 1t is argued that the Unit