The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25

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thoriZing the speaker to appoint a spe-
cial committee of thirteen members to
investigate the suffrage laws of the
several states. and whether the right of
suffrage is abridged or denied in any
way.
Judge j. w. Springer, representing
the National Live Stock Association,
has caused memorials to be presented
in the Senate signed by thirty local
live stock associations of Colorado,
urging the defeat of the bill now pend
ing providing for an additional tax on
oleomargarine. The memorial calls at
tention to the fact that oleomargarine
is used extensively on the stock ranches
of the western country and is regarded
as a pure and wholesome article of
diet. 1t is also used largely in the
mining and other labor districts.
The Post says that Senator Dietrich
of Nebraska proposes n new plan in
connection with the Panama offer,
whereby the S4O,00O,0OO shall be With
held until it is shown that the canal
can be constructed for $200,OO0,00O, the
estimated cost. If when completed 1t
shall have cost this government S16O.-
100000, the additional $40,GG0Goo shall
be paid to the Panama company. If.
on the other hand, the canal costs $3.50
100000, then the company Will forfeit
the amount of consideration 1t asks
of us.
Representative Shafroth has intro
duced n bill granting n pension of $50
per month to S. Efiie Parkhiil, widow
of the late Clayton II. Parkhill the
prominent surgeon of Denver. The bill
also provides Il payment of 81 per
month to each of the two children of
DIR. Parkhill which payments shall
cease after they become sixteen wears
of age. In the afiidaviis to be present
ed to the House committee on pensions,
it will be stated that DIR. Parkhill in
CURED the disabilities which We're the
cause of the death durin, his service
in the volunteer army in 1898 and 1889.
Mr.. Shafroth also introduced n bill
granting an increase of paasion 10
Charles Ii. Strong of Denver.
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
yer coin as he may deem necessary to
meet public requirements. and there
after, rs 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 be 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 n process of eliminating
the silver dollar as money.
Mr.. Shattuc gives the following sum
mary of the immigration bill and the
report recommending its passage: "The
general purpose of this bill is to bring
together in one act scattered legisla-
tion on this subject enacted from 1875
to 1894, in regard to the immigration
of aliens into the United States. The
head tax on immigrants is increased
from 81, as Mt present to S1.50. This
is to meet the expenses of the immigra-
ton business. The bill provides also
for not only rejecting undesirable
aliens at our ports. but. by following
up those who have unlawfully effected
criminal burdens upon state and mu-
nicipal institutions. and within five
years after their arrival returning them
to the country whence they came"
Senator Teller had n conference with
the commissioner of Indian affairs, the
outcome of which will be an amend
ment to the Indian appropriation bill
giving the commissioner the power to
purchase water for the use of the
Southern Utes on their lands in south
western Colorado. At the present time
the Indians there are absolutely de-
pendent upon waste waters which come
to them and the seepage from other
irrigated lands above. All the water
o.. Al MI.
river and the bitches are controlled
by the Montezuma Ditch Company.
This company annually disposes of
practically all the water it can get from
the river to white settlers above the
reservation. If the company is to be
called upon to supply the Indians it
will be necessary to construct dam.
The ship subsidy bill passed the Sen
ate by the following vote: Yeas-Ald-
rich, Bard, Beveridge, Burnham, Bur
rows, Burton, Clark (Wyo), Cullom,
Deboe, Depew, Dietrich. Dryden, Ell
kins. Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster
(Wash.) Frye. Gallinger, Gamble,
Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough, Hawley,
Hoar Jones (Nev.), Kean, Kearns, Kit
tredge, McComas. McCumber, McLau-
rim Is. o., Mcmillan, Mason, Mitchell
Nelson. Penrose, Perkins, Platt Comm,
Scott Warren, Wellington. Wetmore--
40. Nays-Allison, Bacon, Bailey, Bate
Berry. Blackburn, Carmack, Clark
(Mont), Clay. Cockrell, Culberson, Dill
lingham, Dolliver Dubois, Foster Ua.),
Gibson, Harris, Heitfeld, McLaurin
(AIiss,), Mallory, Martin, Money, Pat
terson. Pettus, Proctor. Quarles. Raw
Inns, Spooner, Taliaferro, Teller, Vest
81.
The bill introduced in the Senate by
Mr. Mcmillan of Michigan to prevent
robbing the mails. provide a safer and
easieI. method of sending money by