Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-03-28

those Of language. making sure OF this
result.
The military appropriation bill re
ported to the House carried $9O.00O.-
eiO. as against estimates OF $lOl .0OO.-
0fQ and appropriations last year OF
Sis. .734,Oi0.
Representative Hill of Connecticut
has introduced u bill for the coinage OF
the silver bullion In the treasury pur-
chased under the act of July IL. 1897,
Into subsidiary silver coins.
Mr.. Foster OF Illinois and Mr.. Coch-
ran OF Missouri discussed the Boet war
In the House. criticising the majority
severely for failure to allow Congress
to express the sympathy OF the Ameri-
can people with the struggling repub'
lies.
Close personal friends of II. Clay
Evans claim to have Information thht
President Roosevelt Will make MIN
secretary OF the Interior. II Is said
Secretary Hitchcock Will resign soon
and that Evans will be offered his
place.
Joseph ii. Manley. the Maine mem-
Der Of the Republican national COM
mittee. Is being pressed by the admin
istrution to accept the Office OF INST ms.
sistant postmaster general, but II u not
known whether Mr.. Mnnlcy VIII &c
cept the office.
The Senate committee ON finance to-
day concluded the consideration OF the
bill repeating the war revenue act. ana
authorized n favorable report on u.
The bill IN greatly changed In phrase
olo.y. and II Is announced that II VIII
.h..I a l.. In ttsy Al Ike.
ported before tomorrow.
The Agricultural Department M
noGnccs that II VIII send nm expert
during the coming season To Arizona
aud New Mexico TO make a study OF
the poisonous plants OF those terrific.
ties aud Issue bulletin for the bcn.-
fit OF the live stock Interests. which
now suffer consIdcrnbi. loss from the
eject OF such plants
The Democrats OF til. House IN eau.
Gus unanimously adopted resolutions
declaring thnt Congress should express
the sympathy OF the American people
for the strussiin. Bo-r republics and
picdsins themselves to use their ut
mos cnd-nyors To force" the commit.
tees To report resolutions expressive OF
such sympathy. II only that Congress
may have nn opportunity W act.
senator Teller offered an amendment
to the ship subsidy bill admitting to
American registry foreign. built yes.
scls of not less than 1000 tons nnd Gu.
pabi~ of u speed OF twelve knots, that
now clear from American ports and q
which ninety per cent. 10 owned by
American citizens such ships ~ 'tr.
c~iy- no subsidy under this act. The
amendment was defeated. ~ To ~.
The House commit'e. on naval nj.
fairs. by n vote OF 60 I. adopted res.
olu,Ion eoncurrins In the conclusions
Of President Roosevelt ne 60 terminal.
Ing the agitation Of the schicy con;ro
vcr-y. aud Indefinitely posipnninr all
hills aud resolution. on the subject. The
rvrort OF the sub committee was adopt.
I'd by q vote Of : 10 I. one Republican
voting with the Democrats against u.
The Senate committee on sa-cisn re.
h,ions hn. decided TO s.nin 'nEc up
the reciprocity treaties which arc b.
for. tho Senate. with n view to sccur-
Ing such amendments TO them as will
insure their ratification. There has
lons been contention ON the Inri Of
The tncint-,rs Of the House that h..
cause these treaties Affect the tarin
sys,~gi. they should b. passed upon
by the House a. well - By the Sen.
ate.
Water In streams. like birds and
beasts. Ia n wild. wandering thing.
whose use IL always founded ON cap.
turc or restraint. II a state may In.
tcrccpt bird and bsast In their natural
misratiobs. why may not IL rs well In.
tcrccpt water In Its natural course-'
This IL part Of the argument addressed
to the Supreme Court OF the United
States by Attorney GENERAL Post aud
the several attorneys of the defendant
in the casc OF Kansas vs. Colorado.
The ship subsidy bill passed the Sen.
ate by the following vote: Ycns-Aid.
rich. Hard. Bcvcrijsc. Burnham. Bur-
rows. Burton. Clark twyo.l, Cuiiom,
Dcboe. Depcw. Dietrich. Dryden. FL.
kins. Fairbanks. Foraker. Foster
Cwnshl. Frye. Gailinecr. Gamble.
Hale, Hanna. IIsnsbrou.h. uawlcy.
Hoar. Jones tNevJ. Kcan. kcarns. Kit.
tretirc. McComas, McCumbcr. Mctau.
rim ts. c.. Mcmillan. Mason. Mitc.,cii.
Nelson. Pcurosc. Perkins. pintt Conn
Scott. Warren. Wellington. wetmorc--
a.. Says-Ailison. Bacon. bailey, hate.
Berry. blackburn. Carmack. CLARK
| JNout). Clay. Ccckrcll. Culbcrson. Dii.
linsham. DoliIvcr. Dubois. Foster U.al.
Gibson. Harris. Hcitfeid. McI.aurin
| CNfiss.D. Mallory. Martin. Money. Pat.
tcrson. Pcttus. Proctor. Qunrles. Raw.
iins. Spooner. Taliafcrro. Teller, Vest
| 81.
"If the government agrees TO the
| suggestion OF Mcssrs. Townsend and
Forbes. and puts the Philippine islands
on a silver basis. I believe the price
would Immediately go up," said Sena.
tor Henry NJ. Teller. the great silver
advocate The friends OF the plan sa y
that the Senate committee will pass
favorably on the plan to give the Phil.
| Ippincv q 5ocent American do''ar.
Speaking OF this the senator said. II
do not think II either possible or feast.
bic TO put the Filipinos on gold basis.
For centuries past they have been used