The Springfield herald., 1902-06-13
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND q
d. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

ordered a favorable report on a bill
appropriating $4,000 for an eques-
trian statue of Baron Steuben, 10 be
erected in Washington.
Representative Lacey's bill for the
transfer of control of certain forest re
serves from the Interior to the Agricul-
tural Department is now assured of
passage by the House. The fact that
the bill is strongly endorsed by the
President and that he has personally
requested many members to give it
support is accountable for the large
vote 1t will receive.
The President sent for n number of
senators who have been known in op-
position to granting concessions TO Gu
ba on the ground that it Will interfere
with the interests of the beet sugar in
dustry of the country. He urged on
these senators united action or purpose
and expressed the hope that the Re
publicans would act together. The
President again assured the Republi-
cans that in urging action ON reciproci-
ty, he would carry out the announce
ment of President Mckinley, uttered
in his last speech with such particular
approval throughout the country. The
President indicated that the adoNtioD
of the Platt amendment made it OBJ
ligatory upon the United States to
treat Cuba differently from other ma
tons.
Senator Clark of Wyoming has re-
ported from the public lands commit
tee bill to prevent discrimination in
the issuance of grazing permits in for
est reservations. The bill was designed
especially to relieve conditions exist
ing between Utah and Wyoming in re-
gard to the Uintah reservation. The
secretary of the interior refuses TO
grant grazing permits in Utah to the
herders Of Wyoming. The herds of
Utah go into Wyoming during the win
ter to Craze without molestation. The
permits shall be granted to stock
growers of another state and also pro-
yides that no wool growers union or
stock growers association shall desig-
nate the persons to be given permits
as has been the practice in the past.
Senator Dietrich of Nebraska, who
stands with the beet sugar interests in.
opposition to the reduction of duty on
Cuban sugars as proposed by the Re
publican members of the Senate com
mittee on Cuban relations. mas intro
duced bill on the subject which he
thinks Will be accepted as compro-
mise measure. 1t provides that the
diffcrential ON refined sugar shall be
but that an equal amount
shall be added to the duty on raw su-
gars, and then it gives Cuba twenty
five per cent. reduction from this in
creased duty Senator Dietrich says
that he has consulted the President
with reference to the terms of the bill,
and that it is acceptable to him. He
also assured himself that it will be
satisfactory to the senatorial friends
of beet sugar. Aa- ft.#
In the Senate Mr. Mitchell of Ore
gon in vigorous speech handled
without gloves the proposition to build
the canal by the Panama route, and
incidentally the Spooner amendment.
BY the adoption of this proposition"
he said, "the United States would be
tacking on to one of the greatest frauds
and pieces of corruption known since
the world began:" He could not be
lieve. he said. that the Senate pro
posed to consider seriously Il PROPOSE
ton which will involve the United
States in n legal controversy for hun
dred years. l want the Senate to know
the facts and to determine whether we
really shall take up this rotten concern
across the sea" He urged Congress
to assume the responsibility of select
ing the route and not turn that respon
Sibility oYer to the President.
Discussing the Isthmian canal in the
Senate. Mr.. Morgan of Alabama,
chairman of the committee on inter
oceanic canals, said his study of the
situation had convinced him that really
there was no greater danger from vol
canic and earthquake disturbances to
the Panama route than to the Near
aqua route. but he was satisfied that
little danger to either was to be anti
cipated. Mr.. Morgan reviewed at
length the political conditions in Co
lombla, finding in them a grave menace
TO the United States in the construc-
tion of canal by the Panama route.
He presented also the present phases
of the diplomatic negotiations looking
to the building of Il canal by both the
Nicaragua and Panama routes. He
closed with II strong appeal for the
passage of the Nicaragua bill.
ON June 2nd the House by n vote of
129 to 46 suspended the rules and
adopted the joint resolution extending
The thanks of Congress to Secretary OF
State John Hay for his address on the
occasion of the Mckinley memorial
Exercises last TeDfulfy. InaHlmOuS
consent for the consideration of this
resolution WAS objected TO by Mr.. De
Almond of Missouri, some time ago,
and when ii was finally taken up Mr..
Clark of Missouri made Il twenty-min-
ute speech in opposition to its adop-
tion on the ground that Mr.. Hay had
abused the occasion by injecting Il Re
publican stump speech" into the ad-
dress. General Hooker of Mississippi,
one-armed Confederate veteran, de
livered an eloquent defense of Mr..
Hays address, denying that it con-
tanned anything Objectionable from a
political standpoint .f
Representative Richardson of Ten