The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-05-13
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

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| Cockrell.
Postmaster General Payne will ap-
| peal from the decision of Judge Brad
| ley of the District Court. admitting GER
tain publications to the second class
mail rate.
A the suggestion of Captain Dayton
of the Chicago, Secretary Moody has
authorized that officer to convene a
court of inquiry to examine into the
matters connected with the arrest and
Imprisonment of officers of the Chi
cago at Venice. The personnel of the
court is not known.
United States Minister Powell at
Santo Domingo having reported to the
State Department that the revolution
ary movement led by the vice president
had assumed serious proportions, the
Cincinnati, now at Norfolk, has been
ordered to be ready to sail for there at
once to protect American interests.
Representative Shafroth of Colorado
has introduced a bill imposing fine of
| 500 on any one who melts, mutilates.
| clips or destroys any coin or the United
States. The act is designed to prevent
the destruction of gold coins by jewel
ers, whose use of gold for manufactur-
ing purposes is alarmingly ON the in
crease.
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 it 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 25,O00 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.
In the House, Mr.. Shattuc, in an eN-
tended speech on the labor conditions
of the country, said: Another serious
factor in the problem is immigration.
The addition of 5.OOO,o0O immigrants
to the labor supply of our country
since 1880, and "A current Increase of
100000 yearly, form IA menace to the
labor of our land should period of
depression again visit our industries.
The result will be a 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.
A conference of the Senate and the
House, which met to discuss the Sen
ate's amendment to the Spottswood-
Mcclellan bill. has agreed upon the
awarding of Sl2,5OO. This amount of
damage, 1t is claimed, was sustained
by Spottswood X Mcclellan while they
We're carrying the mail to Leadville in
the early days. The Leadville boom
come on while they We're in possession
of the contract and the mails increased
a hundred fold in weight. The loss
sustained in carrying these large mails
had to be borne by the contractors.
Representative Sutherland has re-
ported from the House irrigation com
mittee bill amending the reservoir
land act of June 13, 1897. The bill as
amended reserves an area within Il ra-
dius of two miles surrounding reser-
voirs constructed under the act, so that
the grass may be preserved for transi-
tory herds of stock driven to and from
these watering places while en- route
TO shipping points. The usefulness of
these watering places for live stock
being driven to shipping points is
much impaired under the present law
by the fact that local stock is graZed
by owners upon the grass in the imme-
diate vicinity of the reservoirs, leav-
ing nothing for the use of herds being
driven to market.
The sundry civil appropriation bill
which was passed by the Senate fixes
the final cost of the public building at
Cheyenne mt ST4. .SS3.4 A. The sum of
$1,000 is provided for the current eN-
penses of the Leadville fish hatchery.
The land office is allowed S325 900 to
De expended in the survey of public
lands. One thousand dollars is allowed
the Interior Department for the ex-
animation of desert lands For the sur
vey of private land claims in Colorado.
Nevada, Wyoming, Utah. Arizona and
New Mexico the sum of $4,000 is ap-
propriated. The United States geOlog-
ical survey is given an appropriation
of S1,O11.6TO, of which 100000 is to
be expended in topographic surveys
Two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars is set aside for the improvement
and maintenance of the Yellowstone
National Park.
The Indian depredations committee
of the Senate made report upon Sen
ator's Warren's bill to remove from
depredations law the conditions requir-
ing thnt tho 1ln iI1nnnt tn SnnI1t.n ,...Iinf