The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-06-03

Inc SENATE on
amended the conspiracy bill passed by
the House so as to read: That no
agreement, combination or contract not
involving injury to property or
breach of the peace, by or between two
or more persons to do or procure to be
done or not to do or procure not to be
done. any act in contemplation or fur-
therance of any trade dispute between
employers and employees in the District
of Columbia. or in any territory of the
United States. or between employers
and employees who may be engaged IN
trade or commerce between the several
states, or between any territory ana
other territories and states or states
and the District of Columbia and any
states or foreign nations, shall be
deemed criminal. nor shall those en-
gagged therein be indicted or otherwise
punishable for the crime of conspiracy,
If such act committed by one person
would not be punishable as crime;
nor shall such agreement, combination
or contract be considered as in re-
straint of trade or commerce, nor shall
any restraining order or injunction be
issued with relation thereto.
Felipe Buencamio, one of the found
ers of the Federal party in the Philip
pines. has arrived in Washington from
San Francisco. and had II short con-
ference with Secretary Root. He was
accompanied by Lieut.. Arthur l.. Con-
ger. Nineteenth infantry. Senor Buen-
camino will be presented to President
Roosevelt and it is expected that later
he will appear before the Senate Phil
ippine committee. Buencamino was
one of the principal figures of the so
called Aguinaldo government, holding
the office of secretary of state when lie
was captured, in company with Aguin-
aldo's mother Immediately after the
battle of Tarlac. The primary object
of his visit is to get better acquainted
with our people and institutions and to
visit his sons. students mt Berkeley,
California He also is charged by the
Federal party of the Philippines to
make pilgrimage to the grave of
Washington and to deliver messages
of sympathy and respect to Mrs. Nc
Kinley and Mrs. Logan.
The Shattuc immigration bill has
been passed in the House. The bill
brings together into one act all the
scattered legislation heretofore enacted
in regard to the immigration of aliens
into the United States, arranges it in
sequence, etc, eliminates what has be
come obsolete by reason of subsequent
legislation. amends some of the admin
istrative features, and also adds some
provisions to the general laws and 9TH
ers made necessary by the extension of
the territorial limits of the United
States. Among the more important
changes are those increasing the head
tax on aliens coming into the United
States by land transportation from 81
to S1.50; adding TO the excluded classes
epileptics. persons who have been in
sane within five years. anarchists or
persons who advocate the overthrow
of government by force; prostitutes
and procurers (whose Importation is
now n felony, but whose entry is not
prohibited: broadening the word con
tract in the contract labor clause to
include offer, solicitation or promise;"
providing for the fine of steamship
companies which receive at the port of
departure aliens afflicted with loath-
some or contagious disease, instead of
providing as now, for their deportation
on arrival here; extending the time
limit within which an alien who be
comes Il public charge may be deported
from one to two years. and providing
that immigrants over fifteen years old
should be able to read in some Ian
guage.
Senator Morgan, from the committee
on isthmian canals. has submitted to
the Senate the adverse report of that
committee on Senator Hoars bill plac-
ing the selection of Il route for an
isthmian canal in the hands of the
President. The committee opposes the
bill on the ground that it makes no
provision for further exploration of
routes and leaves the President to
make a selection on the statement of
the facts already ascertained. 1t is
contended that however safely the
country may rely on the wisdom and
discretion of the executive, the policy
is not wise nor safe as a rule of gov
ernment" The report discusses at
length the protocols with Colombia
and Nicaragua and Costa Rica, and it
is stated incidentally that former CO.
lombian Minister Silva was invited to
appear before the committee but de
clned to do so. OF the agreements
with Costa Rica and Nicaragua it is
said that they are definite and
complete as to the character and scope
of the rights they have agreed to con-
cede to the United States,' and it is
argued that if they are ratified nothing
will be left to do but to carry the
agreement into effect. Colombia. ON
the other hand, is charged with play
ing for delay and it is stated that ito
hold Colombia to her present offer it
is necessary, under article 21, that
ratifications shall be exchanged within
eight months from its date and the
practical impossibility of concluding
all the necessary arrangements pro-
vided for in her proposition within
eight months shows that her most ear
nest purpose is to cause delay" 1t is
charged that Colombia does not, by her
protocola. propose to sell us the Pan
anna canal and railroad property free
of all existing claims, concessions and
membranes but leaves us 10 work
out title with the Panama company.
The report adds: Colombia is anxious