The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-25
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

remove all the taN Oh tne war revenue
act, and the only changes made are
those of language, making sure of this
result.
The military appropriation bill re-
ported to the House carried S9O,9oo,-
$40, as against estimates of Sl0l9oo,-
$40 and appropriations last year of
$115,734, ,049.
Representative Hrl of Connecticut
has introduced bill for the coinage of
the silver bullion in the treasury pur-
chased under the act of July II, 1872,
into subsidiary silver coins.
Mr. Foster of Illinois and Mr.. Coch-
ran OF Missouri discussed the Boer 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. Gay
Evans claim to have Information that
President Roosevelt will make him
secretary of the interior. 1t Is SAID
Secretary Hitchcock will resign soon
and that Evans will be offered MS
place.
Joseph II. Manley, the Maine mem
| ber of the Republican national COLL
mittee, is being pressed by the adihlh-
istration to accept the office of frst as
sistant postmaster general, but it Is not
known whether Mr.. Manley will ac-
scept the office.
The Senate committee on finance to-
day concluded the consideration or the
bill repeating the war revenue act, and
authorized n favorable report on 1t.
The bill is greatly changed In phrase
ology, and 1t is announced that II Will
probably not be in shape TO be re
ported before tomorrow.
The Agricultural Department an
nounces that it will send an expert
during the coming season TO Arizona
and New Mexico to make study OF
the poisonous plants of those terrific
lies and issue n bulletin for the bene-
fit of the live stock interests, which
now suffer considerable loss from the
effect of such plants.
With the subsidy bill disposed of the
bill introduced by Senator Hodr for
the protection of the President OF the
United States from assassination VIII
assume first place on the Senate cal
endar. having been made the unfn-
ished business. 1t Is not expected,
however, that there will be prolonged
debate upon this bill.
Either the oleomargarine bill or the
Chinese exclusion bill doubtless will be
made the unfinished business to sue
ceed the presidential protection meas
ure. though the Nicaragua canal bill
also is pressing for attention. The
canal bill, however, according to pres
ent understanding. will be compelled
to wait ON both the other bills.
The Democrats of the House in eau
Gus unanimously adopted resolutions
declaring that Congress should express
the sympathy of the American people
for the struggling Boer republics and
pledging themselves to use their ut
mos endeavors to force" the commit
tees TO report resolutions expressive of
such sympathy, if only that Congress
may have an opportunity to act.
Senator Teller offered an amendment
to the ship subsidy bill admitting to
American registry foreign built yes
sells of not less than 1000 tons and ca
pable of a speed of twelve knots. that
now clear from American ports and of
which ninety per cent. is owned by
American citizens-such ships to re
ceive no subsidy under this act The
amendment was defeated, 2i to A.
The Senate committee on foreign re
lations has decided to again take up
the reciprocity treaties which are be
fore the Senate, with n view to secur-
ing such amendments to them as will
insure their ratification. There has
long been contention on tue part of
the members of the House that be-
cause these treaties affect the tariff
system, they should be passed upon
Inv
ate.
water in streams, like birds and
beasts, is n wild, wandering thing,
whose use is always founded on cap
ture or restraint If a state may in
tercept bird and beast in their natural
migrations, why may not it as well in
tercept water in its natural course"'
This is part of the argument addressed
to the Supreme Court of the United
States by Attorney General Post and
the several attorneys of the defendant
in the case of Kansas VS.. Colorado.
Senator Clark of Montana. from the
committee on mines and mining, fa-
vorably reported the bill already
passed by the House amending the act
for the protection of lives of miners in
the territories. The bill provides that
owners or managers of every coal mine
at depth of 100 feet or more shall
provide an adequate amount of venti-
lation of not less than SO 1-3 cubic feet
of pure air per second for every fifty
men at work in the mine. and in like
proportion for greater number.
President Roosevelt in vetoing n bill
granting an honorable discharge from
the military service to Charles II.
Hnwlpy saws. ..'This is a mandatory
bill revoking the order of dismissal is
sued thirty-nine years ago and direct
ing the issuance of an honorable dis
charge from the army to this man.
whom his superior officers, including
the cnmmanler in chief 4 llrn n IN l in