, 1902-01-23
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

open the doors of the Soldiers homes to
eX-Confederate veterans. Two notable
speeches were made in support of the
proposition, one by Mr.. Gardner, n
Michigan Republican, and the other by
Mr.. De Almond, n Missouri Democrat.
Mr.. De Almonds eloquence aroused
both sides of the House. The Republi-
cans, with the exception of Mr.. Gard
ner, took no part In the discussion of
the Rixey suggestion, which met with
much opposition ON the Democratic
side on the ground that 1t was utterly
impractlcable.
The subcommittee of Pacific coast
senator's n representatives In Chinese
exclusion concluded their work We'd
nesday and will report tomorrow to
the full committee representing all the
Pacific coast states. The majority re-
port will present a bill combining the
best features of the several measures
which have been proposed, including
that of the immigration bureau and the
Federation of Labor bill. 1t is
also expected that there will
be n minority report favOring a more
simple treatment of the question by X
tending the Geary exclusion law. with
an amendment prohibiting the entrance
of Chinese from the Philippines.
COMMISSIONS ''Ai'' VI Ah' "a
office has sent circular letters of in
structions to all Indian agents direct
ing them to induce the male Indians
under their charge to desist from wear
ing long hair and to prevent both sexes
from painting their faces and bodies.
Indian danceS and fcasts are to be
prohibited and wearing citizens cloth
ing instead of Indian costume and
blankets encouraged. Indian students
returning to the dress and customs of
the tribe are to be punished by with
holding employment and r%atiOns, and
to prevent all undesirable practices by
the Indians agents are directed to use
all means Mt hand and suspend rations
and supplies and place young recalci-
trants in the guard house at hard Ia
Dor. Progress made in suppressing the
evils must be reported by June 3Oth
next.
The committee which is framing an
irrigation bill held n meeting Wednes-
day evening and amended the bill here
tOfOre prepared by striking out the pro-
vision charging entrymcn So an acre
for lands irrigated by the government
works, substituting n provision to make
the charge the sum per acre it costs
the government to reclaim in all cases
Of government construction. The cost
of construction is to be placed upon
the lands irrigated ana the entrymen
R~nnrnscntotiva NawIonds who is the
exponent on the committee of the ex-
IRENE views of those favoring national
control of irrigation, advocated strik-
ing out the section of the bill prOvid-
ing for state control of distribution of
waters. He was earnestly opposed by
I,,l-n - NNr.-,F.- .r1 a.. Ar,,~
lands proposition was defeated.
The monthly stntemten or exnorts of
nrnducts issued NV the hureou of sta
t~istirs shows thof during December
1oG1 rho evnorts were os follows.
Rrpndstufs S1525S 1Io. decrease ms
nmnure with December 1900 Sc 900
OnO. cuttIe and hors 50 goa 451. de-
crenSe 5000 oOO. nrovisions S1T 100
no. increosa 50 15o 600. cotton S43-
oOq 400. docrensn 81 I'm ooO. mineral
oils 81 900 1Gg increose 81 1OOuOp For
The calendar venr tho totol exnorts
were Ss63 sOOSs3. increase over 1900.
sal 45OOOo The mports and exports
for December were. Merchandise. i'm
morris S7oo1I 743 of which S36O15411
was free of duty: increase over Deem
Der. 1900, $1,000 900: merchandise. ex-
ports ldomesticl. S131. 2I1 ,S05. decrease
81, OOO,OOO; Ehd imports, S~2,4lO,oOb; IN
crease, S4,33O.O0O; silver. imports, 81
7SI,752; decrease, S333, 900; silver, eX-
ports, SI.T23. 952; decrease, 81 100000.
REPRESENTATIVE Hill of Connections
Nnnday presented the minority report
from the House committee on coinage.
WEIGHTS and measures i'm favor of the
hin nrovIding for fine ~xchnnqaabiIitv
az GOLD and silver coins. The reDort
LARGELY follows that of last wear ON
,hn nil although MIR nm has added
much nov, differentiation MS IN the
worlds supply of the precious metals.
The renort saws that the enormous in
rrrnse of gold reduction makes il nm.
necessary TO consider the effect of pro-
visions of the hill making n gradual
change i'm the status of silver dollars
and silver certificates. by virtue of
which instead of being n full legal ten
der silver win became only n limited
legal tendcr. If saws that our stock of
,oId Increased S4TGgOIGl1 I'm the last
five wears and. owing TO the increased
cold nroduction i'm thr United States
ana the reopcninr of the South Amerj-
can mines will increase still mare in