The National tribune., 1902-12-11

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mission to get busy in adjudicating the
claims for damages. The bill is drawn
along strong. forceful lines and admits
of no 0nibbing. 1t declares that no testi-
mony shall be required or received other
than such as may be necessary to estab-
lish the rights of the parties named to
bring their suits and to make clear to the
Commissioner the extent of the losses sus-
| tanned; and in the absence Of proof te the
fcontrary every officer, sailor, or marine. of
the said battle ship Maine on Feb. Is.
/ lS|S. whose name appears on the record
of the Navy Department Of the United
States as having been killed by or miss
ing as a result of the destruction of the
said battle ship Maine. shall be presumed
! to have been killed by reason of such de-
structiom. All the .:tics-=. semen. and
Emarincs serving aboard the United States
battle ship Maine at the time of her de-
I struction, or their next of kin and legal
representatives. whether citizens OF the
| United States or not. are entitled TO and
tmny prove their claims already filed be-
fore the Commission or that shall be filed
at any time within six months from the
passage of the Act.
/ Not satisfied with bullets. musketOs.
malaria, and bad water as death agents
for the marines, Mr.. Ball Or. H. has in
tr0,luced. q measure increasing the num-
Der of pharmacists in The Naxy.;
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Mr.. Gillctt (Massl is going to have es-
tablished by Congressional authority the
| right of the employees Of the United States
Government. who engage in the manufac-
turing establishments or navy yards as
| artisans or laborers, to claim damages for
any injury sustained by them. in case the
accident was not due to their ow1i negli-
gence.
li.g,-s- . :.
| Mr.. Cooper NNis.) has introduced bill
which. If cnncted into a law. will permit
all books printed in raised characters for
the use of the blind to pass through the
EUnited States mails free of postage. The
bill will probably become law.
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Mr.. Lowering (Mass.). like most of the
Eastern men, wants to preserve all the
antiquities and mark all the historic spots.
He will try to have Congress appropriate
$4,000 to erect at Provincetown, Mass.
a suitable memorial of the first landing
of the Pilgrims on Cape Cod. It'ssenough
! TO make those frugal old codgers turn
over in their moss-grown graves. In their
day $4,000 would have bought the con-
tinent. They didn't believe in memorials
anyhow.
| Mr.. Bates Pa.) is Interested in Rural
Free Delivery, and has introduced a bill
to give the carriers 15 days annual leave
with pay.
| Mr.-:William Alden Smith (AIichl, who
was personal friend of William A. FitZ-
gerald. who lost his life mt the hands of
Godfrey Hunter. Jr., in Guatamaa City,
a couple of weeks ago. is determined to
know the truth. He has introduced bill
| to make it obligatory upon sthe Secretary
4of-Stlte to sift the. thing to the bottom
| "The little brown brothers across the
sea- are getting a lot of attention just
now. Judge Cooper (Wis.) has introduced
n bill entitled ".in Act to temporarily
pHoviaes revenue for the Philippine Islands
and for other purposes. Senator Lodge
has introduced one ITO permit officers of
the United States army to serve as Chief
and Assistant Chiefs of the Constabulary
| Of the Philippine Islands, Judge Cooper
has also introduced a bill to establish n
Standard of value and to provide a coin
age, system in the Philippine Islands.
\. . ;, Senator Pettus (Ala) has introduced .
| bill providing for the extension of the
| fine Wllen Governors of Sf;tcs. and Ter
fitgries, may legally ask reimbursenent for
/ the EXPENSES of their States in organizing
/ Emitted States in the war with Spain. The
| time limit expires this year. Senator Pet
| tus Seeks to extend it to 1904.
When the House .tlets out in the even
ing, the floor of the chamber looks as
| though an army of kids had been playing
mimic war and bombarding each other
with paper wads. Then. each newspaper
correspondent accredited TO the press gal
leries of Congress has a box of his own,
and into this is put every bill and reso-
luton, every report of every Bureau Off
| GER and of every Cabinet member. and the
reports on each of the bills and resolu-
tons. Tons of this stuff are distributed
each day, and not one sixteenth part of it
is used. All the rest is tumbled on the
| floor and carted off. Beside this there
are tons of old papers and ruined books
thrown into the waste each day. All this
stuff is sold The DOOrkeeper of the
House has just reported for that body
that the sale of paper for that date reach
ed 2S,30O pounds, and brought $1S1.2O.
r. Onee. upon a time there was a topical
song, entitled We're After YOU This
| fmight'-b not inapprOpriately applied to
the Tariff Revisionsts They certainly
are after a lot of things that bear duty
which they are determined to wipe out.
Mr. Perkins On. Y.), as.he promised. has
fatfacked the duties on lumber and hides
| in one bill. and the duties on coal and meat
| in another. Mr.. Smith (Mich.) has shied
his castor into the ring in an attempt to
amend the tariff. or rather to repeal the
| sections referring to timber and wood, and
| place them on the free list. There are
| others to hear from.
| Senator Cullom goes after the "Mmop-
tlies' in Il bill amendatory of IAN Act TO
protect trade and commerce against I'M
| lawful restraints and mOnOpOlies. The
| gist of the amendments is that no Trust
| formed to monopOize the manufacture of
an article. or the sale of manufactured
goods, shall be permitted to put ont the
goods in any State except the one in
which they are manufactured or con-
trolled, and makes it a felony for any per-
such goods outside of the State in which
they are manufactured, prescribing a mini
mum of $500 and q maximum of $1,000
| fine. 1t looks as though Trust that could
not pay fine of $1,000 every few days
would scarcely be worth bothering with.
Senator Hale (N1e.) has introduced a
bill settling the age for eligibility for ad-
mission TO the Naval Academy between
IL and 20.
Believing that United States Reform
School is necessary institution for the
confinement of Juvenile prisoners con-
vieted of any Offense against the United
States, Mr.. Brownlow (Tenn.) has intro