The Holly chieftain., 1902-03-14
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

Governor Taft before tie senats
committee on immigration, gave his
views ON the subject Of Chinese imml-
grafton to the Philippines BE said
the general conviction Of the commit
tee was that the Chinese ought not to
be allowed 10 enter the inlinds. He
said there were $4,000 Chinese In Ma
nila, and In his judgment not more
than 10000 In the whole archipelago.
Prominent among the list OF pos
abilities to all the vacancy caused BY
Secretary Longs retirement from the
cabinet IL the name Of william Henry
Moody, . Republican representative
from the Sixth district Of Massachuss
ettS, and said to be connected by, mar
Iiage with Senator Lodge. Mr.. Moody
Ii f0rty-nine years Of age, q graduate
OF Harvard, a lawyer by profession
and has served three consecutive terms
in Congress, where he has attained
some Of the most influential committe
assignments.
The Senate has passed Representa-
tives Mondelrs bill providing that
oaths, affiidavits and proofs in home
steads, prescription, timber culture,
desert land and timber and stone en-
tries may be made before United
States commissioners and other officers
In land districts in which the lands
are situated. Heretofore such affida-
Wits and proofs could only be made
at land offices, or in the county court
in which the lands were situated. This
In many cases caused hardship and
expense to entrymen.
Representative Mondell, from the
committee on irrigation of arid lands,
has submitted to the House his report
on the Hansbrough-New bill.
The report contains much valuable in
formation regarding irrigation, describ-
ing the character of country to be bene-
| flied by the bill the estimated amount
Of land which may be irrigated in fu,
ture, details of the manner in which
further irrigation development may be
accomplished, and showing why the
states cannot undertake the work and
why the national government should
do 30.
General Hughes was subjected to
series of questions by Senator Patter-
son and other minority members of
the Senate committee on the Philip
pines in the course Of his testimony be-
fore that committee. In reply to
these questions, he said the Filipino
forces would have been of but little
assistance IL 1t had been necessary to
capture Manila from the Spaniards by
assault Filipinos had aided the Am
erlcans materially by their knowi-
edge of the country and the accom-
modations they had suppned. but the
Finpinos have never been considered
part of the fighting force in opera
tions against the Spanish forces.
| In dicussing the rural delivery bill
Mr.. Loud, chairman of postoffces and
post roads committee said the ques-
ton involved whether the rural free
delivery service would cost ultimately
SEQ, 100000 or 100000 per annum.
The service was the most extravagnnt
In the public service, he said. AT the
inception the carriers received $500 per
annum. They now received 5000. II
| the salary system was continued they
would eventually receive $500 or $500
AT the present time $S5O.OOO was being
spent for the supervisory force. The
bill was carefully drawn, Mr.. Loud
said, to provide against the possibility
Of recurrence of the star route scan
dals. Only one contract could be CIV
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district where the route was located,
and who must perform the service
himself.
Senator Louge has introduced nm
amendment to the Philippine bill,
pending before the committee on the
Philippines. The amendment has
been incorporated In the house bill
and was agreed on after a conference
between Secretary Root, Governor
Taft, Senator Lodge and Chairman
Cooper of the House insular commit
tee. 1t provides that whenever it is
certified to the President that the ex-
isting insurrection in the Philippines
shall have ceased and peace is estab-
| lisned, a general election shall be call
ed for the choice of delegates to a
popular assembly to be known as the
Philippines assembly. The legislative
power conferred on the Philippine
commission In all parts Of the archi-
pelago not inhabited by the Moros or
other nom Christian tribes then shall
cease, and be vested in Legislature
consisting of two houses.the Philip
| pine commission and the Philippine as
sembly Three resident commissioners
| to the United States are to be elected.
Colorado postmasters commissioned:
Mark G.. Woodruff, Amethyst; Jerry
| 9. Olney, Crested Butte; Walter 8.
Clark, Aspen; Amelia Williams, Glen
wood Springs; Wesley H. Ogle, Lake
| City. w. A. Morse has been appointed
| n o,,ho<1tutn lottar co rrtor ~ Viotor