The Lamar register., 1902-03-26

Ser month to =. Ellie Parkhiil widow
Of the late Clayton II. Pnrkhili the
prominent surgeon of Denver. The bill
also provides payment of 81 per
month to each of the two children OF
DIR. Parkhill, which payments shall
cease after they become sixteen years
Of age. In the affidavits to be present
ed to the House committee on'pensions.
1t will be stated that DIR. Parkhill i'll
CURED the disabilities which We're the
cause of the death during his scrvi,e
in the volunteer army in 1898 and 1889.
Mr.. Shafroth also introduced bill
granting an Increase of pension TO
Charles II. Strong of Denver.
Mr.. Hill, from the committee on coin
age, weights and measures, fnvorably
reported his bill authorizing the Sec
retary of the Treasury to coin the sill
yer bullion In the treasury. purchased
under the act of July IA. 1890, into
such denominations of subsidiary sill
yer coin as he may deem necessary to
meet public requirements. and there
after, us public necessities may de-
mand, to recoin outstanding silver dol
lars into subsidiary silver coin. and
directing that the provision for coin
age of any portion of the bullion under
above act be repealed. Mr.. Shafroth
states that this bill is very objection
able to members. because it Is the sub
stltution of limited for full legal tender
money, and is n process of eliminating
the silver dollar as money.
Mr.. Shattuc gives the following sum-
mary of the immigration bill and the
report recommending its passage: "The
general purpose of this bill Is to bring
together in one act scattered legisla-
ticn on this subject enacted from 1879
to 1894, in regard to the immigration
of aliens into the United States. The
head tax on immigrants y increased
from 81. as at present, to $l.50. Ihls
is to meet the expenses of the immigra
ton business. The bill provides also
for not only rejecting undesirable
aliens mt our ports, but, by following
up those who have unlawfully effected
criminal burdens upon state and mu-
nicipnl institutions. and within five
years after their arrival returning them
to the country whence they came"
Senator Teller had conference with
the commissioner of Indian affairs, the
outcome of which will be nn amend
ment to the Indipn appropriation bill
giving the commissioner the power to
purchase water for the use of the
Southern Utes on their lands in SOUTH
western Colorado. At the present time
the Indians there are absolutely de-
pendent upon waste waters which come
to them and the seepage from other
irrigated lands above. All the water
for the region comes from the Dolores
river. and the bitches are controlled
by the MonteZuma Ditch Company.
This company annually disposes OF
practically all the water 1t can get from
hs, rty tn
reservation. II the company is to be
called upon to supply the Indians 1t
will be necessary to construct dam.
President Roosevelt is being besieged
daily by cattle companies in the West
| who seek a delay of the order of the
secretary of the interior to remove
| fences from public lands. Some time
| ago the fiat went forth that fences sur
rounding public grazing lands must
| come down ON the list of April. Presi-
dent Roosevelt has been importuned
by large cattle owrers who have had
these lands in their possession to eX-
| tend the time, and has acceded to
their requests to the extent of delay
ing action two months. Delegate Ro-
dcy of New Mexico saw the President
| and secured from him the promise that
| the time should be extended this long.
| President Roosevelt intimated that he
| might decide to extent 1t one year. He
has been strongly urged to do this, and
| at present has the matter under consid-
| Grafton. Mr.. Mulvane, Republican ma
| tionnl committeeman from Kansas, is
in Washington in the interests of the
| cattle growers who hold several hun
dred thousand acres of public land in
southea stern New Mexico and the strip
| tl nt,t
| cattle men claim they are under con-
tract to fill number of orders in June,
| and IL tile fences on their grazing lands
are removed previous to this time there
| will be great confusion in getting these
| sale herds together. Delegate Rodey
| Is also working in behalf of these cattle
men. and says he hopes to prevail up
, OH the President to have the enforce
| ment of the order calling for the re-
moval of the fences postponed for a
| year.
The senators who sincerely advocate
the passage of the House resolution de-
lnapding election of senators by pOpu
! lar vote will permit no unnecessary
| obstruction of the measure, says the
| News correspondent. The committee
on privileges and elections, to which
the resolution was referred. will not
be permitted to pass it over from meet
ing TO meeting without taking action.
| This committee meets again Tuesday
| and the House resolution is the only
important matter pending. If the mat
ter is not brought up within reason
| able time some senator favorable to
the resolution will rise in the Senate
and move that the committee be dis
| charged from further consideration.
This procedure is resOrted to. however.
! only in extreme cases, such as when
senatorial courtesy" might prevent