The Holly chieftain., 1902-03-21
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

Before the Senate Philippine commis-
sion General Hughes said that when
ever he went into action against the
Filipinos he felt az II he were fighting
children, and that 'he never made an
said he knew Of but one case Of q
wounded Filipino being left oa the
field.
General Hughes says the death rate
among Spanish prisoners In the Phil
ippines was far beyond what It should
have been. Investigation proved that
the prisoners were so debllitated by
reason OF their long stay in the heat
and by their military service that they
were unable to rally from any illness
which attacked them. He said he had
urged the return of United States
troops to this country after two years
service.
The officials in the Department of
Justice will make every effort to secure
the extradition from Canada Of Colonel
Gaynor and Captain Greene, who are
charged with completely in the Savan-
nah frauds for which Captain o. NJ.
Carter was sent to the penitentiary.
The officials are looking up the law and
the treaty bearing on the subject and
as soon as this is completed they win
ask the State Department to take
steps to secure the extradition Of the
men, who are now In Canada.
President Roosevelt's attitude to-
wards the project of reclaiming arid
lands will probably figure largely in
the growing popularity Of the New
lands-Hansbrough bill before the
house, says a News special The
presidents Views have not changed
since the delivery of his message
to congress and on several oc-
casions recently he has given evidence
thatt he Is heart and soul with the
Westerners In their government irriga-
tiOn measure.
1t may be that the collision which oc-
Cured between Russian soldiers and
the crew of the United States steam
ship vicksburg at the beginning Of the
year, while the gunbOat was in q mud
dock at New Chwang, will be the sub
ject of further representations to the
Russian government. Mail advices
make out very strong case for the
American sailors. 1t is shown that
they were attacked without reason in
their own clubroom by the Russian
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The House judiciary committee will
report a bill to define "conspiracies,"
so as to limit the issuance of injunc-
tions in labor controversies. 1t pro-
vides that no agreement between per-
SONS to do or not to do any act In fur
therance Of any trade dispute between
employers and employees shall be
deemed criminal, nor shall such person
be indictable for conspiracy, nor shall
such agreement be considered In, re-
straint Of trade, nor shall any restrain
ing orders or Injunction be issued In
relation thereto.
Representative John G. Bell hns
taken stand against what he terms
the undignified principles in the post
ONCE department. He has been inves.
tigating cases In Colorado where
rooms have been rented to the post
office authorities for the nominal sum
of 81 per year, it being openly admitted
that the low rental was offered by pri-
vate parties for the purpose Of having
the postoffice placed In a locality where
1t would enhance the value of property
in which they were Interested. Mr..
Bell learned enough to satisfy himself
that this has been widely practiced in
the West, and countenanced by the de-
partment.
The House during the present week
will pass the river and harb0r bill, viii
decide the contested election case OF
Moss vs.. Rhea, from the Third Ken.
lucky district, and will consider the
bill for the retirement Of efficers Of the
revenue cutter service. Such is the
program Of the House leaders. The re-
port in the contested election case is
against Mr.. Rhea, the sitting member,
who is a DEMOCRAT, and 1t is regarded
as foregone conclusion that, he will
be unseated. The revenue cutter ser
vice bill was defeated In the last Con-
gress, but It's friends claim they have
hope that 1t will meet better fate
now. 1t believed that the river and
harbOr bill will not consume more than
two days.
The bill to adopt the weights and
measures Of the metric system az the
standard for the United States, as In
troduced by Representative Shafroth,
was favorably reported by the House
committee on coinage, weights and
measures. It provides that after Janu-
ary 1, 1904, an the departments of the
government Of the United States in
the transaction Of all business requir-
ing the use of weight and measure
ment, except in completing the survey
of public lands, shall use only the
weights and measures Of the metric
system, and after the list OF January,
1907, the weights and measures OF the
- Az.