Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-05-09
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

Tie senate has confirmed III. nomi.
nation Of William II. Moody OF Mas
sachus.tis TO bc secretary OF the navy.
President Roosevelt has signed the
Chinese exclusion hill. The pen used
was given To Representative Kahn OF
California. who has taken deep in'
lerest in The bill.
United States Minister Powell at
Santo Domingo having reported Ia Ill.
State Department that III. revolution
AIRY movement lei by III. Vice president
had assumed serious proportions. the
Cincinnati. now Mt Norfolk, has been
ordered to b. ready Ia sail for there at
one. to protect American Interests.
The select committee on census has
authorized n favorable report ON the
resolution recently Introduced To col
lcct and bring up to the crop year 1872
statistics relating To irrigation. ARA OF
land reclaimed. cost and value Of work
and such other Information n mny i'c
obtained bearing on the present condi'
ton OF irrigation.
Representative Moni.ii. In charge OF
III. Irrigation bill In the House. has
decided To concentrate the efforts Of
friends Of the measure In securing
three days consideration of the hill.
commencing Monday. May l.th. HI.
friends OF the measure nr- confident
that u Will pass til. House if given
consideration. and ar- jcslrous that
action bc taken ns soon a- possible.
4 favorable report has b-cn made
by the llous. public lands committee
on thc bill nuilorixin. -ni,s of umi-,r
from public lands In New Mexico. Tn
der the proposed act timber may Ia
sold In tracts not To exceed 1000 acres
for the highest and best prices obtain.
able. Under III present law timi-r
can only bc sold In tracts oi "nc~luhr-
ter section. thus restricting and pre-
venting sales.
II IL now believed that no further
consideration viii bc given by tho
President to the subject Of retiring
Lieutenant General Miles so long NJ
the commander Of the army continues
his present attitude Of reserve. ana
that the ease VIII be- allowed to remain
as II II unless General Miles himself
should do something or take some nc
tion to revive the recent determination
OF the President.
The agricultural appropriation bill.
ms passed by the House. Includes the
following amendment: THE secretary
OF agriculture shall, on or before July
], 1903. transfer to and consolidate
with the weather bureau and under
the direction OF Its chief. all the work
OF the Department OF Agriculture re-
lntins to the gathering and compilation
Of statistics by the division OF stats
ties" The appropriation for good roads
inquiries was Increased from $4,000 TO
$4,000.
In the House, Mr.. Shntttc. In an cS-
tended speech ON the labor conditions
OF the country. said: Another serious
factor In the problem II immigration.
The addition OF 5.OOO.ODO immigrants
to the labor supply OF our country
since 1850. and u current Increase OF
GOO.OOO yearly. form n menace TO the
labor OF our land should n period OF
depression again visit our Industries.
The result will bc a positive reduction
in the standard Of wages. the standard
OF living and the standard OF civiliza-
tion."
The House OF Representatives, In
adopting the agricultural appropriation
bill. has amended the provision making
an appropriation for irrigation lnvestl-
gatlons by providing that this branch
of the service shall investigate ana
make inquiry Into laws relative TO
rights of riparian owners and OF own
crs holding rights under the doctrine
of prior appropriation. These are ques-
tions now involved In the controversy
before the United States Supreme
Court in the suit brought by the state
OF Kansas against Colorado.
u~H,n Of pns n uuI frpn stirv
experts who have been considering the
question OF n fractional postal cur
rency, probably will recommend to
Congress a measure calling for the cs-
tablishmcnt of currency OF notes
adapted, with improvements. from the
postal notes used In Canada, Great
Britain, Germany and France. This
plan calls for books of fractional cur
rcncy arranged In detachable coupon
form, which are to be obtained from
postoilices or rural free delivery car
riers In amounts of from cents to 81.
The conferces on the Chinese exclu-
sion bill have reached n complete
agreement on the bill. 1t strikes out
that portion OF the Senate bill limit
ing the extension of all existing laws
to the life of the present treaty ana
re-cnncts them so far as Is not incon-
sistent with the treaty obligations, un-
til otherwise provided by law, and eS-
tends the laws to our island territory
so far as applicable. 1t allows Chinese
to enter for exposition purposes and
retains the provision regarding certu-
cation In the Philippine Islands.
Commissioner of Pensions Evans
was n recent caller at the White
House, and while there the President
informed him of the death of William
Mckinley Osborne, consul general to
London, and in an Informal manner
offered him the vacant position. No
formal tender Of the place was made
and none will be- as the President
wants to pay proper respect to the
memory of the dead consul. Mr.. Evans
said that he would take the offer under
advisement, but no doubt he will ac-
cept 1t when 1t is made in II formal
manner.
Representative Burleson OF Texas
has Introduced II resolution calling on
the secretary of war for information
as to whether General Smiths order
relative to the war in Samar was