Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-24

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ground that II contains No uewu
Secretary Root has called the attsn'
tion Of Congress to the need OF pro-
vidins for the nifty cosnpanies of Phll.
ippine scouts. comprising about a.Ooo
men. A deficiency appropriated u re-
qulr~si OF x5i3.0O.
Oscar \. straus Of New York. for.
meriy United States minister To TuF-
key. has been appointed - . peFsnA-
nsft member Of tho committee OF aFbi-
OaIion at The Hague. r'he appoint
mrnt II TO MI tho vacancy caused by
the death Of ex-Prsident Harrison.
II Is now said that all members Of
the Isthmlnn canal committee except
Professor iinupt arc In favor OF recon-
mending the Panama route 10 the t'res.
td~nt In the light Of the new oYcr OF
the Panama company To sell. Rear
Admiral Walker. Mr.. Pasco. Colonel
liaines and Mr.. Noble arc all said 10
have come over 10 Panama.
Representative Southnrd Of Ohio.
chairman Of the House committse on
coinage. y about 10 send Invitations 10
. number Of The chief manufacturer.
merchants and othcrs engaged In mcr-
camille pursuits. IN appear bcforo tho
coinage commitiec February 9th con-
ccrnins tho bill for tho adoption Of the
metric system Of weights and meas
urra.
The Senate committee on commerce
has authorized = favorable rrport on
Bcantor Fryc's ship subsidy bill. The
report will be made by Senator
Frye. Tas eo.aaittse A.adc several
amendments to the bill. Tho most I'm.
por.ant were: Allowing mall carrying
vua~ris under the bill to be either Iron
Or steel. instead Of steel only. ~ oris.
inaliy provided. and reducing In 1000
gro~s segister-d tons the vessels Fccriv'
ing bounty under tho BILL
Tho Chesapeake Beach railway. cx-
tending thirty miles from Washington
so Chesapeake Beach. rcsort on
Chesapeake hay. and owned mainly by
Colorado Investors. IL To bc Improved
bcforc the sumner srnson og'cnss by
tho expenditure OF 100000 on track
aEc and equipment. Tho steam loco
motives will bc replaced by electric
motor engines capable OF . speed OF
sixty miles mn hour. Hon. Otto Mcarx,
president OF tho company. who no
Gently returned from Denver. VIII mkc
charge Of the work.
The following order has been Issued
by tho President. directed to each cx.
ccutivc department.: Tho attention OF
lhc department II hereby called 10 mo
provisions OF tho laws giving prefer.
encc to veterans In appointment and
retention. The President dcsircs thnt
wherever the needs OF the service Will
Justify. and the law will permit. pref
crcncc shall bc given alike In appoint
uvxA NA hAnnFu hIN hIu-
charged veterans Of the Civil War who
arc at and well qualified TO perform
the duties OF the places which they
scak and nrc Glling."
The Senate Thursday for Q brief
time. had under consideration the bill
creating n department OF commerce.
and the discussion tended to show that
the measure will have TO he amended
In many particulars before II can re-
ceivc the approval OF the Senate. Ser.
ious objections were raised to the
transfer TO the proposed department OF
several Important bureaus now a part
OF other departments Of tho govern.
ment. II wns pointed out that II the
bill rs reported became n law It would
create the greatest department OF the
government, and TINT the secretary Of
commerce would have more power
than even the secretary OF the treas
ury.
The irrigation BILL rs completed by
the committee OF seventeen western
members. and which Will be reported
to general caucus OF all western
senators and representatives, while not
conforming to the Views of all western
members, It is believed will be adopted
by the caucus practically In Its pres
ent shape. Recent changes made from
previous drafts Of the bill give settlers
under proposed government irrigation
works the opportunity of taking up 100
ncres instead OF eighty. as originally
proposed. The fixed charge Of So an
ncre for government irrigated lands Is
withdrawn, and the price charged will
be the pro rata cost OF irrigation, and
may be made In ten annual payments,
which shall be returned to the govern
ment reclamation fund. The commit
tee also struck out the proposition to
give the secretary of interior authority
to sell water from government works
for irrigation of lands in private own
ership. and inserted proviso that the
clause Of the homestead
law shall not apply to entries of lands
irrigated by government works.
At n largely attended meeting Of Pa
cific coast Senators and Representa-
tives final determination was reached
as to the course to be pursued on
Chinese exclusion legislation, and the
following resolution was adopted: IRE
solved, That the Pacific coast Senators
and Representatives approve the pol
icy and general provisions of the bill
which they have requested Representa-
tive Kahn to introduce in the House
and Senator Mitchell in the Senate;
but this shall not affect the privilege
of any member to perfect the same by
amendment" The bill thus to be In
troduced was agreed upon ut the meet
ing. AS finally adopted the insular
section reads os follows: "That from
and after the passage of this act the
entry into the American mainland ter
ritory of the United States of Chinese
laborers coming from any OF the in
sular possessions of the United States
shall be absolutely prohibited and the
prohibition shall apply to all Chinese
laborers as well as to such as were in