The Lamar register., 1902-03-19

| sion HtutTul hughes Sulu llut WHtIl-
ever lie went into action against the
| Filipinos he felt as if he We're lighting
| children. and that he never made an
attack that he did not regret it. He
said he knew Of but one case of Il
wounded Filipino being left on 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 debilitated by
reason of their long stay in the heat
and by their military service that they
were unable 10 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 will
ask the State Department to take
steps to secure the eNtradition OF the
| iHtli, VIII are HOW Ill tdll;iuu.
| President Rooscvelts 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 News special The
presidents views have not changed
since the delivery of his message
10 congress and on several oc-
casions recently he has given evidence
that he is heart and soul with the
| Westerners in their government irriga
ton measure.
| 1t may be that the collision which oc
Cured between Russian soldiers and
the crew of the United States steam
ship Nicksburg nj the beginning OF the
year. while the gunboat WAS In n mud
dock at New Chwang, will he the sub
ject of further representations to the
| Russian government. Mail advices
! make out n very strong case FOR the
American sailors. 1t is shown that
they We're attacked without reason in
their own clubroom by the Russian
guard and We're handled cruelty.
The House judiciary committee will
report II bill to define "conspirncies,'
| SO as to limit the issuance of lnjunc.
tlons 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 he issued in
relation thereto.
Mr.. Shafroth of Colorado and MIR.
Hill of Connecticut locked horns for a
brief time on the floor of the House
over the question us to whether the Hill
finnnclui bill, which provides for the
exchange of gold for legal tender sill
yer dollars. had the support of the cOun-
try or simply the moneyed institutions
, of New York Mr.. Shafroth contended
in emphatic terms that the country at
| large did not indorse the Hill bill. Its
author replied that he did not know
what the bankers MI over the country
thought of the bill but the indorse-
ment of the New York Chamber of
Comerce was sufficient. in his cstima-
ton 10 brand 1t as desirable legisla-
| ton.
| Representative John G. Bell has
taken II stand against what he terms
the undignitied principles in the post
office department. He has been inves-
|
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-
| yate 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-
| partmcnt.
The House during the present week
will pass the river and harbor bill. Will
| decide the contested election case OF
Moss VS.. Rhen, from the Third Ken
tucky district, and will consider the
bill for the retirement of officers 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 Democrat. and 1t IN regarded
as a foregOne conclusion that he Will
be unseated. The revenue cutter ser
| vice bill was defeated in the last Con
| gress, but its friends claim they have
| hope That 1t will meet Il 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 as the
standard for the United States. ns in
| troduced by Representative Shafroth.
was favorably reported by the House
committee on coinage. weights and
measures. 1t provides that after .Ianu-
AIRY !. 1904. all 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