Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-11
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

by senator Iiawiins. providing for III.
oI--nins OF Tia. uintah iniian r.-s-rya-
tioii, In Utah. to settlement. To zach
head of an Indian family II is pro
posed To allow eighty acres OF land.
AMI To every other n,-mtrrr Of III. two
tribes forty acrs- The pst Is to bs
sold tn settlers at the rate of ki..e.S p-r
a-r.. the proc~ssis aboy- sIO1S to i-'
paid into fund held for the b-neiit
of the Indians. The committee voted
unanimously for this amendment. and
II IL very likely to become a law with
the Indian appropriation hill.
The following bills were passed In
the S-natr April I'd: Authorizing the
appointment Of John Russell Bartlett
as r-ar nhinirni ON the retired list OF
tii- navy: providing for thr issuance of
q patent To the town of tfasin city.
Wyoming. to Ill. municipal authorities
thereof for the u.s nad tr'n-iit of said
town: to extend tho time for pr~s~nin-
ton of claim. to reimburse the Cover.
nors of state. AMI territories for ~x.
p.nsc Incurred by them In aiding the
United States io raise AMI organize mn
army In the wnr with Spain To jan
usry !. iDDa: granting land near Salt
Lake. Utah. for a mincr-' home. and
seventy -onc private pension bills.
After passin. the Indian npproprin.
ton blil April 9Th. the Senate consid.
cr-d the Chinese exclusion tncasur' for
nearly thrrc hours. The principal
speech Of the session was made by Mr..
Fairbanks Of Indiana. Ia support of the
blu. He nnaiyxs~i its provisions tn
demonstrate they were not la contrn-
vcntion of our treaty with China aud
discussed nj length the right of Con.
grc-s to rnnct exclusion legislation. lie
maintained that II was cardinal prin.
cipi- Of TIL. government To protect out.
side labor against such low priced In.
l,ar ns would come - the unitcd Stntca
from China. An extended debate up.
on some Of the provisions OF the pend.
Ing hill followed Mr.. FnirbankS
speech. Mr.. GniiinEcr OF New 1iamp.
shirc aud Mr.. Pinit of Connecticut In.
iicntcsl their is.licf that the provisions
of the measure relating to the exempt.
cd clnsse~ were Ia cuntravcntion Of our
treaty obligations tn China. Mr.. Lodge.
Mr.. pcnrosc and Mr.. Fairbanks COM
bnttcd this view. the supporters OF the
measure mnintninin. that Its provi-
sions were drawn clearly within the
treaty obligations of this country.
The House committee on banking
and currency. by vote on party lines,
ordered favorable report ON the finan-
ciai biii framed by the Republican
members OF the committee aud intro
ducci by Chairman Fowler Ito main.
tain the gold standard. provide mn clns.
tie currency. cpunllxc the rates Of In
tcrcst throughout the country and fur
thcr amend the national banking
laws" The details OF the measure
were given when Mr.. Fowler Introduce
cd Il. and since then the changes made
have not effected amy OF the princi-
pies OF the bill. II brings together
many plans which have heretofore
been urged separately. A division OF
banking and currency In created In the
Treasury Department with u board OF
control OF three members. supcrsc'iing
the present comptroller OF the currency.
The methods by which banks may take
out circulation are provided: the parity
OF the silver dollar with gold Is cstab-
lishcd; provision for the establishment
OF branch national banks Is made: sill
yer bullion In the treasury IL to be
coined into subsidiary silver: guaranty
funds are provided to protect against
insolvcnt banks.
When the Chinese exclusion bill was
under consideration In the House Mr..
Kahn of California made nm exhaustive
speech In support of the minority bill.
He reviewed the whole history of Chi
ed as follows: ave of the Pacific
coast are perhaps more deeply concern
cd In this question than any other peo-
pie. We have probably learned to
know the Chinnman better than our
fellow citizens elsewhere. 1t is only
the sordid and the selfish who prefer
low standard of wages and low
grade OF morality-men who want
cheap labor because 1t will increase
their individual profits-who would
open loopholes In the barriers we have
erected after many years OF hard. BIT
ter. practically experience. l had hop
ed that the committee would have seen
fit to allow the section giving to Amer
lean seamen that same measure of
protection against Chinese competition
that we accord the shoemaker, the
tailor and an other skilled and un-
skilled mechanics. When the bill comes
up for discussion under the five-minute
rule 1 shall have something to say in
favor of such n provision"
During the consideration of the SUM-
dry civil appropriation bill. Mr.. Spight
of Mississippi and Mr.. Pou of North
Carolina spoke on the question of the
disfranchisement of the negro in the
South. The former appealed to the
Republicans not to disturb the era of
good feeling inaugurated by the late
President Mckinley, and Mr.. Pot, nf-
ter describing the manner in which 900
negroes had been inducted into office in
North Carolina between 1894 and 1899,
through coalition between the Re-
publicans and Populists, said that the
Democrats, again having secured con-
troll. proceeded to disfranchlse as many
negroes as possible. IF our represen-
tation is to be reduced for that" said
he, I'VE are willing to submit to 1t.
There is not member from North
Carolina who would not prefer to sac
rifice his seat here than go back to
the conditions that existed prior to
1900" Mr.. Pou called attention to the
resolution he introduced to investigate
the alleged campaign corruption funds
raised In the North. If election laws
were to be investigated In the South,
he said, he saw no reason why the cor
ruption of the ballot In the North also
should not be investigated. Mr.. VIII
linms of Mississippi discussed the ques-
ton of Chinese exclusion from a
philosophical standpoint He insisted
that the Chinese problem on the Pa
cific coast was insignificant compared
with the negro problem in the South.
The South had always stood with the
people of the Pacific coast against the
invasion of the Mongolians, but when