The Springfield herald., 1902-01-31
MTE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS


creases the pay of rural mail carriers
from $500 to 5000 per annum.
The House committee on rules has
decided to change the rules SO as to
exclude the general public from the
floor when the House is not In session
except on card of admission from a
member Of Congress.
Secretary Root has called the ntten-
ton Of Congress to the need Of pro-
viding for the fifty companies of Phil
ippine scouts, comprising about 5000
men. A deficiency appropriation is re-
quired of $515,0
Secretary Long has detached Rear
Admiral Wildes from his present duty
as commandant of the Pensacola navy
yard and ordered him to relieve Rear
Admiral Louis Kempff, the Junior
squadron commander on the Asiatic
station.
Seuator Morgan has introduced
bill placing General James Longstreet
on the retired list OIL the army with
the rank of major, the rank he held
when he entered the service of the
Confederacy at the beginning of the
war.
Ir Sibley of Pennsylvania made
lch in the House Tuesday in which
he Strongly opposed any appropriation
for irrigation reservoirs in the West
on the ground that farmers in other
sections We're already embarrassed by
low prices, due to over-production.
Representative William Alden Smith
of Michigan has introduced resolu-
tiun In the House reciting the report
that the British military authorities
~F i,
Commandant Scheepers, and propos
ing resolution by the Senate and
House that the British government be
requested to set aside the death SEN
tence on Scheepers.
The Senate committee on commerce
has authorized favorable report on
Senator Frye's ship subsidy bill. The
report will be made by Senator
Frye The committee made several
amendments to the bill. The most i'm
portnnt were: Allowing mail carrying
vessels under the bill to be either iron
or steel. instead of steel only, as orig
inally provided, and reducing to 1000
gross registered tons the vessels receiv-
ing bounty under the bill.
A delegation of Spanish war veter-
ans called at the White House Thurs
day and urged on the President the
wisdom and justice of giving Spanish
war veterans preference over civilians
in appointments to positions in the
government civil service. The PreSi-
dent said he recognized there was
merit in the request and said he would
take up the matter with the Cabinet
and do what he could 10 carry their
views into practical operation.
The friends of the measure for rig
i'd restrictions on oleomargarine and
III lreo products carried their point
before the House committee on agrl-
culture to-day and by n vote of twelve
to five ordered the report of Il bill
which is even more restrictive than
the original Grout bill re-introduced by
Representative McCleary of Minneso-
tn. The subject has been under con-
sidcration for the past ten days, all
of the various interests having been
granted hearings.
The Cuban reciprocity hearings be-
fore the ways and means committee
Thursday We're devoted chiefly to the
sugar interests of Louisiana who are
opposed to the proposed concessions
to Cuba on the ground that it will
cripple the sugar production of that
state. a number of the large plant
ers and manufacturers of the state
We're present. and the allied interests
of beet sugar and tobacco, which are
similarly opposed to concessions to
Cuba. also were numerously repre-
sented.
1t appears that the confirmation of
Ben Daniels as marshal of Arizona
was made during the absence of
number of Interested senator's. In the
executive session Wednesday Senator
yTeller asked that the confirmation be
reconsidered and the nomination re-
ferred back to the judiciary commit
tee for rehearing. Daniels will be
called upon to explain his previous oc
scupations and certain incidents in his
career in Colorado and elsewhere. 1t
is charged that he was formerly u
gambler.
&enator Morgan, chairman Of the
rNhmittee on inter-oceanic canals, has
prepared Il report which he has sent
, 10 each member of the committee rel
ntive to the canal situation, since the
bffer of the Panama company to sell
Its property for $10,O0O,00O was made.
The report takes the ground that the
Panama company cannot give the
United States good and sufficient IT,
tie and also criticiseS the whole mat
ter as movement intended to delay
canal legislation. The report will be
considered ut the meeting next Mon
day.
The following order has been issued
by the President, directed to each eS-
ecutive department: THE attention of
the department is hereby called to the
provisions of the laws giving prefer
ence to veterans in appointment and
Il.