The Somerset reporter., 1902-03-27
AT ashingtOn.

Judge wright, actlng governor OF The
Philippines, has written letter to Gen.
Marcus j. Wright in which he says: ain
95 per cent of the territory of the
islands there is no insurrection and
Americans go about singly and unarmed
with about as much safety as they would
in large majority of the States at home.
There is fast dying insurrection in two
provinces of the great island of LnzOn
and in the remote southern island of
Samar. We are dealing very energeti
cally with the lawless element and the
people as a rule are rebuilding their
houses where they have been destroyed,
filling their fields and pursuing their
ordinary vocations."
The department of agriculture will
prepare list of articles imported into
this country in which boracic and other
acids are supposed to exist. This act
ion Is the first step taken by the govern.
meHt looking to relation for the German
prohibition on the importation of meats
containing boracic acid.
In the contested election case of Will
liam H. Horton VS.. James j. Butler,
from the 18th Missouri district, the Re-
publican members of election committee
number one have decided to recommend
that the seat be declared vacant.
The Senate committee on commerce
has decided to begin the consideration
of the river and harbor bill as soon as
practicable after it is received from the
House of Representatives. Next week
will be devoted by the committee to
hearing senators who desire to secure
amendments TO the bill.
A. II,
ter case came before the House commit
tee on military affairs, Thursday, when
hearing was given on the bill author
izing the secretary of war to compute
the amount of pay aud allowances of the
general during the period of his en-
forced retirement from the army and
making appropriations of the amount to
his widow and children. When at the
instance of General Grant an army pass
ed upon the case of Gen. Porter the
recommendation was made that he be
restored to rank and pay. Acting on
this, Congress, in 1886, restored the gen
eral to his rank but there was no restor-
alton of the pay during the long period
that he was out of the army. 1t was
stated at the hearing, Thursday, that
the present measure was simple act of
justice to the family.
Senator Mark Hanna, Thursday
named as the members of the committee
on Cancellation of the civic federation,
Archbishop Ireland, Bishop Potter,
Franklin McVeagh, John Mitchell,
Frank P. Sargent, James Duncan, j.
Kruttschuitt, Vim p. Ptahler and Mar.
Gus II. Marks. According to the by
laws, the committee was to consist of
the officers of the executive committee,
NJ. A. Hanna, chairman; Samuel Com
pliers, first wee chairman; Oscar S.
Strauss, second vice president; Charles
A. Moore, treasurer; Ralph Nj. Easley,
secretary; and nine men to be appointed
by the chairman.
Two important measures were passed
by the Senate, Friday. the bill for the
repeal of the war revenue taxes and that
for the protection of the President of
the United States. The revenue bill was
passed without division and after only
one short speech Tilman embraced
the opportunity afforded by the consid
Grafton of the bill to protest against the
repeal of the duty of 10 cents pound
upon tea.
Soon after the Senate convened, Teller
Col, presented resolutions of the Color.
ado Legislature praying for the inter
vention by an offer of its good offices of
the United States government to termi-
nate the contest between the British
and the Beers. The resolutions were
referred to the committee on foreign
relations.
The House, Friday, passed the river
and harbor BILL which was under con
sideration throughout the week AL
though several minor amendments were
adopted, not a single dollar was added
to the measure, and, as passed, it carried
exactly what it did when it came from
the committee-$60, 688, 267, including
authorizations.
Second Assistant Postmaster General
Madden now has the arguments in the
cases of the Maine publishers who are
striving to have their publications re-
tanned in the second class postal matter.
Hon. J H. Manley and Hon. seth Car
ter were here several days last week,
looking into the cases, as was Governor
Hill. The outcome of the cases is re-
garded as very doubtful. President
Roosevelt is very determined and will
insist on the rule of the department
being lived up to. There are three
Maine companies now invOlved-Hill q
Vickery's, Lanes List, which is really
Gannett's company, and the Sawyer
company of Waterylle.
Strong Republican opposition TO the
Crumpacker resolution is developing on
the ground that it will merely revive
sectional animosities and partisan agita
ton North and South, and that not even
its warm supporters have any real inten-
ton to reduce Southern representation
in Congress or to authorize Federal in
reference in Southern elections. The
chairman of the Republican National
Committee is very much opposed to the
passage of the resolution, and it is said
the President feels that it should be
dropped Business men all over the
country, moreover, have been writing to
House leaders, urging them to shelve
the resolution Under these condi
tons it is doubtful whether the resolu-
ton for the consideration of the Crum-
packer proposal will ever be reported to
the House.
Letter to James Fellows.