, 1902-03-27

The bill. as it will be reported, will
remove all the tax of the war revenue
act. and the only changes made are
those of language, making sure of this
result.
The military appropriation bill re-
ported to the House carried S9O,9O5,-
$40. as against estimates of S1Ol DOB
$40 and appropriations last year OF
S115, 734,049.
Representative Hill of Connecticut
the silver bullion in the treasury pur-
chased under the lei of July IA, 1892
into subsidiary silver coins.
Mr.. Foster of Illinois and Mr.. Coch-
ran of Missouri discussed the Boer war
in the House. criticising the majority
severely for failure to allow Congress
to express the sympathy pf the Amerl-
can people with the struggling repub'
lies.
Close personal friends of H. Clay
Evans claim to have information that
President Roosevelt will make him
secretary of the interior. 1t is said
Secretary Hitchcock will resign soon
and that Evans will be offered his
place.
Joseph II. Manley. the Maine meIn-
Der of the Republican national COM
Inittee, is being pressed by the admin
is,ratiOn to accept the office of nrst as
sistant postmaster general, but 1t Is not
known whether Mr.. Manley viii ac-
cept the office.
The Senate committee on finance to-
day concluded the consideration of the
bill repeating the war revenue act, ana
authorized a favorable report on 1t.
The bill is greatly changed in phrase
ology, and It is announced that 1t VIII
probably not be in shape to he re
ported before tomorrow.
The Agricultural Department an
nounces that it will end an expert
during the coming season to Arizona
and New Mexico to make II study OF
the poisonous plants of those terrific
ries and issue n bulletin for the bene-
fit of the live stock interests, which
now suffer considerable loss from the
effect of such plants.
The Democrats of the House in eau
Gus unanimously adopted resolutions
declaring that Congress sa0uld express
the sympathy of the American people
for the struggling Boer republics and
pledging themselves TO use their ut
llb tIliltu NpIS 10 lpEtt the NbllllllN-
tees to report resolutions expressive of
such sympathy. If only that Congress
may nav an opportunity to act.
Senator Teller offered an amendment
to the ship subsidy bill admitting TO
American registry foreign-built YES
sells of not less than 1000 tons and ca
pable of a speed of twelve knots. that
now clear from American ports and of
.I..I .s,-,r ... .a,t " a.-,-.I -
American citizens-such ships to re-
ceiye no subsidy under this act. The
amendment was defeated, "a to Al.
The House committee on naval af-
fairs, by n vote of Z 10 4. adopted n res
olution concurring in the conclusions
of President Roosevelt as to terminal
ing the agitation of the Scllcy contrO-
versy, and indefinitely |pOstponing all
bills and resolutions on the subject. The
report of the subcommittee was adopt
ed by n vote of : to /, one Republican
voting with the Democrats against ii.
The Senate committee on foreign re-
lations has decided to again take up
the reciprocity treaties which are be
fore the Senate. with n view to secur-
ing such amendments to them as will
insure their ratification. There has
VI btth Nplt'lAAlth wv INT llill VI
the members of the House that he
cause these treaties affect the tariff
system. they should be passed upon
by the HOUSE as well as by the Sen
ate.
Water in streams. like birds and
beasts. is II wild. wandering thing,
whose use is always founded on cap
ture or restraint. If n state may in
tercept bird and beast in their natural
migrations. why may not 1t as well in
tercept water i'm its natural course!'
This is part of Ii argument addressed
to the Supreme Cour of the United
States by Attorney General Post and
the several attorneys of the defendant
in Ii case of Kansas VS.. Colorado.
The ship subsidy bin passed the Sen
ate by the following vote: Yeas-Ald-
rich. Bard, Beveridge, Burnhum. Bur
rows. Burton, Clark WyoJ, Cuuom,
Deboe, Depew, Dietrich, Dryden, Ell
kins, Fairbanks. Foraker, Foster
(Wash.D, Frye, Gallinger, Gamble,
Hale, Hanna, HnnsbrOugh. Hawley,
Hoar, Jones CNev.), Kean, Kearns. Kit
tredge, McComas, McCumber, McLau-
rim Is. CO, Mcmillan, Mason. Mitchell,
Nelson. Penrose. Perkins, Plat Comm,
Scott, Warren Wellington, Wetmore-
A.. Nays-Allison, Bacon, Bailey, Bate.
Berry. Blackburn, Carmack, Clark
(AIont.), Clay, Cockrell, Culberson, Dill
bingham. Dolliver. Dubois. Foster I.a.),
Gibson, Harris, Heitfeld, McLaurin
(AIiss.D. Mallory, Martin, Money. Pat
terson. Pettus, Proctor, Quarles, Raw
Inns, Spooner, Taliaferro, Teller, Vest
81.
'If the government agrees to the
suggestion of Mpssrs Townsend and
Forbes. and puts the Philippine islands
ON n silver basis. | believe the price
would Immediately go up" said Sena-
tor Henry NJ. Teller, the great silver
advocate. The friends of the plan say
that the Senate committee will pass
~favorably on the plan to give the Phil
ippines II JO-cent American dollar.
Speaking of this the senator said: II
do not think it either possible or feast.
bic to nut the FilipinuS ON n gold baSis.