The Dolores star., 1902-04-25
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

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in fact II such combination existed.
and whether II go. its operations We're
in violation OF any federal statute"
The house committee on military af-
fairs has completed consideration Of
the military academy appropriation
bill and ordered it reported to the
house. As agreed to. the bill carried
S3627. .324. as against S614.3o6 for the
current year The large increase is due
to a provision for the extensive altera-
/ ton and Improvement of the grounds
and buildings ut West Point. The total
/ cost OF these improvements Is fixed at
S65OOOUO. of which $3.OCOoOo is appro-
| priated in the bill. These extensive
] improvements and enlargements of
| buildings are made necessary by the
increased number Of cadets now au-
thorized by law.
Senator Gibson has introduced bIll
\ authorizing the secretary of the In
/ terror to restore to public entry lands
I embraced in whole or in part within
I the segregations for reservoirs. The
/ bill provides that lands heretofore in
/ cluded within reservations for reser-
I voir purposes, made in accordance
I with the law approved October =, 1883.
/ and subsequent acts. may, in the dis
erection of the secretary. be thrown
/ open TO entry and settlement under
] the land laws as though such reseryn-
| tions had never been made. provided
that it has been ascertained by the sec
retary that such lands are not needed
for reservoir purposes and cannot
probably be used in future for such
purposes.
Representative Bell in the house de-
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pending reciprocity bill He devoted
some time to showing where the al
legged benefits would really go. and
quoted figures showing the rise in the
price of the stock of the sugar trust
since the ways and means committee
began agitating the bill which is be-
| fore the house at present. In January,
before the committee held its hearing.
sugar stock was selling at 1867; on
/ March 18th trust sugar stock was sell
| ing for 1864. and in all the stock had
gained S5.5l2.pD in value. These
! figures" said Mr.. Bell, ARE already
showing where the benefits will go.
Every favorable act on this bill has de-
/ pressed beet sugar stock. has not low
cred the price on refined sugar, but has
invariably raised the price OF Amer
] lean sugar stock
| The senate has confirmed the noml-
nation of Colonel Mott Hooton. Twen-
/ ty-eighth infantry. to be briCadier gen
eral- Brigadier Generals IsaSc u. De
Russy, Andrew s. Burt and Michael V.
] Sheridan. recently appointed. We're
/ placed on the retired list April 18th on
4 their own applications. after forty
/ years service. One of the vacancies
/ in the list of brigadier generals thus
/ created was filled by the promotion of
| Colonel Mott Hooton, who was regu-
larly retired for age on the 18th in
| stant. General Hooton entered the
army as a volunteer sergeant In July,
1861. He recently has served in the
| Philippines. 1t is expected that three
more colonels who served during the
civil war will also be promoted to the
| grade of brigadier general in few
days and similarly retired on their own
applications.
The house committee on Indian af-
fairs has favorably reported the bill
which recently passed the senate for
the relief of Mrs. Arivetta d. Meeker
of Greeley. Colorado. The senate bill
appropriated $1,000 out of the annui-
ties of the confederated bands of Utes
for the payment to Mrs Meeker The
house bill amends it by striking out
this provision and substituting an an
nuity of $500. to be paid from the
same source to Mrs. Meeker during
her lifetime. This payment is in recog-
| milton of the services of Nathan Cook
Aleeker. late husband of the benefi-
ciary, who was Indian agent at the
White River 1Edian agency, Colorado,
for the loss his family sustained by
reason of his assassination and the de-
struction of his property by the In
dams in 1897.
The members of the executive coun-
ell of the American Federation of La
Dor had a conference with President
Roosevelt upon labor matters in which
the federation is interested. Regard
ing Chinese exclusion. the labor lead
ers told the president that they were
not at all pleased with the failure OF
the senate to add seaman's section
to the Chinese exclusion bill passed
yesterday. The president. it is stated.
expressed himself in favor of an er-
fective Chinese exclusion law and as
in sympathy with the demands OF
labor as to an eight-hour bill and Il
prison labor bill. "he president said
there had been great deal of misun-
derstanding as to the order issued by
him relating to government employees
taking part in efforts for increase OF
pay, etc This order. he explained did
not refer to the efforts of organiza-
tions as bodies.
The members of the house who have
been chiefly interested in the Chinese
exclusion bill, after formal confer
ences, decided to accept the Senate
substitute continuing in force the pres
ent laws and applying them to our in
sular possessions. Representative
Kahn of California. who introduced
the drastic exclusion bill in the House,
and Representative Coombs of Califor-
mia, who aided in perfecting 1t. both
expressed the view that the Senate
measure should be accepted as the
best measure obtainable within the
few days remaining before the Geary
law expires by Limitation. .The Sen
ate substitute, as finally amended, re-