The Dolores star., 1902-04-11
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

| IalrS ueClucu 10 auOI,t an uNneuulHeHt
to the Indian appropriation bill offered
by Senator Rawlins, providing for the
opening of the Uintah Indian reserva-
ton. in Utah. to settlement. To each
head of an Indian family II is pro.
posed to allow eighty acres of land,
and to every other member of the two
tribes forty acres. The rest IL TO be
sold to settlers nj the rate of $1.2j per
acre. the proceeds above $4,000 to be
paid into fund held for the benefit
of the Indians. The committee voted
unanimously for this amendment, and
1t is very likely to become n law with
| the Indian appropriation bill.
The following bills We're passed in
| the Senate April I'd: Authorizing the
! appointment of John Russell Bartlett.
as a rear admiral on the retired list of
| the navy; providing for the issuance of
| n patent to the town of Basin City.
| Wyoming, to the municipal authorities
thereof for the use and benefit of said
town; to extend the time for presenta-
| ton of claims to reimburse the COVER
nors of states and territories for ex-
pense incurred by them in aiding the
| United States to raise and organize an
army in the war with Spain to jan
uary /, 1903; granting land near Salt
Lake. Utah. for n miners home, and
seventy-one private pension bills.
After passing the Indian appropria-
tion bill April 9th, the Senate cOnsid-
cred the Chinese exclusion measure for
nearly three hours. The principal
speech of the session was made by Mr..
Fairbanks of Indiana. in support of the
bill He analyZed its provisions to
demonstrate they We're not in contra
vention of our treaty with China and
discussed at length the right of Con
gress TO enact exclusion legislation. He
maintained that it was II cardinal prin-
ciple of this government to protect out
side labor against such low priced Ia
bor rs would come - the United States
from China. An extended debate up
on some of the provisions of the pend
ing bill followed Mr.. Fairbanks
speech. Mr.. Gallinger of New Hamp-
shire and Mr.. Plat of Connecticut in
dicated their belief that the provisions
of the measure relating to the exempt
ed classes We're in contravention of our
treaty obligations to China. Mr.. Lodge.
Mr.. Penrose and Mr.. Fairbanks com
battcd this view. the supporters of the
measure maintaining that its provi-
sions We're drawn clearly within the
ti'lis vi lllls 'ouulIs
The House committee on banking
and currency, by n vote on party lines,
ordered favorable report on the tinan
cial bill framed by the Republican
members of the committee and intro
duced by Chairman Fowler Ito main
tain the gold standard, provide an elias
tic currency. equaliZe the rates of in
tcrest throughout the country and fur
ther amend the national banking
laws" The details of the measure
were given when Mr.. Fowler introduce
ed it, and since then the changes made
have not effected any of the princi-
pies of the bill. Ii brings together
many plans which have heretofore
been urged separately. A division of
banking and currency is created in the
Treasury Department with board of
control of three members. superseding
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 estab-
lished; provision for the establishment
of branch national banks is made; sill
yer bullion in the treasury is to be
coined into subsidiary silver: guaranty
funds are provided to protect against
! tnsolvent banks.
When the Chinese exclusion bill was
! under consideration in the House Mr..
Kahn of California made an exhaustive
speech in support of the minority bill.
He reviewed the whole history of Chi
ncse exclusion legislation and conclud-
ed as follows: I'VE of the Pacific
coast are perhaps more deeply concern
ed in this question than any other peo-
pie. We have probably learned to
know the Chinaman better than our
fellow citizens elsewhere. 1t is only
the sOrdid and the selfish who prefer
n low standard of wages and low
grade of morality-men who want
| cheap labor because it will increase
their individual profts-who would
open lOOpholes in the barriers we have
erected after many years of hard. bit
ter, practically experience. | had hop.
ed that the committee would hayi, 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 all other skilled and un,
skilled mechanics. When the bill comes
up for discussion under the five-minute
rule | shall have something to say In
favor of such n provision"
| During the consideration of the sun
dry civil appropriation bill, Mr. Spighi
of Mississippi and Mr.. Pou of Nortl
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.. Pou, af
ter describing the manner in which 9O(
negroes had been inducted into office IL
North Carolina between 1894 and 1899
through coalition between the Re
publicans and Populists. said that tho
Democrats, again having secured con
troll. proceeded to disfranchisc as man,
negroes as possible. IF our represen
tation is to be reduced for that" sait
he, I'VE are willing to submit to II
There is not n member from Nortl
Carolina who would not prefer to sac
rifice his seat here than go bacK t,
the conditions that existed prior t,
1900" Mr.. Pou called attention to til,
resolution he introduced to inyestipnt I,