The Springfield herald., 1902-05-02
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

on tne CONSIDERATION OI tUe Dlll LOT
union railway station in Washington.
Mr.. Teller spoke in opposition to the
measure. During discussion over
an amendment offered by Mr. Pntter-
son TO allow all railroads the use of
the proposed station, Mr.. Hoar be-
came involved in n wordy discussion
with Mr.. Tillman, who charged that
the Massachusetts senator had been
discourteous to him.
Admiral Dewey. through his secre-
tary. Mr.. Crawford. has announced
that he was making no plans to visit
Denver in the near future. The invi-
tation to attend q banquet in Denver
on the first of May had been declined.
On that date, the anniversary of the
battle of Manila. Admiral Dewey
makes it Il point to meet as many of
the officers who We're with him on that
occasion as possible and celebrate the
event by banquet in Washington.
The first banquet of this sort was held
last year. The admiral is contemplate
ing no westward trip.
The Senate has passed Mr.. Warren's
bill providing that the Circuit Court of
Appeals of the Eighth judicial Circuit
of the United States shall hold at least
one term of court annually in the city
of Denver or in the city of Cheyenne
on the first Monday in September of
each year. The Eighth Judicial Cir
cult is by far the largest in area of
any of the circuits, and the distances
to be Travelled by litigants for attend
ance upon the Court of Appeals are so
great as to work much Inconvenience
and expense to those having business
before the court. The terms of court
are now held at places on the extreme
northeast and southeast parts Of the
circuit tSt Paul and st. Louis, when
due regard to the convenience and i'll
terests of the whole circuit require that
courts be also held at more central
location. The cities of Denver and
Cheyenne are located very near the ge-
| ographical center of the circuit and
convenient to districts where mining
and water litigation form n large part
of the business of the court. No ex-
pense is attached to the United States
by the proposed additional sitting of
| the court, ;ls there are suitable build
| ings in both cities for holding the same.
On account of the great amount OF
| business in the Eighth Circuit Senator
| Warren has introduced bill providing
for the appointment of an additional
circuit judge. This has been favorably
reported and will pass the Senate ae
an early day.
| Several cIttlemen from western Ne
braska appeared before the subcom'
mittec of the Senate Public Lands
Committee having the measure for the
leasing of the public domain for graz
ing purposes in charge. and pleaded
the cause of the stock growers. who
desire to obtain possession of the
ranges for their herds The party con-
sisted of Bartlett Richards. brother of
Governor richards of Wyoming; c. II.
Coffee. William Herndon. \. Modisette,
Dan Hill and L. C. Harris. Mr.. Rich
ards made an extended argument in ia
vor of the AIillard leasing bill. He said
of the G00.OoO,000 acres of public lands
estimated rs unarable on account of
lack of irrigation. only G0.0OO.OOO acres
could eventually be irrigated. He made
| the plea that the remaining lands be
| given over for grazing purposes under
| lease. Mr.. richards claimed that the
beef trust was not to blame for the eN-
orbitant price of meat. 1t was due. he
\ said, to the high price'Of corn last sea-
son. Receiving 60 cents a bushel for
their corn the farmers disposed of
their entire crop and retained nothing
for the feeders" which they had usu-
ally in former years reared for the
We're obliged TO vacate the public do
main the price of meat would go up
still higher. Even at the present time.
| he said. the cattle industry is in such
| shape that there is not more than one
| hind quarter of beef for each person i'll
| the United States. Members of the
Public Lands Commission have eN-
pressed themselves as of the opinion
that in case leasing law is eventual
| Iy passed by Congress, its terms should
be arranged according to the state of
grazing in the localities where it is to
be applied.
| The speech of Mr. Carmack of Ten
nessee on the Philippine government
| bill was one of the most caustic ever
delivered in the Senate. BY the terms
of the pending bill he said, the islands
were for the Filipinos as the pasture
was for the sheep-they lived and
browsed there in order to raise wool
for others to wear and mutton for
others TO eat. "If the carpet-bag gov
ernment you propose TO establish in
the Philippines" he cried. "is not II
thousand times better than that which
you established in your own country
after the Civil War, Lord God have
mercy upon the people of those isl
ands" Mr.. Carmack referred to the
cable reports from Manila that General
Smith had acknowledged he had given
orders to make Samar n bowling will
derness and to kill all over 10. as ho6'-
rible beyond the description of woods.
The program, he said, was to practice
unhear1-of barbarities in the slaughter
of the inhabitants and to have the
torch complete the work of slaughter.
when the land is without home and
the country without n people, the word
pacilcd' will be written upon the
tombstone of the province of Samar.'