The Lamar register., 1902-04-23
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

| of the district attorneys of the United
States for the purpose of ascertaining
in fact if such combination existed,
and whether, If So. 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
S3.621 .324. as against $6I4,3OG for the
current year. The large increase is due
to provision for the extensive altera-
ton and improvement of the grounds
and buildings at West Point. The total
cost of these improvements is fixed at
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
embraced in whole or In part within
/ the segrpgatiOns for reservoirs. The
! bill provides that lands heretofore in
cluded within reservations for rcser-
vOir purposes, made in accordance
| with the law approved October 2, 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 reservn-
| 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.
Ty.,II n.
livered n forcible argument against the
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 ut present. In January,
before the committee held its hearing,
sugar stock was selling at 1fGla; on
March 18th trust sugar stock was sell
ing for 126A. and in all the stock had
gained $5,512.OOO 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 noni-
nation of Colonel Mott Hooton. Twen-
ty-eighth infantry. to be brigadler gen.
eral. Brigadier Generals Isaac ID. De
Russy, Andrew S. Burt and Michael V.
Sheridan, recently appointed, We're
placed on the retired list. April 18th on
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 nge 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 II few
days and similarly retired on their own
| applications.
The house committee on Indian af-
fairs has 'fayorably reported the bill
which recently passed the senate for
| the relief of Mrs. Arivetta ID. Meeker
of Greeley, Colorado. The senate bill
| appropriated $4,000 out of the annul-
ties of the confederated bands OF Utes
| for the payment to Mrs. Meeker. The
house bill amends 1t 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
Meeker. late husband of the benefi-
ciary, who was Indian agent Mt tile
White River Indian agency. Colorado.
for the loss his family sustained by
| reason of his assassination and the de-
StrIrfiOu nf his nrppprty Inv the In
| dians in 1897.
The members of the executive coun-
Gil of the American Federation of La
bor 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 We're
not mt all pleased with the failure of
the senate to add a seaman's section
| to the Chinese exclusion dill passed
| yesterday. The president, 1t is stated.
expressed himself in favor. of an er-
| fective Chinese exclusion law and ns
in sympathy with the demands OF
labor as TO- an eight-hour bill and
prison labor bill. The president said
there had been n great deal of misun-
derstanding',as TO the order issued by
him relating to government employees
taking part in efforts for increase or
pny, etc. This, order. he explained, did
not refer to the efforts of organizu-
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
nnSSpSSinnS RnnrnS vp
Kahn of California. who introduced
| the DRASTIC. exclusion hill In the House