The Dolores star., 1902-03-14

The Senate confirmed the fOllowin.
nominations: Edward Kent OF Colo.
! RADIO, so he chief justice OF the Suprem.
court OF Arizona. Nnvy-Captain p II
Cooper and Captain q. ii. Wadle!rb
rear admirals.
Governor Taft before the Sonata
committee on immigration, gave his
Views on the subject OF Chinese immi.
gra,ion to the Philippines. He said
the general, conviction OF the commit.
tee was that the Chinese Ought nor In
te allowed to enter the islands Ue
said there We're 5000 Chinese In Ma
Mia. and in his Judgment not more
than 10000 In the whole archipelago
Prominent among the list OF nos.
sibilities to fill the vacancy caused by
| Secretary Longs retirement from thu
cabinet Is the name OF William Henry
Moody. Republican representative
from the Sixth district OF Massacnus.
etts, md said TO be connected by mar
riage with Senator Lodge. Mr. Moody
Is forty-nine years of age. graduate
of Harvard. n lawyer by profession
and has served three consecutive terms
in Congress, where he has attained
some of the most influential committe
assignments.
The Senate has passed Representa-
tives Mondel's bill providing that
oaths. afiiidavifs and proofs in home.
steads, pre-emption. timber culture.
desert land and timber and stone en-
tries may be made before United
States commissioners and other officers
in land districts in which the lands
are situated. Heretofore such afiida-
Wits md proofs could only be made
at land offices. or in the county court
In which the lands were situated. This
in many cases caused hardship and
expense to entrymen.
The House committee on foreign re-
lations is hearing the advocates of the
bill providing for the construction OF
the International dam mt "a Paso, Tex
as. This measure Is being pushed by
Representative Stevens of Texas in the
| House and by Senator Culberson in
the Senate. 1t provides for the build
ing of n $5.OOO.OOO dam on the Rio
Grande Mt FL Pnso. Texas, for the CON-
pensation of Old Mexico. which coun-
try several years ago claimed damages
to the amount of $40.OOO,OOO sustained
{, to her crops by the loss of the waters
| of the Rio Grande, which were taken
out for irrigation purposes hy the farm
ers of Colorado and New Mexico Mex
leo agrees to relinquish the claim if the
dam is built.
In dicussing the rural delivery bill
Mr.. Loud, chairman of postotiiccs and
post roads committee said the ques-
ton involved whether the rural free
delivery service would cost ultimately
S60.0OO.OOO or S2OOOO.OOO per annum.
| The service was the most eXtravagant
! in the public service, he said. AT the
inception the carriers received $500 per
annum. They now received 5000. If
the salary system was continued they
would eventually receive $500 or $500
AT the present time $S5O.OO0 was being
spent for the supervisory force. The
bill was carefully drawn. Mr.. Loud
said, TO provide against the possibility
of n recurrence of the star route scan
dals. Only one contract could be Civ
en- to one man. who must live in the
district where the route was located,
and who must perform the service
himself.
The State Department has received
n reply from United States Minister
Townsend mt Brussels to its inquiry
as to the accuracy of the press reports
of the results of the conference of rep
rcsentatives of beet sugar producing
bounty-paying countries. Mr.. Town
send reports that the proceedings were
supposedly secret. However, II is the
understanding. he says. that the con-
ferees have agreed to abolish all bOun-
ties OH beet sugar and to adopt a uni
form customs tariff on imports of SUI
gar of S1.i6 per 22O pounds. or about
II half-cent a pound. In view of the
great Importance of the proposed ac-
tion to the United States. the State
Department has Informed the treaty
department of the substance of Mr..
Townsend's advices and will likewise
acquaint the ways and smeans com
mittee of the House with the cable
grams.
A days developments have given the
measure providing for the reclamation
of arid lands prestige that was beyond
the most sanguine hopes of its imme-
diate supporters two days ago. With
out n dissenting vote the Hansbrough
bill passed the Senate Saturday.
The whole rosy color Of the irriga-
tiOn situation was heightened by the
news that the House committee on ir-
rigation to-day voted to report the
Newlands bill favorably, with the
amendments giving each state ana ter
ritOry the major portion of the irriga.
ton fund derived from its public land
sales. This amendment was opposed
by Mr. Newlands himself. but he did II
with view to keeping the bill similar
to the Hansbrough bill in the Senate
and thus avoid endangering both biiis
by controversy over small points. Ihe
western senators, especially those from
NnI .v., HOO.
able to this amendment.
Colorado postmasters commissioner:
Mark G. Woodruff, Amethyst; Jerry
=. Olney, Crested Butte; Walter >.
Clark, Aspen; Amelia Williams, Glen
wood Springs; Wesley II. Ogle, Lake
City. w. A. Morse has been appointed
n substitute letter carrier at Victor
Pensions granted: William II. jones'
Trinidad, $40: Susan E. Webb Denver,
So: minor OF Jacob Jacobson. New
Windsor 80: ApOl0nio Ramierse, "a