The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-05-06

| nounce that poll of the House ON
that measure shows that it will pass
when given consideration.
President Roosevelt has signed the
Chinese exclusion bill. The pen used
was given to Representative Kahn of
California, who has taken a deep in
terest in the bill.
The select committee on census has
authorized favorable report on the
resolution recently introduced to col
lect and bring up to the crop year 1902
statistics relating to irrigation area of
land reclaimed, cost and value of work
and such other information as may be
obtained bearing on the present condi-
ton of irrigation.
A definite time has now been fixed
for consideration of the omnibus bill
for the admission to statehood of New
Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma. The
bill Will be taken up Immediately fol-
lowing the disposition of the District
of Columbia appropriation bill, consid-
Grafton of which follows the omnibus
public building bill. Friends of the
statehood measure are hopeful of OBJ
tanning a majority for 1t in the House.
The omnibus bill, providing for vari-
Gus public buildings throughout the
united SlulpS, mas DteU reported 10 lue
House from the Committee ON Public
Buildings. The appropriation for the
Denver mint is increased from S5OO,OOO
to 100000. The appropriation for the
Leadville postotfice is increased from
$4,000 to SS5 200. and S1350OO is pro-
vided for the purchase of a site and
the erection of a government building
at Colorado Springs.
During the consideration of the Phil
ippine government bill Senator Teller
of Colorado offered an amendment TO
the bill providing for commission. to
be appointed by the President and TO
consist of not less than seven nor more
than fifteen persons, to proceed TO the
Philippines and try to secure n last
ing peace between the United States
and the Filipinos, the United States TO
pay the commissioners salaries OF So,
600 year and all expenses.
The agricultural appropriation bill,
as passed by the House, includes the
following amendment: 'The secretary
of agriculture shall, on or before July
l, 1903. transfer to and consolidate
with the weather bureau and under
the direction of its chief, all the work
of the Department of Agriculture re-
latlng to the gathering and compilation
of statistics by the division of statis-
ties The appropriation for good roads
Inquiries was increased from $4,000 to
$4,000.
The conferees on the Chinese eXclu-
sion bill have reached a complete
agreement on the bill. 1t strikes out
that portion of the Senate bill limit
ing the extension of all existing laws
to the life of the present treaty and
re-enacts them so far ms is not incon-
sistent with the treaty obligations, un-
til otherwise provided by law. and ex-
tends the laws to our island territory
so far as applicable. 1t allows Chinese
to enter for exposition purposes and
retains the provision regarding certifi-
cation in the Philippine islands.
The committee of postal and treasury
experts who have been considering the
question of fractional postal cur
rency, probably will recommend TO
Congress measure calling for the es-
tablishment of currency of notes
adapted, with improvements, from the
postal notes used in Canada, Great
Britain, Germany and France. This
plan calls for books of fractional cur
rency arranged in detachable coupon
form. which are to be obtained from
postoffices or rural free delivery car
riers in amounts of from . cents to 81.
Commissioner of Pensions Evans
was a recent caller at the White
House, and while there the President
informed him of the death of William
Mckinley Osborne, consul general to
London. and in an informal manner
offered him the vacant position. No
formal tender of the place was maze
and none will be, as the President
wants to pay proper respect to the
memory of the dead consul. Mr.. Evans
said that he would take the offer under
advisement, but no doubt he will ac-
cept it when it is made in Il formal
manner.
Representative Sibley of Pennsylva-
mia created n sensation during the gen
eral debate on the agricultural bill by
| denouncing Gen. Jacob H. Smith for
the orders he issued in the Samar cam
paign. He declared that General
Smith was n disgrace to the uniform
he wore and expressed the hope that
the President would strip him of his
uniform within twentyfour hours Mr..
Sibley's speech was enthusiastically
applauded by the Democrats. and was
received with some evidence of ap-
proval on the Republican side. The
| speech was considered the more re-
markable in that it came from. Re
publican who left the Democratic par
| ty on the issues raised by the. Spanish
war, and who has since been an ar
dent eXpansionist.
Cattlemen who came to Washington
in behalf of land leasing legislation
called upon President Roosevelt and
were presented by Senators Millard
and Dietrich of Nebraska. President
Roosevelt expressed himself as anx-
ious to see the ranch problems of the
West adjusted SO that lands may he
secured for small settlers with the
least degree of hardship upon those