North Park union., 1902-03-28

The bill, as It will be reported, Will
remove all the tax Of the war revenue
act, and the only changes made are
those Of language, making sure OF TINS
result.
The military appropriation bill re-
| ported to the House carried $1W,U,,-
90, MS against estimates Of $1O1 ,0Oo,--
04O and appropriations last year OF
$115, ,734, ,O49.
| Representative Hill of Connecticut
has introduced u bill for the coinnge of
| the silver bullion In the treasury pur-
chased under the act of July IA, leo<'
into subsidiary silver coins.
Mr.. Foster OF Illinois and MT. Coch-
ran of Missouri discussed the boer war
| in the House, criticising the majority
severely for failure to allow Congress
| to express the sympathy OF the Ame,i-
can people with the struggling repup'
lies.
Close personal friends of H. Ciay
Evans claim to have Information tnu,
| President Roosevelt will make hn
secretary of the interior. IL Is saiu
Secretary Hitchcock will resign soon
and that Evans will be oHered MS
place.
Joseph III. Manley, the Maine nem-
her of tho Republican national COM
mittee, Is being pressed by the adihlh-
istrntton TO nccept the office of first as
| sIstant postmaster general, but 1t Is not
known whether Mr.. Mnnley VIII ac-
cept the office.
The Senate committee on finance 10
! dny concluded the consideration OF the
| bill repealing the war revenue act, anu
authorized favorable report on IL.
| The bill Is greatly changed In phrase-
| olopy. and IL Is announced that II VIII
probably not be in shape TO be re-
ported before tomorrow.
The Agricultural Department an
nounces that 1t will send an expert
during the coming season TO Aflzoh'l
and New Mexico to make n study oi
tho poisonous plants of those territo-
ries and issue IL bulletin for the Dene-
fit of the live stock interests. when
now suffer considerable loss from the
effect of such plants.
With the subsidy bill disposed of the
bill introduced by Senator Hoar Tor
the protection of the President OF the
United States from ASSASSINATION VIII
assume first place on the Senate cal
endar, having been made the unhn-
ished business. 1t Is not expected,
however, that there will be prolonged
debate upon this bill.
Either the oleomargarine bill or the
Chinese exclusion bill doubtless Will be
made the unfinished business to sue
ceed the presidential protection meas.
ure, though the Nicaragua canal bill
also Is pressing for attention. The
canal bill, however, according to pres
ent understanding. will be compelled
to wait ON both the other bills.
The Democrats of the House In eau
Gus unanimously adopted resolutions
declaring that Congress should express
the sympathy. Of the American people
for the struggling BOer republics and
pledging themselves to use their ut
mos endenvors to force the commit
tees to report resolutions expressive OF
such sympathy. II only that Congress
may have an opportunity to act.
Senator Teller offered an amendment
to the ship subsidy bill admitting to
American registry foreign-built ves-
sells of not less thnn 1000 tons and ca
pable of speed of twelve knots, that
now clear from American ports and Of
which ninety per cent. Is owned by
American citizens-such ships to re-
ceive no subsidy under this act. The
amendment was defeated, "a to Al.
The Senate committee on foreign re-
lntions has decided to again tnke up
the reciprocity treaties which are be-
fore the Senate. with n view to secur-
ing such amendments to them rs will
insure their ratification. There. has
long been contention on the part OF
the members of the House that be-
cause these treaties affect the tariff
system. they should be passed upon
by the House as well as by the Sen
ate.
water In streams. like birds and
beasts. Is wild. wandering thing,
whose use is always founded on cap
ture or restraint II state may In
tercept bird md beast in their natural
migrations, why may not 1t as well in
| tercept water in its natural cOurse.
This is part of the argument addressed
to the Supreme Court of the United
States by Attorney General Post and
| the several attorneys of the defendant
| In the case of Kansas vs.. Colorado.
Senntor Clark of Montana. from the
committee on mines and mining. IA
vorably reported the bill already
passed by the House amending the act
| for the protection of lives Of miners in
the territories. The bill provides that
owners or managers of every coal mine
Mt IA depth of 100 feet or more shall
provide MI adequate amount of venti-
| lation Of not less than So 1-3 cubic feet
| of pure air per second for every fifty
men Mt work In the mine. and in like
proportion for greater number.
President Roosevelt In vetoing bill
granting an honorable discharge from
| the military service to Charles II.
| Hawlcy, says: ",rlis Is mandatory
bill, revOking the order of dismissal is-
sued thirty-nine years. ago. and direct
ing the issuance of an honorable dis
charge from the army to this man,
whom his superior officers. including
| the commander in-chief, Abraham Lin
| coin, held to be unworthy to serve In
| the army Of the Union thirty-nine
yenrs ngo. l think 1t In the highest de-
gree inexpedient to reverse the order
of dismissal nearly forty years after
| the event"
Representative Shafroth said on
| Tuesday that there was every indica-
ton that the present Congress would
provide for the long sought for sol
diers' home at Denver Mr.. Shaf-
roth's bill, which he introduced OH the
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