La Junta tribune., 1902-03-08
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

The bill TO pension Mrs. Insia Stew
art OF Pueblo, and the bills to increase
the pensions OF William Hoag, nation
al militia, Kansas, and Mrs. Margaret
Dunn OF Boulder have passed the Sen
! ate.
The Senate confirmed the following
nominations: Edward Kent OF Colo
RADIO. 10 he chief Justice of the Supreme
| court OF Arizona. Navy-Captain p. IL.
Cooper and Captain G. IL. Wadleigh,
| rear admiraIs.
Pensions granted-Ezra Jackson,
Monte Vista, So; Nathan Ward, Oak
ache, Sc Pensions increased--William
! Il. Cook. New Castle. IS; Henry j.
Hammond. Hotchkiss, IS; Elisha Mar
shall, Colorado City, $12.
The subcommittee of the committee
| on interocean canals has agreed to
4 recommend to the full committee that
! the legal complications surrounding
/, the Panama offer are such that the
United States should not accept 1t.
| The Senate has passed Representa-
| tives Mondelrs bnl providing that
| oaths, affiidavits and proofs in home
/ stcAust NoAsaA~s
| 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 affida-
/ Wits and proofs. could only be made
| at land offices, or in the county court
In which the lands We're situated. This
| In many cases caused hardship ana
| 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 at FL 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 S5.OOO,OO0 dam on the Rio
! Grande at FL paso. Texas. for the COM
pensation OF Old Mexico. which coun-
| try several years ago claimed damages
4 to the amount of $4O,OOO,OOO sustained
| to her crops by the loss OF the waters
| OF the Rio Grande, which were taken
out for irrigation purposes by the farm
ers OF Colorado and New Mexico. Mex
leo agrees to relinquish the claim IL the
dam is built.
| In dicussing the rural delivery bill
Mr.. Loud, chairman of postoffiees and
| post roads committee said the ques-
| ton involved whether the rural free
| delivery service would cost ultimately
$6O,OOO,OOO or $20.OOO,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 IL
| the salary system was continued tney
would eventually receive $500 or $500
| At the present time $SlO.OO0 wns being
spent for the supervisory force. The
] bill was carefully drawn, Mr.. Loud
| snid, to provide against the possibility
| of recurrence of the star route scan
dals. Only one contract could he CIV
Z, en- to one man, who must live In the
| district where the route was located.
and who must perform the service
himself.
A days developments have given the
I 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 q dissenting vote the Hansbrough
| bill passed the Senate Saturday.
The whole rosy color of the irrlga-
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 and 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 It
with a view to keeping the bill similar
to the Hansbrough bill In the Senate,
and thus avoid endangering both bills
by controversy over small points. The
western senators. especially those from
Colorado. express themselves as favor
able to this amendment.
Henry T. Oxnard. who Is at the head
Of the beet sugar industry In this coun-
try. had talk with President RoOse-
welt Saturday in regard to the pro-
posed Cuban reduction. In which he
urged the view that a rebate such as
was proposed by Representative Taw-
ney would give the relief desired and
have the additional advantage over
tariff commission of going directly 10
the Cuban planters. Mr.. Oxnard also
called the attention OF the President to
the report from Europe that rhe Brus-
sells International Sugar Conference
had agreed upon the abolition Of all
sugar bounties, direct and indirect,
and told the President that such action
would settle the whole problem by rails
ing the price Of sugar throughout the
world. For this reason he contended
that there was no occasion for hasty
action. The President listened attent-
lively to what Mr.. Oxnard had to say,
but said little himself beyond reiternt-
ing his position In favor of relieving
the situation in Cuba.
The conference Of the two houses on
the Philippines tariff bill reached an
agreement Saturday after one sitting.
the representatives OF the House ac-
cepting all but enc OF the material
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