The Dolores star., 1902-03-28
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

The bill. as 1t 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 this
result.
The military appropriation bill re-
ported to the House carried ScO,9Ob,-
$40. as against estimates of $1O1,9
AO and appropriations last year of
Sis, 13I .OI0.
Representative Hin of Connecticut
has introduced n bill for the coinage of
the silver bullion in the treasury pur-
chased under the act of July IA, 1892.
into subsidiary silver coins.
Mr.. Foster of Illinois and Mr.. Coch-
| ran Of Missouri discussed the Boer war
in the House. crificising the majority
severely for failure 10 allow Congress
TO express the sympathy of the Ameri-
can people with the struggling repub-
lies.
Close personal friends of II. Clay
Evans claim to have Information that
President Roosevelt will make him
secretary of the interior. 1t is said
Secretary Hitchcock will resign soon
and that Evans Will be offered bis
place.
Joseph ii. Manley. the Maine men,
ber Of the Republican national COM
mittee is being pressed by the admin
istrntion to accept the office of first as
slstant postmaster general but 1t is not
known whether Mr.. Manley Will nc
cept the office.
The Senate committee on finance to-
day concluded the consideration of the
r,n la. y-nr nrt
authorized favorable report on it.
The bill is greatly changed in phrase
ology, and ii is announced that it will
probably not be in shape to be re
ported before tomorrow.
The Agricultural Department an
nounces that it will send an expert
during the coming season to Arizona
and New Mexico to make n study of
the poisonous plants of those terrific
ries and issue bulletin for the bene-
fit of the live stock interests, which
now suffer considerable loss from the
effect of such plants.
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
mos endeavors to force the commit
tees to report resolutions expressive of
such sympathy. If 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 YES
sells of not less than 1000 tons and Ca
pable of a speed of twelve knots, that
al a
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 House committee on naval af-
fairs, by a vote of 10 4. adopted res
olution concurring in the conclusions
of Presiden. Roosevelt as to terminal
ing the agitation of the Schley contro-
versy. and indefinitely postponing all
bills and resolutions on the subject. The
report of the subcommittee was adopt
ed by vote of : to 4, one Republican
voting with the Democrats against it.
The Senate committee on foreign re-
lations has decided to again take up
the reciprocity treaties which are be-
fore the Senate, with view to secur-
ing such amendments to them as 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 tie Sen
ate.
water in streams, like birds and
beasts, is wild. wandering thing,
whose use is always founded on cap
ture or restraint. If n state may in
tercept bird and beast in their natural
migrations. why may not it as well in
tercept water in It's 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.
The ship subsidy bin passed the Sen
ate by the following vote: Yeas-Ald-
rich, Bard, Beveridge, Burnham. Bur
rows, Burton, Clark Wyo). Cullom,
Deboe, Depew. Dietrich, Dryden. FL
kins, Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster
CWash.). Frye, Gallinger, Gamble,
Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough, Hawley,
Hoar, Jones (Nev.), Kean. Kearns, Kit
tredge, McComas, McCumber, McLau-
rim Is. Co.. Mcmillan. Mason, Mitcnell,
Nelson, Penrose, Perkins, Platt Comm
Scott, Warren, Wellington. Wetmore--
AZ. Nays-AllisOn. Bacon, Bailey, Bate,
Berry, Blackburn, Carmack, Clark
(Mont), Clay. COckrell. Culberson. Dill
lingham, Dolliver, Dubois, Foster Ga),
Gibson, Harris, Heitfeld. McLaurn
(AIiss), Mallory. Martin, Money, Pat
terson. Pettus. Proctor, Quarles, Raw
lins, Spooner, Taliaferro, Teller, Vest
81.
"If the government agrees to the
suggestion of Messrs Townsend and
Forbes, and puts the Philippine islands
on silver basis. believe the price
would Immediately go up said Sena-
tor Henry NJ. Teller, the great silver
advocate. The friends of the plan say
| that the Senate committee will pass
favorably on the plan to give the Phil
| ippines 5O-cent American dollar.
Speaking Of this the senator said: "I
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