The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-06-10

erected in Washington.
The ways and means committee has
favorably reported bills extending TO
Tacoma and Seattle, Washington, the
privileges of immediate transit of mer-
chandise in bond, and making Naco,
Arizona, SUPPORT of entry.
The bill providing for opening to
homestead entry of the old Ute lands
in western Colorado was ordered re
ported favorably to the Senate by the
committee on public lands, and the re
port was made by Mr.. Clark of Wy
oming. This measure was originated
by Representative Bell, and has passed
the House.
Representative Lacey's bill for the
transfer of control of certain forest re
serves from the Interior to the Agricul-
tural Department is now assured of
passage by the House. The fact that
the bill is strongly endorsed by the
President and that he has personally
requested many members to give it
support is accountable for the large
vote 1T will receive.
Delegate Rodey of New Mexico in an
interview says the effect in the next
national election will bear hard against
whichever political party is responsible,
If the platform pledges promising state
hood for the territories are not kept
and New Mexico and Arizona are re-
fused admission TO the Union at this
session of Congress. Advocates of
statehood are doubtful of securing
passage of the bill in the Senate at
this session.
Several western Republican members
of Congress voted in support of the
Shafroth amendment to the Hill sub
sidiary coinage bill when it was be
fore the House The amendment pro
posed TO strike out of the bill the pro-
vision to recoin the silver dollars into
subsidiary coin, and was defeated by
= vote of 9S to Sc. Representatives
Mondell of Wyoming, Sutherland of
Utah and Martin of South Dakota
voted with the Democrats in support
of the amendment.
The House committee on commerce
has taken action which insures "A fav
orable report on the Nelson bill Great
ing a department of commerce. Mr..
Mann OF Illinois offered an amendment
favorable to consideration and report
of the bill. The amendment carried,
seven to four, and the committee then
proceeded TO perfect the measure. As
IL came from the Senate il provided
for department of commerce and la
Dor. By vote of eight TO four, the
provisions as to the labor branch Were
struck out, limiting the new depart
ment to commerce.
The President sent for a number of
senators who have been known in OPP
position to granting concessions to Gu
ba on the ground that it Will interfere
with the interests of the beet sugar in
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these senators united action or purpose
and expressed the hope that the Re
Dublicans would act together. The
President again assured the Republi-
cans that in urging action on reciproci-
ty, he would carry out the announce
ment of President Mckinley, uttered
in his last speech with such particular
throughout the country. The
President indicated that the adoption
of the Plat amendment made 1t OBJ
ligatory upon the United States to
treat Cuba differently from other ma
tions.
Discussing the Isthmian canal in the
Senate. Mr.. Morgan of Alabama,
chairman of the committee on inter
oceanic canals, said his study of the
situation had convinced him that really
there was no greater danger from vol
canic and earthquake disturbances to
the Panama route than to the Near
aqua route, but he was satisfied that
little danger to either was to be anti
cipated. Mr.. Morgan reviewed at
length the political conditions in Co
lombia, finding in them a grave menace
10 the United States in the construc-
ton of a canal by the Panama route.
He presented also the present phases
of the diplomatic negotiations looking
to the building of a canal by both the
Nicaragua and Panama routes He
closed with a strong appeal for the
passage of the Nicaragua bin.
Messrs. Shafroth and Bell of Colo
RADIO We're the principal speakers
against the Hill subsidiary coinage bill
in the House In strong speech Mr..
Shafroth set forth the damage such
legislation would do to the currency
of the country. 1t proposed, he said,
not only to melt up all the silver dol
lars of the country into subsidiary
coinage, but to take all the bullion now
in the treasury and coin it into subsid
iary coin. Mr.. Bell declared that every
great panic from which the country
had suffered had been precipitated by
the currency tinkers' like Hill The
ultimate act of Mr.. Hin and his
1rlendS, he SAID, was TO create an all
powerful banking trust, which would
control the issue of paper currency. If
this program was carried out, he said,
all the currency would disappear ex-
cept gold and bank paper. The pend
ing bill, he said, was one of three and
the only one the Republicans dare pass
in the face of the congressional elec-
tons
In an able speech in the Senate dur
ing the discussion of the Philippine
bill, Senator Morgan of Alabama ex-
pressed himself strongly in favor of
the main features of the bill, taking a
decided stand in opposition to his
Democratic colleagues. The Iauda-
tions of Aguinaldo's patriotism and he
roism," said Mr.. Morgan, that have