The Dolores star., 1902-03-28

/ Representative Shnfroth hns intro
duced bill granting n pension OF $50
per month to s. Etfie Parkhiil widow
OF the late Clayton II. Parkhil'. the
| prominent surgeon Of Denver. The bill
also provides a payment OF 50 per
month to each OF the two children Of
DIR. Parkhill, which payments shall
cease after they become sixteen years
of age. In the affidavIts to be present.
ed to the House committee on pensions.
1t will be stated that DIR. Parkhill ln-
CURED the disabilities which were the
cause of the death during his service
in the volunteer army in 1898 and 1859
Mr.. Shafroth also introduced n bill
granting an increase of pension TO
Charles ii. Strong of Denver.
Mr.. Hill. from the committee on coin
| age, weights and measures, favOrably
reported his bill authorizing the Sec
retary of the Treasury to coin the sill
YER bullion In the treasury, purchased
under the act of July IA. 1890. into
such denominations of subsidiary sill
Yer coin as he may deem necessary to
meet public requirements, and there
after. as public necessities may de-
mand. to recoin outstanding silver dol
lars into subsidiary silver coin. and
age of any portion of the bullion under
above act be repealed Mr.. Shafroth
states that this bill is very objection
able TO members. because 1t is the sub
stitution of limited for full legal tender
money. and is process of eliminating
the silver dollar as money.
Mr.. Shattuc gives the following sum-
mary of the immigration bill and the
report recommending its passage: 'The
general purpose of this bill is to bring
together in one act scattered legisla-
ticn on this subject enacted from 1879
to 1894. in regard to the immigration
of aliens into the United States. The
head tax on immigrants is increased
from 81. as at present, TO S1.50. This
Is to meet the expenses of the immigra-
ton business. The bill provides also
for not only rejecting undesirable
aliens mt our ports. but. by following
up those who have unlawfully effected
criminal burdens upon state and mu-
nicipal institutions, and within five
years after their arrival returning them
to the country whence they came"
Senator Teller had conference with
the commissioner of Indian affairs, the
outcome of which will be an amend
ment to the Indian appropriation bill
giving the commissioner the power to
purchase water for the use of the
Southern Utes ON their lands in south
western Colorado. At the present time
the Indians there are absolutely de-
pendent upon waste waters which come
TO them and the seepage from other
irrigated lands above. All the water
for the region comes from the Dolores
river, and the bitches are controlled
by the MonteZuma Ditch Company.
This company annually disposes of
practically all the water II can get from
the river to white settlers above the
reservation. II the company Is to be
called upon to supply the Indians 1t
will be necessary to construct dam.
President Roosevelt is being besieged
daily by cattle companies in the West
who seek delay of the order of the
secretary of the interior to remove
fences from public lands. Some time
ago the fiat went forth that fences sur
rounding public grazing lands must
come down on the 1st of April. Presi-
dent Roosevelt has been impOrtuned
by large cattle owners who have had
these lands in their possession to eX-
tend the time, and has ncceded to
their requests to the extent of delay
ing action two months. Delegate Ro-
dey OF New Mexico saw the President
and secured from him the promise that
the time should be extended this long
| President Roosevelt intimated that he
might decide to extent it one year. He
has been strongly urged to do this, and
at present has the matter under consid-
ti1y, NJ,L,
| tional committeeman from Kansas, is
in Washington in the interests of the
| cattle growers who hold several hun
dred thousand acres of public land in
| southeastern New Mexico and the strip
known as the Beall's grant. These
cattle men claim they are under con-
tract to fill a number of orders in June,
and If the fences on their grazing lands
! are removed previous to this time there
| will be great confusion in getting these
| sale herds together. Delegate Rodey
Is also working in behalf of these cattle
men. and says he hopes to prevail up
on the President to have the enforce
ment of the order calling for the re-
moval of the fences postponed for
| year.
The senators who sincerely advocate
the passage of the House resolution de-
manding election of senators by popu-
lar vote will permit no unnecessary
obstruction Of the measure, says the
News correspondent The committee
on privileges and elections, to which
the resolution was referred, will not
be permitted to pass 1t over from meet
ing to meeting without taking action.
This committee meets again Tuesday,
and the House resolution is the only
important matter pending. If the mat
ter Is not brought up within a reason
able time some senator favorable to
the resolution will rise in the Senate
and move that the committee be dis
charged from further consideration.
This procedure is resorted to, however,
only In extreme cases, such as when
senatorial courtesy" might prevent
the transaction of the public business.
Senator Teller Of Colorado, one of the
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