The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-02-03
WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

merce The bill carries with IL the
privilege of Transporting in bond to
the port
The Senate committee on interoce-
anic canals authorizes favorable re-
port on the bill prohibiting the grant
ing of contracts in relation to the pro-
posed Panama canal to any but Amer
lean citizens.
Senator Hoar has introduced con-
current resolution, rendering the
thanks of Congress to Signor Marconi
for the great benefit he had done to
mankind by the invention of the wire
less telegraph.
The chairman of the House judiciary
committee has asked for rule
for the consideration of the an
thrust bill, and also for the bill
to expedite hearings brought under
the Sherman antitrust law
The Senate committee on mines and
mining has reported favorably an
amendment to the sundry civil bill ap-
propriating 100000 to the geological
survey for investigation of mines and
mining in the United States.
Representative Patterson of Tennes-
see has introduced an antitrust bill
which seeks to accomplish the regula-
tion of trusts through the agency or
the bureau of corporations in the pro-
| posed Department of Commerce.
The House has passed bills pension
| ing the widow of Gen. Franz Siegel at
500 month, the widow of Gen. James
S. Negley at $50 and the widow OF
Rear Admiral Henry Picking at $40.
Two hundred and thirty-ive private
pension bills were passed in one day.
House Bill 1922, providing a fund
for the prevention of the spread of dis
| ease among live stock and making the
decision of the federal inspector final
in cases where stock is being shipped
| | through several states has passed the
Senate and will be a law in a few
| days.
John T. McDonough formerly secre-
tary of state of New York has ac-
cepted Professionally the appointment
of justice of the Supreme Court of the
Philippines. The conditions on which
he accepts are said to be of such ma
ture that his appointment undoubtedly
will be made.
The Senate committee on agriculture
amended the agricultural appropria-
ton bill as it came from the House by
making the appropriation for the 1rri-
CATION Investigations office $4,000 in
place of the $4,000 named by the
House bill. This is in accordance with
the recommendation of the secretary OF
agriculture.
The House passed the Senate bill to
| increase the salaries of federal judges
1t raises the salary of the chief justice
of the Supreme Court to $4,000. the
associate justices to S12,5OO, circuit
! judges to 81 1000. district judges to So
| O0O the chief justice of the Court OF
Claims to s6,500, associate justices TO
$4,000. and the justice of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia to
| $4,000.
Senator Carmack has introduced
resolution calling on the President Tor
| information as to whether the govern
ment of Cuba is exercising the right OF
sovereignty and control over the Isle
of Pines; whether steps have been tax
en- to transfer the island from the
United States, and If so. what steps
have been taken to protect the proper
ty of the United States citizens on the
| island.
The Alaska delegate bill has been
passed by the House. 1t provides for
the representation of the territory OF
Alaska in the House of Representatives
by a delegate. 1t also defines the citi-
zenship and the qualification of cleo
| tors and creates the machinery for the
elections. the date of which shall be the
last Tuesday in September. The first
delegate is to be elected next autumn
| and is to hold seat in the Fifty-eighth
| Congress.
| Senator Warren secured the passage
in the Senate of the House bill giving
the secretary of agriculture authority
| to enforce the laws providing for the
| suppression of infectious and contag-
| ious diseases among animals being
| shipped from one state to another, or
for shipment abroad. slight amend
ment was made to the bill. but 1t is
expected this will be concurred in by
the House and the bill will become
law without delay.
The matter of the federal inspection
of live stock a bill governing which
the National Live Stock Association
has had before Congress, has passed
both houses and only awaits the sigma
| ture of the President to become law.
The law abolishes all state inspection
of Interstate shipments. and places
this work under the Department of Ag-
| riculture and saves the stockmen about
100000 annually of which they have
heretofore been held up.
Representative Burleson of Texas
has introduced a concurrent resolution
directing the secretary of the interior
to report what steps have been taken
to prevent the illegal fencing of the
public domain in New Mexico. Wyo-
ming and Nebraska, the number ,of ap-
plications or filings for part of the
public domain in Nebraska and Wyo-
ming during the years 1901 and 1902.
and other information. The attorney
general is also instructed to institute
suits to declare all fraudulent appro-
priation of said lands void and secure