The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-23
WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

lations agreed to report IL CabeA rec
iprocity treaty to tie senate With two
amsndmeuts, The 1rst q thaaa h tAe
guarantee aaa3nst the further Teaue-
don of the n1gar ter46. and ~ .N(AeS
makes Z reduction of forty pse n1nk III
the duty on AmeFican cattle e8Doets1
to Cuha instead q twenty Per csat. a6'l
provided IN the treaty ~ Il was oeistA-
ally transmitted to the Sonata
After mature consideratlca \ Aas
bseu decided by the PrsaiAeAt that
Judge Tan shall remain In The Phtlip-
pin0 - CIVIL eovefnoe. the decision
was reached only after the Prssidsnt
hid discussed the Philippine situation
,horoughly with Secretary Boot and
the other members OF his Cnhlnst and
withVice Governor Luke e. Wright, who
has been In this country for two
months. Governor Taft had been or
cred Z Supreme Court judseship By the
President,
The House committee on military aS-
fairs has completed the army appro-
priation bill. which carries 81, 81, ,S37.
about g 900 900 less than the estimate.
The appropriation last yoaf NAa NJ
446, ,eS6 Provisinn . nnad1 1or the
mastering out at the Porto Rican pro-
visionAl regiment July 1T next, tho
soldiers to receive two months EXTRA
pay: also that soldiers qualifying =
expert rihemen shall receive 81 extra
per month, also 10 authorize the secre-
tary Of war to accept $4,000 from the
Daughters Of the Revolution for the
erection of u memorial building for the
phy1ical welfare Of tho enlisted men
at such military posts - the secretary
of war may direct.
The anal test Of the Deforest wire
less telegraph system. which the board
Of wireless experts have been conduct
ing for some days between the Navy
Yard at Washington, and the Navy
Academy at Annapolis were brought to
q conclusion on the 1lth inst In the
presence Of the board two cipher mes
sages were sent from Annapolis ana an
equal number from Washington. The
speed Of Transmission exceeded thirty
hve words per minute. Four foreign
systems have been tested from the
same range by the Navy Department.
The Navy Department win purchase Q
working outfit Of the Deforest system
as the result OF the tests, and when the
Prairie returns from the maneuvers.
sea tests will be continued from this
boat at Annapolis.
A meeting Of the Nebraska delega-
tion in Congress was held at which Q
leading hill formulated In the Interior
Department was agreed upon for In
| troduction, In the Houss and Senate.
The bill ~ prepared for Introduction u
. modification Of ths Lacey land leas-
ing bill. It provides that the maximum
amount of land which may be leased to
one company or individual shall be
| 1890 acres. Leases shall run for tan
years. Rates shall scale from TO
cents per acre per annum. and no land
shall be leased that may Be irrigated.
| All leased lands shall remain subject
to homestead entry. and all fences on
! Eopernment lands shall be taken down.
Preference in leasing rights shall be
given free holders. It II declared by
the hill that the measure shall be for
experimental purposes, to test the re-
habilitation of range grasses.
Senator Warren. who holds second
place ON the Senate public buildings
committee, has been appealed to by
the Denver Chamber OF Commerce and
Board Of Trade. Denver Real Estate
and Stock Exchange and Denver Com
| merciai club, to aid in securing an ap-
| preparation for the purchase Of site
4 and erection Of = building adequate for
the transaction Of government buSi-
ness in Denver. Attention II called to
the fact that appropriations aggregat-
Ing 4t36,O00 were made between the
years 1851 and 1895 for the present
postoface building. which before COM
| pletion wAs known 10 be inadequate
by reason of the increase Of Denvera
population and business. At present
! the gOvernment ID Obliged to rent pri-
| vats buildings In Denver at IN ex-
pense of s11,375 per annuin for use Of
government ofacers outside Of the
present building. Senator Warren ID
asked to favor an appropriation sum
GENTLY large to provide for building
commensurate with Denver's size and
growth. He has assured the petition.
err that he will cooperate with the
Colorado delegation In securing the
appropriation.
The bill reported from the ways and
means committee to provide for . re-
bats ON the duties on foreign coal for 4
period Of one year was passed In short
order BY the House by practically 4
unanimous vote. zS8 to s, those voting
against being Messrs, Cushman and
Jones (Wash.), Gaines (W.Va.), Mon
dell (Wyo.). and Patterson (Pa.). oil
Republicans. The bill was considered
under the operation OF = rule which cut
on opportunity to amend. The only op-
position to the measure came from
some of the members representing coal
states, who expressed the fear that the
admission of Chinese-mined coal from