The Lamar register., 1903-01-21
WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

hension day in the House, 144 pension
bills were passed.
The House committee on invalid pen,
sions has favorably reported Dill
granting a pension of 500 month u
the widow of General Franz Sigel.
The President has sent the following
nominations to the Senate: Marshal'
Frank A. Hadsell. District OF Wyom-
ing; United States Attorney, Tlmotny
F. Burke, District of Wyoming. Messrs.
Hadsell and Burke are the present In
cumbents and are renominated.
Senator Clarke of Wyoming has IN
troduced bill providing for the III,
crease of the lighthouse districts U.
the country from sixteen, the present
number. to eighteen. Also bill ap-
propriating $150,O00 for the promotion
of the salmon fisheries OF Alaska.
Senator Perkins has introduced Dill
comforting on municipal corporations
In Alaska the right to exercise tne
power of eminent domain. Inc piii
confers the same power on railroads,
telegraph lines. wagon roads. gas anu
electric light companies, ditches' etc'
All leased lands shall remain subject
to homestead entry, and all fences on
government lands shall be taken down.
Preference in leasing rights snail De
given free. holders. 1t is declared by
the bill that the measure shall be FOR
experimental purposes. to test the re-
habilitation of range grasses.
Postmaster General Payne has de-
cided that no more rural free delivery
routes are to be established over ROADS
that require the payment OF turnpike
tolls by the Postoffice Department.
Where routes are already in operation
and contracts are in existence for tne
payment of tolls, the contracts Will pe
carried out, but will not be renewed.
Senator Morgan has introduced bill
to extend the scope of the Sherman an
thrust law 1t provides that the pro-
visions of the law shall be so extended
as to include "all persons and corpora
tions hereafter engaged in producing
manufacturing. transporting, and puy-
ing or selling any article for proht tnat
is authorized to be acquired by pur-
chase for the use of any branch OIL the
government"
in the Senate Mr. McLaurin of Mis-
sissippi called attention to charges
that the people of Indianola, Mississlp-
pl had been guilty of threats and In
timidation against the postmaster, ana
declared them to be untrue. remarkihg
that his object in bringing the matter
to the attention of the Senate was In
order that his denial might go into the
Congressional Record as an answer 10
those who made the charges.
The Senate committee on foreign re-
lations agreed to report the Cuban rec
iprocity treaty to the Senate with two
amendments. The first of these is the
guarantee against the further reduc-
ton of the sugar tariff, and the other
makes a reduction of forty per cent In
the duty on American cattle exported
to Cuba instead of twenty per cent, as
provided in the treaty as 1t was origin
ALLY transmitted to the Senate.
The President has selected Col. Ed
ward M. Hayes, Thirteenth infantry,
for appointment as brigadier general
to succeed Gen. John A. Johnston. up
on the resignation of the latter, which
will follow Immediately upon his con.
firmation by the Senate. Colonel
Hayes is lying at the point of death
at Fort Meade, South Dakota. He is
the officer of longest commission in
the United States army, which he en-
tered as a boy of thirteen.
Brigadier General Wood has applied
request has been granted. 1t is ex-
pected he will be assigned to Minda-
mao. He will become a major general
in August, and it is quite likely that
he will soon thereafter be assigned to
command the Division of the Philip
pines. 1t is expected General Wood
will sail for the Philippines in April.
He will complete his report on the ad-
mfnistration of Cuban affairs before he
sails.
The House committee on insular af-
fairs agreed to favorably report the
bill introduced by Representative
Cooper of Wisconsin to establish
currency system in the Philippines,
with certain amendments, one change
proposed being that the gold coin of
the United States and the silver coin
authorized in the bill shall be legal
tender in the islands. The bill as in
troduced provided that lawful money
of the United States should be legal
tender.
After mature consideration it has
been decided by the President that
Judge Taft shall remain in the Philip
pines as civil governor. The decision
was reached only after the President
had discussed the Philippine situation
thoroughly WITH oecretary hoot ana
the other members of his Cabinet and
withVice Governor Luke EWright, who
has been in this country for two
months. Governor Taft had been Off
cred Supreme Court judgeship by the
President.
A meeting of the Nebraska delega-
ton in Congress was held at which a
leasing bill formulated in the Interior
Department was agreed upon for in
PRODUCTION in the House and Senate.
The bill as prepared for introduction is
a modification of the Lacey land leas-
ing bill. 1t provides that the maximum
amount of land which may be leased to