The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1903-02-13
WASHINGTON Letter.
rom our Raeular Correspondent.

10 Jne uesiie VI INC 'eP"p'i'a'' 81"
Congress to enact proper legislation
Tor trust control. that doubt must |
have been removed by the action OF
the Senate In passing the Elkins bill,
favorabiy reporting the Knox bill for
expeditng hearings on antitrust
suits, and laboring with the House
conferees on the Department OF Com
merce and Labor bill to secure ade-
quate powers for the proposed Bureau
Of Corporations to insure that meas
IRE of publicity for trust statistics de-
sired by the President and the Attor-
ney General. While 1t is not likely |
that the Senate will have the time To
consider the Littlefeld bill, even If |
that measure is passed by the House,
it is matter of congratulatiun that |
already enough has been accomplished /,
by the Senate tie most serious Of
trust evils. To fact, the leaders OF
the Senate do not regard it as essen
tial to the furtherance of the Attor-
ney Generals ideas that any other
antitrust legislation be enacted.
The House has recently devoted It.
self with great energy to the regular
appropriation bills and bids fair to
have SO successfully cleared its caien-
lar before the end Of the month as to
cave no occasion for an extra session.
the Houeo committee on Naval An
fairs has completed its report, which
iuthorazeS the construction OF three
Dattleships, one armOured cruiser and
me steel training ship. One wooden
orig is also authorized. There is no
appropriation for submarine torpedo
= oats as 0 result, no doubt, Of the
: -cssler brlbary charges. The COM
!. nittee appointed to investigate the
aesS,cr charges has made its report,
{ indFng that the charges were snbstau-
! lated, that Philip Dob!n was guilt,
I # Offering bride and Of perjury and
!; hat no connection between DobliT
nd Lemuel g. Quigg, or the Holland
& lorpedo Boat Company had been es
r abl.shed. The committee further
} vites the Attorney General to TAX,
J ,uch action as may be warranted b,
j he evidence.
4. A compromise on the Statehoo,
{ ituation in the Senate is expected
j iouIly by the leaders OF both sides
Two bases Of compromise are unde
J. consideration, one providing for tn
b, admission OF Oklahoma immediate!
: md the admission OF the other tw
re territories by presidential proclama
g Jon at such time as they shall hav
] 'ompled with certain prescribed cor
I iitions, thus obyiating the necessit
n + further congressional legislation
e she other providing for the admisso
J II Oklahoma as one state and Of Ar
a. iona and New Mexico as another, til
r Whole to be called Arizona. Will
Of senator Quay Is still vigorously pr(
e. noting his tactics Of attaching tn
{ statehood bill, in the form Of ride
y o the regular appropriation bills
II he prospects are that the measure /
d some form acceptable to both side
Viii be enacted as a separate bill |
he immediate future.
The value OF the Federal irrigatio
system established as Il result OF til
~ mercy OF Seantor ltansbrough an
President Roosevelt IS already begil
ling to be felt. 1t has given an In
)etus to every industry In the we,
4! md promises period of remarkabl
IN prosperity In that section. Til
RI, practical working Of single irrig;
Ion project Is bound to be followe
by Il wave Of immigration and whe
:" he so, 900, 900 acres susceptible or r,
"a laimatlon shall have been opened u
II or settlement the increase In tf
II production OF agricultural crops wi
!, ne incalculable.
The Venezuelan negotiations al
- ,till helag conducted with make
IT ability by Minister Bowen with III
'' Washington representatives of III
" Niles. Full powers have been cor
a. ferred On Str Michael Herbert an
q Baron Won Sternburg to conclude tn
u arrangements and while. 1t has bee
OF made evident that the Allies wi
10 strive for every possible advantage,
II is the confident belief of the o.ll.er
* If the Administration that a settl,
y ment, on basis satisfactory to a
concerned will be arrived at no di!
IL tant date. Acting under the advlc
u Of Secretary Hay, no arrangcmen
es which will materially perpetuate tn
y alliance OF Great Britain and German
II against an American republic will /
eountenancd by Minister Bowen,