Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-01-23
WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

On January 9th. which was private
bills were passed.
The House committee on invalid PEN
slons has fayorably reported bill
granting pension Of sl00 month 10
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. Timothy
j. Burke. District OF Wyoming. Messrs-
Hadseii and Burke are the present In
cumbents and are renomingled.
Senator Clarke OF Wyoming has In
tfodueei bill providing for the IN
crease OF the lighthouse districts o.
the country from sixteen. the present
number. TO eighteen. Also bill ap-
propriating sl5O.OO0 for the promotion
OF the salmon fisheries OF Alaska.
Senator Perkins has introduced bill
comforting On municipal corporations
in Alaska the right to exercise the
power of eminent domain. The blh
confers the same power ON railroads.
telegraph lines. wagon roads. sns and
electric lisht companies. ditehes. etc.
All leased lands shall remain subject
to homestead entry. and all fences ON
government lands shall be taken down.
Preference In leasing rights shall be
given free holders. Il ss declared by
the bill that the measure shall be for
experimental purposes. Ia test the re-
habllltaiion OF range grasses
Postmaster General Payne has de-
cIdcd that no NOR. rural free delivery
routes are to be established over roads
that require the payment OF turnpik.
tolls by the Postofiice Department
Where routes are already In operation
and contracts are In existence Tor the
payment OF tolls. the contracts VIII be
carried out. but Will not ba renewed.
Senator Morgan has introduced bill
TO extend the scope OF the Sherman an
,i-trust law. II provides that the pro-
visions of the law shall be no extended
na to include "aii peraonS and corpora
tlons hereafter engaged In producing.
manufacturing. transporting. aud buy
Ing or selling any article for pFoht that
iH authorized To be acquired by pnr-
chas. for the use OF amy branch OF the
government"
In the Senate Mr.. Mei-aurin of Mis-
EiEsIppi called attention to charges
that the people OF IndInnoia. MiSsisSlp-
~ hnd been guilty OF threats and in-
timidntion aEnlns, the postmaster, and
declared them to be untrue. rcmnFkin.
that his obJcc, In bringing the matter
to the attention OF the Senate was IN
order tha, his denial nigh, go into the
Congressional Record rs an answer to
thoAc who made the charges.
The Senate committee on foreign re-
ia,ions agreed to rt:.ort the Cuban rec
iprocity treaty to tns Senate with Two
amendments. The first of these Is the
guarantee against the further rcduc-
tlon OF the sugar tariff. and the other
makes reduction OF forty per cent IN
the duty on American cattle exported
to Cuba instead OF twenty per cent. ms
provided In the treaty as II was origin
ALLY transmitted to the Senate.
The President has selected Col. Ed
ward II. Hayes. Thirtccnth infantry.
for appointment as brigndicr 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 Mt the point OF death
nt Fort Meade. South Dakota. He Is
the officer of longest commission In
the United States army. which he en-
tered Us boy Of thirteen.
Brigadier General Wood has applied
for service In the Philippines and his
request has been granted. II is cx-
pectcd lie will be assigned to Minda-
mao. He will become n major general
in August. and II Is quite likely that
he will soon thereafter be assigned to
command the Division of the Philip
pines. II Is expected General Wood
will sail for the Philippines in April.
He will complete his report on the ad-
ministration of Cuban affairs before he
sails.
The House committee on insulnr nj.
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
nau discussed tnc fnllpplHe situutioh
thoroughly with Secretary Root and
the other members of his Cabinet and
withvice Governor Luke Z. E.Wright,w
has been in this country for two
months. Governor Taft had been or
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
modification of the Lacey land leas-
ing bill 1t provides that the maximum
amount of land which may be leased to
one company or individual shall be
$50 acres. Leases shall run for ten
years. Rates shall scale from 1 to 6
cents per acre per annum. and no land
shall be leased that may be irrigated.
Senator McLaurin of Mississippi has
| conferred with President Roosevelt
md Postmaster General Payne regard
ing the IndiaIola postoffice case. The
present attitude of the administration
Is that the postofilce shall be reopened
and Mrs. Cox reinstalled as postmas.
ter, If the responsible authorities OF