The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-10-06

FOR 5STH
CONGRESS
Activity in Arranging for the
Extra Session Which Is to
PreCede the Regular
MILLER INCIDENT SETTLED
Labor Leaders Approve of the
Stand Taken by President
Roosevelt


Roosevelt
WASHINGTON, Oct Especial cor
respondence to Daily Silver State
The president is back in Washington; !;
senators and representatives are arriv-
ing daily; preparations are active for
the extra session which will begin the
fifty-eighth ongress. This will be an
important and eventful winter at the
national capital. The winter preceeo-
ing a presidential election is always
an active one in congress as the poll
ticians realize that the country is
watching them more closely than
usual and that much which takes
place at the capital will be thoroughly
reviewed in the coming campaign.
There are many new members In
the house and the senate, and the
House will come under sway of its
new speaker, the Hon. Joseph G. Can
non of Illinois. Mr.. Cannon is now in
Washington making up the house COM
mittees for the fifty-eighth congress.
Following an old precedent most of the
men now on committees will retain
their places, but some changes will be
made and there are several vacancies
caused by the defeat of members in
the last congressional election.
The extra session will give consider
tion to the Cuban reciprocity treaty
and to the financial bill which it is
hoped will relieve the money strin-
gency. The regular session will also
be a busy one. A new canal treaty
will probably be sent to the senate,
the condition of affairs in Indian ter
ritory will be investigated by commit
tees from both house and senate, many
republicans are anxious for congress
sional investiation of the postoffice de-
partment, a ship subsidy bill will be
introduced again, there will probably
be another fight of the statehood bill,
and a bill for the repeal of the anti
canteen law will be presented. Therace
question is sure to be discussed in each
house, although Senator Carmaek has
denied his intention to advocate re-
peal of the fifteenth amendment In
debates on these and other questions
members of congress will not forget
that they are talking to the country on
the eve of a presidential election.
Washington is saddened by the news
of the death of Sir Michael H. Her
bert, the British ambassador to the
United States. He died from an at
fection of the lungs, in Switzerland,
where he had gone for his health. He
was only forty-fve years old which
is very young for the important diplo-
matte post which he held. President
oosevelt sent a personal message OF
coincidence to Lady Herbert. He was
a close personal friend of the late am
bassador.
The Miller controversy has been set
tied Immediately on his return to
Washington, President Roosevelt had a
conference with President Gompers ana
other officials of thea merican Fedora
ton of Labor and informed them that
Foreman Miller of the government
printing office would not be dismissed
az the reuest of the central labor
union of Washington, nor would there
be any change in the order that there
should be no discrimination between
union and non-union labor in the gov
ernment employees. AS the labor lead
ers left the white house the president
issued a statement which ended as
follows:
"In the employment and dismissal
of men in the government service,
car no more recognize the fact that a
maa does or does not belong to q
union as being for or againt him, than
/ can recognize the fact that he is q
Protestant or Catholic, Jew or g
Gentle, as being for or against him.
in the communication sent me by
the various labor organizations pro
testing against the retention of Millel
in the government printing office, the
grounds alleged are two-fold; First
that he is a non-union man; and
second, that he is not personally fit
The question of personal fitness /:
one to be settled in the routine of ad
ministrative detail and cannot be n
lowed to conflict with or to complicatt
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