The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-01-29

CONGRESS.

1
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT EXPANDING.
The agricultural Department is reach
| ing out for everything in sight. Once upon
n time and not so very long ago either
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ns " "a".a a., p "e NJ. IN va, .oo~ea
upon as GOOD deal OF Joke. IL was
refuge for hard-pressed Congressman who
nae no pace else 10 put Their impecuniouS
constituents. ana lts pubilcatiohs were MI
Ell Win many giitterins scleraiities; III
parn; Oh meNas' mas Just introduced Dill
on a vet higher plane. if IL becomes a
law.
Mr.. Sheppard asks that I'm addition to
the products now investigated and report
ed by the Division OF Statistics. in the De-
partment of Agriculture, shall hereafter be
included sugar, rice. fruits vegetables and
all other agricultural and horticultural
products of commercial importance. and
that the State Statistical Agents of the Di-
vision of statistics shall be required to de-
vote their entire attention to the service
of the Division. He also asks that in nd
dition to the reports already being issued
by the Division of Statistics whic., sbaI,
hereafter include all the products mention
ed in the first part of the bill. the Division
shall issue special biweekly reports
throughout each year containing ;nforma-
ton as to the production, acreage, distri-
button. consumption, and all other OBJ
tainable data bearing on the general con-
dition and the present and prospective
value OF cotton, corn, wheat and oats,
said reports to be tabluated and publish.
ed as speedily and compactiy as practi-
cable after the close of each biweekly
period and sent forthwith to every Post
master in the. sections wherein these pro-
posted for the information of tho mimic
AN IMPORTANT MEASURE.
Tho cou,,;ttoo -, 1,d:o no.,
cru GU ~, .n,ot f .he Di.l 10 es.apish ZAP
,arna:. ~. 'ie stuus ., the criihihai,
i,ro,ah; anu ,I ueiIS:lse ciasses. ana IL IS
prooaDie tiat a director tor this branch
sion OF congress. Inc Dill has been
- ulseu 10 us Passase oy ihdiVld
nm, uaiS' ORGANIZATIONS ana associations OF
viii ht.eheioh abroad. Inc work
w. mii ~, ,i1paDly ne cone under the direction
y, 'ms Dtprl.!ieIl OF Justice; The more
i ii,poi '"hl features OIL the Dill are as fol-
That there shall be established q lab
CLASSES; and the work shall include not
Only laboratory investigations but also the
I S. Oh socioiogical and pathological
uaua, especially such as may be found in
INSTITUTIONS Tor the criminal, pauper and
u. e classes, and generally in hos
p,Il,s ana schools. Said laboratory and
s shaH pe appointed by the PRESIDENT, and
Snail receive a salary of 5000 per annum.
ne snail make report once q year, di-
rec.ed 10 the rney-General, which,
WIN the approval OF that officer, shall be
puoiished.
Inc Senate Committee on Military At
iairs mas reported favorably on the bill for
t the erection OF marble headstones above
the graves OF the Confederate dead who
were buried from the Federal hospitals
ann prisons during the war of the re-
oeiiion. ga.
of MI ~. liessier' OF New York, 2! member
iairs, has informed that Committee that
ne mas been approac hed with q. big bride
Tor his vote on the placing of torpedo |
BOAT contracts. The Naval Committee |
promptly took the matter up and an in |
Festieat!en Is III progress. The bride is |
SAD to have been offered by q New York |
nfm.
~,
Inc Rough House that Colorado leg
lsiators are holding Just now must re-
~, senator Teller OF the early days and
Ine strenuous life OF the mining camps.
hahsas made Tool OF herself in the same |
manner few years ago, and never will |
be able to quite live down the shame of it. |
senator Beyeridge, the suave young man
who sits as Junior Senator from Indiana. |
is opposed to the Statehood bill. Hence IN |
HIM the cranks OF the country have turned |
their attention, and Mr.. Beveridge has re-
ceiyed several letters informing him that |
II he did not withdraw his opposition to |
the Statehood bill he would have to die |
The last message informed Senator Bey-
eridge that TIE writer would toss n dyna-
mite bomb over the gallery railing into the
senate Chamber, some time soon. Now |
people, aud nobody can
take an umbrella, kodak, or satchel of |
any description into the gallery.
The Senators reelected are Platt, Re
publican, of New York, for a second term;
Gen. Alger. Republican, of Michigan,
Of the late Senator Mcmillan: DIR. Calm
ger, Republican, of New Hampshire, third
term: Senator Perkins, Republican, of Cal
iforiia, third term; he was previously
elected to fill out the unexpired term of |
Senator Stanford, in 1895; Senator PIatt,
Republican, of Connecticut. fourth term:
Senator Fairbanks, Republican, Indiana.
second term: Senator Penrose, Republican,
pennsylvania, second term: Senator
Spooner, Republican, of Wisconsin. second
term; Senator A. b. Kittredge, Republic
.an, of South DaEOtD- Sepopu form. San |