The Lamar register., 1904-02-10
EVENTS IN WASHINGTON AND
TRANSACTIONS OF CONGRESS

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the ~orzt ora~bzek 10 discipline has
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the estz5lishr,enf Of cznfssns in TIE
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their meals or when oosling ships
On February lst Justice Brown o.
cuplsd his seat On the bench Of the
United States Supreme Court for The
frEt time zines last fall. shsn be "a.
threatened with Ioss Of sight He has
recovered the use 0. his eysz- After
br5ef sitting the court adjourned TO
meet again February z2rd- The ad-
tourunent IS for the purpose Of a.
fOTdlng opportunity 70 give eOnsidsTz-
ton Of ezsez which have been zrgusd.
Including the Northern Securities nsr-
ger Gaze
Presicenc Rooeeyelt's elaborate e.
te-rziufng al the White HO1se Is "
ders-ood 70 b,e compelling him to make
serious Inrozds upon his private for
time The s59.010 he receives a. ssls-y
from the zOTsrumeat II far too snz-l
to stand the strain Of 2 constant suc-
eesslon o. recep;ions. dinners. lunch
cons. nuuzlczles and teas. Few Of I L
pretecszsors in Office saved anything.
and President Roosevelt has sur
pzssed all of then IN the brilliancy ot
the functions which have made the
White House the real center Of wash
ingrOn social gzyety-
The forthcoming monthly statsnent
Of the governments receipts and e1-
uoudftures xlll show a decided falling
Of Of revenues and Al increase il ex-
uenditures as compared with the cor
responding month Of last year. The
principal decrease appears in Customs
reesfpts. which will BE- shown 70 Be
ah,1yr1f 81 10000 for the month. Z de-
r-esse of about ssQ9o00 from Internal
sources. The statement Eill also saoi
that during The present month The ex-
Dendituras vTilI amount 20 approx mate.
IL S4s. 200 90. or nearly ST.O0H.0OJ llOTs
than for January. 1893. During that
month the receipts exceeded the expen-
dltures by about s3.5oO.cso.
Mr. Clarke. the new Democratic
member from ArkauEas. made his first
speech in the Senate February 2ud- He
spoke two hours. and announced his
endorsement Of every position taken BY
the President in connection with the
Panama revolt and in the negotiation
Of the treaty With the new state He
even said that in view Of the proyOca-
ton given by Colombia. the President
nigh. have been expected to 90 farther
than he did in advancing the cause OF
Panama. He declared that there was
more popular support Of the course OF
the Presidents policy among Demo-
Gratis than among Republicans. and said
that the Democratic votes necessary to
ratify the treaty were assured.
In an opinion by Justice Holmes. the
United States Supreme Court has de-
cided the long pending case between
the United States and tho California &
Oregon Land Company, involving the
ownership of land in the klamath In
dian reservation in Oregon. which was
claimed by the land company under the
grant Of the Oregon Military Central
Wagon Road Company. made in 1864.
The decision was favorable to the COM
pany and against the government.
There are 10000 acres Of land involved
and it is valued at 81 100000. The case
was argued three times for the land
company by Judge J. F. Dillon and A.
F. Browne and for the government by
the solicitor general. The chief JUS
tice and Justices Harlan and Brown
dissented.
Captain d. c. Shanks. governor OF
the province OF Cayite in tho