Gunnison news-champion., 1904-01-29

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u OeioEei PAYNE. The secretary b.
aotsE.s sHaeF his ductsf u-dsrs "a
making n. rssit o. lha Ssash-
Fue House COMMITTEES uH s,abltC
ianas issssed favorable repogt oE =
h.a 10 asod,y tRe forrest reserve lea
ard s~ 50 that land chiehy valasbis
ie- timber CanHoi b. taken Ia exchange
foI ssivato holdings "a foFesf reserves.
sHreoaE CseRaral Wyman o the
pgtalic B,alfh and Marine Hospital
service has retufned from AeXico.
Wsar. he ssoarod the cooperation of
that government IA meazuFes intend
ed 10 prevent the recurrence q sYi-
aeHsics IN the yellow 4, .er region
ENTHUSIASTICALLY Miller chairman ol
She sssb-committes ia charge o. the
Bonynge slafruih contest has Oh.
tanned leave VI absence Tor tea Gays,
ba ~I leave che v0rk oi examining
bal,oss la charge OF other members
af the sab-c0mmittee and EXpeTt Car
vail
The Haa-e pgsbIic lanes committees
satherizod Representative Moudeh 30
Z epor7 fav0rabiy bis bih pFos iding thai
public lands chichy valuable Tor tim
ber ssail not be subject % location OF
selection in iisB of tracts relneulzhed
within forest reserves and that selsc-
. IONS made az sought TO be made Op
lanes chiefly valuable Tor the timber
they eostain in hes OF lands within
forest reserves shall be void and OF
no eject
In chasing bis speech on the PaBa
, ma easal treaty senator Patterson Of
Calors4o charged that the Efforts To-
displaoe the Nicaragua canal with the
Panans canal was In the interest 0f
those who want no canal at al. and
at the worst one whicR would give the
least competition 10 trans-continental
railrosss lie believed the Nicaragua
canal could be completed in fifteen
wears hess time than the Panama ca
nal he therefore would vote against
the ratification of the treaty.
In replying TO senator Patterson
speech on the canal treaty. Mr.. Plat
of Counecticut said the assaults on
the President had been a mystery TO
him OFTEN these attacks had been In
decent English but some of them had
been brutal Mr. Patterson speech.
however had relieved the attacks of
their mystery. Tor he ana Mr. Carmack
had shown that the purpose was TO
force the construction of the canal via
the Nicaragua rather than the Pana
ma route the former being the route
Of the Democratic party. For himself
he was glad that the mystery OF the
Democratic opposition had been
cleared away.
The House passed the Hepburn pure
food biz on rising vote, 2ol TO ts,
its opponents being unable TO secure
a roll call on the bill. The amendment
Of inserting the word 'wilful" with
reference to persons who sell aGul-
terated or misbranded goods and which
would have compelled the government
10 prove intent to violate the law by
the venders was stricken ont on a
Yea and nay vote in the House. Sew
eral attempts were made to amend the
bin but no material changes were
made. The bill fixes the standards of
foods and drugs as TO their purity,
strength and character. and defines
what shall be considered adulterations
or misbrandins OF foods and drugs. Ii
also prohibits interstate commerce, i'm
portatiOn and expectation of such mis-
branded or adulterated articles.
Representative Mondell's school Of
mines bill was authorized 10 be favor
ably reported by the mines and mining
committee. The bill as reported eX-
cludes the proceeds of sales of public
lands in sixteen irrigation states from
contributing to the fund for endowins
los nd up1a paI .4f.l
ieges with the school of mines The
b.ll appropriates $4,000 per annum to
state universities and state colleges
with an increasing amount each sue
Ceeding year each Of forty eight
states to receive the same amount
The objects Of excluding proceeds of
sales OF public lands in irrigation
states was. it was thought that the
total amount taken for school OF mines
purposes would encruach too heavily
upon the irrigation fund. that fund be
ing derived from the sale OF lands in
these states.
The Senate committee or Philip
pines gave hearing ON Senator Fryes
bin extending the CoastVise laws of
the United States to the trade with
the Philippine islands so that al com
merce between the islands and the
United States shall be carried by
American vessels. The hearing was
ordered by Chairman Lodge. on appli-
cation OF eastern cordage manutaC-
turers The bill already has been re-
por-te-i favorably by the Senate com
mittee on commerce and the Philippine
Islands. but the protests caused fur
ther cOnsid Grafton OF the measure. A.
T. Ioring. president of the Plymouth
Coraaee Company Of Plymouth, Mas
sachusetts. said American vessels
should be given the business between
the United States and the Philippine
Islands as soon as they are prepared
10 take care of il. He asked that the
time the bill take effect be extended