The Holly chieftain., 1904-04-15

Ihe House adopted an amendment
to the postoftice appropriation bill pro-
hibiting the postmaster general from
refusing to establish rural free deliv-
cry routes on account of the condition
of the roads.
The Senate committee on public lands
has agreed to postpone until the next
session of Congress the bill to transfer
control of the forest reserves from the
Interior Department to the forestry dl-
vision of the Agricultural Department
The House committee on Indian af-
fairs has reported favorably the Mon
dell bill providing for the opening of
the Shoshone Indian reservation in
Wyoming, with an amendment proyid-
ing that the concurrence of three
tourths of the Indians must be Sc
cured.
The Swayne impeachment proceed
Ing, which has been looked upon as the
only possible check to an early ad-
Journment, was disposed of in five min
utes by the House, to-day, by the adop-
tion of resolution making the case
special order for December 18th next.
In the meantime the judiciary commit
tee is to take additional testimony in
the case.
The Senate committee on finance
authorized Senator Aldrich to report
an amendment to the bill for the gov.
ernment Of the Panama canal zone
giving to the canal construction bonds
all the rights and privileges of the out
standing two per cent. government
bonds. The effect is to allow national
banks to use the bonds as basis for
circulation.
The following witnesses have been
summoned to appear before the com
mitlee on privileges and elections in
the Smoot case April Goth: Angus M.
Cannon, Salt Lake; George Teasdale,
Nephi; John W. Taylor, John Henry
Smith, ]. M. Tanner, Salt Lake; L. B.
Alcott, Pennington; B. H. Roberts,
Salt Lake; Moses Thatcher, Logan;
H. S. Grant, M. F. Cowley, Lillian
Hamlin, Salt Lake.
The reports of the General Land Of
flee show that of the cases suspended
for investigation by special agents as
the result of frauds under the timber
and stone act in California, Oregon and
Washington, 1,006 yere relieved from
suspension during March. There were
G,959 patents issued by the General
Land Office during March. There were
9O,S2O public land cases pending in the
land office April list, reduction of g.
sos during the month.
After waiting with much patience for
many days, Mr.. Hepburn found oppor-
tunity to speak to the Senate on the
subject of pure food. Technically, the
speech was in support of a resolution
calling on the secretary of agriculture
to send to the Senate the results of the
90 " bis dana rt M O
into adulterated foods, but in reality
it was in support of the pure food bill
Mr.. Hepburn contended that a very
large proportion of foods, drugs and
liquors were adulterated, and that
many drugs were absolutely poisonous.
Discussing the Chinese question in
the Senate, Mr.. Patterson of Colorado
announced his conviction that unless
aoultional legislation is had before
Congress, adjourns, every barrier
against Chinese immigration that has
been built will be removed on the 7th
day of December next and the ports
of the country thrown open to the un-
restricted coming of the Chinese
hordes whose invasion of the United
States was arrested twenty-five years
ago." This opinion was based upon
China's denunciation of the treaty of
1894, making it Of no effect from De-
cember 7th next.
In the Senate the committee amend
ment fixing the salaries of rural free
delivery carriers at $3.50 per annum and
regulating their service for private in
dividuals was accepted. 1t reads as
follows: "That said carriers may carry
merchandise for hire and receive sub
scriptions for and deliver newspapers,
magazines and other periodicals for
and upon the request of patrons resid-
ing upon their respective routes, when
ever the same shall not interfere with
the proper discharge of their official
duties and under such regulations as
the postmaster general may prescribe,
and not otherwise; and, provided fur
ther that no carrier shall refuse to de-
liver or take orders or subscriptions
for merchandise, newspapers or period
icals requested by any patron of his
route, subject to the laws of the Unit
ed States and regulations of the post
master general.
The Senate public lands committee
has favorably reported the Hans
brough bill providing that settlers re-
linQuishing lands in forest reserves
may be paid for the same at rate per
acre to be determined by the party re-
linquishing and the secretary of the in
terror. The bill also provides that
lands taken in lieu of forest reserve
lands shall be of the same character
as to soil and timber as the lands re-
linuuished and that no lands in Idaho
shall be selected in lieu of lands re-
linquished in other states. The sec
ton of the bill relating to railroad
land grants was amended so that it