The Grit-advocate., 1904-04-29

Representative Brooks has secured
the passage in the House of his bill
amending the mining laws so that mon
uments will constitute the highest au-
thority in determining what land is
patented in mineral filings. Senator
Teller WILL endeavor to have the Brooks
bill substituted for his bill which has
passed the Senate.
Bids were opened April 10th by SUI
pervising Architect Taylor for the erec-
tion of the Leadville public building
Six bids were received, the highest ap-
proximating $66.O00, the lowest that
o. Tom lowell of Denton. Texas beinf
$51, 800. Lynn S. Atkinson OF Colorado
Springs bid $4,000 and James l.. Nc
Neill Of Denver. $56,O00. There is $780,
available for the building.
Senator Beveridge has sent former
Senator Warren OF Wyoming his decli-
nation OF the invitation of the Republic
can state committee of Wyoming to de-
liver an address at the Wyoming Re-
publican state convention, to be held
at Laramie on May 18th. Engage
ments in his own state make it impos-
sibe for Senator Beveridge to go to
" yollIHS at tIN lllhN S'L ioi sii' " ;
oming convention.
The House committee on insular af-
fairs has authorized a favorable report
on the Senate bill providing for the
naturalization of Porto Ricans as citi-
zens of the United States. The COM
mittee eliminated from the bill the nat
uralization provision on the ground
that the Supreme Court of the United
States had decided in the Gonzales case
that Porto Ricans are not aliens.
A conference agreement between the
Senate and House has been reached
which disposes of matters in dispute
on the army appropriation bill. The
section proposing promotion of retired
officers was amended to provide for an
advance of one grade TO all officers be
low the rank of brigadier general
who had creditable service in the
Civil War and retired on account of
wounds Or disease incident to service
or on account of age or after forty
years service.
The House committee on elections
has favOrably reported the BOnynge
resolution instructing the clerk of the
House to forward to the district attOr-
ney at Denver the poll books and bal
lots in the Shafroth-Bonynge contest
case. After the passage of the reSolu-
ton the clerk, under the terms of the
resolution will forward the poll books
and ballots to the district attorney,
with the suggestion that he take such
action on the frauds shown as the
facts warrant.
Secretary Taft has addressed a letter
to Senator Proctor of the Senate mill
tary committee, strongly urging the
purchase of four great camp sites. at a
cost of several million dollars, which
are to be used for joint maneuvers and
drills by the regular army and the mi
litia. The secretary explains in his let
ter that he withdraws his dsapprovaI
of the original project wherein the
sites were named. in the interest of the
speedy acquisition of the lands. This
was the point upon which he took issue
with the general staff.
The conference report on the agricui-
tural Appropriation bill as finally
agreed to provides for the appropria-
tion of $25, 900 for experiments in feed
ing and breeding cattle in the
grazing states as introduced and
and secured in the bill by Rep
! 1esentative Brooks Much opposition
to the provision was made by stockmen
interested in certain fancy breeds OF
cattle under the theory that the gov
ernment experiments might demon
strate that those breeds are unsuited to
western states, and it was expected this
opposition would become manifested on
q, h., of ba rhn .vtpri-
nlents proposed under the bill will be
conducted at the State Agricultural
College at Fort Collins.