The Dolores star., 1904-01-22

this country
The bill making appropriations for
the legislative. executive and judicial
departments Of the government has
been completed by the House commit
tee on appropriations. and reported TO
the House. The bill carries a total of
2s.25sss5. which is an Increase OF
ssi-ss0 over the appropriation for the
present fiscal year.
Representative Shafroth will be Civ
! en- hearing before the House public
buildings and grounds committee upon
his bill appropfiating g. 900 for
new public building for Denver. Mr..
| Shafroth will present statistics now be-
I ing prepared in Denver and hopes TO
make such a showing that a favorable
/ report will be made upon his bill.
Representative Hepburn of Iowa. in
| indorsing the international arbitration
| group. stated that fully onehalf Of the
! Federal taxation had been expended
4 for war over 100000 of the youth
/ Of the United States had died in a sin
! gle war This war cost in treasure
/ s. eco. coo, 900 and since that time So
| 500 100000 had been paid in pensions
The Senate in executive session laid
on the table the motion to reconsider
\ the confirmation OF the nomination OF
! W l. Buchanan to be minister TO Pan
/ anna. The vote was IS to 16. divided on
party lines with the exception of Sem
ator McCreary ,Dem. ky.) who voted
with the Republicans. By this action
| Mr. Buchanan now has full powers 10
/ act for this government in all diplo-
( matte exchanges between the United
states and the new republic.
| Senator Bacon OF Georgia has intro
/ duced a resolution favoring negotia-
| lions with Colombia looking to the
I adoption of a satisfactory treaty which
shall amicably dispose of all questions
growing out of the recent revolution in
| Panama. and submitting to the perma-
/ nent Court Of Arbitration at The Hague
I or TO some other tribunal to be agreed
/ upon. for impartial arbitrament and
| peaceful determination. all questions
I between the United States and the Re
| public OF Colombia.
The War Department has is5ued the
| following statement % The result of
| the bidding for the Philippines land
| bonds: Total subscription bids, si0,-
| 237 600: over-subscribed very nearly
| five times The joint whole or none"
| bid of the successful bidders is s15,-
| Si7 more than could be realized
| through the acceptance of other bids.
| This bid will place the bonds at about
| three and one-tenth, or practically
| three per cent. basis for ten years.
| Total premium received will be $780,
800.
Senator Cullom, by request of Nolney
w. Foster, assistant treasurer of the
| Republican national committee, has
| introduced a bill to create national
| arbitration tribunal. 1t is provided
| that a tribunal be appointed by the
| President. to consist of six members,
| one of whom shall be the secretary OF
commerce and labor Representative
| Foss introduced the same bill in the
| House. The tribunal is to gain juris-
| diction over disputes between capital
and labor by the request of either, or
| both parties to the dispute. or by re-
quest made by the tribunal.
Senator Hepburn introduced in the
| Senate resolution directing the stay
| of all proceedings now pending on any
| application to enter or patent even
| numbered sections of public lands in
| lieu of odd-numbered sections owned
! by any railroad within the limits of
| forest reserves created by legislative
order. Railroad companies and indi-
| viduals have been compelled to sur
| render public lands within the terri
tories set aside by the President for
| forest reserves, and are selecting land
| outside of such reservations in place
| of the land surrendered. Senator
| Ieyburn's resolution declares the in
tention of Congress to be that railroad
companies shall not receive as grants
| any even numbered sections Of the
| public lands and that all such even
numbered sections should be reserved
| for individual settlement.
An American group to affiliate
| with the erParliamentary Union
/, for International Arbitration. was Or
| ganiZed on the 18th inst. About forty
| members of the Senate and House of
| Representative became members. The
| meeting was called 10 order by Repre-
sentative Bartholdt, who was elected
chairman. The United States, he said,
was the only nation not having
group" Of pariamentarians affiliated
with the nterParliamentary Union
for International Arbitration. This
union, he said, had decided to hold its
twelfth annual conference at st. Louis
during the first week in September
next. 1t was, he said, not only fitting
but necessary that a group of parlia-
mentarians, consisting of senators and
members of the House of Representa-
tives, be organized and to have reso-
luton extending an invitation to the
union and making an appropriation of
900 to defray the expenses of the
session agreed to by Congress.
1t can be stated by authority that the
administration does not contemplate
paying one dollar out of the United
States treasury to Colombia on ac-
count of the secession of Panama. Nor
will it go before The Hague tribunal
as party to any proceedings grow
ing out of that secession. 1t is said
that to do either of these things would
be to commit the administration to an
admission that it had been guilty of
wronging Colombia. On the other
hand. 1t is again announced that the
United States government stands