The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-29
EVENTS IN WASHINGTON AND
TRANSACTIONS OF CONGRESS-

sotltltt IfltbS" mas lIi1DIuteu a
bill TO prohibit thc use OF the mails in
III" conduct of various chain coupon
and chain Investment schemes.
Senator Smoot has filed with the
committee on privileges and elections
his second reply to the presentation
made b. Attorney Taylor. The reply
follow the lines of argument made by
the attorneys for Mr. Smout in the.
! hearing before the committee Saturday!
| last and places on record detailed de-
mails of assertions made by Mr.. Taylor.
The President has sent to the senate
| the nomination of Miss Martha C-i
| Brown as receiver of public moneys at
/ GUmnison, Colorado Miss Brown Is
renominated. having been originally
appointed to that office in April. 1898
She is stated TO be The second woman
ever appointed to the office of receiver
of public moneys. the other being that
of Miss Minnie Williams, who held that
office in Lander, Wyoming.
/ The committee in charge of he Bon
! yngc-Shairoth contest have issued no
! tice to the principals and their attor-
ncys in the case that all meetings un-
til the completion of the count of bal
lots would be executive. and none but
/ those engaged in the count would be
permitted to be present at the meet
/ ings. The committee decided also 10
} employ an expert in handwriting, the
/ one detailed from the Treasury De
| partment for this work having been
! found incompetent for the purpose OF
comparing handwriting.
In discussing the Panama canal
! treaty in the Senate Mr.. Patterson said
| that if the treaty should be ratified.
! whatever wrong had been committed
! had been condOned. If not ratified. our
! ships in lsthmian waters should DO
| withdrawn and the status restored. lie
! defended Colombia as being mot SO
bad as painted" and took the President
to task for his method of speaking of
! that republic. He said that the Seces-
| sion Of Panama from Colombia Is as
atrocious a crime as would be the re
| bcllion of Wisconsin from the United
! States. !
Representative Brooks has intro
| duced a bill placing $2o0,O00 at the dis
! posal of the secretary OF agriculture TO
| enable him to conduct experiments in
| con- junction with agricultural expert
/ ment stations in n-cOrn-grOwinS
| states, i'll tattening cattle for market.
The measure also contcmplates expert
/ mems III Id!siHS IDIhSf 'ItpS III lltu
| Of grain for feeding and fattcning cat
! tie. The appropriation is TO cover
| period of five years, with an annual ex-
| penditurc of $4,000, and the money
| derived from sale of cattle or crops is
| TO be converted into a fund for contin-
uing the experiments.
The urgent deficiency appropriation
bill has been completed by the con-
mittee on appropriations. Tie Bill ear
ries a total of S1l .25I ,3OS. based on es-
Inmates from the various departments
aggregating ST., ,iSS ,2O9. Some of tho
larger items in the bill are: $1,000 600
for armament and armOr for new ships
$2UO.OOO for the naval station at Guam
tanamO. Cuba; 800 coo for Alaskan
boundary survey; $50, 900 for construc-
ton of the rev Office building for the
House Oi Representatives; $li5,D00 for
mileage for members and senator's,
$500 900 for rural free delivery and 81
400 coo for collecting the customs ,rcvc-
nues.
Speaking in favor of the Panama
treaty in the Senate. Mr Quarlcs de-
Tended the President against tho
charge Of undue haste and against the
charge that he had been dercict in his
duty in failing 10 open the way under
the SpOuncr act to the construction of
the Nicaraguan canal when he did not
succeed in his negotiation with Colon
bia for canal at Panama. He said
on the latter point there was no inter
yening time between the failure in l3O-
gotta and the cUnyeniEg OF the AmeTf-
can Congress Mr. Quarles declared the
revolt of Panama in the interest of the
canal to be the first movement on the
Ic..l q pt ifu Ef 70 ri. oh
Of civilization for the past 100 years.
\ six-ioot channel in the Mississippi
river at low water from 81. Paul and
Minneapolis TO Cairo, q distance of
900 miles, to be completed by the
time the Panama canal is put into op-
Grafton, is the project advocated before
the House committee on rivers and
harbOrs by a delegation consisting Of
Governor s. r. Van SAINT of Mime
sofa. Ellis T.. Usher of La Crosse, Wis
consiu, Captain AouzO BrysOn of 'Dav-
export, Iowa, Frank Galennc of St
Louis and Lewis B. Boswell of Quincy
Illinois The total cost of the improve
ment is estimated at $i5 600 eco. An as
sOciatiun known as the Upper Missis-
sippi Improvement Company. repre-
scnting five states bordering on the up
per Mississippi. has been organized for
the purpose Of advancing tho project.
It has been practically determined
that no financial legislation will be en-
acted at the present session Of Con
Gress. Strong pressure has been and Is
being brought to bear to secure the
passage of some such legislation. Sew
eral measures are pending in both the
branches of Congress bearing upOn tho
question. One, at least Of them, has.
it is said. strength enough behind it to
ensure its passage by one branch Of
Congress. but it is entirely unlikely
that both the Senate and the House
could be brought into line for it. Speak
or Cannon had an interview with the
President but he gave assurance that
the subject Of financial legislation was
not mentioned. He deems it inadvlsa-
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