The Grit-advocate., 1904-04-15

held in Portland, Oregon. in 1905.
The House adopted an amendment
to the postofice appropriation bill pro-
hibiting the postmaster general from
refusing to establish rural free deliv-
ery 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 provid-
ing that the concurrence of three
rthS OF the Indians must be Sc
Cared.
The Swayne impeachment proceed
ing, which has been looked upon as the
only possible check to an early ad-
lournment, was disposed Of in five min
utes by the House, to-day. by the adop-
| ton 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 a basis for
circulation.
The following witnesses have been
Summoned to appear before the com
mittec on privileges and elections in
the Smoot case April goth: Angus NJ
Cannon, Salt Lake; George Teasdale,
Nephi; John w. Taylor, John Henry
Smith, J. NJ Tanner, Salt Lake; l.. B.
Alcott, Pennington; B. H. Roberts,
Salt Lake; Moses Thatcher, Logan;
H. s. Grant, NJ. F. Cowley. Lillian
Hamlin, Salt Lake.
The reports of the General Land Of
fee 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, 1,00G yere relieved from
suspension during March. There were
6,959 patents issued by the General
Land Office during March. There were
9Q,S20 public land cases pending in the
II Il Office April 1st, reduction OF s.
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 resolution
calling on the secretary of agriculture
to send to the Senate the results of the
investigations made by his department
into adulterated foods, but in reality
it was in support of the pure food bill.
L Mr. Hepburn contended that very
1 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
4 announced his conviction that unless
i aoultional legislation is had before
i 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
l restricted coming of the Chinese
hordes whose invasion of the United
L States was arrested twenty-five years
II
| Chinas 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 ant
| regulating their service for private in
dividuals was accepted. 1t reads as
follows THAT said carriers may carry
! fD, Il o,,I
j scriptions for and deliver newspapers
msxazines and other periodicals tol
an upon the request Of patrons resld
ing upon their respective routes. when
4 ever the same. shall not interfere will
the proper discharge of their ofiicla
/ duties and under such regulations a:
l the postmaster general may prescribe
l and not otherwise: and. provided 1ur
4 ther, that no carrier shall refuse to de
4 liver or take orders or subscription:
L for merchandise, newspapers or period
i icals requested by any patron or MI
route. subject to the laws OF the Unit
ed States and regulations of the post
master general
The Senate public lands committe'
has favorably reported the Hans
brough bill providing that settlers re
l linQuishinE lands in forest reserves
may be paid for the same at a rate pc
acre to be determined by the party re
linquishing and the secretary OF the IN
terror The bill also provides tina
lands taken in lieu of forest reserv
lands shall be of the same characte
as to soil and timber as the lands re
linQuished and that no lands in ldah
shall be selected in lieu OF lands re
linqushed in other states. The sec
ton of the bill relating to railroa
land grants was amended SO that
provides that no forest reservation
shall hereafter be created covering an
lieu land or any lands within the p.ac
or indemnity limits of any raiiroa
land grant. or any plated village, tow