The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-29
FsTsTs n WASHINGTON AND
TRANSACTIONS or C0NGIESS

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States
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nnssat s.at3ocs in no1-eUr1 growing
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mems IL raising tQtsaE erops in Aau
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derived .roE3 sale pt cattle o, crops ls
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u3ng ths experiments.
The urgent deficiency appropriation
ti3l baS Deen completed by the eouz-
na3ttae On appropriations. The bill car
sies a total ot Sl1.25l ,52s. hased OF es-
Inmates trgrD the various departments
aggfegatiD2 3t2.sSs.zG9. Some of the
larger Items ia the bill are: S2.9o0 900
tor armament and arraor for new shipE.
$500 ,eDg tor the naval station at Guam
/ taIanlo, Cuba; 100000 for Alaskan
boundary Survey: $4,000 for congtruc-
,ion of the rev office building for the
House OF Representatives.: Slf5, 900 for
mileage for members and senators.
| s319, 800 for rural free delivery and 81,
| 400. 900 for collecting the customs reye-
Hueh.
Speaking In favor Of the Panama
| treaty in the Senate. Mr. Quarles de-
Tended the President against the
| charge of undue haste and against the
charge that he had been derelict In his
duty in falling 10 open the way under
the SpOoner act to the construction of
the Nicaraguan canal when he did not
| succeed in his negotiation with Colom-
bla for canal at Panama. He said
| on the latter point there was no inter-
vening time between the failure in Bo
gotta and the convening of the Ameri-
can Congress. Mr.. Quarles declared the
| revolt Of Panama in the interest of the
canal to be tho first movement on the
isthmus for the promotion of the rights
OF civilization for the past 100 years.
| A six-foot channel in the Mississippi
| river at low water from st. Paul and
| Minneapolis to Cairo, a 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 delegation consisting Of
Governor S. r. Van SAINT of Mime
sofa, Ellis B. Usher of La Crosse. Wis
consin, Captain Alonzo Bryson of Dav-
enpori, Iowa, Frank Galenne of St.
Louis and Lewis b. Boswell of Quincy,
Illinois The total cost of the improve
ment is estimated at SIS 100000. An as
ISOLATION known as the Upper Missis-
sippi Improvement Company, repre-
senting tlve syates bordering on the up
per Mississippi. has been organized for
the purpose Of advancing the project.
1t 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
erni measures are pending In both the