The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-12-22
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TWO new STATES ADMITTED

TWO new STATES ADMITTED
New States Will be Known a. Ar,zon,
and Oklahoma. Custom Salarie,
Submitted. Civil Government 70,
the Philippines.
Senator Perkins of California ha,
introduced a carefully drawn bill t.
provide relief for employees of til,
United States navy yards who NAV BE-
disabled by accident while in the per
formance OF duty. Perkins bill pra
vldes that whenever any civilian Iem
ployee OF a navy yard shall be acci
dentally injured while in the perform
ance of his duty, he shall be entitled
to the following privileges: Medica
or surgical treatment at naval hos
pital under the rulesfhat apply to en-
listed men; medical treatment at hi.
home, with the free service and med
ielnes; the wages or salary Of the in
,ured man shall continue as long as i,
the judgment Of the senior medical Of
beer Of the yard he is incapacitated
for work, but in no ease for more thar
slLmonths; in the event of fatal cas-.
Halties or death ensuing from acct
Gents, the widow or heirs shall receive
a sum of money equal to pay for SIX
months of the deceased.
The women sufragists Of the eoun-
try have scored big victory over the
members of the Senate Committee or
Territories. They have forced Chair.
man Beveridge and his associates or
that committee to give them the or.
portunity of obtaining the right te
vote in the proposed States of Arizo-
ma and Oklahoma. When the State
hood bill came over from the House
and the Senate committee made few
changes in it. One of these was pro
vision that in order to qualify fol
admission to the Union as States, Ari-
IONA and Oklahoma must agree not tc
confer the right of suffrage upon wo-
men. The amendment was adopted
without difficulty, but as soon as the
news of it went broadcast the female
Agitators got busy. The pressure be-
came so great that it was decided te
yield and the offensive amendment
was dropped out. This leaves the sit,
uation open, SO that the states, If they
desire, may enact local laws to give
the women within their respective
orders as much latitude in the way OF
toting as they see fit.
The subcommittee Of the House
Committee on Naval Affairs is now
considering the naval appropriation
bill, which will probably not be II
readiness to be reported until after
The holidays. The indications are thai
the committee will appropriate $780,.
300 for improvements at the the AL.
uiers naval station. This has, in .fact
been tentatively agreed to. 1t is I'M
derstood, however, that the item OF
$4,000 for fencing will not be allowed
No provision was made in the report
Of the Secretary Of the Navy for al
electric plant and power system. bu
Gen. Meyer, who is member OF the
committee, is exerting himself in the
direction Of having an appropriation
For this work inserted in the bill. i
is said that nothing has been proposed
that is not included in the secretary's
estimates, and that the appropria-
tions are being cut down to what il
deemed absolutely necessary.
The Treasury Department has for
warded to the House of Representa-
tives a tabulated statement showing
the salaries and emoluments paid tx
customs officers, including collectors
surveyors and naval officers Of the va
rious districts, during the last fsca
year. At New Orleans, Collector Hen
ry Mccall received $1,000; Naval Off
Ger E. E. Wood $4,000 and Surveyor
F. w. Gibson, $500. J. A. Thronton
Of the District Of he Teche, received
s,4000.75, w. +. Swan, of the Pear
River, Miss, District, received So,
900; F. V. McAllister, Vicksburg
S123,17 and A. L. Pierce $4SS; V. F
Tibbets, Mobile, $3,735.69 The collec
tor at Natchez received $510.12.
The Senate Committee on Terrific
ries, by vote Of 6 to 4, authorized
favorable report on the statehood
bill providing for the admission into
the Union Of Oklahoma and Indiar
Territory, to become the State Of Ok
lahoma, and of Arizona and New
Mexico, to become the State Of Ari
zona. The bill is the one originating
in the House in tho second session ri