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! Washington.
Representative Brooks is preparing
bill which he will introduce to Is
;abIish new land district in northern
| Colorado. The new district Will in
ciude portion Of Larimer county and
Routt county.
Secretary Hay left January goth for
| Thomasyille. Georgia where he ex-
poets to remain two weeks as the guest
Of Colonel Payne The secretary is
acting under his doctors orders In
making the visit 10 the South
Tue House committee on public
| lands issued a favorable report on
| bill to modify the forest reserve lien
land Law so that land chiefly valuable
| Tor timber cannot be taken In exchange
| for private holdings In forest reserves.
Surgeon General Wymsn Of the
public Health and Marine Hospital
service has returned from Mexico.
where he secured the cooperation Of
that government IA measures intend
I'd to prevent the recurrence OF cpl
denies in the yellow fever region
Representative Miller. chairman OF
the subcommittee In charge OF the
/ Bonynge Shafroth contest. has OBJ
| tained leave OF absence for ten days.
/ but viii leave the work OF examining
I ballots in charge of other members
OF the subcommittee and Expert Car
yall.
The House public lands committee
I authorized Representative Mondell to
! report fayorably his bill providing that
public lands chiefly valuable Tor tim
! Der shall not be subject 20 location or
selection in lieu OF tracts relinquished
! within forest reserves. and that selec-
/ lions made or sought to be made on
lands chiefly valuable for the timber
/ they contain la lieu OF lands within
/ forest reserves shall be void and OF
no effect
| In closing his speech on the Pana
/ ma canal treaty Senator Patterson OF
| Colorado charged that the efforts to
| displace the Nicaragua canal with the
| Panama canal was in the interest OF
those who want no canal al all. and
| at the worst one whicn would give the
least competition to trans-continental
I railroads. He believed the Nicaragua
! canal could be completed In fifteen
| years less time than the Panama ca
nal. He therefore would vote against
the ratification OF the treaty.
In replying to Senator Patterson 3
! speech on the canal treaty. Ar. Platt
o! Connecticut said the assaults on
the President had been n mystery to
/ him. Often these attacks had been in
decent English. but some OF them had
been brutal. Mr. Pattsrson's speech.
however. had relieved the attacks Of
their mystery. for he ana Mr. Carmack
had shown that the purpose was to
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the Nicaragua rather than the Pana-
ma route. the former heIng the route
| of the Democratic party. For himself
he was glad that the mystery Of the
Democratic opposition had been
cleared away.
The House passed the Hepburn pure
food bill on "A rising vote. col TO ss,
its opponents being unable to secure
a roll call on the bill. The amendment
Of inserting the word .wilful' with
reference to persons who sell adul
lerated or misbranded goods and which
would have compelled the government
to prove intent to violate the law by
the vendors was stricken out on a
yea and nas vote in the House. Sey
eral attempts were made TO amend the
bill but no material changes were
made. The bill fixes the standards oi
foods and drugs as to their purity
strength and character. and defines
what shall be considered aduiterations
or mishraudlng OF foods and drugs. II
also prohibits interstate commerce. i'm
portatton and expectation Of such mis-
branded or adulterated articles.
Representative Mondeli's school oi
mines bill was authorized to be favor
ably reported by the mines ard mining
committee. The bill as reported eX
ciudes the proceeds OF sales OF public
lands in sixteen irrigation states from
contributing to the fund for endowIng
state universities and agricultural col
ieges with the school of mines. The
bill appropriates $4,000 per annum tc
state universities and state colleges
with an increasing amount each sue
ceeding year. each OF forty-eighi
states to receive the same amount
The objects OF excluding proceeds ot
sales OF public lands in Irrigation
states was. it was thought. that tn.
total amount taken for school of mine.
purposes would encroach too heavily
upon the irrigation fund. that fund be
ing derived from the sale Of lands ii
| these states.
The Senate committee or Philip
pines gave hearing on Senator Frye's
bill extending the coastTise laws o
the United States 10 the tIade witt
the Philippine islands so that all com
merce between the islands and the
United States shall he carried bs
American vessels. The hearing was
ordered by Chairman Lodge. on appii
cation OF eastern cordage manufae
! turers. The bill already has been re
ported favorably by the Senate com
mittee on commerce and the Philippine
Islands. but the protests caused fur
ther consideration of the measure. A
p. IorIng. president of the Plymouth
Cordage Company OF Plymouth. Mas
| sachusetts. said American vessels
should be given the business between
the United States and the Philippine
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