Gilpin observer., 1904-01-28

oii luNltdllOU 10 dlLeuu Cuo cclcOratlOu
OF the fiftieth anniversary of the birth
of the Republican party, to be held
under the oaks" at Jackson, on the
9th OF July
The President has sent to the Senate
the nomination of Miss Martha c.
! Brown as receiver of public moneys at
Gunnison, Colorado. Miss Brown is
renominated, having been originally
appointed to that Office in April, 1895
She is stated to be the second woman
I 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 the Bon
ynge-Shafroth contest have issued no.
| tice to the principals and their attor-
| neys 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 to
employ an expert in handwriting, the
| one detailed from the Treasury De-
partment for this work having been
found incompetent for the purpose CT
| comparing handwriting.
In discussing the Panama canal
treaty in the Senate Mr.. Patterson said
that II the treaty should be ratified.
whatever wrong had been committed
had been condoned. If not ratified. our
ships in Isthmian waters should be
withdrawn and the status restored. He
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-
belliOn Of Wisconsin from the United
| States.
Representative Brooks has intro
duced a bill placing $250,00O at the dis
posal Of the secretary of agriculture to
enable him to conduct experiments in
| conjunction with agricultural expert
| ment stations in growing
states, in fattening cattle for market.
The measure also contemplates expert
ments in raising forage crops in lieu
of grain for feeding and fattening cat
tie. The appropriation is to cover a
periol of five years. with an annual eX
penditure of $4,000, and the money
| derived from sale of cattle or crops is
| to be converted into fund for contin-
| uing the experiments.
The urgent deficiency appropriation
bill has been completed by the COM
! mittee on appropriations. The bill car
/ ries a total of $11 PSI, ,30S. based on es-
Inmates from the various departments
aggregating. $12 2,4SS,20s. Some of the
larger items in the bill are: $2,000,0O0
for armament and armor for new ships,
$200, 900 for the naval station at Guam
tanamo. Cuba; 100000 for Alaskan
boundary survey; $4,000 for construc-
ton of the new Office building for the
House of Representatives; $145,O00 for
mileage for members and senators,
100000 for rural free delivery and 81
100000 for collecting the customs reve-
| nues.
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 failing to open the way under
the Spooner act to the construction of
the Nicaraguan canal when he did not
succeed in his negotiation with Colom-
bia 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 the 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. distance of
1000 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 q delegation consisting of
Governor S. p. Van SAINT of Mime
sofa. Ellis b. Usher of La Crosse, Wis
consin, Captain AlonZo Bryson OF Day.
export, Iowa. Frank Galenne OF st.
Louis and Lewis B. Boswell Of Quincy.
Illinois. The total cost of the improve
ment is estimated at SIS 10000 ao as
sociation known as the Upper Afissis-
sippi Improvement Company repre-
senting five states bordering on the up
per Mississippi. has been organized for
the purpose of advancing the project.
Senator Teller has introduced a bill
amending the law in reference to min
ing claims so that the description OF
vein or lode claims upon surveyed
land shall designate the location
of claims with reference to
lines of public surveys. but
need not conform herewith; but
where patents have been issued on
unsurveyed lands. surveyors general
in extending public surveys shall ad-
just the same to the boundaries Of pat
ented claims so as not to interfere with
or change the location of said claims
as they are officially established. Where
patents have been issued for mineral
lands. those lands only shall be .segre-
gated and deemed to be patented which
are bounded by lines actually marked
by monuments. and the monuments
shall constitute the highest authority
as to what land is patented.
II has been practically determined
that no financial legislation will be en-
acted Mt the present session of Con-
gress. Strong pressure has been and Is