The Grit-advocate., 1904-03-04
The Senate appropriations committee

The Senate appropriations committee
has made an Increase in the appro
priation for the Denver mint over the
amount carried in the bill as 1t passed
the House of $24 900. The bill as re-
ported in the Senate provides sala-
ry of $4,000 for the superintendent.
$4,000 each for the assayer, melter. re-
finer and coiner, and 81, 500 for the
chief clerk. The total appropriation
for wages and contingent expenses Is
tS6s,110. - ,-,
Representative Hogg of Colorado.
before the judiciary committee re-
viewed the recent labor troubles In
his state, which led him to oppose
any legislation which would legalize
combinations Of labor, as he said he
believed the Grosvenor anti-injunction
bill would. Attorney Bond, for the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
also argued against the bill. He said
it would paralyZe interstate commerce
by placing railroads in the hands OF
employees.
During the discussion OF the agri-
cultural appropriation bill In the Sen
ate the amendment made by the COM
mittee striking out the House provi-
sion approprating $4,000 for the in
PRODUCTION of foreign plants and seeds
was disagreed to. At the instance OF
Mr.. Stewart an amendment directing
the secretary of agriculture to inyesti-
gate the effect of cold storage upon
the healthfulness of food was adopted.
Mr.. Stewart said that many cases OF
poisoning from cold storage food had
been reported.
Senator Kittredge Of South Dakota,
a member of the inter-oceanic canal
committee, after ratification of the
canal treaty, introduced bill to pro-
vide for temporary government of the
Panama territory and the protection
of the canal works and for other pur-
poses connected with the construction
of the canal. The first section creates
the Panama board OF governors"
consisting of three citizens OF the
United States, not all OF whom shall
be Of the same political party. to be
arpointed by the President and con-
firmed by the Senate.
A mortgage has been executed by
the Louis lana Purchase Exposition
Company to the United States govern
ment, to cover the loan OF $4.6OO,OO0
authorized by Congress to be made to
the company Secretary Shaw now
has the mortgage in his possession.
One million dollars will be paid over
to the company in few days, $4,000
600 will be paid in March. 81 900 900
in April and $G0000O0 in May. The
mortgage covers the gate receipts OF
the fair and repayment Of the amount
loaned will be made in June. The
mortgage provides that In event OF
failure of the exposition company to
pay promptly the amount loaned. the
government shall take charge OF the
fair and run it.
A prominent official of the State De-
partment, when shown the dispatch
relative to the decision in the Vcnezu-
elan arbitration, stated that while the
department regretted exceedingly the
| precedent which The Hague tribunal
had made in this case, there was moth
ing for the United States TO do but
accept the result philos ophically. as
binding international law. The mere
question of time when the United
States shall receive from Venezuela
the amount of the awards In our favor
was the smallest consideration. What
the government disliked was to admit
the principle that a mere show Of
naval force by creditor nation can
secure precedence in the payment OF
debt over another nation that does
not exercise such force. 1t is regarded
! as a premium on violence and as tend
| ing to discourage nations that are dis
| posed to settle their claims by the
nea ceful methods of diplomacy.