Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-01-23


Senator Quay iarrDdGose III o.
the Ieen inzr. providing sur th~ Al
mission q Oklahoma ard i1e3&n Ter
r1tory zz C1s state.
Sazztor Penross has fstsoa1ese =
hsA to pruhlb1t the use q tae nails n
she eoz1zet q various chain c91ps91
and chain !nvestEzent seAsZss-
Postmaster General Pzvns says there
~zz EoShllz 70 lar posflzssteEz o. oh
er fsstsrz1 or1cezoidsFs trezz serving a.
selegztes 20 political eeEFeut.o--ss IA
t40nzls siz-s O. county
TIE Fieazs committee O. laasglzry
has rxea February -. ; zHa p as
dxfes Tor hearing oH The GrosFezoE az
tl-arsuz bsH. TIE cDponslts q t1s
measure viii be hard Ara
The haI1e-s a the cruiser DsrFer.
which Feee1tly failed % make her -
aulre1 eoztract speed q EeTer;esa
knots az ao1r. have arranged SItA tie
Nay DepzrtzFnt % give tAs vessel
Gnoths- tia within = fsE Seeks-
Preai1eat Roossyeit zeesHtiy re-
esaFsd q delegation Cf about l1sA proazl-
nent men q Michigan. who eTteuaed
an invitation 10 attend the celebration
of the afgierh anniversary Of the birth
Il TIE Republican party. 70 e@ held
sih q July.
Senator Sz.oot has fled El1h the
committee o. privileges and elections
his seeo1d reply 10 the presentation
made BY Attorney Taylor The reply
foiio~ the lines of argument made BY
tks attorneys for Mr. SEoot in the
AeaFing before the committee Saturday
last and plzces on record detailed de-
nials Of Assertions made BY Mr. Taylor.
The House committee on merchant
marine and fisheries by strict party
vote. ordered a favorable report 20 be
made 10 the House on the Gardner bill.
providing for a commission 20 iuvesti-
gate the whole question Of ship sub
Sidy. The commission consists Of five
members each OF the Senate and House
and its report must be made on the
first day Of the next session Of Con
gress.
In discussing the Panama canal
treaty IN the Senate Mr. Patterson said
that II the treaty should be ratified.
~ha;eFer wrong had been committed
had been condOned- II not ratified. our
ships in isthmian waters should be
Withdrawn and the status restored. He
defended Colombia as being mot SO
had as painted and took the President
TO task for his method Of speaking Of
that republic. He said that the secss-
Sion q Panama from Colombia Is as
sfrocigus a crime as would be the re-
belll0u ol Wisconsin from the United
States.
The committee in charge of the Bon
yBEe-Shafroth contest have issued no
tiee % tbe principals and their aitor-
neys in the case that all meetings IN
I'll the completion % the count Of hal
lots would be executive. and none but
rhose engaged In the count would be
permitted TO be present a. the meet
inEs. The committee decided also 10
employ an expert In handwriting. the
one detailed from the Treasury De
partment for this work having been
found Incompetent for the purpose q
comparing handwriting.
Representative Brooks has intro
dHeed BIN placing $4,000 a. the dis
posal Of the secretary Of agriculture TO
enable him TO conduct experiments in
conjunction with agricultural expert
ment salons Ia non-eoFn- growing
states. IA fattenlnE cattle for market
The MEASURE also cOntemplafes expert
Tnsnts IN raising forage crops In lieu
Of grain for feeding and fattsning cat
tie he appropriation is to cover
perto4 Of Ave years. with an annual eN-
penditHre uf $4,000. and the money
derived from sale of cattle or crops Is
TO BE- converted into fund for contln-
Eing The experiments.
Speaking in favor Of The Panama
treaty N the Senate. Mr. Quarles de-
Tended fhe President against the
charge pf undue haste and against the
charge that he had been fereIict in his
duty in falling 10 open the Way under
the sp1aner hct 70 the construction Of
the Ntearaguan canal when he did not
succeed In his negotiation with Colon
bia for canal az Panama. He said
on the latter point there vas no inter
yeniBg time between the failure In Boz
Eo;a and the couvening Of the Ameri-
can Congress. Mr. Quaries declared the
revolt Of Panama In the interest Of the
canal to be the first movement on the
isihmHs for the promotion q the rights
OF civilization Tor the past 100 years
A six-foot channel in the Mississippi
river al low Nater from 81 Paul and
Minneapolis to Cairo. distance of
] 600 milsz To be completed by the
time the Panama canal IS put Into op-
ssraffun IS the project advocated before
the House committee on rivers and
harburs by a delegation consisting OF
Governor s X Van SAINT Of Mime
sofa Ellis b. Usher of La Crosse, Wis
ronsin. Captain Alonzo Bryson Of Dav-
export Iowa. Frank Gaienna Of 81.
Louis and Lewis Il Boswell o. Quincy.
Illinois The total cost Of the improve
Tnent is estimated al SIS 500 oeq An as
Eociatlon known as the Upper Alssis-
EipHi improvement Company. repre-
sentln. FIVE states bordering on the up
per Mississippi, has been organized for
the purpose Of advancing the project
Senator Teller has introduced bill
amending the law in reference to min
Ing s-tatraa -. .l.a. tha iaaa.-rs rssi1..a ~