The Glenwood post., 1905-01-21
AT WASHINGTON

uehI anu " oeSietaiy SnaW his pur-
pose to resign to accept an important
business position in New York II 10
understood that Mr.. Armstrong,s ~eS
ignation will take effect on March an
Representative Brooks has intro
duced bill to permit homestead en-
tries to be made in Colorado for Gao
acres instead of only 1GO, as the pres.
ent law provides. Similar bills have
been introduced for the benefit of
homesteaders in two or three other of
the far western states and there seems
to be a disposition in Congress to
adopt these measures.
In regard to regulation of opium
trade, the Secretary of War says that
the plan Of the opium committee ought
to be adopted with one variation, and
that is, instead of government mo-
nopoly for three years, that a very
high license be instituted with sale of
the drug only to officially registered
smokers and total prohibition of the
sale of opium after three years, except
for medicinal purposes.
In regard to the management of the
Moros, Secretary Taft says: The
union of the military arm with the
civil arm in the Moro province has
! proved to be an excellent arrangement
! and | see no reason why it should not
indefinitely continue. The Moro is so
different rom the Filipino and so
much below him in civil governmental
capacity that, while such union is
entirely untitled for the department
of the Christian Filipinos, it seems to
be the only kind of government
adapted to the Moros"
The census bureau has issued re
| port on the condition of irrigation in
the United States in 1902, showing
that 3,415 systems, with 59,311 miles
of main canals and bitches. were ,irri
eating 9.4S7,077 acres on 134.O3G
farms. The amount expended in con
structing all these systems was $93
32O,452 The average construction cost
per acre in the arid region was SS9.14,
and average per irrigation system 81,
| 10. The report says that the great
obstacle to the development Of irriga.
ton in Texas and New Mexico is the
present treaty between Mexico and
this country, which prohibits the I'M
pounding of the waters OF the Rio
| Grande.
Representative Howell of Utah has
introduced bill to provide for the
manner of opening for settlement and
entry the lands in the Uintah reserva-
tion. Representative Howel's bill is
worded in practically the same Ian
guage as was incorporated in the acts
opening to settlement certain portions
of the Rosebud reservation in Gregory
county, South Dakota, and Devils
lake, in North Dakota The original
| proposition as to opening of the Uin-
tab reservation contemplated a gen.
eral rush for the desirable lands. sim.
liar tC that which occurred when Okla.
homa was opened to settlement. The
plan now proposed is registration.
after drawing under supervision OF the
! officials OF the general land office. Said
Commissioner Richards: Experience
teaches us the best results to all con
cerned are thus obtained
By stroke of his pen Postmaster
General Wynne has transferred to his
supervision the battalion of postotfice
inspectors who have since 1891. been
under the control of the fourth assist
ant postmaster general, the latter
method having been put in practice
when Major Estes G. Rathbone was
chief inspector and was at the same
time made fourth assistant postmaster
! general. Inc OTuer mas created
great deal of surprise because General
Bristow the present fourth assistant
postmaster general, is the man who
has been complimented by the Presi,
dent for his handling of the inspection
force during the great postotiice scan
dal. The real reason for the change is
that most big investigations are or.
dered directly by the postmaster gen
eral and in order to make them effect
i've he wants his information at first
hand instead of being filtered through
a subordinate department
Il The House Indian committee favor
ably reported Mondells bill for open
ing the Shoshone Indian reservation
in Wyoming. The bill for the opening
of this reserve passed the Senate and
House at the last session but failed
when the conference report came up
for approval in the House, and parlia-
mentary requirements made it neces-
sary to introduce a new bill at this
session. The bill as reported provides
for opening the reserve June 10, 1906.
and is identical with the terms of the
agreement entered into with the Sho-
shone Indians providing for cession
and purchase of their lands. A minor
ity report on the bill will be made by
Representative Fitzgerald of New
York, who opposed it last session ana
who produced before the committee
prospectus of the Belgo- American com
panies to show the committee that the
lands to be opened to settlement are
wonderfully rich in oil and minerals.
The reservation contains 100000
acres.
The House committee on elections
of President, vice president and rep
resentatives in Congress gave a hear
ing on bills introduced by Represen-
tative w. Bourie Cochran of New
York. One provides for publicity of
contributions to campaign funds in
presidential elections and the other
for the appointment of a special COM
mittee to inquire into and ascertain
the amounts of money expended by
both pDlitjcal partipS n all