The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1905-02-24
news FOR IDAHoANS,
Weekly Letter From Wash.
ingtone y. G.
EIECIORAE.VOTE COUNTED.
TO Survey Fort Hall Reser.
walton.

cluded Mrs. Roosevelt and othe
members Of the Presidents family
Mrs. Fairbanks, members of tn.
diplomatic corps; and the wive.
and families of Senators and Rep
fcscntatives, Witnessed the coming
together last week of the House
and Senate to perform a duty i'm
posed by the Constitution, te
enact, with the exception of the
Inauguration, the last scene of the
recent presidential election. With
impressive ceremonies, the Senate
and House Of Representatives, in
the hall of the House, counted
the electoral vote for Presiden,
and Vice President, and announc-
ed the election of Theodore Roose-
Welt and Charles Warren Fair
banks, After tellers on the part Of
both branches Of the national leg
islature had formerly found correct
the returns of the electors of the
several States, Senator Frye, Pres
;dent pro tempore of the Senate,
stated that out of the 476 votes in
the electoral college, Roosevelt
and Fairbanks had received 336,
as against I4o cast for Alton B.
Parker and Henry Gassaway
DAVIS, the democratic candidates.
The Committee on Public Build
ihgs and Grounds has included in
the Sundry Civil Bill an item OF
$4,000 for the purpose Of procur,
ing a site for the new public build
ing at Moscow. This bill has been
introduced in the House, and
there is no question Of its passage
at the present session. This fact
insurcs the erection of a court
house and postoffice at Moscow.
Congressman French has worked
for this ever since he entered Con.
gress, and naturally feels highly
clatcd over this success.
A bill was introduced in the
Senate last week by Senator Hey
burn, authorizing and directing
the Secretary of the Interior to
sell or dispose of any unallotted
lands in the Fort Hall Reservation,
In order to enable the Secretary
TO survey and appraise the lands,
the sum of $50, 900 is appropriate
4ed. Probably the most important
part OF the bill is the section pro-
<viding that the proceeds arising
$from the sale and disposition of
Ethe lands shall be deposited in the
Treasury of the United States to
1.-THE credit of the Indians belong
Ting and having tribal rights on the
Reservation, and that it. shall be
sexpended for their benefit, under
the direction of the Secretary of
the Interior, to promote their we'll
Hare and aid them in the adoption
fof civilized pursuits and in i'm.
4proving and building h, mes for
them on their allotments. he bill
further provides that portion Of
the proceeds of the sale CT these
lands may be paid to the Indians
in cash, per capita, if in the opin-
4 ion of the Secretary of the Interior
such payment will tend to promote
\ their interest.
4 BY unanimous consent Repre-
sentative French has procured the
passage of bill permitting the
4 #Spokane and International Rail.
road Company to construct bridg
cs across the Pend d'Oreille and
Kootenai rivers. The proposed
railroad will run from Spokane to
the Canadian boundary.
4 Only a short time now remains
before the 4th OF March, and both
houses OF Congress are away be.
hind with work that should have
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