The Grit-advocate., 1905-03-10
DOiNGS AT WASHINGTON


ton accepting the invitation given by
the Lewis and Clark exposition to the
Senate to attend the opening OF thu
exposition June |, 1905.
Senator Warren secured passage in
the Senate of the bill authorizing tht
secretary of the interior to have re
surveyed twenty-eight townships in
Wyoming along the line of the Union
Pacific from Green river to Point ci
Rocks.
c. f. Annett. formerly OF Cheyenne
and Salt Lake, has been appointed gen
eral superintendent of the government
telephone, electric light and other elec
trical service on the Panama canal
zone, in connection with the building
of the Panama canal.
In the House on February 25th legis
laton gave way to oratory, in which
many members participated in honor
ing the memory of Sam Houston and
stephen f. Austin, following which the
marble statues of each which have
been placed in statuary hall by the
state of Texas, We're formally accepted
A bill has passed in the House
amending the statute providing a pen
the character of publications sought
to be entered as second class mail
matter. The amendment strikes out
the words the character of" and
thereby applies the penalty to all false
statements in that connection.
The amendment proposed to the
sundry civil appropriation bill by Rep.
resentativo Bonynge for 100000 to be
expended for machinery to complete
the new Denver mint has carried. This
appropriation is made necessary in or
der that sufficient money may be on
/ hand to install the necessary machin.
cry so that actual coinage may com
| moEce on scheduled time, July 1st.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has decided the case of the Ma
tional Cotton Oil Company VS.. the
State OF Texas, involving the Texas
antitrust law. The state court found
The company guilty under that law and
held that it had forfeited its right to
do business in the state. The case
was appealed to the Supreme Court on
! constitutional grounds. That court.
however. in its opinion. which was de
. livered by Justice Mckenna. held that
| the appeal was untenablc and sus-
, tanned the verdict of the court below.
| In an answer to en- inquiry on the
subject. Secretary Hay has formally
assured the Haytien minister at Wash
ington that the United States govern.
ment has no intention whatever of ac-
qniring. by annexation or otherwise.
| possession of Hayti or San Domingo,
nor of extending American influence in
that direction, and that even II the
citizens of either of these republics
| should solicit incorporation into the
| American union, there would be no in
| clnation on the part of the national
government nor in the sphere of public
opinion to agree to any such proposal
| President Roosevelt transmitted to
| Congress a message endorsing meas
ures pending before Congress intended
to prevent the spread Of contagious
! diseases OF animals from one state
to another or to foreign countries.
The message points out that the right
of the secretary of agriculture to reg
ulate the interstate movement of ami
mails exposed but not actually dis
eased, must be recognized If the spread
OF such diseases is to be prevented.
The president urged that the proposed
remedial Legislation be enacted into
law before the adjournment of Con
sreSs.
A Roosevelt dinner, given by Presi-
dent Roosevelt to Roosevelts only, was
the feature of the first day of the new
presidential regime. Even constant
reader" does not remember that there
have ever been so many near and dis
,f ,,.1,
ington as there are this time. The
official chronicle of White House guests
for many years shows that all names
have been discounted in number by
that of Roosevelt. 1t is said among
the gossips that there were twenty
two Roosevelts under the flag and
eagle of the White House at the dinner
on Sunday.
resolution offered in the House by
Mr.. Hull UOwa). to permit two Chin
ese youths to be admitted as cadets to
the West Point military academy
caused a simultaneous demand by
many members for an explanation. and
when order was restored Mr.. Maddox
(Georgia) remarked that it would be
useless to take up the time, as he OBJ
jected to consideration of the resolu-
ton. Mr. Slayden (TeXas) said there
never had been Chinaman admitted
to West Point and c. B. l-andis Undi-
ana secured the information that the
United States was granted this cOur-
tesy only by Great Britain and France.
The names mentioned in the resolution
were Ring Hsing Wen and Ting CHA
Chen.
The following amendment to the In
dian appropriation bill was agreed to |
in the Senate: That no portion of |
the funds appropriated by this act nor |
the principal nor interest of any Indian |
trust or tribal funds held by the |
United States for the benefit Of any |
Indian tribe shall be available nor be