Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-12-21

of German citizens on the same basis
are treated in Germany.
A resolution providing for a thor
ough investigation of the situation
and conditions at the naval academy
was introduced by Representative
Loud (Mich.)
Alaska is provided for. in bill intro
duced by Representative Jones
(Wash.) 80 si
Senator Hepburn introduced bill
providing for the reimbursement of
states for lands taken for forestry re-
servation purposes.
The senate committee on commerce
agreed to report favorably the bill re-
commended by the merchant marine
commission for the promotion of
American commerce Familiarity known
as the "ship subsidy BILL"
A whipping post for the District of
Columbia will be established if con-
gress should enact a measure which
Representative Adams (Pa.) has in
troduced.t Mr.. Adams talked to the
president about the bill and at the
conclusion of his interview quoted the
president as being heartily in favor
of the passage of the measure.
Washington, Dec. 15.-Railroad rate
| legislation will be allowed to rest I'M
til after the holidays. Members of
the house committee have agreed to
take up and dispose of less important
measures than those affecting rates
before the recess. In the senate also
there is disposition to let rate leg
| islation slumber for the time being.
The members of the interstate COM
merce committee in that body have
decided to hold but one meeting a
week before Christmas and there is
general understanding that legislation
affecting the interstate commerce
commission will not be pushed.
In executive session of the senate
Senator Lodge moved to send back
! to the committee on foreign relation
the treaty to Santo Domingo affairs.
Opposition developed and Senator
GO0SO CIV AAo AAOlAOh-
When Mr.. Lodge was asked why he
desired to have the treaty sent back
to the foreign relations committee he
| said that it might be desirable to con-
slider the amendments that had been
! offered in committee. Several sena-
amendments could not be considered
| by. the senate.
The emergency appropriation bill to
provide the Isthmian Canal Commits
sion with the funds to carry on the
construction of the Panama canal,
will contain no general legislation.
This was decided by the senate COM
mittee on appropriations at a meet
ing lasting all day, and which agreed
to report the measure appropriating
$11 100000, the sum named by the
house bill The first section of the
bonds. was stricken out. A bill con-
tanning this feature was introduced
in the senate by Mr.. Teller, and it
will be dealt with by the finance COM
mittee The bill was amended fur
Their to provide that in the future no
expenditures shall be made for the
canal except by authority of con-
gress, and when appropriations have
been made by congress.
/ The following bills were introduced
in the senate:
By Dillingham-Repeal the laws re-
quiring division of the lands of the
Choctaw, Cherokee and Creek In
dians and the cession of a part OF
them and restoring those tribes to
full control of their lands in the In
dian Territory.
BY Notwithstanding the salmon
fisheries in Alaska and granting land
and water privileges to the owners Of
private hatcheries.
The senate passed its first bill Of
the session. 1t was measure au
thorizing the Rock Island. Arkansas
& Louisville Railway Company tc
construct the bridges across the Osa
chi and other streams in the state o.
Arkansas and was reported by Mr.
Berry from the committee on com
merce.