Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-12-14
CONGRESSIONAL.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-Speakel
Cannon announced the committees o
the house today There are not many
changes.
New committees will meet during
the week for organization and appoint
subcommittee The holiday adjourn
ment will probabl. begin a week from
| Thursday.
Already 5000 bills have been intro
duced in the house. so that there will
| be no lack of legislative propositions
The senate will this week begin the
Panama canal debate called for by
| the emergency appropriation.
The bill is likely to pass the senate
this week Very little legislation
however. will be enacted before the
holiday recess.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-THE i'm
portant chairmen Of committees ap-
pointed by Speaker Cannon today are
Payne at the head OF ways and means.
Tavney OF appropriations. Jenkins of
judiciary, Hit of foreign affairs, Hull
of military affalrs, Foss of naval af-
fairs and Cversteet of postoffice.
WASHINGTON, Dec SITS all
over but The whooping.' said Charles
q. Jones. chairman of the Oklahoma
Indian Territory legislation commit
tee today in discussing joint state
hood
The lobby working for it is probably
the largest ever seen here. over 200
boomers are on the ground. They will
remain for ten days and then give way
to a regular committee. They demand
statehood unhampered by prohibition
enactment or any other clause limiting
the power OF the citizens to govern
themselves.
The delegation swarmed into the
room of the senate committee on ter.
ritories this r,sTnlng and held up Sen,
ator Beveridge. chairman, who made a
brief speech full OF bouquets and con.
cluded with an expression of the be-
lief that Congress would at this ses
sion adopt the joint statehood bill.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-Comptrol-
Ter Ridgely, replying to the senate
resolution on the subject, states that
the reports of national bank examin-
ers do not show that the national
banks contributed to the last political
campaign, excepting in two instances
where small sums were given for local
campaign uses.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-All indi.
cations point to an overwhelming ma
jority among the members of the
house for the Hamilton bill, admitting
Oklahoma and Indian Territory and
Arizona and New Mexico into the I'm
ion as two states. The opposition to
| the admission OF Arizona and New
| Mexico is not thongnt to be of such
strength as TO control caucus on the
subject which has been called for to
morrow, nor are opponents willing to
go to the length of bolting a caucus
ritories met today to consider the
| statehood question. 1t is ready to re
port the Hamilton bill but will with
hold action until after the caucus to
f, morrow. The program Is to pass the
bill before the holiday adjournment
| committee is hearing advocates in op
position to binding the new state oi
Oklahoma to prohibition for FL years
WASHINGTON, Dec. l3.-lt IL
learned tnat w. b. Johnson resigned
as federal attorney of the southern
district OF Indian territory because Al
orney General Moody ordered him Il
dismiss the Indictments against Mans
field. McMurray and Cornish, lawyers
'and two Indian chiefs. The law firm
became prominent by collecting owe
half a million dollars in fees from th'
Indian tribes.