The Holly chieftain., 1905-02-03
WASHINGTON ITEMS

shall be withdrawn from entry and be
come subject TO irrigation under the
national reclamation act.
The State Department is preparing
to administer the finances OF Santo
Domingo and supervise the customs de-
partment. That Quarrelsome and prod
igal republic will, for time at least.
be chaperoned by Uncle Sam.
The Senate passed the army appro-
priation bill after modifying the pro
vision concerning the assignment of re
tired army Officers to active service
with militia organizations. The effect
OF the change Is TO relieve General
Miles from its application.
The bill authorizing the use Of earth.
stone and timber on the public lands
and forest reserves of the United
States in the construction of works
under the national irrigation law has
passed the Senate. 1t had passed the
House. and now goes to the President
for signature.
The House passed the agricultural
bill without material amendment Dis
cussion of the provision for free seed
distribution was INDUCED in, Mr. Lilly
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petty larceny. The relative values OF
cotton statistics as supplied by the
Census Bureau and Agricultural De
partment also furnished the theme for
a lively debate.
The secre tary OF the interior has re-
jected all bids recently opened for
erecting frame building at Montrose,
Colorado for use In connection with
the Gunnison irrigation project. The
lowest bid. that Of II. A. Meredith OF
Denver, was $500, and was in excess
of the amount set aside for this work
Other bids were submitted by Hansen
& Nissen, E. b. Johnson and NJ. A
Masters of Denver and J. n. Antrobus
of Montrose. The plans will be revised
and new proposals invited.
N. s. Walpole of Pueblo, Colorado.
after comforting with various officials
in Washington, has reached the con
clusion that his appointment as post
master at Pueblo will be withheld from
him until he has had a hearing on
thirty-two indictments for completely
In election frauds. II he Is acquitted
his commission will be delivered to
him, and he will assume charge of the
office. For the time being Postmaster
| Mitchell will continue to serve. Wal
pole insists that his indictment was
brought about for political effect and
that when given hearing before
court he will be able to establish his
innocence.
At a very late day In our history
Congress is beginning to take a little
interest in the greatest civic event OF
the country-the Inauguration of
President of the United States every
four years. Representative Sherman
of New York has introduced a bill that,
II passed, will make the Inauguration
a purely national affair, as it should be.
This would mean that the President OF
the United States would be inducted
into office by the national government
and entirely at its expense. Hereto
fore the President has been inaugu-
rated almost entirely at the expense OF
the citizens of the District of Colum
bia. The Sherman bill provides the
sum OF 100000 as an expense fund for
the Inauguration, which is about the
usual cost. Under this arrangement,
we would get away from such CONNER
cial propositions as the attempt to
build an amphitheater on the White
House lot and send the inaugural pa
rade around that way.
Representative Hepburn has intro
duced his bill amending the Interstate
! Commerce act which has been under
| consideration for some time and which
has been submitted to the President.
the attorney general and other mem
bers Of the administration. Upon
complaint the Interstate Commerce
| Commission shall declare and order
what shall be just and reasonable
rate, which order shall take effect in
sixty days. the carrier having an ap-
! peal to court Of commerce to have
| the order of the commission reviewed.
| Pending the review the court may sus-
pend the order. requiring a bond from
the carrier for the payment of all
damages incurred by shippers. The
commission is also authorized to fix
joint rate in case two or more carriers
fail to agree. orders affecting these
rates being subject to review by the
Court of Commerce. The President
is authorized to appoint an assistant
attorney general for the enforcement
of the act.
In his address before the Senate pre-
senting the statue of former Senator
John J. ingalls,, which has been placed
in Statuary hall, Senator Long first re
counted the reasons why Mr.. ingalls,
was not reelected in 1891. and said:
And then. as If in some measure to
atone for the injustice they had done
him, the people of Kansas provided
that his marble statue should stand
forever in the hall near the chamber in
which his great work was done. Past
political affiliations were forgotten