The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
D0iNGS AT WASHINGTON

; Incorporated in It stronger provisions
relating TO private car lines.
The Interior Department has TEN
porarily Withdrawn from all forms OF
disposal 23u Uup acres Of public lands
in the BoZnman. Montana, land dis
trict, on account Of the Madison river
project Of irrigation, and 3i5,Ooo acres
in the Carson City. Nevada. land dis
, Jrict. on account of the Truckee-Car-
son irrigation project
/ In the Senate Mr., Lodge presented
a petition from ,642 Christian En-
/ deavOT societies, representing all the
states and territories of the Union,
/ asking mat the President be author
I ized to invite the governments of the
! world TO appoint delegates to an inter
/ rational congress to meet at stated
! intervals 20 deliberate upon questions
OF common interest
Senator Teller has proposed an
amendment to the Indian appropriation
. blll designed. if ii is adopted, to check
/ the Raven Mining Company and the
| Florence Mining Company from absorb
. ing more mineral lands on the lintah
/ Indian reservation than they may be
( entitled 10 under the provisions OF the
opening ACT giving them certain pref
1 eroutial mineral claims.
The following statement was made
public at The White House: The
I members of the Cabinet have all ten
/ dored their designations, and on the
l .th OF March they will all be nomi-
/ mated lor Ieappointment with the eX-
| ception of Mr.. Wynne, who is to be
! appointed consul general at London.
+ Mr. CU.Ielyou will be nominated on
, Martin 9Th for postmaster general"
The members of the house commit
tee on interstate and foreign commerce
| today presented Chairman w. p. Hep
! burn of iowa with a three-handled sill
! YER gold-lined cup. The cup is re-
| membrance of the recent Panama "Trip
! of the committee and expressive of the
| sentiment of the committee as 10
| Colonel Hepburn's presiding qualities
during the recent rate Legislation CAM
! paign.
! What has been done by the Agricul-
! tural Department in its investigation
| OF the irrigation problem has been re-
| ported to the house committee by Dr.
! True and Elwood Mead of the bureau
! OF irrigation of the department. The
! total irrigated area of the country by
| private enterprise is 9,bO0.000 acres, at
4 cost of 5000 900 900. The committee
stis pianninE-a tip for next summer TO
all OF the irrigation projects of the
government. An invitation is to be ex-
tended 20 the Senate committee on il
1 I1gation.
Attorney General Moody has ap-
! pointed Judson Harmon of Cincinnati,
who vas attorney general during the
second administration of President
| Cleveland, and Frederick n. Judson, a
| prominent lawyer of ST. Louis. to in
/ Nestigate the alleged action of the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe railroad
| in granting rebates to the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company. The employ
| ment is with the view of taking legal
i proceedings against the company it..
| after investigation, such proceedings
| seem justified.
As one Of the preliminary steps to-
ward opening the Uinlah Indian rcser-
| yation 10 settlement the House passed
the bill Of Representative Howell Of
Utah to create land district and cs-
tablish a land office for more convcn-
lent transaction of the business which
will be incident TO the opening than is
ties. The bill as passed provides thai
al! that portion of Utah included withiI
that part OF the Uintah reservation
which lies within the boundaries OF
! Wahsatch county shall constitute Il
new land district and that IA land of
.ice shall be located at Nernal. The
bill is similar TO that introduced in the
| Senate by Senator SmoOt and now
| pending before the Senate public lands
| committee.
The House Committee on Public
| Lands ordered a favorable report on
| Representative Brooks G4O-acre home
stead bill, making it conform in all
essential icatr"es To the bill recently
! reported for South Dakota. That iea
| ture 0. the bill permitting settlers who
have made homestead entry under
| present laws TO increase their entries
to al aggregate area of 6iO acres, was
amended 70 apply only to settlers in
that part Of Colorado affected by the
| Brooks bill, and it was stipulated that
! any additions to present homeStcads
shall be of lands lying adjacent thereto
AS the bill was originally drawn. this
right 10 make additional honest cad
| entries was extended to any settler on
! al4t idhHo btI"ttH tHt lbhIl ana lhJtn
| meridiahs. either in Colorado or ad-
! joining states
Through his counsel. Judge Swaync
on the Sd inst. made formal response
in the Senate to The articles OF i'm
| peachment voted by the House of Rep
| r"sentatiycs. The answer was a for
! midahie document in point of size
Eacn Of tho twelve articles of i'm
| peachment was answered at length
In every case the fact charged was ad.
mitted, nut explained from Judge
s,waync's point Of view, and. in addi-
! ton. it was conlended that even if the
conditions were true as charged. they
We're not Of q character TO justify pro
c~edings tor Impeachment for "hgh