The Lamar register., 1905-02-01
AT WASHINGTON


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.
Largely at the instigation of Dele
gate Rodey, an appropriation of $1,000
will be made in the agricultural appro-
priation bill for conducting expert
ments in breeding Glands in Colorado
and New Mexico. Experiments con-
Quoted by private parties have. 1t is
| said, proven highly successful.
In his comment on the report of the
International Exchange Commission
| Assistant Secretary of State IIoomis
refers to the success of the Philip
| pine currency scheme and TO the re-
cent law passed by Mexico, which he
| says already has been beneficial in the
| exchange between Mexico and New
| York. The price of silver bullion has
been much more stable during the past
| year. the secretary says, as result OF
the work of the commission. The com
mission also is given credit for the
new monetary system OF the Republic
| of Panama.
President Roosevelt has transmitted
to the Senate the final report of the
| committee on international exchange,
| with a letter from Assistant Secretary
of State Loomis commenting on the is-
port. In his message the President
says: THE work of the commission
has assisted greatly in the establish
ment of the new monetary system of
the Philippine islands. Mexico and the
Republic of Panama. The work done
in China has, from the letter OF Prince
Chink, the head of the executive, been
very helpful to that government. Such
! improvement in the monetary systems
| of the silyerusing countries bring
them into closer connection with the
gold standard countries, and are of
very great benefit to the trade of the
United States. and every effort should
be made to encourage such reforms"
The Notifications appropriation bill
was passed after rejection of the
amendment striking out the provision
| for insular Notifications. In the de
bate on the measure Mr.. Teller said he
| had noticed in the morning papers that
we were about to take another island.
that we are guaranteeing the stabii-
| ity of the island of Santo Domingo"
He did not feel so much like complain
| ing as to the way we came into pos
session of the Philippines as he did
about the administration taking new
burden. 1T is a great job he added;
''it means an army in Santa Domingo.
| / deny" he continued, "tho authority
of the Executive Department to make
| any agreement or contract to bind the
people of the United States in the way
indicated. 1t is an assumption OF au-
thority on the part of the executive.
l want some lawyer in this chamber to
tell me where the President gets that
kind of authority"
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
l what shall he jast and reasonable
rate. which order shall take effect in
sixt..- days, the carrier having an ap-
| peal to a court of commerce to have
the order of the commission reviewed.
Pending the review the court may sus-
pend the order. requiring bond from
the carrier for the payment of all
damages incurred by shippers. The
| commission Is also authorized to fix a
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
! f,.p In nfn ,lv1t
of the act.
At n hearing before the committee
on ways and means, Secretary Palmer
of the American Sugar Beet Associa-
tion opposed the pending bill reducing
the duty on sugar and tobacco from the
Philippine islands Mr.. Palmer said
that just prior to the tariff agitation
| regarding Cuban sugar in 1901, eighty
six new sugar factories had been pro-
jected in this country. Not one of
these was built. Since that time Eu-
rope had curtailed her sugar crop un-
| der the terms of the Bussels agree
meit. and the price had gone up to
the point where American capital was
on the point of again enlarging the
sugar industry in this country. Now,
to open the Philippine market in com
pc ition with the American beet sugar
Movement. In replying to a question
by Mr.. Curtis, whose bill was under
consideration, Mr.. Palmer said that
tie total sugar product of the Philip
phes was $4,000 tons annually, and if
lie United States took 1t all there
would still have to be imported 1,5O0,-
90 tons to supply the demand.
In his address before the Senate pre-
s,nting the statue of former Senator
ohm ]. ingalls,. which has been placed
il Statuary hall. Senator Long first re-
ounted the reasons why Mr.. Ingalls,
vas not reelected in 1891, and said:
And then. as If in some measure to
,tone for the injustice they had done
iim. 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. Pas:
political affiliations We're forgotten
when the resolution was passed. In
the Legislature were some which had
been organized to retire him from pub
lic life. They joined his old friends
and supporters in preserving his
stately and imposing figure in the Cap
itol of the nation, and to-day Kansas