The Lamar register., 1905-03-08
DOINGS AT WASHINGTON

war.
Senator Dubois has introduced in the
Senate a joint resolution providing TO:
a constitutional amendment prohibit
ing polygamy and poiygamous cohabi
taticn.
Senator Fulton reported from the
committee on industrial arts n resolu
ton accepting the invitation given by
the Lewis and Clark exposition to the
Senate to attend the opening of the
exposition Juno l, 1905.
C. +. Annett, formerly of Cheyenne
and Salt Lake, has been appointed gen
eral superintendent of the government
telephone electric light and other cleo
trical service on the Panama canal
zone, in connection with the building
of the Panama canal.
In the House on February 25th legis-
lation gave way to oratory. in which
many members participated in honor
| ing the memory of Sam Houston and
Stephen f. Austin. following which the
marble statues OF each, which have
| been placed in statuary hall by the
| state OF Texas, We're formally accepted.
| Secretary Hitchcock Is quoted by
| Representative Campbell as having
| stated that whether there is legislation
| or not touching the famous Foster oil
| lease, the vested interests of the peo
! pie holding under that lease will be
| protected after March. 1906, the date
| of the expiration of the lease. This in
J formation was in answer to an offer
! of 81 100000 for the lease submitted by
| Mr.. Campbell for certain of his CON
| stituentS.
Secretary Taft has transmitted to
| the House "A statement showing the to-
| tai cost of the joint encampments and
mancuvers of the militia and regular
| army for the past year. The maneu-
| vers at Manassas, Virginia, cost the
state militia organizations $1S4.oi3.
and the regular army $l05.15G. In Cal
| ifornia the cost to the militia was S24,-
| 900, and the army $3.50. In Washing
| ton state the military expended $2G.-
1872. and the army s9.471. The state
ment contains an item of Sl3,G0S for
Pullman car fare for officers.
| The Supreme Court of the United
| States has decided the case OF the Ma
| tional Cotton Oil Company VS.. the
State of Texas, involving the Texas
antitrust law. The state court found
the company guilty under that law and
| held that it had forfeited its right to
| do business in the state. The case
| was appealed to the Supreme Court on
|
however, in its opinion. which was de-
livcred by Justice McKcnna. held that
the appeal was untenable and sus-
] tanned the verdict of the court below.
In an answer to an inquiry on the
| subject. Secretary Hay has formally
assured the Haytien minister at Wash
ington that the United States govern.
ment has no intention whatever of &C.
| quiring, by annexation or otherwise.
| possession of Hayti or San Domingo.
nor OF extending American influence In
that direction, and that. even II the
| citizens of either of these republics
! should solicit incorporation into the
/ American union, there would be no in
! clination on the part OF the national
| government nor in the sphere OF public
opinion to agree to any such proposal.
In the House February 2Sth bills
| were passed to regulate the construc-
tion of dams over naviSable rivers; to
provide for the investigation OF leprosy
I with special reference to the care OF
lepers in Hawaii; amending the Re
vised Statutes so as to permit entry
men under the homestead laws to deed
| rights OF way for telegi nph and tele-
phone lines without prejudicing their
! claims: authorizing the secretary OF
| the Interior to construct dams across
| Yellowstone river Montana, in conncc-
| tion with irrigation works. and proVid-
| ing for the covering into the reclama-
| tion fund OF certain proceeds Of sales
| of property purchased by the reclama-
tion fund.
A resolution offered in the House by
Mr.. Hull Uowa). to permit two Chin,
ese youths to be admitted as cadets to
the West Point military academy
caused a simultaneous demand by
many members for an explanation. and
when order was restored Mr.. Maddox
| tGeorgia) remarked that II would be
useless to take up the time. as he OBJ
| jccted to consideration of the resolu-
tion Mr.. Slayden tTexas) said there
never had been n Chinaman admitted
| to West FONT and C. p. Lands Gndi-
anal secured the Information that the
| United States was granted this cour-
tesy only by Great Britain and France.
The names mentioned In the resolution
were Ring Hsing Wen and Ting CHA
Chen.
The secretary of state has called to
the attention of the Department of
Justice certain bodies OF men in Mo
bile, Alabama, who are said TO be en-
gagged in flibustering expedition
against Guatemala. This action has
been taken at the suggestion of the
Guatemalan government, which repre-.
sents that an American port was being
used as base of hostile operations
against friendly nation. and that the
men, who were represented TO be
merely laborers going TO develop
railroad concession, We're really part of
force recruited in the United States
to initiate a revolutionary movement
in Guatemala. The State Department
has asked the Department of Justice
to make an inquiry and If need be to
take the necessary steps to thwart the
movement.
When the general deficiency appro
priation bill was considered in the
Senate provision for the acceptance
from the state of California of Yo-
semitic valley as an addition to Yo
semitic park. which was presented by
Mr.. Perkins, was Incorporated in the
bill. Mr.. Patterson presented an
amendment increasing from sl15,OOO to
S2nO O0O the aDDrOnriatiou for geOlOg-