Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-23
Y A WEEK OR TEN DAYS
Many Hope for an Early Adjournment
Of Congress.
INVESTIGATING THE LYNCHING
Attorney General Says Thorough
Inquiry is Being Made
- 100. of the Facts

the Senate In a week or ten days" said
Senator Dolliver this morning after he had
talked with President Roosevelt And 1t
begins to look more each day as IL the
Hepburn bill is the ore that will be passed.
hnd2that majority of the newspaper
men think this way, and they are usually
better Ridges of these things than senators
themselves
Senator Dolliver had called on the Pres-
dent with some friends. but remained be-
hind to discuss the legislative outlook in the
Senate, particularly the rate bill.
| Representative Hinshaw of Nebraska a
White House visitor. said that the members
or the House are growing anxious to see
things get in shape for an early adjourn
ment All of US hope to get away by May
10, he went on. land believe this date
would not be too If the Senate should
| get the rate bill out Of the way in the next
| two weeks. The House is busily engaged
on appropriation bills, and will have them
| ready to adjourn by the middle of May
Among both senators and representa- tves
/ there seems hopeful feeling that the work
of Congress viii adjust itself so as to bring
| about an early adjournment. There have
| been suggestions that an extra session of
| Congress might be called Immediately after
TINS SesSt1 IN should an unsatisfactory ra tie bill
| be passed or should nothing go through the
senate at all, but the sentiment appears to
| be growing that the Senate will pass a bill
that cannot be objected to by the President.
at least to the extent of a veto.
The Tennessee Lynching.
Attorney General Moody said this morn
| ing, on his way to the cabinet meeting,
| that his department has taken no action in
| the case of the Tennessee lynchers who
| hanged a negro named Johnson who had
been granted the right of appeal to the
! court Mr.. Moody stated that the matter
is now being investigated by his depart
ment, as heretofore told in The Star and
that nothing will be done until he has had
reports from different directions The
| United States attorney and the marshal of
| the Chattanooga district of Tennessee are
| now making a careful investigation of the
| facts, and at this end of the line the law
IS being looked into. Until the facts are
officially had Mr.. Moody does not know
| what decision he will reach. 1t is strongly
believed. though. that prosecution of the
| lynchers will be undertaken, as well as pun
ishment of the officials who permitted the
! lynching to take place
| Mr.. Moody likewise stated that he had not
| decided whether an appeal will be taken
| from the decision of the court in the beef
| cases at Chicago.
Going Back to the Moros
Maj. H. L. Scott. who has been governor
of the Sulu archipelago for two and a half
years, but who has been In this country
on leave of absence since January ], paid
his respects to the President today pre-
paratory to returning TO his post He will
leave San Francisco ON the first departing
steamer for the Philippines in April and
will again take up his duties as governor
of Sulu, which carries with it the work of
trying to make peaceable, law-abiding clti-
zens out of the savage and semi-civilzed
| Moros.
''Will conditions in Sulu be improved by
the recent severe punishment of the band OF
Moro bandits?" inquired a representative of
The Star.
Il think So" was the comment. and
hope soldiers will not again be COM
PEELED to give battle to Moro bands. The
chief of the band that was exterminated
the other day is perfectly friendly to this
country. He tried hard TO keep the band
from continuing their warfare against our
government in the islands, but was unable
to do so. They We're determined dis
obeying all law, on killing and acting to
suit themselves, and they did not propose to
They preferred death to surrender. See
this hand?" and Mai Scott held out his
right hand which showed two fingers miss
ing We'll l tried fifty times to get the
leader of the band that gave these
wounds TO surrender. While / lay In the
hospital three months l sent him word
often. asking him to surrender and assuring
him fair treatment. His name was Panglim
Hassam; but he disregarded every message
we sent. and returned defiant and insulting
MESA ges Nothing remained but to hunt
him and his band down and engage them in
battle He was finally killed. That is the
sort of character We must deal with among
these fanatical people. Not q soldier of this
country wants to shed blood and regrets
the necessity for hostile action"
Maj. Scott had one finger shot off his left
hand. besides the two on his right hand,
and received many other wounds in his
| fights with the Moros.
The President has not yet signed the bill
opening to settlement large reservation of
the kiowa and Comanche Indians, In south
west Oklahoma, and will not do So it is
said until Joint resolution is put through
| Congress containing provisions protecting
Juvenile Indians. Commissioner Ieupp does
not like the bill before the President with
out the protection of an additional resolu-
ton, and the President is disposed to agree
with him. Representative Lacey of Iowa
called on the President today ana talked
with him about the matter. So did Repre-
sentative Mcclure of Oklahoma. An effort
to Immediately put through a resolution
qualifying the bin will be made
Two Utah Appointments.
Upon the recommendation of Senators
Smoot and Sutherland Of Utah the Presi-
dent today sent to the Senate the nomtna-
lions Of F.. D. r. Thompson AS receiver Of
public money at Salt Lake, and Frank d.
Hobbs register of the land office at the
same place Mr.. Thompson succeeds George
A Smith. who did not want to continue In
Office, while Mr.. Hobbs succeeds himself.
The two Utah senator's work together
smoothly in all matters of patronage, and
the President has given favorable consid-
Grafton to all their recommendations on
strictly state patronage. SO far as the in
| vestigation aimed at Senator Smoot goes Ii
has had no effect at the White House in
| patronage matters
Other nominations made to the Senate to-
day were as follows:
| Nayy.-To be chief boatswain, Boat
swain Daniel Morarity.
Army. Artillery Corps.-To be lieutenant
colonies, Maj. Henry M. Andrews and Maj.
Charles d. Parkhurst to be major, Capt.
George w. Van Dusen; to be captains,
First Leuts Frank +. Hopkins. Ernest K.
Tilton. Homer b, Grant and Leonard r.
| Waldron
Interior.--To be receiver of public moneys,
Alfred II. Taylor of California at Susan
| vile. CAL: to be register of land Offices.
Thomas A. Roseberry of California at SUI
sanvilie. Cal.
Presidential Nominations.
The President today sent the following
nominations to the Senate:
Receivers of public moneys--E. d. r.
Thompson at Salt Lake City, Utah; Alfred
II. Taylor, at Susanvile, Cal.
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