Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-04-07

~ z$ Markell would make
szsEzM S1,0O0,OO0 year
THEo. P. sHoNTz. out of the arrange
ment. Mr.. Shonts said when he re-
ceived Mr.. Stevens message he called
In Mr.. Markell and told him other ar
engagements would have to be made.
"S1r Stevens said the men could be
fed on the isthmus for 30 cents a day."
declared Mr.. Shonts. "Mr. Markell said
that he could feed them for 30 cents
il permitted to reduce the food to the
quality given the laborers under Mr..
Stevens plan"
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The possibility of President Roose-
velts becoming the Republican candi-
date for a third term has been again
widely discussed, following the state
ment made by Jacob Riis, the init
mate friend of the President. III
duty demanded Roosevelt to continue
this fight, he would do it. l know he
does not want to become a candidate
for another term, but at the bottom
of his heart he believes in the people
anu Will hbul lOI lutlll. III uluuJ
sections Republican leaders have come
forward with pledges of support and
the pros and cons of the question
have been on every tongue In political
circles. In the face of all this tho
President has not deemed it necessary
to add anything to the definite volun-
tary statement made the day after
he was elected that he would neither
seek nor accept a third-term nominal
ton.
An embarrassing breach of rules re-
suited when Senator Warren of Wyo-
ming escorted President Roosevelt's
two sisters, Mrs. Cowles and Mrs.
Robinson, and two gentlemen into
the private lobby just back of the
hall of the house during the session
the other day. This lobby is so sacred
ly reserved for members that the
rules forbid the Speaker to entertain
a motion to admit others. Assistant
Doorkeeper Kennedy, with apologies,
escorted them hurriedly beyond tho
dead line and to a place in the gallery
reserved for the President and hiS
friends.
The reforms proposed by the Keel
commission for the conduct of the
government printing office have beeB
approved In the main by presidential
orders. Each department Is to APP
point a committee ON printing to see
that unnecessary matter is excluded
from all reports. The commission
finds that the printing bill is S6,0OO,-
600 a year and that the unit cost Of
work is too high.
In considering the deficiency bill,
the House decided that the eight houe
law for work on the Panama Canal
should not be abrogated. 1t was alsu
determined that the Canal Commits.
ton additional to their salaries as
commissioners. Various amendments
proposed by the minority were de-
feated.
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Secretary Bonapare has ordered the
d.s s,jssal of about 1000 men at navy
9x,ds and stations because the item
n 100000 to cover the cost of re-
pairs on ships had not been included
IN the deficiency bill now before Con-
gress.
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Senator Burton of Kansas. who had
remained away from the Senate from
the time of his indictment nearly two
wears ago, complied with the techni.
cal requirement in order to secure the
$1,000 due Senators from mileage by
stepping within the chamber for a
moment from the cloakroom the other
day, thus enabling the journal CLERK
to certify that the Kansas Senator
had been present. The amount fol
mileage is $1,000, which Mr. Burton
afterward drew.
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' Chief Engineer Stevens Of the Cana
r Commission was summoned before the
q Senate committee on interoceanic ca
;. nails and asked TO give his views OF
the kind of canal to be constructed
I Mr.. Stevens gave his unqualified pref
erence for a lock canal because Of thu
shorter time required for construction
2 and the less cost Of the work HI
a said 1t could be built for Sl47,oo0,O0'
and be open to traffic In eight years O
sooner.
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