The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-03-01
IN CONGRESS

secretary OF the interior for that pur-
pose. The bill also would give inter.
married whites a lien on the rents
and profits OF the land on which i'm
prcvements are located for any pur-
chase money remaining unpaid. The
I further right is given to enforce such
liens through courts of competent ju-
9 risdiction.
The sundry civil appropriation bill
reported to the house Tuesday con
tains many items of appropriation for
, cities, towns and institutions in the
= middle west. The appropriation for
: the new ~postoffce at ST. Louis is
$3.50, 600 for use during the fiscal year
1908, for which year all the items in
the bill are appropriated.
Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah, read
ing from a manuscript, addressed the
senate Tuesday in his own defense.
He showed intense feeling when he
referred to the soldiers Utah had
placed In the field in the civil and
Spanish-American wars, soldiers who,
VI AlOIL nun DCllCl, Wdlhtu Slue Uy
side with the others, fighting for their
united country"
The nomination of members for the
isthmian canal commission, recently
sent to the senate by the president,
were held up in the senate committee |
on interoceanic canals Tuesday. The
committee acted as 1t did because, 1t
was alleged, Chairman Shonts was al
ready drawing a salary from the Bel. |
mont Ryan interests and had opened
an office in New York to dischage the
duties of his new nosition as president
of the Observation-Disclosures Co.
w. Leon Pepperman resigned the
position of chief OF Inc Washington
Office of the isthmian canal commits
sion to become Mr.. Shonts' assistant
in the Metropolitan Co.
OF New York city. Mr.. Pepperman
has been with the isthmian canal com.
mission since Mr.. Shonts became
chairman, two years ago, anu during
much of the time has been in charge
OF the Washington office. For twelve
years Mr.. Pepperman has been In the
government service.
Attorney General Bonaparte has di.
rected that sits be instituted against
a numler Of railroad companies to
recover penalties for violation Of the
safety appliance law. information
upon which these prosecutions will be
based were reported to the interstate
commerce commission by its safety
appliance inspectors. Seventy-eight
violations In all are alleged.
The Post Office Committee OF the
House adopted a series Of provisions
governing railway-mail pay, each Of
which slashed present allowances to
the railroads. The provisions were in.
corporated In the Post Office appro-
priation bill, which is now on its pas.
sage in the House. Being general
legislation in an appropriation bill, the
railway clauses are subject to a point
OF order, and hence some step had to
De taken to protect them from being :
stricken out through this paraliamen-
tary device.
Attacks on the Forestry Bureau, the
department of Agriculture and the +,
Interior Department we're freely ban.
lied about the Senate Monday during
consideration Of the agricultural ap.
preparation bill. Last weeks comment
regarding the increase in the salary of =,
Pinchot led Senator Fulton to /.
make a general criticism OF the admin. {
stration of this, bureau. The salary !,
Increase was agreed to before Mr.. Full. :
took the floor. ,.
The house Monday took action on =
question of reducing r~ailway-mail Il
Jay, which means that, instead OF cut. h
ing the pay of the railroads Is per G
'ent, at a saving Of $12, 0o0, 900 annual. II
y, a reduction OF between 6 and 7 per n
'ent will be made, or 81, 500, 900 an. q
lually. h
The House Monday passed the con. IL
erence report on the immigration bin 81
'roviding for Japanese coolie exclusion N
y a vote OF 1877 to 101. The Senate
iready has approved the conference
eport, SO that It only remains for the :,
resident to sign the bill. IN
Senator Warren. Chairman of IN. A.
committe ON military affairs w,
introduced a bill providing for tbe NJ
alsing OF a volunteer army Of ths IN
'nited states during actual or throat. ~,
ned war. The bill divides tho mil. -
iry establishment Into three brarnh.
,. inc regular army, the national
nard and the volunteer army II
royldes that the volunteer arnv q.
nmi pe maintained In time or war
when war Ia imminent AVA
mt i may be raised by p~roolamot,aa
the president after conpreas sha,, ain
I'VE authorized such net. dis
lho regular quadrennial weieb,r. sui
aouTmine tho basis of Commence a I
On o. railroads for carrying Tho mail. the
me leates Of Ohio. Indiana. Mjcb,. apl
IN. Wisconsin, Minnesota, iowa ma ser
issopfi. began Feb, 20. hes
Another conference on the pronoaoa liei
mans canal contract was bs,a =, grse
2 Whte House Tuesday afternoon ~
the president, Secretary RAJ, Nv, W.
lAlfnlSb bbonts and seyeral contract N.Y.
WDpm w Oliver propote o. to az. III,
elats win him In the 4 ~atruo,loo n"
ms waterway The peesIdent aHkea ago
Questions ~ 10 The experience !, hay
men N large contract work, n dut
ssia afterwards that no %conciu. wes
y yrs reached On the main ous.,,aa b
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