The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
IN CONGRESS

Representative Sherman, OF New
York, chairman Of the house commit
tee on Indian affairs, Tuesday intro
duced a bill giving to intermarriec
whites Of the Cherokee nation the
right to sell improvements to enrolled
citizens of the tribe at a valuation ap-
proved by an official designated by the
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 Inn
| prcvements are located for any pur'
chase money remaining unpaid. The
further right is given to enforce such
liens through courts of competent jul
risdiction.
The sundry civil appropriation bill
reported to the house Tue1day con
tains many items Of appropriation for
| cities, towns and institutions in the
middle west. The appropriation for
the new postoffice at st. Louis is
$3.50, 900 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,
"of Mormon belief, walked side by
side with the others, fighting for their
united country"
The nomination Of members for the
isthmian canal commission, recently
were held up in the senate committee
on interoceanic canals Tuesday. The
committee acted as 1t did because, II
was alleged, Chairman Shonts was al
ready drawing a salary from the Bel
mont Ryan interests and had opened
duties of his new position as president
of the Observation-Disclosures Co.
w. Leon Pepperman resigned the
position of chief of the Washington
office of the isthmian canal commits
sion to become Mr.. Shonts' assistant
in the Interborough-M Metropolitan Co
of New York city. Mr.. Peppermar
has been with the isthmian canal com
mission since Mr.. Shonts became
chairman, two years ago, n 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
rooted that SITS be instituted against
a numter of railroad companies tC
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 it's 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 O.
which slashed present allowances tt
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 genera
legislation in an appropriation bill, the
railway clauses are subject to a point
of order, and hence some step had te
be 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 were freely ban
died about the Senate Monday during
consideration of the agricultural ap
preparation bill. Last weeks comment
regarding the increase in the salary Of
Mr.. Pinchot led Senator Fulton tc
make a general criticism of the admin
istration of this bureau. The salary
increase was agreed to before Mr.. Full
ton took the floor.
The house Monday took action OF
the question of reducing railway-mail
pay, which means that, instead of cut
ting the pay Of the railroads rs pei
cent, at a saving of $12, 600, 900 annual
ly, a reduction of between 6 and Z per
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nually.
The House Monday passed the con
ference report on the immigration bill
providing for Japanese coolie exclusion
by a vote of 1877 to 101. The Senate
already has approved the conference
report, so that it only remains for the
| President to sign the bill.
Senator Warren, chairman of the
| senate committe on military affairs,
has introduced a bill providing for the
raising of a volunteer army of the
United States during actual or threat
ened war. The bill divides the mill
tary establishment into three branch
es, the regular army, the national
guard and the volunteer army. 1t
provides that the volunteer army
shall be maintained in time of war,
and when war is imminent, and
that it may be raised by proclamation
of the president after congress shall
have authorized such act.
The regular q~uadrennial weighing
to determine the basis of compensa-
ton Of railroads for carrying the mails
in the tsates of Ohio, Indiana, Michi-
gan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and
Missouri. began Feb. 20.
Another conference on the proposed
Panama canal contract was held at
the White House Tuesday afternoon
between the president, Secretary Taft,
Chairman Shonts and several contract
ors. whom W. J. Oliver proposes to as