The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-05-28
CONGRESS AND THE CAPITAL

The Senate adopted the conference
report upon the enlarged homestead
bill, the committee having modified
its report SO that the states Of Idaho
and California will be excluded i'll ac-
cordance with the wishes of senators
from those states.
Secretary Taft, while in Panama,
made an agreement which IL is be-
lieved If carried into effect will guar
antee the absolute integrity of the
elections to be held in July. Panama
is to appoint an electoral commission
to investigate the complaints OF all
parties and in this the United States
is TO join.
The Senate public buildings commit
tee completed consideration of the ON
nibus public buildings bill. In addition
10 providing for the Denver building,
the committee added $4,000 for en-
larging the Colorado Springs building
and SO. 900 for Trinidad. The commit
tee cut from the House bill the item OF
$4,000 for site at Grand Junction
and reduced the House item of $780,
900 for site and building at Roswell,
New Mexico, to 100000.
The conference committee on the
sundry civil appropriation bill agreed
to retain in the bill the provision CIV
ing Wyoming and Idaho each an ad-
ditional million acres of land under
the Carey desert land act, but de-
clined to grant the increase TO Colo
RADIO. AS an Independent measure has
passed the Senate and House giving
Idaho an additional million acres. the
action of the conference committee. if
sustained. will result in granting O.
| 900 900 acres to Idaho.
Mr. Newlands of Nevada introduced
u bill for the appointment of ma
| tional commission for the conserva-
tion of natural resources and defining
| its duties. The president is author
lied by the bill to appoint commit
tee of fifteen members for the inves-
| tigation OF all questions relating to
| the conservation, use and control of
| the resources of the United States TO-
! navigation, irrigation and municipal
(, supply. prevention of flood prevention
| of waste in mining, etc. The commits
sion is to report to Congress annually.
| The appropriation for the forest SER
vice to be expended for the ccnstruc-
ton and maintenance of roads, trails.
bridges, fire lines. telephone lines,
cabins. fences and other permanent
| improvements was limited by the con-
ference committee to 100000, the
amount fixed by the House. The Sen
ate provision that twenty-five per cent.
of the money received each year from
| forest reserves shall be paid to the
states and territories in which reserves
are located, was retained. The Senate
! provision directed against the estab-
| lishment of a publication division also
remains in the bill.
BY unanimous consent the House
passed the bin appropriating 81, 500, 900
for participation by the United States
in the international exposition to be
held in Toxic. Japan. in 1912. The bill
has passed the Senate and now lacks
only the presidents signature to make
| il law.
That President Roosevelt has au-
| thorized no one to speak for him re-
garding the anti-race gambling legisla-
! ton pending at Albany, was the only
| comment obtaiuable at the White
House regarding the report from AL
bany that the President had privately
expressed himself on that subject.