The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-05-21
CONGRESS AND THE CAPITAL

At a conference between the leaders
of the House and Senate it practically
was agreed that Congress shall adjourn
Saturday, May 23rd.
President Roosevelt has accepted the
presidency OF the International Con-
gress of tuberculosis which will be
held in Washington City In the autumn.
The House committee on public
lands has reported a bill extending
the acreage limitation of the Carey
land act to 100000 acres in the state
of Idaho.
A bill authorizing the appointment.
as an addition to the regular military
establishment, of nifty captains to com.
mand the Philippine scouts was passed
in the House.
After a brief debate the House
passed the Mondell dry farm bill, per-
uniting the homesteading of not to ex-
coed 800 acres of non-irrigable non
mineral and non-timbered public
lands.
Returns indicate that there will be no
difficulty in securing the 5000 recruits
wanted by the Navy Department. The
good times that the boys on the Attain
tic feet are having on their long cruise
may have something to do with this.
According to a reported interview
with Representative Townsend Of
Michigan, President Roosevelt will not
insist upon .anti-injunction and Sher-
man antitrust law amendments in the
present session Of Congress, and there
will be no such legislation.
The Senate adopted the Guggenheim
amendment to the postoffice appropria-
ton bill, giving railway mail clerks ex-
penses not to exceed one dollar per day
while absent from home on postoffice
business. The bill carries an appropri-
alton OF $1,O00,000 to meet this charge.
Three members of the United States
Senate have received letters from Pres
ident Roosevelt within the past few
days declaring his supremacy as COM
mander-in- chief, in all matters referring
to the control of the army and navy. He
denies that he was under any obliga-
lions to give the discharged soldiers
or Colonel Stewart a court of inquiry.
Mrs. Sarah Platt-Decker of Denver
has been appointed a member of the
executive committee of the National
Civic federation. Among other mem
bers are Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, Mrs.
Murray Crane, Mrs. Frederick Dent
Grant, Mrs. George Westinghouse, Mrs.
John d. Rockefeller and Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth.
Senator Guggenheim has received
kilograms of protest from many con-
stituents against permitting the en-
larged homestead bill to go through
with that part of Colorado east of
Meridian 102 eliminated from it's pro-
visions. On the strength of Senator
Guggenheim's representations the con-
ference committee probably will
amend the I'LL SO as to include the
entire area of Colorado within its
scope.
In the senate Senator Warren Sc
cured the Incorporation in the sundry
civil appropriation bill of an amend
ment adding 100000 acres to the
grant of the state of Wyoming under
the Carey land act. His bill for this
purpose previously passed the Senate,
but was defeated in the House
The Manila Chamber of Commerce
is sending cable messages to Washing
ton urging their desire that the battle
ship feet be allowed to remain there
upon its arrival "as long as possible"
The messages set out the great advan-
tage which will accrue to the islands
through the presence of the feet.