The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-05-21
CONGRESS AND THE CAPITAL

At a conference between the leaders
of the House and Senate II practically
was agreed that Congress shall adjourn
Saturday. May 23rd.
President Roosevelt has accepted the
presidency oi 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.
\ bill authorizing the appointment.
us an addition to the regular military
establishment, OF fifty captains to com
mand the Philippine scouts was passed
In the House.
After brief debate the House
passed the Mondell dry farm bill. per
mitting the homesteadinE OF not to ex-
ceed 500 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 Allan
tic fleet 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 postofiice 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 81 100000 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-
tions to give the discharged soldiers
or Colonel Stewart court of inquiry.
Mrs. Sarah Platt-Decker of Denver
| has been appointed 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
| JOnn u. hoCheleiltT anu hIs. -NlCHDlds
| Iongworth.
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 oi
Meridian 102 eliminated from its pro
visions. On the strength of Senator
Guggenheim's representations the cou
ference committee probably will
amend the rill so as to include the
entire area of Colorado within It's
scope.
In the senate Senator Warren Sc
cured the incorporation in the sundry
civil appropriation bill of an amend
meut 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 fleet 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 island.
through the presence of the fleet