Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-03-26
NEWS OF THE WIE:Es:E..
THE LATEST NEWS OF TIE
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST
Foreiqn Lands, Throughout the Ma
ton, and Particularly From the
Great Southwest.
CONGRESSIONAL.

The administration bill for the re.
enlistment of the negro soldiers of
the Twenty-fifth infantry who were
discharged without honor as a result
of the Brownsville affray, was intro
duced in the senate by Senator War
ner of Missouri, after a meeting of
the committee on military affairs
After several hours of spirited dis
cussion over the proposition to abolish
II of the Is United States pension
agencies and consolidate pension dis
hursements in Washington, the house
Thursday passed the pension appro-
priation bill, carrying $150,S69,O 900, the
largest sum ever authorized by that
measure. The house by vote of sc
to 1879 stood by the committee on ap-
preparations and left unchanged its
recommendation for one general
agency.
Continuing his speech begun in the
senate last Tuesday, Senator La Fol
lette of Wisconsin Thursday devoted
considerable time to discussing
proposition for the physical valuation
of railroads. The blind senator from
Oklahoma, Mr.. Gore, attempted to
draw Mr.. La Toilette into a criticism
of the actions of the president and
Secretary Cortelyou, in connection
with the recent financial disturbances,
but failed, the Wisconsin senator eX-
pressing the opinion that the presi-
- ~, ,.ol I,
believed at the time to be in the hest
interest of the country. The senate
devoted a part of the day to the con-
sideration of the omnibus claims bill,
and then referred it back to the COM
mittee for further consideration.
General debate on the pension APP
preparation bill continued for four
hours in the house of representatives
Wednesday. The subjects discussed
took a wide range, politics, finance,
the trusts and the presidents last
special message all receiving atten-
ton. At 4:24 p. m. the house adj
journed out of respect to the memory
of the late United States Senator Will
liam Pinckney Whyte of Maryland
The senate was in session but ten
minutes, adjourning in respect to MI.
Whyte
The senate committee on public
lands Wednesday ordered favorable
report on bill to restore to the reg
lister of the land office the fees col
lected for cancellation of land entries.
Since 1892 a fee of 81 has been col
lected on such cancellations, and the
fee under the law was retained by the
registers. Regulations later were put
into force by which the registers were
compelled to turn the fees into the
treasury. 1t is estimated that it will
require an appropriation of 100000
10 carry out the provisions of the bill.
The house committee on public
lands Wednesday agreed to report ia
Vorably the bill introduced by Mr..
Mondell of Wyoming to increase from
100 to 800 acres the amount of non
tmbered, non-irrigable lands taxable
under the homestead act The bill
provides, however. that continuous
residence must be had on the home
stead for five consecutive years, and
requires certain amount Of cultiva-
tion of the soil. The law governing
ordinary homestead entry on plats Of
lou acres is not in any way changed
oy this bill, whose sole object is TO
promote reclamation of semi-a":d
lands by dry farming" in the states
Oh Colorado, California, Idaho, Mon
lana, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah.
Nevada, Washington and Wyoming,
ana the territories of Arizona and
new Mexico. If the bill becomes a
law many millions of acres of land
Will be made subject to enlarged
homestead entry.