The Green Forest tribune., 1908-03-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Ma. ton, and Particularly From the Great Southwest.
CONGRESSIONAL.

i 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 I r of the Is United States pension agencies and consolidate pension dis bursements in Washington, the house Thursday passed the pension appro- priation bill, carrying $150,S69, 900, the largest sum ever authorized by that measure. The house by a vote of SC to 139 stood by the committee on ap- propriations and left unchanged it's 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 a proposition for the physical valuation of railroads. The blind senator from Oklahoma, MT. Gore, attempted to draw MT. 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-
 dent had acted in a way which he
 believed at the time to be in the best
 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 ap-
 propriation bill continued for four
 hours in the house of representatives
 Wednesday. The subjects discussed
 took a wide range, politics, fina@ee,
 the trusts and the presidents last special message all receiving atten-
 ton. At 4:24 D. m. the house ad-
 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, adiourning in respect to Mr. Whyte.
 The senate committee on public
 lands Wednesday ordered favorable
 report on a bill to restore to the reg
 ister of the land office the fees col
 f., af tri
 Since 1892 a fee of S1 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. It is estimated that it will
 require an appropriation of $100,H0O lAto carry out the provisions of the bill. % The house committee on public Mands Wednesday agreed to report fa- ggForably the bill introduced by MT. aMondell of Wyoming to increase from }160 to 320 acres the amount of non- Numbered, non-irrigable lands takahle %lnder the homestead act. The bill @provides, however, that continuous Nresidence must be had on the home Rstead for five consecutive years, and requires a certain amount Of cultiva tion of the soil The law governing ordinary homestead entry on plats Of 160 acres is not ill any way changed @by this bill, whose sole object is to ;apromote reclamation of semi-a".d Hhnds by ''dry farming" in the states HQf Colorado, California, Idaho, Mon
 na, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah. Nevada, Washington and Wyoming, gAnd the territories of Arizona and New Mexico. If the bill becomes a &Iaw many millions of acres of land #Fill be made subject to enlarge
 Homestead entry.