The Springfield herald., 1909-07-09
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

The new 1-cent piece bearing the
head of President Lincoln will be is
sued from the mint at Philadelphia
beginning August 1st next.
Senator Tillman's amendment to
the tariff bill providing for duty
of 10 cents a pound on tea was de-
feated in the Senate by vote of
IS to 90.
In compliance with his recent re.
quest to Washington for additional
clerks in the Denver postoffice, Post
master Sours has been authorized to
put on fourteen additional clerks in
the postoffice department.
Senator Guggenheim Of Colorado
has requested the director Of the Ge-
illogical Survey to put party in the
field, this season If possible, to in
vestigate and report upon the oil re-
sources of the country adjacent to De
Beque and Rifle.
A provision of the census bill as
agreed on by the conference commit
tee requires that hereafter all examin-
ations OF applicants for positions
in the government service from any
state shall be conducted in the state
in which the applicant resides, and
that persons taking the examinations
shall have been actually domiciled in
the state for at least year previous
to examination.
AT meeting of the recently or
ganized Colorado Republican Associa-
ton in Washington, it was shown that
scarcely 100 of the 131 government
employees in the city charged up to
Colorado are legal residents of that
state. Colorado, it was stated at the
meeting, has been imposed on, men
who are entitled to Colorado patron
age being crowded out by pseudo Col
oradans, who falsely give their resi-
dence as Colorado.
The secretary of the interior has
vacated the order of withdrawal un-
der the reclamation act in connection
with the White river project, Colo
RADIO, so far as it related to about
5O7,56O acres of land, and restored
that amount of land to the public do
main, where not otherwise withdrawn,
reserved or appropriated. These
lands will become subject to settle
ment on and after September 8, 1903.
but not subject to entry, filing or Sc
lection until October 30, 1909, at the
land office at Glenwood Springs, set
tlement or occupation prior to Sep
tember 80, 1909, being expressly for
hidden.
A call on national depository banks
for a return to the treasury of govern
ment funds aggregating approximately
$25 900. 900 was made June 29th by
Secretary McVeagh OF this amount,
SO, ,OO0, 900 has been called for July 18th
and s16,OOO,00O for August 18th.
Appointments under the new cen
sus law will be made by competitive
examination, but this requirement is
not made applicable to supervisors
and enumerators. Only one person
from a family will be admitted under
the examination and this provision Is
made general to all branches of the
civil service.
In the course of an answer to
questions in the Senate, Senator AID
rich said he would support the cor
poration tax amendment as means
of defeating the income tax. He be-
leved it would be repealed after two
years, or the rate lowered.
An increase of 344 in the total of
railroad casualties, but decrease Of
sixty-five in the total of persons
killed, as compared with the figures
for the corresponding quarter last
year, is shown for the months of jan
uary February and March, 1909. by
an accident bulletin of the interstate
commerce commission.