The new era., 1910-04-14
INDIANA ANXIOUS TO FURNISH
BUILDING MATERIAL FOR
NEW PosroFFIcE.
MONDELL BILL AMENDED
COLORADO AoMEsTEADEas WHO
HAVE FORFEITED CLAIMS
GET ANOTHER CHANCE.

Washington. With Indiana Con-
gressmen and an attorney busy in its
behalf at Washington. the big Bed
ford, Ind, quarry is working hard to
secure the contract for material for
Denver's new federal building. and the
Colorado delegation finds it has hard
work cut out for it.
The Senate will take up the railroad
bill in earnest next Monday. Senator
Elkins, in charge of the measure, gave
notice Wednesday that Immediately
after the conclusion of the routine
business on Monday he would ask to
have the bill proceeded with and that
the voting begin whenever it devel-
oped that no one was prepared to
make speech.
When at o'clock, as usual, Senator
Elkins was about to ask that the rail
road bill be temporarily laid aside
because no one was prepared to speak
upon it, Clapp interrupted with the
suggested that Elkins would insure a
better attendance of the senators,
prompter speeches and more expedi-
tlous disposition OF the bill by notify
ing the Senate that he would press the
bill Thursday.
Observation-Disclosures the effective
work on the part of Representative
John A. Martin the Mondell bill,
granting new rights to homesteaders
who have forfeited their claims, which
passed the House, was amended to
include entrymen on desert claims as
well as on homesteads. Hundreds in
Colorado who have been compelled to
allow desert entries to lapse on ac
count of the failure to obtain irriga
ton facilities will be directly benefit
ed by the bill.
Representative Mondell's bill came
up Wednesday afternoon. Its author
was somewhat reluctant to incorpo-
rate Martins desert land amendment.
for fear it would load the measure
too heavily and cause it's defeat.
The measure provides that home
stead and desert land entrymen who
have forfeited claims previous to the
time when the act shall be signed by
the President, shall be allowed to
again exercise their rights in taking
UP land The bill yet has to be passed
by the Senate.
Senator Guggenheim Wednesday in
troduced six bills providing appropri-
atoms to acquire sites for public
buildings in the following Colorado
cities: Colorado City, $4,000; Du-
range, $4,000; Fort Morgan, $4,000;
Glenwood Springs, $4,000; Montrose,
$4,000; Sterling, $4,000; also a bill
appropriating 100000 for erection of
a public building upon site already
acquired by the city of Grand juno
ton.
Washington. = President Taft has
Cancelled his engagement to visit
Indianapolis May s. While no state
ment has been issued in regard to this
decision it is believed to be the direct
result of the events in the Indiana
State Republican convention.
Washington.-The election Of So
cialist Mayor in Milwaukee by plu-
rality almost unprecedented in that
city was the subject Of much comment
among members Of Congress Wednes-
day, especially those from Wisconsin.
Leading Republicans were inclined to
minimize the political importance OF
the result; some OF them would not
admit that it was really Socialist
victory. Democrats were generally
non-communicative on the subject.
But the Wisconsin Representatives
view it as momentous. One of the
most prominent of these, forbidding
quotation by name, went SO far as to
say that the election Of the Socialist
mayor might mean the election OF two
Socialist congressman from Wisconsin
this fall.
shington.-Tentative agreements
looking toward the ending OF the coal
and steel strikes in Pennsylvania,
which have thrown thousands out OF
employment, were discussed at con-
terences here Wednesday participated
in by II. C. .Frick, Senator Boise Pen
rose of Pennsylvania, John Mitchell,
former president of the United Mine
Workers of America, President LcAr-
die of the Amalgamated Steel Work
ers, and other labor leaders.
The result of the conference prac-
tically will assure the settlement OF
the coal strike, and the steel workers
and officers of the United States Steel
CORPORATION were drawn closer to-
gether, with prospects of an ending
of difficulties soon.
Immigration to Canada.