The La Jara chronicle., 1911-06-23
From The Aiarnosa Courier.

introducing Solue hcW leSiSldliou
among which is a bill providing
that in time of peace railway
postal clerks in the service of the
government shall be entitled to
admission to the Army and Navy
hospital at Hot Springs, Arkan-
sas, and to any other government
hospital in the United States on
the same terms and conditions
that apply to the admission of
soldiers and sailors. Another
bi' increases the compensation of
rural carriers 5000 per year,
which sum is intended to provide
for the purpose of maintenance
OF necessary horses, wagons and
equipment. Mr.. Taylor would also
give thirty days leave with pay
to every rural carrier. Still an
other bill authorizes and directs
the Postmaster General to pro-
cure postal cars and contract
for hauling them, and to ap-
propriate money for that purpose.
Mr.. Taylor also has a measure
granting to the State of Colorado
one million acres of public land
within the State. Another bill
grants pensions to the surviving
members and widows of the For
sythe Scouts. He also purposes
to authorize states and territories
L, sell lands in lieu of lands in
cluded in forest reservations, and
for the construction of a nation
al road from Grand Junction, Col
orado, to and through the Colo
RADIO National Monument.
Representative Rucker has in
troduced a joint resolution pro
viding that an additional one
million acres of arid lands in
the state of Colorado be made
available and subject to the terms
of section four of an Act of Con-
gress entitled can Act making
appropriations for sundry civil
expenses of the Government for
the fiscal year ending June thir
tieth, eighteen hundred and nine
ty-five, and for other purposes, -
approved August eighteenth, eight
teen hundred and ninety-four, and
nv amendments thereto, and that
the State of Colorado be allowed,
under the provisions of said Acts,
said additional area, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, for
the purposes and under the pro-
visions of said Acts. The Repub-
lican members OF the pension com
mittee are finding tough shedding
owing to the attitude of the Dem
ocrats who control the action of
the House upon all legislation; !;
first, by a per-arranged caucus
plan which fixes an agreement
as to the class of bills that are
to be taken up, and second, by
strict adherence on the part of
the majority in the House to the
mandates of the caucus. There
are great many bills Of import
ance to the "boys who wore the
blue" which the Republican Rep
resentatives on the Pension COM
mittee are unable to secure any
action upon. The determination
of the majority to throttle pension
legislation is shown in the re-
fusal of the House to hold Mon
day sessions, Monday being the
only way under the rules, on
which committees can be dis
charged from consideration of
pending bills.
= In order to regulate the af-
} fairs in the sister state of Wyom-
ing, Mr.. Rucker of Colorado has
introduced a bill providing for
the adjustment of the military
post of Fort ID. A. Russell in
the state of Wyoming The bill
states that the post has become
undesirable" for military pur-
poses, and it is proposed that
the President of the United States
shall cause the same to be ap-
praised and sold at not less