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JANUARY 30, "1903.
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On January 17 the house passed
the, substitute for tho senate bill to
establish a department of commerce
and labor. This substitute bill differs
from, the senate measure in important
particulars such as leaving tho life
saving service, the marine hospital
service, the steamboaf inspection ser
vice, the, bureau of navigation and the
shipping commissioners under the con
rolof' the treasury department, but
authorizes the president at his discre
tion to transfer to other bureaus for
the collection of statistics and the in
terstate commerce commission to the
new. department. It' places under the
control of the new department the na
frbal bureaiTof standards, the coast
and,, g6ododlc survey, the bureau of
statistics", the, bureau of foreign com
merceVthe bureau of immigration, in
cluding jurisdiction over "Chinese im
&ii.dtflbn, t and also creates the bu
rcavjjf manufacturing and corpora
tions.: ;
T A resolution referring to the dis
crimination of France, Germany and
JRijjsiaagainst jLne United" States was
Introduced by Senator Lodge on Jan
uary 19. The resolution directs the
committee on finance to make, an in
vestigation into the matter and was
laid on the table to allow Senator
.Aidrleh an opportunity to make a
statement concerning the subject
On January. 19 the senate devoted
two executive sessions to the Cuban
reciprocity treaty. Several amend
ments to the treaty were discussed
but no action was" aken on that date.
Senator Bacon, a member of the for
eign, committee, ivants the treaty to
TO THK ICOOT3
be t considered also by the house of
representatives.
Surgem General Wyman of the pub
lic health and marine hospital service
and representative of the health au
thorities of nineteen states met in
conference at the national capital .on
January 19 for the purpose of consid
ering the subject of bubonic plague fk
tho United States, its prevention and
investigation of the cases reported
from San Francisco.
The war department has received a
petition transmitted, through General
Taft from Aguinaldo, the late leader
in the Philippines. This petition Is an
w exposition of conditions in the islands
'anu asus lor prompt action toy the Con
gress of this country to prevent dis
tress and disaster In the archipelago,
Aguinaldo outlines a plan whereby tho
Filipinos are to be granted a treasury
loan of $20,000,000 with a further
credit of $80,000,000 for a period ot
twenty years, all this to servo as a
guarantee for the issue of paper mon
ey in the islands. Secretary Root
has transmitted copies of the petition
to the senate and the house.
AScboolBoy pigs Down to Find Food to
;i Build Him Bight
A good,; straightforward letter was
recently sent by a bright clever youth
which shows his ability to go to tho
bottom of a "trouble and rectify it
' Ho says, "I attended High School
for three years but made little prog
ress. I did not enjoy good health; my
food was not properly digested; this
caused headache and hence I could
not study. I tried taking exercise in,
the footrball field but was unable to
stand it as it always increased my
headache.
- During the summer holidays I began
eating Grape-Nuts and the benefit was
Immediate, the headache stopped, mv
food digested properly so that I had
no more stomach trouble, my general
health improved, my weight increased
and my brain was clear and bright
Tho result was that this summor I
procured Junior Leaving and Junior
Matriculation Standing. I. also took
my p)ae on. tho foot-ballteam as
."half-back and played in all the games
of 4901.
This wonderful increase in mental
and physical health I attribute to no
other cause than the nourishment I
got from Grape-Nuts. I recommend
them to. everybody who desires health.
I am only a boy of, 17 years, but my
weight is 148 pounds and this weight
was procured solely by the use of
Grape-Nuts." Name given by Postum
Cereal Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There is a reason why Grape-Nuts
Bhould correct a delicate, physical, or
a sluggish mental condition. The food
is highly nutritious and is -predigested
so that it helps the digestive organs
to assimilate other food. It is also
rich in tho phosphates that go direct
ly to make up the delicate gray mat
ter of brain and .nerve centres.
Minister Bowen arrived in Wash
ington from Venezuela on January 20
and at once delivered his message to
tho state department It is said that
above all things it is the desire "of
Venezuela to have the blockade raised
and as a guarantee for tho fulfillment
of the country's obligations is willing
to offer the Venezuelan customs.
On January 21 President Roosevelt
signed the military bill recently passed
by congress.
Senator Elkins introduced a bill
which is designed to cover the anti
trust legislation as concerns railways
on January 21. The bill contains the
provisions which were recommended
by Attorney General Knox as to the
punishment of those who receive as
well as those who give rebates; also
providing for the punishment of cor
porations by fine.
The canal treaty between ,tho United
States and Colombia was signed at
Washington on January 38 by Secre
tary of State Hay and Dr. Herran, act
ing for the Colombian government
Tho treaty must now go to the sen
ate for ratification.
The Philippine coinage bill was be
fore the house on January 22 and was
rejected by a vote of 146 to 128. A
substitute providing for the intro
duction of American currency and,
American coinage system in the isl
ands was adopted.
On the same day the senate commit
tee on the Philippines ordered a fav
orable report on the Philippine tariff
bill which has already passed the
house. As it passed the house the
bill carried a uniform reduction ' of
the tariff on Philippine goods im
ported Inttf this country, the rat6 to
be 25 per cent of those Imposed by
the Dingley law. Tho senate amend
ed tho bill so as to provide for the
admission of all Philippine-produced
goods free of duty except sugar and
tobacco, those commodities-being fixed
at 50 per cent of the Dingley rates.
On January 23 the details of the
Colombian canal treaty were ? given
out The treaty provides for a cash
payment of $10,000,000 and $250,000
rental to tho Colombian government
after the lapse of nine years. Over
the strip of land to be taken for the
canal thQ.Unlto4 Sta(ee is to exercise
police and. sanitary jurisdlctidh al
though (t Is doiTnitoly agroed t that
Cdlombia does not surrender sover
eignty '.over it
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Tho senate conynltteo on commcrco
has authorized a favorable roport on
tho nomination of Henry McCall to
bo collector of customs at tho port of
Now Orleans, Mr. . McCall's nomina
tion has been stubbornly antagonized
By negroes.
. The house committeo on naval af
fairs Is engaged In the investigation
of tho report that Representative
Lessler has been approached with an
offer of money for th'e purpose of in
fluencing his vbto In the committeo
Mr. Lessler claims that ho was told
that he would receive $5,000 if ho
would change sides on the torpedo
boat matter1.
Both houses of tho legislative as
sembly of Now Mexico concurred In
passing a .memorial to tho United
States senate oh January 22 pleading
that statehood be extended to tho
territory of New Mexico; also Ari
zona, iuany citations are set forth as
to the reasons in favor of tho admis
sion ofjtheso territories and a similar
memorial was addressed to tho legis
latures of Arkansas, California, Kan
sas, Missouri, Montana, Nevada,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Oregon,
Leah, Washington and Wyoming,
praying these legislatures to memor
ialize congress on behalf of tho pass
age of the omnibus bill. Resolutions
of thanks were also adopted to all
senators and reprrsentotives favor
ably disposed to the omnibus bill
NOW TWO YEARS Oft)
On January 23, 1901, the first issue
of The Commoner made its appear
ance. Yesterday was the second an
niversary of tho founding of the pa
per, and in accordance with a prece
dent established at tho close of the
first year the second anniversary was
celebrated at the 'home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Bryan at Fairviow. The
entire Commoner forco accepted an
invitation from Mr. and Mrs. Bryan
to Bpend the evening at Falrview and
the occasion was thoroughly enjoyed.
A special car was provided and the
employes gathered at tho offlco and
went to Falrview in a body. Mr. and
Mrs. Bryan made every one feel per
fectly at home and the evening was
spent in singing, recitations, short
speeches and partaking of the delight
'ful luncheon provided by the host and
hostess.
Mr. Charles W. Bryan, business man
ager, gave a short resume of Tho Com
moner's history, dwelling with espe
cial emphasis on the fact that many of
those present were employed on tho
paper before its first issue appeared.
He said that the spirit of loyalty mani
fested and the interest taken in The
Commoner's success by tho employes
was especially pleasing to himself and
to the editor and proprietor.
Mr. W. J. Bryan made acharacter
istlc. short talk to tho party and as
sured all present that he hoped to be
come even better acquainted with
them in tho future. What pleased him
most was the evidence that none of
the members of the force had a griev
ance and that all were happy and con
tented. Messrs. Waito and Maupin
were called upon for a few remarks,
Miss Howell and Mr. Fitch entertained
with recitations and Miss DeNoon pre
side; at the piano while tho guests
joinel in singing some old favorites.
A goodly portion of the evening was
spent in examining the numerous sou
venirs collected by Mr. and Mrs. Bry
an since his first candidacy for the.
J presidency. Late in the svening the
nervetoHi Discovery by the Famous Dr; Venlc-
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who has made a hie study of this fatal disease.
His wonderful .remedy has been fully tested and
rigidly proven a bwtc cure by state officials, and
noted medical men all over the world testify to
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guests departed upon the special car
provided for them.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan expressed them
selves as glad of the fact that the
first gathering, in their new homo,
was that of the employes of Tho Com
moner, and the guests were a unit In
expressing their delight at betag In
vited to celebrate The Commoner's
second anniversary at the home of its
editor and publlsher.Lincoln Post
James P. Clark was chosen as Unit
ed States senator from Arkansas oa
January 20 to succeed James K. Jones.
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