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Tho Rosebud bill, opening up to sot
tlemonL 410,000 acroa of land in Soutfc
Dakota, 1ms boon passod. Tho land is
to bo sold at tho rato of $4 por acre.
Commenting upon tho measure, Con
gressman Martin said that tho agree
ment with the Sioux Indians was
roaohed by tho secretary of tho in
terior through tho Indian agent in
charge of tho Rosebud agency.
Sonator Lodgo introduced a bill
placing In tho caso of tho secretary of
tho Interior all Jiistoric and prehis
toric ruins, monumonts, archaeologi
cal objects and other antiquities and
tho work of tho Amorican aborigines
on tho public lands, with the object
in viow of protecting them against
despoliation.
A bill was introduced in tho senate
by Senator Hopkins prohibiting the
issuance of a patent tor any drug ex
copt Insofar as its preparation Is con
cerned. Sonator Cockrell introduced a bill
for tho amendment of tho law prohib
iting tho importation of adulterated
teas so as to make it Inapplicable to
tea soopings and tea sittings used
in tho manufacture 'of thelne, caffeine
and other kindred chemicals.
Under suspension of tho rules, a. bill
was passod in the house to promote
and recognize tho efficiency of army
chaplains, giving tho grade of major
to chaplains o long service.
An Associated press dispatch, under
dato of Washington, Apnl 19, says:
James Doltrick, manager of an .Ameri
can mining company, pnnraiiiig in Nic
aragua, hjxs.lodg&tt with Secretary Kuy
a vigorous protest against the action
..of tho British government in sending
tho' warship Retribution to the Mos
quito coast to coerce the local Nicar
agua! officials, as ho alleges. The
state department has taken tho pro
test undov considorAtlon. .
'Iprosldcnt. Roosevelt is to press the
button-that will liglit the fair grounds
and start tho machinery in motion at
St. Louis on opening day.
A bill has been passed in the house,
providing for tho establishment of a
supreme court for Indian 'Territory
and for additional United States
judges therein.
ter to Sonator Proctor of the senate
military committco, strongly urging
the purchase of the four great camp
sites, at a cost of several million dol
lars, which aro to be used for joint
maneuvers and drills by the regular
army and the militia.
The senate passed the pension ap
propriation bill which 'carries an ap
propriation of ?137,000,000. Tho
emergency river and harbor bill was
also passed by the senate, carrying
With it an appropriation of $3,000,000.
While this measure was under con
sideration, Sonator Gorman sharply
criticised tho failure to bring in a
general harbor and river bill.
Democratic Conventions. v
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Congressman Martin of South Lalto
ta, under whoso resolution the depart
ment of commerce and labor is inves
tigating the beef industry fior the
purpose of determining whether there
exists a combination Injurious to the
interests of the general public, has
held conferences with Secretary Cor
trjjyou and also with Commissioner
Garfield.
Representative Thomas (N! C.) in
troduced a bill amending tho posts 1
laws providing that one copy each of
all newspapers or publications of tho
second class may bo sent through the
mails free to actual subscribers.
An Associated press dispatch, under
dato of Washington, April 19, says:
The house committee on reform in
the civil service authorized Chairman
Gillott to introduce a bill providing
that Juno 30, 1907, every office in the
classified service of the United States
held by a person who is then over 70
years of ago shall become vacant and
that thereafter such offices shall be
come vacant when the incumbents be
come 70 years of age.
Secretary Taft has addressed a lot-
Dayton, Victor J. Dowling; 18th, John
J. Brady, Geo. M. Walgrovo; 18th,
John McArdle, William T. Emme,t;
20th, Michael N. Kane, George H.
Smith; 21st, W. F. Holsapple, Richard
E. Connell; 22d, Daniel E. Conway,
John A. Dix; 23rd, Patrick E.- McCabe,
Wm. H .Hathaway; 24th, George M.
Palmer, Thomas Benedict.
The convention adopted the follow
ing platform:
The democrats of New York, in re
newing their pledge of fidelity to the
essential principles of Jeffersonian
democracy, as repeatedly enunciated
in our national and state platforms,
make these further declarations upon
the national issues of the hour, re
serving an expression-upon" state"' 1s-
ucb' until the fall convention, wlien
state candidates aro to be nominated:
1. This is a government of laws,
and of men; one law for presidents,
cabinets and people; no. usurpation,
no executive encroachment upon the
legislative or judicial department.
2. We must keep Inviolate the
pledges of our treaties; we must, re
new and reinvigorate within our
selves that respect for law and that.
love of liberty and of peace which the
spirit of military domination tends
inevitably to weaken and destroy.
3. Unsteady national policies and
a restless spirit of adventure mnAn.
dor alarms that check our commercial
growth; let us have peace, to the end
that business confidence may be re
stored and that our people may again
in tranquility enjoy tho gains of their
toil.
4. Corporations chartered by the
state must be subject to just regula
tion by the state in the interest of
tho people; taxation for public pur
poses only; no government partner
ship with protected monopolies.
8. The maintenance pf state rights
and home rule; no centralization.
9. Honesty in the public service;
vigilance in the prevention of fraud
and firmness in the punishment of
guilt when detected.
n10The imnartial maintenance of
the rights of labor and of capital- no
unequal discrimination; no abuse of
tho powers of law for favoritism or
oppression.
The democracy of New York favor
the nomination for president of the
United States of that distinguished
democrat and eminent jurist of our
own state, Alton Brooks Parker; and
the delegates selected by this con
vention are hereby instructed to pre
sent and support such nomination at
the approaching national convention.
That the said delegates are hereby
further nstructed to act and vote as
a unit in all matters pertaining lo
said convention, in nnx,i ,.,.
the will of the majority of the said
delegates; and the said delegates are
further authorized to fill any vacan
cies which may arise from any cause
in said delegation in caso of tho ab
sence of both the delegate and alter
nate. , , , ,
5. Opposition to trusts and combi
nations that oppress the people and
stifle healthy industrial competition.
C. A check upon extravnganco in
public expenditures, that the burden
of the people's taxes may be lightened.
7. Reasonable revision of the tar
iff; needless duties upon 'imported
raw materials weigh heavily upon the
manufacturer, are a menace to the
American wage-earner, and by in
creasing the cost of production shut
out our products from the foreign
markets.
Tammany vigorously opposed in
structions, Bourke Cockran and Sena
tor Grady speaking in Tammany's be
half. In his speech, Mr. Cockran said:
"The majority resolutions say that
this is a government of law and of
men a profound discovery conclud
ed by asking instructions for Judge
Parker. They enumerate a series ttf
platitudes and ask for a candidate
who will stand for everything or
nothing. Judge Parker's record may
make the best kind of a candidate,
but are we going before the conven
tion upon his qualifications or" upon
our desire that he bej nominated?
"We believe we have placed Judge
Parker in the best attitude he could
assume. We place him on record.
You nlace him on the desire of certain
eminent statesmen. You propose to
hang around his neck the fortunes of
certain individuals. Whether that be.
for decoration or a burden I leaver to
the past to say."
mortgage tacked on to me. You have
got to be rated in ..the Rockefeller
class to camp around that lodge vrv
long."-New York Herald. 7'
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Ther democratic state convention for
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as follows: William A. Gaston, Bos
ton; Patrick A. Collins, Boston; Wil
liam L. Douglas, Brockton, and John
It. Thayer, Worchester. The dele
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