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JANUARY 30, 1903.
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On January 17 the houso passed
tho, substitute for the senate bill to
establish a department of commerce
a'nfl labor. This substitute bill differs
from, the senate measure in important
particulars such as leaving tho life
saying service, the marine hospital
service, the steamboat inspection ser
vice, the, bureau of navigation and the
sapping commissioners under the con-JroV-of
the treasury department, but
authorizes the president at his discre
tion to transfer to other bureaus for
ine collection of statistics and tho in
terstate commerco commission to the
new. department. It places under the
control of the new department the na
tional bureaiCof standards, the coast
and g6odedic survey, the bureau of
statistics", the bureau of foreign com
merqeVthe bureau of immigration, in
bidding jurisdiction over 'Chinese im
iuUi.bn, and also creates the bu
rcaiqf manufacturing and corpora
tions'. - A resolution referring to the dis
crimination of France, Germany and
Rn8slaagainst the 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 mi the table to allow Senator
.Aldrich an opportunity to make a
statement cencejning the subject
be k considered also by the house of
representatives.
Surgem General Wyman of the pub
lic health and marine hospital service
aud 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 fn
the United States, its prevention and
investigation of the cases reported
from San Francisco.
On January. 19 the senate devoted
two executive sessions to the Cuban
reciprocity treaty. Several amend
ments to the treaty were discussed
butrno action was1 iaken on that date.
Senator Bacon, a member of the for
eign, committee, "wants the treaty to
, . TO THE KOOTS
A 8ohoel Boy Digs Down to Find Food to
', Build Him Right
A goodt straightforward letter was
recently sent by a bright clever youth
w"hich shows his ability to go to tho
bottom of a 'trouble and rectify it
He 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 foot-ball 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 summer I
procured Junior Leaving and Junior
Matriculation Standing. I- also took
my pjaco on the foot-balL-team as
half-back and played in all the games
of '1901.
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
should 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 the phosphates that go direct
ly to make up the delicate gray mat
ter of brain and .norve centres.
The war department has received a
petition transmitted, through General
Taft from Aguinaldo, the late leader
in the Philippines. This petition is an
exposition of conditions in the islands
'and asks for prompt action by the Con
gress of this country to prevent dis
tress and disaster in the archipelago.
Aguinaldo outlines a plan whereby the
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.
Minister Bowen arrived in Wash
ington from Venezuela on January 20
and at once delivered his message to
the state department It is said that
above all things it Is the desire Tf
Venezuela to have tho blockade raised
and as a guarantee for the 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 the United
States and Colombia was signed at
Washington on January 3 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 fay
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 into this country, the rat6 to
be 25 per cent of those Imposed by
the DIngley law. The senate amend
ed the bill so as to provide for the
admission of all Philippine-produced
goods free of duty except sugar and
tobacco, those commoditiesbeing .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 the Colombian government
after the lapse of nine years. Over
the strip of land to be taken for tht
tho .UnitedSUJcs, Is to exercise
i Anil. sanitary- jurisdictidn;al
canal
police
though (t Is definitely agreed ; that
Colombia does not surrender sover
eigntiy over it.
Tho senate committeo on commerce
has authorized a favorable report on
tho nomination of Henry McCall to
bo collector of customs at tho port of
New Orleans. Mr. McCall's nomina
tion has been stubbornly antagonized
Uy negroes.
. Tho 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 tlfe 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 Bides on the torpedo
boat matter.
Both houses of the legislative as
sembly of Now Mexico concurred in
passing a memorial to the United
States senate on January 22 pleading
that statehood be extended to tho
territory of New Mexico; also Ari
zona. iu any citations are set forth as
to tho reasons in favor of tho admis
sion of, these 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 the pass
age of the omnibus bill. Resolutions
of thanks were also adopted to all
senators and representatives favor
ably disposed to the omnibus bllL.
NOW TWO YEARS OCD
On January 23, 1901, the first issue
of The Commonor made its appear
ance. Yesterday was tho second an
niversary of the 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 tho 'home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Bryan at Fairvlow. The
entire Commoner force accepted an
invitation from Mr. and Mrs. Bryan
to spend the evening at Fairview and
the occasion was thoroughly enjoyed.
A special car was provided and the
employes gathered at the office and
went to Fairview 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 The Com
moner's history, dwelling with -especial
emphasis on the fact that many of
thoso present were employed on the
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 the employes
was especially pleasing to himself and
to the editor and proprietor.
Mr. W. J. Bryan made acharacter
Istic short talk to the party and as
sured all present that he hoped to be
come even better acquainted with
them in the 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
jolnel 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
presidency. Late in the wcnlng the
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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 home,
was that of the employes of The Com
moner, and the guests were a unit ic
expressing their delight at being in
vited to celebrate The Commoner's
second anniversary at the home of its
editor and publisher. -Lincoln Post.
James P. Clark was chosen as Unit
ed States senator from Arkansas oa
January 20 to succeed James IC Jones.
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