| Show AND CANAL BILLS IN HOUSE More Vigorous us Laws Are Advocated Against the immigration of Coolies Measure Ma uFe Providing g For Work to Begin on Waterway Across Isthmus I r at Nicaragua r T DEC G In the l v f hOU hot hous today after alter the reading t arid nd approval p l of the Journal Mr Gads Gan s Tonn who has just returned from front the Philippines appeared at the theba bar ba where the oath St f C o ministered to him Speaker Henderson then than tb announced the appointment of the following committees Ways and Means Republicans Payne N Y V Pa Pa Hopkins His Js Grosvenor 0 O Russell Rusell Conn Steele Ind md TAwneY Minn McCall Mass Long HaM Kan Ra RaB Babcock B k Wis Metcalfe Cal Cat Democrats Richardson Tenn Terin Rob Robertson Rober orIson ertson er LL La Swanson Va Vs Va McClellan McClellanN N Y Newlands Newland Nev Nov Cooper Tex TarS T Appropriations Republican R Cannon en lila Ills hn him Pa EPa a Hemenway Hem Ind Ind md Barney Moody NeaL Mas M Van Voorhis O Littauer LIt er N NY TJ Y TenD Gardner Burkett Neb Nob Democrats Livingston Ga MeRue McRae Ark Alk Ben Cole Goto Pierce Tenn Tone Battles Mo Taylor Ala Enrolled Bills Republicans Md Ball Bali Del Wel Burk Pa Currier Curtier N H Democrats Lloyd Mo Edwards Mont Monk MontIn In 11 each eh of the committees announced today t the majority representation was increased and the minority representation enta tion lion reduced to that extent This Thin pol policy policy icy is to be followed in the appoint appointment appointment ment meet of the other oUter committees Mr Metcalfe of California is the new Re Republican publican B on the ways and means com corn committee COMmittee Brownlow of Tennes Tennessee Tennese Tennessee see e Gardner of Michigan and Burkett of Nebraska are the new Republican members on the appropriations corn com Mr Wood of Alabama was the Demo Democrat Democrat crat dropped from the ways and means committee The retirement of Mr Allen Alton of Mississippi from congress made it necessary n e ary to drop a Democrat frOm tr m the appropriation committee c Mr VachIer of Maryland succeeds I Mr Baker of the same state as chair chairman chairman man of the committee on enrolled bills Mr Baker aker was wa not reelected se Bill Introduced Representative Kahn who represents nta tIre the S san n Francisco Fra district the tM Chinese quarter in which some Chinese Chi eee reside e today introduced a Chinese e exclusion law It defines strictly the th status Matus of those tho e who by treaty ty bare hawe h e a right to enter the coun country country try including all aU except Chinese officials deli claa as JS s teachers students merchants travelers and returning laborers In hi each ch oC of 0 these the e excepted cases a section is lit devoted to the rigid identification and specification of or the th except excepted ed parties In the case ease of Chinese officials the Chinese government is re required required qui to furnish a list of i is 18 s officials j coming to this u country Mr lr Kahn says sata m this will overcome the wholesale creation c of ot officiate In including luding those o 0 othe othe the Six companies who are said si to have been made officiate in order ordot to take them outside of ot the exclusion ion law For An Isthmian Canal Representative Hepburn of Iowa to today today day Introduced ced his Isthmian 1 canal bill bil bmw which w by bT reason of his being the au an author author anthor thor oi oa tie e bill blU passed test last year am ani his bIJ probable continuance at the head bead of at o the Tunis house commerce committee is considered as th measure which will serve as u a basis lor action by the thebo house bo It differs from the Hepburn bill bUSH passed lest Jut yew year in making the to total total tota tal ta appropriation instead tead In of gf M Of or the total amount le ie is in made immediately available to In other respects the bill biH follows that of last t year authorizing the president to acquire a right of way from Costa Rica and Nicaragua and then to direct the secretary of war to begin the construction con construction from Grey town on the Carl Cad Carlbean Carlbean bean sea to Brito on the Pacific ocean with suitable defenses etc Representative Gardner of New N r Jer Jersey Jersey sey soy has bas introduced a Joint resolution rea authorising the state department to purchase the Danl Danish h West Indies and appropriating ret Car that per pur pern nose J n The be resolution refers to the tile de do desirability of or American ownership of these islands under the Monroe lIon doe doc doctrine trine trifle Representative Tayler of Ohio today introduced a bill to pension Mrs Mc y at the rate of ot OIO a year be beginning beginning ginning Sept 14 14 the date d te of the death of ot 0 the late president At p m in the house adjourned until Tuesday n 1 |
