Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-12-31 | Page 1 | New Year Edition, Legislation for Isles

LEGISLATION FOR ISLES Bills Now Bein g Reported to Carry 1 Into Effect Recommendations ff V Washington Dec 30 Secretary Root has been In almosVu jny I conference confer-ence with Senators LoVMrnd Platt Conn during the past q J regard to the legislation for thtx 3 spment of the Philippines Blsr njc > J rvourse of preparation to carry intocVSct the recommendations made by thE Jhlllp line commission and Indorsed ow tho President and Secretary ot War looking look-ing to the material and political welfare l wel-fare of the Islands These bills author Ize the granting of franchises for railroads rail-roads electric lights telephones etc the Issue o bonds ot the Insularj Government Gov-ernment to purchase the agrlcvultural holdings and property of rellglqus orders or-ders provide for the acquisition of homestead rights regulating i mining and provide a special system of coinage coin-age and banking for the Islands