Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-12-07

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Assoolated Press that Great Britain
through the Marquis Of Salisbury, refuses
to arbitrate on the Venes1elan question
within the Schomburg line. In view o.
past declarations of President Cleveland
and the national congress, the situation
appears serious.
HE WAS POSTED,
There is reason to hslieve that the
president was aware before his message
went to congress that Lord Salisbury's
response to Ambassador Bayard's repre-
sentations, just arrived in Washington,
touching the Venezuelan boundary dis
pute would be unfavorable, but the fact
was probably withheld from congress,
because that portion OF the message relat-
ing to Venezuela had already been COM
pleted, and the president desires to make
1t the subject of special communication
that will give the matter the Importance
it deserves.
THE PRESIDENTS COURSE.
Having received negative reply to his
inq whether or not Great Britain is
prepared to submit to arbitration all of
the territory 10 dispute there remains for
him but one course, namely, TO submit
the matter to congress for its further di-
rection. Beyond this point the presi-
dent can not 60 alone, for, to be consist
ent, he would be obliged to notify the
British government that any enoroach-
ment upon Venezuelan soil would be re-
garded by the United States as hostile
act, and that is so perilously close to an
open declaration of war that it might be
construed as an infringement upon the
constitutional power of congress.
SALISBURY TO oLNEY.
The reply of Lord Salisbury to Score
tary Olney's note of instructions to Am
bassador Bayard, relative to the Vene-
zuelan boundary dispute, was delivered
to Secretary Olney at noon to-day by Sir
Julian Pauncefote in person, the ambas-
sador himself reading the contents there
of to Mr.. Olney, as Is the custom when
important documents are presented.
For some reason the state department
officials took steps to prevent the fact
that the note had been delivered from.
gaining publicity, but without avail.
At the British embassy, there was the
same indispositiou to give any publicity
to the proceedings.
All inquiry as to the nature of the note
failed to secure response from any off,
cial, and it will probably be preserved as
an official secret, as far as the Washington
authorities are concerned, until che presi-
dent, upon his return, has had an oppor-
tunity to consider 1t and send it to con-
gress.
But it is known that it is on the same
general lines indicated in the Associated
Press dispatches this week.
POSTAL OFFICIALS DISMISSED.
Postmaster General Wilson has dis
missed William. W. Hill, of Mississippi,
assistant superintendent of the free de-
livery department of the postoffice do
partment; Samuel Bright, OF Indiana,
clerk in the free delivery bureau, and an
other clerk named Sullivan, now of the
dead letter Office, but formerly of the
free delivery bureau, for giving out off,
cial information "and conspiracy to be-
little the department..
urAH's POSITION.
Mr.. James Il. Bacon, president of the
bank of Salt Lake, who is in the city. tells
the politicians and others in Washington
that when Utah gets into congress she
will be found standing boldly out for free
coinage at 1e to /. He says it is general
~ conceded that Frank Cannon will get
one of the senatorships, and that Messrs.
Trumboo, Goodwin and Bennett are rivals
for the other one.
Speaking Of the state in general he
says:
Statehood will undoubtedly help Us; it
will bring people and capital, and infuse
new life into the development of all our
industries. Right now we are going
ahead and there is NO cause of complaint
from my quarter.