Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-12-15

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| right OF Major General Wheeler to
participate In the proceedings Of the
House, should he attempt to exercise
the privilege of n member. He will
also raise the question as against eth
| er Of three other members of the
House who entered the service In the
United States army during the war
| with Spain.
Mr.. Morrill, addressed the Senate las,
| Tuesday on his bill authorizing the
purchase of site east of the capitol
grounds In Washington for building
| for the United States Supreme Court.
Notwithstanding his advanced age the
venerable senator handled the subject
with exceptional vigor and effective
ness. He urged the propriety of erect
Ing a building In keeping with the
dignity of the court. and claimed that
the recent fire in the courts quarters
in the capitol emphasized the Import
ance of the measure. The Senate. after
the speech. promptly passed the Su-
preme Court site bill.
The War Department has ordered
| the following regiments to Manila: The
Twentieth. at Fort Leavenworth. Kan:
the Third. Mt Fort Smelling, Mimi; the
Twelfth, at Jefferson barracks, Nilsson.
ri. and Fort Riley. Kan: the Seven
teenth, at Columbus barracks. Ohio:
the Fourth. at Fort Sheridan. and the
Twenty.second. at Fort Crook. Neb
They Will go forward to Manila as soon
as transportation can be provided. 1t
may be that the two regiments still
held In reserve. the Twenty-fourth and
the Twenty-fifth infantry. will join the
others before they sail.
|
York has introduced in the House
bill for the reorganization of the
army. 1t was drawn after consulta-
tion with many army officers. and is
supposed to represent the ideas of the
younger element of the army. 1t makes
some very radical changes In the stan
and has some novel features. 1t con-
solidates the adJutant generals depart
ment in the general staff, absorbs the
ordnance department into the artillery
corps, and abolIshes the signal corps.
transferring the duties of that corps to
the engineer corps and the officers to
the infantry.
The commissioner general Of inimi-
grafton at Washington states that any
alien immigrants who may become Il
public charge within one year from the
date of landing in the United States
will be returned to the country In
which they belong Mt the expense OF
the immigrant fund of the United
States government. This fund Is liable
to pay. any public or charitable insti-
tuition fixed charges agreed upon for
| the care of any alien Immigrant who
| has fallen into distress within the year
from the time of landing and become
public barge from accident or bodily
ailment or disease or physical inability
to earn living. which is likely to be OF
n permanent character.
General Garcia was the noblest fig
| ure of the Cuban revolution. He was
n, man of impetuous energy, imperious
temper and intense emotions, but of
all the leaders OF the movement he
was regarded as the most unselfish.
patriotic and pure. while his military
ability and experience was beyond that
of any of his compatriots. President
Mckinley thought very highly Of him.
and deplores his death as serious
loss to Cuba. In the reorganization of
the government the President intended
to place General Garcia In an import
ant and influential position, and wns
depending upon him more thnn upon
any other man to reconcile the insur-
gents to the plans of the administra.
tion.
1t Is very probable that Secretary
! Bliss will tender his resignation within
short time to the President. He has
| had the step under consideration for
| some time. deeming 1t necessary that
he should be free to devote more time
| to his large business interests. The
resignation, 1t can be stated, will not
be due in the least to any differences
with the President or his other advis-
| ors, but to Mr.. Bliss reluctance for
purely private personal reasons to con-
tinue longer in office as secretary of
the interior. i 1t is presumed official an
nouncement will not be made until the
President has chosen Mr.. Bliss sue
] cessor. 1t is said the President Is con-
| templating giving this appointment to
the western section of the country.
From information received here, 1t
appears that the autonomist govern
ment of Cuba, established year ngo,
is making n strenuous effort to dispose
| of a number of very valuable fran
chises and concessions before the ad
vent of the military government of the
| United States. These franchises and
concessions include the right to con-
struct and operate the central railroad
| line of the island, including eleven
branches, and also network of
electric trnmways for Havana. Pres
ident Mckinley, however, has put
n quietus on the enterprise of the
Spaniards. and has issued instructions
to General Wade. the chairman of our
evacuation commission at Havana, i'm
mediately to inform the officials of the
Spanish autonomist government that
the United States strongly disproves
of the proposed disposition of the con
cessions and franchises described and
TO ask that all negotiations for the |
same be discontinued. 1t seems prob
able that this hint will lie sufficient.
but in case 1t Is not. General Wnde's |
instructions are sufficient to meet ev-