Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-15
GOSSIP
SAND DEPARTMENT NEWS,

OF government recommended by them.
ihey keep their counsel very closely.
but 1t Is understood that each of the
three commissioners has his own no.
tions on the latter subject. which was
the most important submitted to them.
They decline to be interviewed, but it
Is believed one of them thinks Porto
Rlco ought to have Il form of govern
ment similar to that of our territories;
another advocates n system like thai
of the District Of Columbia. with three
commissioners, two from civil life and
one engineer from the army; while the
third believes it would he better to
give the Porto Ricans the broadest
kind of home rule by filling all the Of
fees with natives under the direction
Of governor general appointed by the
President.
The Industrial Commission has cy-
| tended the duties Of its sub-commis-
sion. consisting OF Senator Kyle and
Commissioners A. l.. Harris OF Ohio
and Eugene ID. Conger of Michigan.
so as to authorize 1t TO take testimony
upon the agricultural conditions of the
northwest. The inquiry will be large
ly as to the control OF prices OF agri-
cultural products by combinations of
railroads and elevator companies. An
other special sub-commission has been
authorized to consist of Commissioner
NJ. ID. RntchfOrd OF Indiana. eX-Sena-
tor Lee Mantle of Montana and Rep
resentative John &. Bell OF Colorado.
Its inquiry will be devoted to minin.
conditions In the states west of the
Mississippi river. Mr.. Ratchford was
selected to preside and to direct the
inquiry. The probability Is that the
sub-commission will begin Its work i'll
the carly part Of July.
EN-Reprcscntativc A. ]. Warner OF
| Ohio. president OF the National BIZ
metallic League. and for years one OF
the most pronounced silver men In the
country. has startled his political
friends In Washington by declaring
that free coinage must be n secondary
Issue In the next campaign. ''rhc
Democratic party" he says."will stand
by the Chicago platform. The money
plank will nc rs full and us strong as
If there were no other Issue. The
money question has lost none OF Its
Importance. but In the meantime other
questions OF greater Importance have
arisen. I would he In favor OF making
n declaration against trusts as II that
were the only Issue. and the same
against Imperialism and the Philippine
war. Within short time the country
will awaken TO the existence Of three
s;upcndous combinations working to.
gcthcr and controlling minor contribut.
Ing trusts. First, there will I've com.
bination OF the great lines OF transpor.
! tntion: next In Importance. and uiti-
matcly controlling the rest. Is the bank
ing combination. and third the groat
iron and steel combination. II will not
he long. In my Judgment. before these
combinations represent capitnli.r-
tion OF S1.OOO.O0O.OO0. and they now
present the problem OF the utmost im-
portnncc. demanding the immediate nt.
tcntion OF the American people aud
taking precedence over NIL others. fo-
they will reduce the amount OF labor
employed. determine the price OF prod.
ucts and destroy competition. Fur
thcrmorc. an effort will he made at
the next Congress to redeem the green
backs aud give the national banks en-
tire control OF the currency. This
phase Of the money question ia likely
to attract more attention for the time
being than frcc.silvcr coinage. None
the less they are deceived who think
the silver question is finally settled
or the next speaker of the House. n
newspaper correspondent writes rs FOL.
lows: In many respects Henderson Is
| the opposite OF Reed. He has n soft
heart, which Reed has not. lie will
cry like n baby mt the funeral OF II
| friend. or when some poor old soldier
| tells him u story OF sorrow and dis.
trcss. and he has even been known to
wipe his eyes mt the thcatcr over the
imaginary wrongs of the heroine. Mr..
Reed never shed tear. Furthermore.
Henderson likes to do wing thugs. lie
loves to make people happy while Reed
l..s 10 La, fLettt fTltpsp isa
no rglicr tongue in Congress than Dn-
vid Il. Hcndcrson's when n controversy
cXcitcs the passions. hut In ordinary
life and with ordinary men II would lie
very difficult for him TO hurt any
body's feelings. There Is no stronger
speaker on the ilGor OF the House OF
Representatives. either In dispnssion.
ate discussion or In n rough-and-tum.
bic debate. than Henderson. He has
a powerful voice. nm emphatic manner.
a fluent tongue and n ready wit. He
talks ns II he meant what lie said. and
he usually says what he means. The
members of the House know that. and
therefore his words have weight. Hen.
,lcrson IL also u master OF parliament
ary law. which qualities him for the
office Of speaker. In the committee
room he Is a hard worker, and although
his name IL not attached to any great
legislation during the last ten years.
no bill of Importance has been con.
sidcred without consulting him. For
several years lie has been chairman OF
the judiciary committee. the third
committee In Importance In the House.
and II is n tribute to his ability and
wisdom us n lawyer that his colleagues
have brought In very few minority re-
ports. Socially Henderson Is 'n good
FELLOW" He has n hearty manner. I'M
pretentious and unass,iming. tells
good story and sings n song. and be-
fore ben Buttcrworth died the two
could always he found together ut all
gatherings where fun and good fellow
ship were to furnish the order of cxcr-
ciscs. But with all his frolics and his
freedom. Henderson has never lost his
dignity nor Impaired the sclf.rcsprct In