Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-07-20
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
LAND DEPARTMENT NEWS.

beginning the erection uf heavy bat |
lrries NJ different paints in I!Iusc new
possessions.
Al the Cabinet mcrilng Tuesday Il
calnc from Colonel pCnhy. n mcmlcg
OF the Philippine commission WAS mad.
II showed u fairly satisfactory state uf
affairs, one OF the Cabinet officers said,
but II did not say that negotiations
with Agulnallo w"r" IN progress. Seq.
rotary Hay also had II '1ihlc frum .Am
hassn,lOr chOni" rclnIlV" To- the bound
AIRY lin" negotiations, but II was not
encouraging. Later II WAS n7ssr'rtH!nri
that III" decision was r,.II, .IcI To ALLOW
III" round robin matter To drop. \,
mn Informal cUnfrr"rr" held NJ thr
| white House Inst night til" subject
was thoroughly discussed and such =
pullcy agreed upon. This, II II stated.
WIS confirmed nl the Cabinet meeting.
Officially the muttcT Will hr ignored
and General pIis viii is' allowed i0
treat II ns IL. may d'''n best. Privately
| II WINS iniimnicd that tile President
might give General OTIS some un"riI.
/ cIni suggestions nv :" the drslrahlliIy
| OF u less rigid censorship uI press dis.
| patches. Ills present purpose. however.
Is to allow GcErrnl piis 10 deal with
| the situation ms lie Sees ~. This was
tie. advlc" given him hy ni LEAFS:
| two members Of til" Cabinet. In til.
light of the latest Rdvi,,'s from the
Philippine. the President believes That
the situation liHs Sn much improved
that the complaints made 10y cnrTr-
spondrnis. however much Justified ut
III" time they w"T,' submIiiCd. ,o not
! now exist.
Spain will. upon the signature Of the
! present TREATY r,'l''Isr Nil prisoners Or
/ war and NIL IrFs"us detained or i'm
] prison"i FOR rnililc7ni ufr"nsI-S. In ron
n"ctIon with the Instructions In cuhl
and the Philippians. nni ,hr war with
/ the United States" Though seven
months have passed since the signing
nf til" treaty ~ ItCncc hriwccn the
| United Sint'-s unl Spain. containing
! this provision. Spain hnH taken II"
action. ~ FAR ~ ih" authorities have
br"n advised. lu"Elng in III" r''icasr uf
the 'uhHns nnd fiilrin1s imprisoned
nj Fernando. Philippine islands. and
Mt other Spanish Is'nnl prisons. Minis.
] ter Stnrrr. Mt Madrid. has been "a,
S'rrCirl hy Secretary Hay. nj ih" Ia.
stance Of Senior gucsa'lh. tn" r''pp'.
sentative of Cuba In Washington. to-
"ull the attention nf the Spanish gn".
crnm"nt To I'll" provision of the iraiy
! cited nl-pvC nud iu r,rIursI that the
mcnt L. Eruni'd their lihcrty without
further delay. Scnnr pucsn'in said
{ recently TINT he thinks ihrr. arr
[ about twrT;y Cuhnus IN Spanish
/ prisons. The uuiul"F of filipinn-
held 10y Spain II not known. In som"
/ circles here thrrr II disposition TO
brlIrv" that SpIin's delay Ia lilrratinr
the prisoners she holds Il due in the
delay uf tile United States To- N"cur"
the release of SpHninriS held by ili"
/ ftlipinus. Immediately upon the sig.
nature of the treaty of peace the spir-
held hy this government were released
and aiucc. In accordance with thr
terms of the treaty. this government
| has "unhrrtakrii to obtain the release
/ Of all Spanish prisoners In the hnud4
Of the insurgents In cuhn aud tn"
| Philippines Under Instructions,
which. nt the request nf Duo lie ARGOS.
were recently repeated. General OTIS
has been cooperating with tho Span.
| islI commissioners mt Manila To srctiri,
the release OF the Spanish subjects and
soldiers in I'll" possession Of the Fiji.
pinos. aud the fact that he has nnir
no report nS tu the progress of the ne
| gotintluns leads til" authorities 20 b".
| licvc that success has not yet crownC,!
| them.
The general land office has directed
! Colonel W. T. :. May. superintendent
OF forests at Denver. to report whcth.
or the open areas within the tintn res.
crvatlon may be- grHzrd by limited
number Of sheep. such as the open
areas will be supposed to maintain.
without injury. FOR not exceeding two
months during the grazing season. In
order To avoid the Charge OF fnvOriilsm.
inasmuCh as but n fractional part Of
81, ta- - til,
would seek tn" reservation eau 10
grlZcl there. the superintendent Ia
called upon to report whether the
shccpmcn can agree among themselves
ns to pro rata which each owner may
contribute TO the limited number pro.
vihcd to enter the range. The sup"rhI-
tcndrnt Is also Informed that II his re-.
port should favor the grazing Of sheep
under these restrictions. that only tho
sheep which are properly the produc"
OF Utah. can be considered M entitled
to this permit. rs II is the policy of the
department that sheep outside Of the
state In which II part or I'intn rCsCrva.
ton Is situated cannot have access t"
that reservation where grazing II mt
all permissible. The superintendent
is Furthermore directed 10 report
whether the open AREAS ar" 50 defined
by natural landmarks or streams that
they may he designated. 80 that their
knowledge may he had ns To the houn-
dnrv Of tn" areas within which the
privilege should he confined. The fur
thcr provision is agreed upon that in
no event shall the sheep II" permitted
within the open areas beyond IN" two
months period and not in excess OF
the maximum which it may he found
the open nrcas may support. Should
the rules Of the department he VIC
lated the sheep will h" driven from
the reservation. The action of the de
pnrtmcnt IL prompted largely by the
rcprcscntations Of the wool growers OF
I'tuh that grazing can he permitted
within open areas. without Impairment
to the forestry and II is upon this point
thnt the Innttcr Is submitted for con-
t,,.ntI,n ,n thr sllncriutrndrnt.