The Elbert County tribune., 1899-10-26


tied The Presidio The commanding OF
feer fold me he has been Obliged TO
chase these attorneys away from the
camp time and time again They sneak
into the army hospitals and work upon
roor sick soldiers: they visit relatives
nf the dead and In the house OF grief
make widows and orphans sign papers.
Is Il any wonder the pension isi
growsT"
In regard to the Alaska boundary
agreement nm official OF the State De
nartment SAYS: The United States has
Welded at several points on the line of
its contention that the line should be
ten marine leagues from tide water.
For instance. the general distance of
the line nearest Lynn canal from tiue-
water Is reduced TO twenty-five miles
instead OF ten marine leagues, or thirty
miles. At another point on the Stikine
river the boundary is only fourteen
miles from tidewater. On the other
hand. Great Britain hns consented 10
leave on the American side of the pro
visional line section Of the Porcupine
district which has always been claimed
by the United States. The only grave
issues as to the line geographically
considered. were the fixing of the
marking between White summit and
Chilcoot pass and the point on the
Dalton trail leading TO the Chilknt pass.
The net result Is: The mountain
passes are left on the Canadian side OF
the line. although Chilcoot pass and
White pass are Included within the
United States coast survey map as
printed In 1887. The tidewaters and in
lets up to the heads Of canal naviga-
tion are left on the American side OF
the line The absolute rights and priv
ilegcs of trade and transportation
through the passes and through the in
lets, rivers and canals remain there
fore, respectively just as they were
when the negotiations were com
menccd so far as those rights are eff
fected by the provisional boundary
line.
The industrial commission on Thurs
day heard the testimony of Mr.. Fran
els Lynde Stetson of New York. former
law partner of ex-Presldent Cleveland
and Mr.. Elbert II. Gary, president of
the American Steel Company. Mr..
Stetson. speaking on the general ques-
tion of corporation management. advo-
Gated the fullest freedom of compact
on the part of corporations and said
that persons having business with
them should learn to inquire concern
ing their responsibility just the same
as they would in dealing with individ-
uals. He deprecated the tendency to-
wards patcrnalism in such matters
and said that legislation could not
make business men of lunatics and
paupers. Any undue Interference of
law with corporations would inevita-
bly, have the effect of doing more harm
than good. Still, he believed that all
stockholders in any company We're en-
titled to know who their owners were,
and for all purely public corporations,
such ms railroad and insurance compa-
MES, he suggested general publicity.
| Mr.. Gary explained at length the or
ganization of the Federal Steel Com
pany, which has an authorized capital
stock of 100000 900, of which almost
S10O000.000 has been issued. In reply
to questions lie said the company had
never made any contributions to assist
in political campaigns. and the labor
ers of the various companies were free
to do as they might please in the mat
ter of politics. He said he advocated
the utmost publicity in the affairs of
corporations. Referring to the tariff.
Mr.. Gary said that some protection
was necessary. but that 1t should not
be high enough to give monopoly to
anyone.
Immediately upon Secretary Hays
return Tuesday preparations began at
the State Department for the compile
tion of the modus vivendi relative to
the Alaskan boundary. General Fos-
ter was hard Mt work upon the details
of the modus, and the expectation was
that in the course of n day or two the
agreement would be in effect. The ne
gotiations of late have been entirely in
the hands of Secretary Hay and Mr.
nr.tt frh ,l, IL Ia
not been determined even yet whether
the agreement defining the boundary
temporarily shall take the form of a
document signed by both parties. or be
merely n series of notes, but in either
case II will be Just as effective as a
regular modus vivendi, binding both
parties to observe the boundary laid
down temporarily. State Department
officials are confident that Americans
will have no cause to complain that
their rights have been abandoned when
the full scope Of the agreement Is
made known. while on the other hand
the Canadians cannot claim properly
that they have lost any right that they
have enjoyed. The purpose of this
particular effort at modus was tt
regulate the boundary line on the west
side of the Linn canal. The two parties
had placed the line of demarkntion OF
Chilcoot and White passes right at the
top of the passes. and there has never
been the slightest friction at these
points. But because of the fact thai
| the westernmost of the three passes
namely Chilcat pass. was fully forty
miles removed from the sea, the same
rule could not be applied by our rep
resentatives without great loss. There
fore, recourse has been had to another
, expedient, and the line of demarka
I tion will run along the Klehana rivei
and from point near the Kluck war
! cross to n mountain peak on the south
: west. The effect will be to give to tn,
United States control of the tide wat
ers, the British being fifteen mile.
! above; TO maintain the American con
troll OF the new and important Porcu
pine country. and lastly, TO seave tn,
! rights of all American mines who are
now on the Canadian side of the line
Senator Davis Of Minnesota is under
stood to believe that the next Congress.
will not provide for the ultimate dis
position of Cuba and the Philippines
says the correspondent of the Chicag,
Record. 1t Is understood that til,
, President believes that Cuba and til,
Philippines should be, for the presem
: left In control of the executive Thi,
opinion seems to be shared by most oi
tue administration Republican sena
, tors who have had talks with the Pres
ident This may be said to he tn,
chief reason why the administration Il
so earnest in securing the support o
the people in its Philippine policy
The President knows that all of th,
+, islands will eventually have their fat,
, settled by Congress. He thinks tha
now is the time for Congress to dea
, WIN Porto Rico and Hawaii. II,