La Junta tribune., 1899-02-11

would he glad to comply with them.
And there they stand.
The President has indicated his in
tention to promote George w. Wilson.
now deputy commissioner of internal
revenue. to the head OF the bureau
when Senator elect Scott of West Vir-
ginia retires from that office, and the
| act ought to receive the approval OF all
believers In the merit system In the
| civil service. Mr.. Wilson has been
employed in the internal revenue bu-
reau nearly all his life, and has been
promoted from one place to another be-
| cause OF his efficiency.
] After Agoncillo's dispatch to Agui-
, naldo was intercepted the other night
he received q warning from the War
| Department that he had violated the
| laws of hospitality. and that If the in
discretion was repeated the govern
ment might be compelled to deal Sc
yerely with him. 1t was explained to
! him that while onr laws We're liberal
, and public sentiment justified a
broad Interpretation of them. no per-
| son. either citizen or foreigner could
! be permitted to incite hostilities against
| the United States.
| The friends of the treaty are still
most sanguine of success, and most of
them announce that they Will accept
| no compromise. Others express will
| ingness to accept some such resolution
as that Of Senator Sullivan. Those
| processing to known say 1t Is the policy
| to force the treaty to vote before tax.
| ing action on any compromise PROPOSE
ton, and that II the treaty should by
any chance be beaten. to move to re-
consider and then to consider the ques
ton OF accepting some compromise ike
| the Bacon resolution before final ad-
| journment In March.
There appears to be little doubt that
| the charges of bribery in connection
with the election of William A. Clark
as senator from Montana will be car
1 ried to the United States Senate. Mar
| Gus DAILY Is not man who VIII sit
| quietly down and take defeat philo-
sphically. It is DAILY who has made the
! fight against the senator-elect. and his
newspaper as well as the men In the
Legislature who speak for him, both
announce that they have most conclu-
sive evidence TO submit to the federal
Senate relative to the use OF money
by the Clark people.
| Representative Charles w. Stone of
| Pennsylvania has submitted to the
House his report to accompany the Hill
bill recently reported from the Commit
tee on Coinage, Weights and Measures.
OF which Mr.. Stone ia chairman. The
Hill bill, the report of Chairman Stone
says, contains no affirmative declara-
tion for the gold standard: a provision
for the interchange ability of all forms
Of money; separation of the note
issue from the fiscal branch Of the
Treasury Department, the retirement
OF the greenbacks and the establish
ment Of branch national banks.
1 The resolution introduced In execu-
tive session by Senator Sullivan Of Mis-
sissippi has been made the basis Of a
compromise concerning the peace
treaty. 1t reads: THAT the ratification
| Of the pending treaty with Spain shall
in no wise determine the policy to be
pursued by the United States In re-
| gard to the Philippines, nor shall 1t
commit this government TO colonial
| policy; nor Is II intended to embarrass
the establishment of q stable indepen-
dent government by the people Of those
Islands, whenever conditions make such
proceeding hopeful Of success and de-
| sirable results"
Secretary Long has addressed let
ter TO General Stewart l.. WoodfOrd,
calling the iatters attention to pub
lished reports crediting him with hav-
| ing made the statement. at the ban
quet of the Army and Navy Club, in
| New York, on Saturday evening last,
that three days after the Maine was
blown up in Havana harbor he Gen
eral Woodford) received Information
by telegraph that the government did
not POSSESS powder enough to provide
its warships and forts with two rounds
for each gun. Secretary Long submits
proof that the vessels of the navy were
abundantly supplied with ammunition.
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| members of the military committees OF
both houses of Congress to take trip
| to Cuba and Porto Rico Immediately
after adjournment on the 4th of March.
The date Of departure now fixed Is
March 9Th, and the Berlin, which is
the most comfortable Of the transports,
has been ordered to report at New
York for service at that time. They
will go first to Havana, and then visit
Santiago and two or three other of the
Cuban ports where there are camps of
American soldiers A voyage will
then be made to Porto Rico. where the
party will remain for about week,
visiting the principal, cities and camps
OF that island.
Some Of the officers who participated
In the battle OF Santiago are disposed
to criticise the freedom with which
brevets have been bestowed upon of
ficers in that campaign. For example,
a grizzled captain of infantry, who con-
tinued to fight after receiving two
wounds, fell insensible on the battle
field when he received the third, and Is
now creeping about with the aid of
crutch and cane, remarked that IL
certain gilt-edged young volunteer star
officers, whose names he mentioned,
were entitled to brevets for their con-
duct In the presence Of the enemy, he
did not want one. II do not know
what they might have done," he re-
marked, ''if they had led their men
through the hailstorm of lead that fell
on INV regiment but no far as know