Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-05

the IreSluent anu vice ffeSluent,
members of the Cabinet. Justices of
the Supreme Court, Senators and
representatives OF the army and navy
as a concourse of private citizens who
took this means of testifying the af-
fectionate regard In which Mr.. Nor
rill was universally held.
Senator German recently stated that
he intended to fight the ratification of
the peace treaty whether anybody else
did or not. because he wanted to enter
his protest against the expansion pol
Icy before he left the Senate. His term
expires on March 4th. and he will not
have nm opportunity to participate In
the legislation that will come In the
next Congress for the estn nblishment Of
governments in the captured colonies.
He does not expect to win-in fact, he
can find but small minority opposed
to the treaty-but he considers 1t his
duty to enter n vigorous opposition and
warn the administration OF the evils
of annexation.
Following the receipt OF grave nd
vices from General Otis. n Cabinet
meeting was held ut the White House
last Sunday, which resulted In the
framing and dispatch of important In
structi0ns to the American commander
at Manila. Advices received early In
the morning related to the situation In
and about Manila, and In the evening
another dispatch was received describ-
ing the situation Mt 1loilo. There Is no
Disgusting the fact that the situation In
the archipelago Is extremely serious.
On the island OF LuzOn, the insurgents
are threatening. There are dissensions
among them. and General Otis IL hnv
Ing difficult time In steering Il middle
course.
The agricultural appropriation bill
which passed the House OF lteprescn-
tatives before the holiday recess, con-
tains paragraph which Is Intended TO
permit the secretary OF agriculture to
rctallate upon any nation that places
nn embargo upon our products or re-
fuses to accept our certificates ms to the
purity and whOlesOmcness OF our cx-
ports. The bill. which Is now under
consideration by the Senate commit
tee. will he further amended In this
particular so rs to give the President
authority to rcciprocntc rs well rs re-
tallntc In our trade with other ma
tions. II Germany and France con-
tinuc to impose unnecessary and un-
reasonable restrictions upon American
agricultural products the President. by
proclamation, mny impose restrictions
upon their exports seeking entry into
the United States. For example. II
the French government places an en-
bargO upon our meat products the
President could require n chemical
or other wine imported from France.
which would practically destroy the
trade. The same rule could be applied
to German cheese. sausage and wines.
and also to German toys. which are
imported In very large amounts.
The forthcoming statement OF the
government receipts and expenditures
will show that during the half year
ending December 31st. the receipts ng-
gregntcd S245,0G1 800. against S207..
7GO,574 for the same period last year.
According to the treasury records,
these receipts are the largest since
1896. when they reached S55s. s.O32 .G2O
for the entire fiscal year, and $500. .G3I.-
01O In 1867. With the exception of
these two years. the receipts never be.
fore In the history of the country e9.
cecded Si!O.OOO.OOO. and only seven
times have they ever reached S4OO,OOO,.
900. The receipts from customs dur.
ing the six months amounted TO S96..
O45.S.sg as compared with S62, ,S2J OBJ
for the same period last year. For the
moB.. of December the customs re-
ceipts aggregated x1G.SGi, ,325, which
was the highest point reached under
the present Dingley law and the larg.
est for December since 1858. when II
was S16.9OO.OOO. The receipts from In.
ternnl revenue sources amounted dur
t,,.. t.,C
est since the War of the Rebellion. The
total for December was S41 ,I0I,70I.
Admiral Walkers plan for the Ncar.
aqua canal Is first to make n treaty
with Great. Britain by which she will
agree 10 permit the United States to
construct and control the canal provid-
ed her ships have the same privileges
of traffic that are enjoyed by the mcr-
chant marine and men-of-war of the
United States. lie Is confident there
would he no difficulty in making such
an arrangement. Great Britain does
not want the canal. but she does want
the right to navigate II: and being the
greatest maritime power on earth. hnv-
ing ns many ships as all the rest of the
nations put together. she Is entitled to
TO be considered. Having obtained the
formal waiver of rights from Great
Britain under the Clayton. Bulwer
trcnty, Admiral Walker would proceed
to make contract with the Chicago
drainage syndicate for the construction
of the canal for n certain price, within
Il certain limit of time. and pay the
cash ns fast MS the work Is done and
Inspected under the s,iperyls.
ion OF n board of competent engineers.
Admiral Walker thinks the rights of
the old Maritime Canal Company
should be settled by arbitration. He
does not believe the company is enti-
tied TO all II claims. but thinks n COM
mission of disintcrested men could
easily ascertain what amount has been
actually expended by the company in
its efforts to construct the waterway.
and that all fair-minded men would