The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-12-16

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In the first annual report Of Secretary
Root, Just made public. much space n
devoted to the future OF OuDA ana For
to Rico as to army reOrganizatea.
Questions of the kind usually han1lsd
BY the secretary Of state now occupy
the attention Of the War Department
and afford Mr.. Root an opportunity 10
displaytDis acumen as diplomat and
statesman. Attention 10 called In the
report to the inadequate size OF the
present standing army. but no oennits
Recommendations regarding an IN
crease IL made.
No sneaker was ever 20 fortunate In
beginning his term with the complete
good will and confidence OF Doth par
ties a. Colonel Henderson, ana when
he declared that he was going to Be
fair, but use his authority without fear
or favor, everybody believed him and
applauded his purpose. The cheers on
the Democratic side were Just a. hear
ty as ON the Republican side, and al
though during his career In Congress
Henderson has given and taken some
pretty hard knocks. he has not an en-
envy either in his party or the other
First Assistant Postmaster General
Heath in a decision In the case OF Ars.
Jennie r. Drown at Modus, Connect
cut, announces that "the department
has decided that II will be incompati,
BILE with the best interests Of the ser.
vice to retain married women a. post
ONCE clerks. The department has
postoffice clerk marries 1t will be nee
| 70 hnr To fvrlr Tho
vice." Postmasters under this ruling
hereafter will have to call for the res
ignations of such employees and recon-
mend their successors to the depart
ment.
The best lawyers In the country are
of the opinion that the decision Of the
Supreme court in the Addyston pipe
case does not affect any Of the lndus-
trial trusts except the Federal Steel
Company. That, they say, like the
Addyston company, was organised on
different basis from the rest, and the
companies participating retained their
corporate individuality, while in the
later consultations the corporate indi-
viduality was entirely wiped out and
entirely new companies were cFeatei.
For this reason 1t is held that Another
suit will have to he brought by some
body to determine the constitntionality
of the big consultations that were ef-
fected by purchase.
The preliminary report of the income
account of railways In the United
States In the yenr ending June 30. 1870.
was compiled by the statistician to the
interstate commerce cimmission from
the returns Of operating railway com
-
line, received prior to November 2ith,
shows that he gross earnings of the
railways embraced In this advance re-
port were, for the year ending June
80, 1899. 1907. 253. 4S4, or $7.O57 per
mile of line. Passenger earnings were
$500, 227,319; freight earnings, 3018,-
35S, iSS; and other earnings from oper-
atiOns $33, G67 1857. The gross earnings
shown In the final report for 1898, were
nearly Sky million dollars less than
this amount. ~
No official notice will be takes OF the
extraordinary speeches Of Mr.. Cnam-
bsrlain at Leicester. hut It may -
that the United States government ID
engaged In no alliance with England or
Germany, or any other nation, directly
or indirectly, remote or contingent, and
does not intend or desire such a thing.
The administration desires the broad
est and most positive denial to be made
to all such suggestions. Mr.. Choate's
speeches have been the cause OF con-
siderable annoyance, inasmuch, al
his gush has been accepted a.
corrobornting or at least con-
frming differences drawn from
the utterance of Mr.. Chamberlain. He
will be admonished that although
speech is silver. silence is golden"
President Mckinley, during an inter-
view with Senator Wellington, ex.
pressed himself In favor Of reviving
the grade of vice admiral In the inter-
est OF both Rear Admiral Sampson and
Rear Admiral Schley. He believed
that this Is the simplest solution OF the
whole Sampson-Schley controversy.
and 1t is expected that Senator yelling.
ton will Introduce bill in n few days
providing for the appointment Of two
vice admirals without wpecifyins
names. The President very frankly
said that II such a bill became a law
he would promptly nominate both
Sampson and Schley In the order
named. This arrangement both the
President and Senator Wellington be-
iieve will meet the approval Of 4 major.
1ty Of the friends Of both adm.ralA
F'ifty-six Republican members Of the
pennsylvania Legislature and seven
ty-six Democrats have signed remon-
STRANGE addressed to the Senate Of the
United States against the admission of
Matthew Stanley Quay under bis ap-
pointment by Governor Stone. This 10
considerably more than 4 majority of
the Legislature, and 1t ID said that the
signatures Of majority Of the Republic
can members will be obtained before
the petition is presented. This r.
monstrance is based upon the failure
Of Mr.. Quay to secure a majority Of the
Legislature Of his state, and II 10 con-
tended that the members who opposed
him were fairly representing the senti-
ment of their constituents; that Gov.
ernor Stone appointed Mr.. Quay to the
vacancy as an act of personal friend
ship and gratitude and not because It
was desired by the state. The remou-
STRANGE will. Of course, have c,nsider-
able influence, and II the un7arying