Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-07-14
THE FINANCIAL MEASURE.
The Bill Prepared by the House eau
Gus Committee Will Favor the
Single Gold Standard.
NOT A PART OF THE UNITED STATES.
The Insular Commission Gives an Opinion
About the Territory Coded to Us by
Spain-The United States Geological
Survey About to Explore the Great
Bend Country in Texas.

Washington, July lit is stated
authoritatively that the financial meas
ure prepared by the house caucus COM
| nittee of repu b1icanS at Atlantic City
declared strongly for the single gold
standard. If the senate finance COM
mittee, now at work at Narragansett
Pier, modified this declaration, the
| fight for its retention will be made in
the house. The most interesting fact
in this connection is that the president,
when the bill was submitted to him
with its single gold standard clause,
expressed high approval of this provi-
sion. 1t is predicted, therefore, that
the next platform of the republican
| national convention will contain an
explicit decoration in favor of the gold
standard. The subject was discussed
at the Atlantic City conference. and
| while many details of the proposed bill
did not satisfy all the members of the
conference, all agreed upon the gold
standard declaration. With only Is
ma Ority in the house, the attempt to
| fasten the gold standard more firmly
| upon the statute books is felt by those
| who took part in the conference to be
| a hazardous proceeding, but the west
ern members insisted that their
| colleagues would not bolt from
the party when the test came.
1t is realized that the senate is
the crucial point for the bill, but even
| in that body, with its unusually large
| repu blican majority, the measure may
be safe. Senator Chandler is the only
republican thus far who has definitely
stated that he will not vote for a single
gold standard bill. Senator Warren,
of Wyoming, who was in Washington
| a few days ago, and whose position is
of interest on account of the silver
sentiment prevalent in his state, said
that he hoped the new bill would con-
| tain clause favoring the larger use of
silver, whenever other nations took
the initiative in that direction. 1t is
proposed that paragraph of this ma
ture will be incorporated in the bill, as
it will satisfy the western contingent
and will not operate against the pur-
pose of the measure.
Not Part of the United States.
Washington, July 1.-THE inSular
commission has prepared an exhaustive
| opinion by which they hold that the
islands in possession of the United
States as a result of the war with
Spain are not part of the territory of
| the United States. On the subject of
annexation the commission says: 1T
has been universally conceded that we
| can do what we please with the islands
obtained from Spain. If this general
opinion is true, then the islands can
not be part of the United States, be-
cause no part of the United States can
| be alienated. This was well settled by
the war of secession The supreme
court has held that military occupa-
ton does not extend the boundaries of
the United States, and the commission
claims that the Spanish cession merely
confirmed our military occupation.
The Great Bend Country.
Washington, July 11.-An expedition
sent out blythe United States geological
survey, under the leadership of Robert
T. Hill, is about to undertake an ex-
| ploration of what is said to be the
least known portion of the United
States, namely, the Great Bend region
of southwest Texas, SO-called because
it lies in the great bend of the Rio
Grande river. The country is very lit
tie known to-day, no thorough ex-
ploration of it having been made. 1t
is region of lost mountains, as they
might be termed, as well as of lost
rivers. The Pecos and the Rio Grande
| are the only streams in all the territory
| that reach the ocean eventually.