The silver star., 1900-03-23
and the bill will be considered hereaf-
ter. no matter how many are present.

McCalla of the navy, VINO WIS cOuft-
martialed several years ago ana sen
fenced to the loss Of ten numbers I'D
rank. CAPTAIN McCnlla Is one OF the
ablest and bravcst officers in the navy.
and was placed In n position where NJ
was compelled either to suffer humui-
alton or violate the rules Of the SER
vice. A court-mnrtial found his gull
ty, He suffered the penalty ana was
restored to duty jiist in time TO per-
form not only useful but distinguished
| service in command of the cruiser Mar
blehead during the war with Spain
AS recognition Of those services the
President has granted him full par
don and restored him to the place he
formerly occupied on the naval list.
| The highest compliment that could
have been paid Captain McCalla and
| one Of the most striking Illustrations OF
the generosity and chivnlry OF the ser
| vice was n letter addressed TO the
President by the ten fellow officers
| who would suffer from his restoration
asking that It be made. The Prcsiden,
could not resist such manly appeal.
Senator Depew is n very remarkable
| man, both for his obliging disposition
as well rs for his intellectual versatile
| ty and his physical endurance. On Fri
| day night he made an elaborate ad-
dress to the Yale alumni in Washing
ton. Saturday morning he went to
| New York with the Gridiron Club and
made the principal speech at the din
ner given In its honor by the Lotus Club
of that city. He returned to Wash
ington on Sunday and Sunday night de-
livered an address in behalf of til"
Boys Republic at the Columbia thea
ter, at which the President and Other
| dfctt ,tch. a I
the close of his speech he took the
midnight train for New York. where
tonight he Is to deliver another
speech of an hours length before au
| association of business men. He has
| two other engagements for public nd-
dresses during the week. On all OF
these occasions Senator Dcpew spoke
| without notes and without other prep
aration except reflection, and his four
| topics were as different us they posi-
| bly, could be.
The House has passed bill to regu-
late beach mining at Cape Nome, and II
| is said to be satisfactory to the several
representatives of Alaskan interests
who are now here trying to get some
kind of legislation under which mining
camps may be organized and order pre-
| served during the rush of next sum-
mer. The act of 1898 reserves along
the coast and shorts of all waters in
Alaska a highway of sixty feet in
width and the riparian rights rs the
property of the government. Last
year the richest deposits of gold were
found upon this reservation and the
beach between 1t and low water, which
is termed tide land" Although for
bidden by strict Interpretation Of the
law, no power on earth can prevent
| the miners from washing the sand
along the seashOre, and in order that
they may do so peaceably II Is neces-
| sary to make some kind OF regulations
under, which 1t may be permitted.
Congress has been convinced Of this by
the testimony of every person who has
come here from Alaska. The effect
of the bill which passed the House
Monday. and Is almost sure to pass the
Senate within few days. Is to legal
iZe what the miners at Cape Nome
have already done on their own ac-
count and to give the force of statutes
to the regulations they adopted for
their own government. II allows indi-
vidual miners to locate claims upon the
sea beach. which is IA government res
ervation. twenty-five feet In width,
and miners meetings may on their dis
erection enlarge them to n maximum
limit of 300 feet In width. II Is be.
lIeyed that this will prevent lawless.
ness In the struggle for wealth that Is
expected at Cape Nome during the
coming summer.
Sooner or later the Republican party
will come up against an economical
question which will seem a Thousand
times more serious than that which
now pcrplcxcs its leaders In connection
with the government of Puerto Rico
1t will be n blessing for all concerned
II 1t can he settled by the courts before
1t reaches Congress. but even then ev
cry Republican, from the President
down. will DE compelled to adapt them
self to new conditions which the ex
pansion policy of their party has ere
ated. At this session Of Congress tn,
Republican managers and the high
tariff protectionists have been sorel,
disturbed by the reciprocity treatie,
which their national conventio,
. pledged the President TO make: by til,
admission of Hawaii, which was nls.
prominent fenture In their platform
and by the Puerto Rican tnrifY law
Every new proposition connected will
/, commercial or territorial expansion
seems to hit some industry that Is pro
tected by the tariff and to Involve tn
. political future Of one or more Republi
can politicians and the control OF tn
House OF Representatives. If ii,
French reciprocity treaty is ratified tn
New England nnd New Jersey manu
facturers will bolt: the wool grower
, OF Ohio. Wyoming. Montana nnd othc
states will vote the Democratic ticke
II the Argentine treaty goes through
!. !. the sugnr-beet farmers threaten TO RI
! volt II the reciprocity treaties with III,
. British West indies are ratified, nm
y Connecticut will go Democratic II Puei
: to Ricnn tobacco is admitted fire.,
These and others that might be mcr
: toned nrc Republican proposition,
. pledged by the Republican nntionn
platform. and the people were nske
I to vote the Republican ticket four yenr
= ago In order thnt the Republican part
+ might carry them out: but the bitter
; est and most determined opposition /
= every one OF them is found In the Il.
publican ranks. These arc but tritic,