The Holly chieftain., 1900-02-16

Mortimer 4. Taylor, represensitiv,
of Governor Thomas of Colorado. is IL
Washington making arrangements fol
\ the participation by the Rocky Noun
tain states In the Paris Exposition
Some time ago the state of Colorado
procured unusually large space at the
exposition, and Mr.. Taylor Is desrous
Of having 1t properly utilized. He has
made the suggestion on behalf OF Gov
ernor Thomas to senators from otlie,
mountain states athat they unite with
Colorado In making n proper presentn.
ti0n Of the Industries and products of
the mountain region. An informal con.
ference was held Thursday afternoon
between. Mr.. Taylor and senators from
Utah, Montana. Idaho and Wyoming
at which the plan was discussed. II
was favorably received by all the sen
ators present, and they will join iE
recommending the joint use Of the
valuable space which Colorado has ac
Quired. The matter will be fayorably
referred by the gentlemen who attend
| ed the informal conference to the gov
ernors of the several states, and they
feel that there Is no doubt that the
space will be fully utilized along the
line suggested by Mr. Taylor.
The Senate committee on womar
suffrage. gave n hearing Tuesday to
delegations form the woman suffrag,
convention and the anti-suffragists
The .suffraglsts were introduced by
Miss Susan b. Anthony. Mrs. Rachael
| Foster A. Avery read paper prepared
| by a woman who had twice been elect
ed mayor of a Kansas town. This de-
scribed in detail what had been accom-
plished In the way. of municipal re-
form in Kansas, and Indicated that
there had been a purification of munic-
ipal affairs since suffrage to women
had been granted. Mrs. Mary C. Brad
| ford Of Denver read a paper upon the
| effects of popular suffrage in Colorado
She noted the Improvement of condi-
higher standard OF candidates for pub
| lie office. The women voters had i'm
proved themselves. There were 10000
more women voters in Colorado than
men. Among those who spoke against
| women suffrage was Miss Emily r.
Bissell of Wilmington, Delaware, who
read a letter from Ralph Talbot of
!NDenver, asserting that women suffrage
In Colorado had been failure and
detrlment to women. Miss Bissell said
that In Colorado women stuff ballot
boxes as readily as men, and that the
purity of the ballot claimed by the nd
y0cates of women suffragists had not
been realized. In Colorado where there
is woman suffrage. the millennium was
no nearer al hand than elsewhere
1t Is proposed to appropriate $4,000
for topographic and geological sur
| vey of the island of Puerto Rico. 500
f... Al,. t.... tel, All.
for Cuba and $4,000 for the Philip
pines, the expenditure for Cuba to be
made from the revenue of that coun-
try. The maps of all these islands are
incomplete and inaccurate. They indi-
cate roads and streams that do not ex-
ist, and omit some that are of import
ance. 1t will be of great value to fu-
ture immigrants to have maps show
Ing the geological formation of the
country. the location of the different
soils and rocks, the size Of the different
streams. the height of the hills and
mountains and other information of
this character Although the Spanish
have occupied Cuba and Puerto Rico
for 400 years. portions of these islands
have never yet been explored, and their
mineral resources have not been meas
| ured. There Is no accurate informa-
tion concerning their water supply.
their building material, their timber re-
| sources, and their tables of distance ap-
pear to have been compiled by guess
work. The knowledge of the Philip
| pines Is even more meager and inlccur-
ate. There is not even good tOpO-
graphical map of Luzon, the most
thickly settled island in the archipela-
go, and its resources are practically
unknown. 1t Is proposed to have the
| typographical and geological surveys
made under the direction of expert
enced men who have conducted the
| geological surveys of our own country.
| Representative W. s. Knox of Mass
achusetts, chairman of the House COM
mittee ON territories, has completed his
! report on the bill for the creation of the
territorial form of government In Ha-
wall. The report is n voluminous doe
ument. going exhaustively into all the
questions involved. and thoroughly COW
ering every phase of the bill which the
committee has agreed upon, after many
hearings and much investigation. The
form of government proposed by the
bill for the Hawaiian islands is terri
| tOrial in form, similar to that of the
later territories of the United States
| governor. a secretary, both appointed
| by the President, n treasurer, attorney
general. commissioner Of public lands,
commissioner of agriculture and for
estry. superintendent of public works,
superintendent of public instruction.
auditor and deputy auditor, surveyor
and high sheriff appointed by the gov
ernor. A legislature is provided, con-
sisting of Senate ond House of Rep
reseniatives appointed by the people.
The territory is to be represented by n
delegate in Congress. The territory is
made judicial district of the United
States with District Court The iu-