Gilpin observer., 1900-05-24

| people having to enter the United
| States Senate by n double somersault
in that way, and such men as Mr..
Chandler and Mr.. Burrows and other
members of the committee on privi-
leges and elections will tilibuster to the
end of the session rather than allow
such a game of hOcus- -pocus to succeed.
The use of the horseless carriage is
| becoming quite general in Washington,
| especially among the pleasure seeking
class. The Chinese minister was one
of the first to adopt the automobile as
u substitute for the carriage. and has
used nothing else all winter. The Aus
trian minister and his wife. the French<
ambassador. Colonel Lee, the military
| attache of the British embassy. and
| other members of the diplomatic corps
are to be seen every day on the streets
in automobiles although the German
| ambassador still sticks to his horse and
Lord Pauncefote to his tricycle.. Mdllc.
Cassini daughter of the Russian am
bassador. is the only women in the
| diplomatic corps who handles her own
automobile. and she rides al n pace that
| causes CONSERVATION among her
friends. She has IL costume designed
especially for mobile riding. 1t has n
skirt of creanl-colored cloth with IL
white silk waist. and one of the new
| Ladysmith hats.
| The State Department does not ex-
pect to have any further communica-
tion with the Boer delegates. If the
delegates had any credentials giving
them an official status, they failed to
| present them. 1t is evident that the
delegates made a deep impression upon
the officials of our government with
whom they came in contact, and it is
said that it was only to the plain de
mandS of neutrality as laid down in
| Secretary Hays response to the Boer
| representatives that prevented the re
| turn of an answer that would have
been much more satisfactory to them.
The delegates We're disappointed at the
response made by Secretary Hay, indi-
! eating that up to the last moment they
had cherished a hope that the United
States government would be favOrably
moved. 1t is gathered that the Beers
are ready at the last extremity to sac
rfice everything for which they have
heretofore contended; to let in the Uit-
landers to equal privileges with native
Beers in the Transvaal and Free State,
to abandon the much-talke of dyna-
mite monopoly. and. in fact, to make
any concession. If the victorious Brit
ish will but allow them independence. :
| They hope that the American people
will bring such moral pressure to bear
upon the English that this object can
be attained The Boer ENJOYS will re-
main here for several days. and have
accepted an invitation to luncheon with
Mr.. Hay Thursday.
The United States Supreme Court
has reversed the decision of the SUI .
preme Court of the State of Utah in the
case of ID. p. Tarpey vs.. Andrew Mad
sen. The case is II controversy over Il
! tract of land within the place limits of
the grant to the Central Pacific rail
road of California. the land being an
odd numbered section. The case in
vOlved Il claim to the land made in 1868
and in passing upon it the court laid
down some propositions concerning
railroad land grants which are consid-
cred of general Importance. The opin-
ion was delivered by Justice Brewer.
who said that in n proper interpreta-
tion of case of this character, 1.-The
relative rights of the company and the
individual entryman must be determin-
ed not by the act of the company in it.
self fixing definitely the line of its road,
or by the mere occupancy of the indi-
vidual. but by record of evidence on
the one part the filing of the map in
the office of the secretary of the inter-
ior and on the other the declaration or
entry into the local land office. and
while the railroad company may not
question the validity of the cntryman's
claim of record Its rights enough not to
he defeated long years after its title
had apparently been fixed. by fugitive
and uncertain testimony of occupation.
for If that be the rule the time will
never come at which II can he certain
that the railroad company has acQuir-
ed an indefensible title to any tract"
The correspondent OF the Chicago
Record writes. There Is a movement
of some Importance in behalf of the
nomination Of Jay l.. Torrey of Wy
oming for vice president on the Repub-
lican ticket. Colonel Torrey Is chief
ly known because of his long. patient.
persistent and finally successful effort
to secure the passage OF the bank-
ruptcy law, for which he came hero ms
the representative Of the American Bar
Association. 1t took him several
years to secure that legislation. and in
the meantime he became well known
among the commercial and Industrial
organizations. the bar associations and
the legal profession generally through
out the United States. At the begin
ming of the war with Spain he raised n
regiment of ranchmcn and cowboys.
known as ''Torrey's Rough Riders"
but was unable to get to the front.
Tie Republican leaders intend to make
determined effort to carry the noun
tam states ut the next election, and
colonel Torrey's friends are taking ad-
vantage of that determination by urg-
ing the strength he will add to the tie
ket In that part of the country. II Is
claimed that since McNinley's naupu.
Montana have enjoyed unprecedented
prOSperltY. and TINT Cnlnrnln linz ~.