The Monte Vista journal., 1900-02-24

| OF these amendments were adopted,
viz: One offered by the finance com.
mittee. keeping the door open to inter-
national b,metalllsm. and one by Mr..
Nelson Of Minnesota. providing for
national hanks with 81. 900 capital in
towns Of noe more than 1900 iuhabi-
| tants. The vote taken on the various
amendments offered were practically
along party lines. Mr.. Chandler IRE
publican, New Hampshire) voted for
the bImetallic amendment. hut against
| the bill. Mr.. Ca6ery uDemOcrat, Louis
lanai and Mr.. Lindsay democrat,
Kentucky voted against the commit
tee ameudmeut. hut for the bill. Mr..
Kyle (South Dakota was the only sen-
atOr who did not vote. and was not
paired. The free silver substitute Of
fered by Af. Jones. the leader Of the
Democratic side. was defeated by .
majority Of 10. the vote being ~ to q.
Several thousand people. Including
the delegates 70 the National American
Woman Suffrage Association. which
has just closed its annual session here,
assembled In the Lafayette opera
house Thursday to do homage to Susan
Il. Anthony. the veteran worker in be-
half Of the enfranchisement Of women,
who to-day celebrated the eightieth
anniversary Of her birth. Grouped on
the platform were the national officers
of the association and all the pioneers
In the equal rights movement who are
alive to-day. The stage decorations
| consisted OF the four starred nag Of
the suffragists. palms and cut flowers.
There was long program replete
throughout with stirring tributes to
Miss AnthOny'x great career. while
tears and applause mingled as the
voices OF the speakers rang through
the thenter. recounting the hartixhips
and struggles. and at last the crown
Ing achievements OF the veteran work
er. Eighty children. boys and girls.
passed In single file across the stage.
| each depOslting n rose In Miss An
thongs lap ms they passed her. one for
each year Of her life.
Mr.. Macruu. In his published state
mcnt. declares that his '.one object lin
coming to Washington was to lay be-
fore the department Information ms to
the true state Of affairs In South Afri-
Ca" but he hns been here for three
weeks without even calling upon Sec.
rctnry Hay or saying II word on the
subject to anybody In authority. When
Assistant Secretary lIill and Assistant
Secretary Cridler have several times
requested n report from Mr.. Macrum
he has asked for time. hut he has new
er found mn opportunity TO make ono.
although he was able to write a state
ment filling column and a half for
the newspapers. None Of the officials
Of the Department Of State ever heard
that Mr.. Macrum's mail had been tam.
pcred with until they read II In the pa
pcrs. He once complained that his
mail did not reach him punctualiy. but
never reported anything more serious,
nor do they believe that any OF his
correspondence. official or otherwise,
was ever opened. examined or intcn-
tionally delayed. This liz IA very scri-
Gus matter and II Is remarkable that
Mr.. Macrum should have kept silent on
the subject for So many months and
then given the first Information TO n
newspaper Instead of TO the govern
ment That the correspondence Of an
official Of "a foreign power shall IN held
inviolat" In one OF the most sacred
points of International law. and II Mr..
Macrum llnd reported to the State de-
partmcnt that his mail was being tam.
pcrcd with mn emphatic demonstration
would have been mad,. on the subject.
Chairman Hepburn OF the House
committee Oh Interstate and foreign
commerce has submitted the report Of
the committee la favor of the Hepburn
bill for constructing the Nlcarngunn
canal The report says In part: III the
provisions of the bill can lsc carried out
the United States will within u few
years uron six To eight le In full
ownership and control of II waterway
connecting the oceans. that II can de.
fcnd and That II can uss. In the interests
OF It's navy and Its merchant marine as
wisdom may dictate. There seems Ia
bc but little doubt that the states u
Nicaragua and Costa Itica will give
their consent FOR the construction OF
: this great work. II Will traverr.. either
= the border or the Interior of Nicaragua
for distance of about 1aO miles. II
VIII CIV" To that state n waterway
from its capital and It's most productive
region To IN. sea. II will place that
. country On one Of the leading water.
ways Of the world. bringing II into I'm.
, inedint" contact with n large foreign
: commerce and those who conduct II.
/ In very many ways the state viii have
/, advantages not now possessed. aud
/ that Will be- for long time lost II nm.
other route by which the oceans are
connected should he adopted. All Of
I ih,>" considerations induce the hclicf
that these two enlightened states will
o '' Eiil 'b Hli our suVtTuin'uf tpFunIS
! nnh ciiicirnily In carrying out TIL.
great design. II IL true that the csti.
! mate, of -usi arr variable. ranging q.
. they do from les. than xtOnp.UD to /,
, possible xii5UDND II IL, however
I proper to say that the size and charnc.
|, ter of the .nnnl estimated for Is ms var.
liable n- ia. cost. The earliest c-ii.
= mates w"r. for u cnnnl suited to the
, ships Of III" time. The later csiiniai--
: mr." for ships ~ this tine. Fifteen fee;
depth and iifiy feet width WIS the six.
of the earliest project Thirty feet
: depth nnd In feet width ARE the III.
hrnsions OF the later proposed canal. ''
. The plan Of government for Puerto
! Nlcu which Will probably be adopted
10y 'b" House also. provides for n civil
3 governor To In appointed 10y III. prcsl.
r dent for four years. and To bc confirmed
10y the Senate. Such n governor IL Ia
have all the power usually exercised
. ly III" ravrfabr~ III territories. and Ii
. Ia b" assisted by nm executive council,
. consisting OF \ secretary. mn attorney
I general. n treasurer. nm auditor. n com.
? missioner ~ the interior. u commission.
cr of education. nHd Ave other person.
. OF good rcputc who shall bc native In.
i babtHnts of Puerto nico. appointed by
= the President and confirmed by III.
Schnt". These Osficinl- shall perform
' such duties NJ nrc usually assigned Ia
: similar oiiicinis Ia the United States,
. the commissioner of I'll" Interior having
charge Of public works. There I. 10 ls'