The Monte Vista journal., 1900-01-13

present political conditions, that when
II comes to a vote In the Senate. II
will be very hard 10 get any more sill
YER states into the Union.
| The loving cup OF silver made of the
melted dimes collected from over 20
600 American citizens. the majority OF
whom were children, was presented to
Admiral Dewey Tuesday. The cup
stands nearly six feet In height. and is
appropriately Inscribed. At one side
was large silver-bOund volume. CON
taining the names of the contributors
Of the dimes who had subscribed to
the token through the instrumentality
OF the New York Journal. Senator De-
pew headed the presentation commit
tee and made the speech Of the Occa-
sion. In accepting the tribute, Admiral
Dewey thanked Senator DeIew for his
| gracious words. and said that he was
overpowered by this new proof of the
gratitude Of his cOuntrymen. To him
the most pleasant thing about II. and
one that would make him cherish II all
the more. was the fact that the chill
dren OF the country We're NO largely
represented In the giving. The graft
tude Of the little ones. he said. pleased
him immensely. and he spoke feeling
~ OF the way they surround him ON III,
street and lisp out their pretty little
compliments
| THAT man Little knows the common
people Of the republic. Little under
stands the instincts OF our race whu
thinks We will not hold Il rhe Philip-
pine archipelago, fast. and hold II FOR.
ever. administering just governments; by
simplest methods" This sentence wa,
the keynote OF the speech delivered IN
the Senate Tuesday by Mr. Bevcrldge.
the Junior senator from Indiana. l.
was the maiden speech in the Senate oi
ABOUT the youngest member OF til,
body. The announcement that 1t
would deliver an address cmbodyiny
his observations in the Philippines AT
tracted an unusually large number o.
auditors to the galleries. On the fiooi
OF the Senate every member in the city
was In his seat. and scores OF represen
tntives came over from the House. Til.
occasion was inspiring. and Mr.. Bcv.r.
idge rose to II brilliantly. If~ oratioii
Tor properly IL was an orntion-wn>
deeply Interesting. IL WAS repleie with
striking sentences and well arranged
Information. Spoken with all the ear.
nestness. vigor and elouucncc OF "A ine
orator, enthusiastic In his subject. who
| rose at time~ TO his subject with tn,
power OF passionate dramatic utter.
ance. the speech created a profound i'm
precision upon all who heard II. Sena.
tor Hoar briefly replied TO Mr.. Bever
idge.
The Roberts investigating commiiic,
resumed Its session Thursday for tn.
purpose Of hearing arguments and
bringing the inquiry TO an early con.
clusion. Mr.. Schroeder. head Of the
Gentle delegation here To oppose Rob.
erts then opened the argument ngains;
Roberts. The argument was largely
technical and wis divided under three
general heads. viz: First. whether ui
not the member-elact has the conxtitii.
tiOnal qualifications, including citizen.
ship: second, whether or not the con
stifutionnl provisions rs to citizenship
includes one who has impaired his eli.
ixenship by Grim. or unlawful sta;us.
and whether Mr.. Roberts has so i'm.
paired his citizenship: third. whether u
memter-elect has the statutory uuaiifi
cations, and whether the House has
the power To establish qualifications
beyond those in the constitution. Mrs
J. Ellen Foster addressed the commit
tee In behalf OF the great number Of
women Interested In the ease and whc
were not represented before the com
Mittee. She spoke vigorously. dealing
wi,n the Roberts case and the general
moral interests II involved. This con
clu'icd the days proceedings and III.
committee adjourned until lO:36
o'clock
Italy has returned n favorable II.
spOnse To the reccu. note Of the Stat,
Department respecting the open door IL
China. Italy WAS the last OF the great
powers remaining Ia bc heard from. II
is learned that although Italy was III,
last OF the powers addressed TO return
an answer To Secretary Hays over
tures. that government really was NOR,
prompt than ony other In the ncgolia.
lions. This is explained by the fact
that the Italian government was nd
dressed on the subject some time aftc,
the other continental nations had Il nm
der consideration. owing TO the fact
that our ambassador. Mr.. DrnIsr, WA.
away from his post ON leave OF NIB
scncc In the United States when III,
identical note OF instructions was sem
out. The agreements have no, y-,
been reduced To their finnl form. bu,
the Stnic Department will now enter
upon the task Of putting them Int
shape OF prscis. and as In each cas-.
the agreement to the principles in
volvssi In our Invitation IL returned 4,
uh~iuis"cal terms according Ia tho IL.
partmcnt officials Il Il not nniicIpuie,l
that amy difficulty will tc experience,
Ia accomplishing this work satisfactor
lily. Pending that outcome the Stat.
Department does not intend TO max.
any statement for the public a. 10 III.
cNnct tcrmH Of the agreements. though
u II admitted that the ground has b.s.I
covered with unusual accuracy In III,
press reports up TO this point.
In regard 10 the promises recent,
secured from European nation. ie
maintain the open door policy iu
China. II now spI1nr~ that England
wns che first nation To respond 10 Tho
advances of the United States. II In,
submitted two replies. the frst gen
ernl In -colr. bur the second eaplicI,
/ In detail. embracing all the poiui,
raised aud some that were not. Not
only II the question of au Open doc,
at iss,ic. but certain privileges ARE d.
mand~d for American citix1.ps In III.
leased territory. snd spheres o{ in
aucusr. such rs q guaranty uxninv,
discriminating rates ON railways boil,
and financed under foreign authority
against dlsci Initiating tonnage due.
the right To make contracts with thu
local authorities and with Chlues.
merchants ~ freely - the subjsoas Of
other countries: the exploitation Of
min~s upon the must favorable con
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