Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-04-13
CONGRESSIONAL GRIST-
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

to the question OF whether or not Mrs.
Dewey has left the Roman Catholic
church and will hereafter attend the
Episcopal church with me. Will you
kindly say that ] have no statement
whatever To make Ia this Respect" The
admiral admitted. however. that Mrs.
Dewey had some weeks ago definitely
given up her pew IN -. rnui's Catholic
church. That Mrs. Dewey has dcicF.
mined to change her faith l.. ncvcrihS-
less. true. aud the knowlcdg" II II was
whispered about from one to thc.otlicE
at St Johns church this morning.
Efforts are to he made by the Gani
Army Of the Republic to secure l-:is'
iatIon providing for the creation Of
pension court of appeals, which is 10
pass iinnily On applications for pcn,
sIons rejected by th,N pension office AMI
Interior Department. General 4. u.
shaw. commandrr.in-chicr ~ the
Grand Army. and General Daniel
SIclics have the matter In charge. nnd
are In Washington preparing the hunl
draft OF the I'LL. which i To hr sub
mIttcd to the President AMI To other
legal authority before Its presentation
10 Congress. This viii he done In u
very short tine. There nrc i3.UOp cgiHc-
which have been rejected by the in.
iNNN Ah
tIon to others that arise from time to
time. will he referred 10 the new court.
General Shaw believes that favorable
action can he secured on the measure
mt tile present session of Congress.
Judge Henry e. Caldwell of Afknn.
sas, who has been extensively spoken
OF as n candidate for Vice president.
and who hnH received great number
OF letters urging him TO agree 10 accept
that position IN ease Il should bc ten.
dcrci him. has written letter to Sea
ntor Jones OF Arkansas. who Is his per.
sonai friend. saying that he cannot
consent TO such use Of Ills name arh
that his resolution In this matter i
absolutely Irrcvocnblc. In speaking
OF the judges attitude. Senator Jones
said: Judge Caldwcirs tastes arc all
judicial. lie has never had any active
connection with politics and. viii, "a
modc-iy which has always character
lied him. lie thinks his field OF useful.
ness Is on the bench and not In ro-
lltical position. lie II n man OF finc
character and firm believer In the
principles which the supporters OF Mr..
Bryan. ropulists. Silver Republicans
and Democrats. believe In"
Representative Shafrotb. who has
been In consultation with the Interior
Department regarding protection from
vandalism Of such portions OF the West
rs contain prehistoric ruins. has Intro.
duccd a bill for this purpose. which he
believes will become q law. The bill
authorizes the secretary OF the Interior
TO reserve from sale and settlement all
tracts not exceeding 80 acres. on
which are monuments. cliff dwellings.
cemeteries. mounds. forts. or other
works OF prehistoric aboriginal people.
The secretary Of the Interior may per
nit investigations Of these tracts by Of
ficrrs OF the Smithsonian Institute. sci
,ntitic schools and colleges. The bill
provides severe punishment for
destroying or carrying away any relies
OF antiquity found on these rcscrvn.
ton, and also provides that the sccrc-
tary may acquire hy purchase lands
within such reservations now owned by
individuals.
The resignation OF Webster Davis as
assistant secretary Of the interior has
prccipitated fierce conflict which
may result ultimately in the rcsigua
ton of Pension Commissioner Henry
c. Evans and Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock. While Mr. Davis explains
that he resigns from the Interior Dc
partmcnt TO give his entire time and at
tcntion to the Bocr cause, 1t Is under
stood that the friction between himself
on the one hand and Secretary Hitch
cock and Commissioner Evans on tho
other had reached such point that
designations Were imperative. Pension
Commissioner Evans, II seems. after
having his work passed upon by AS
sistant Secretary Davis. appealed near.
ly every case to the secretary. who sup
ported Evans and humiliated Davis by
such action. Pension Commissioner
Evans is the known foe to the pension
or, while Davis believes in liberal ap-
preparations for the old soldier. The
Grand Army has frequently urged
President Mckinley 10 demand Evans
resignation. but the President has not
done so.
The Republicans OF the House. in
caucus Thursday night. decided to take
the shortest possible route to II tcrnin-
alton of the Puerto Iiican tarlff prob.
lem by concurrlnE in all the Senate
and sending the bill di-
rcctly TO the President There was II
feeble protest from Mr.. Cooper Of Wis.
consin. chairman of the insular COM
mittcc. and Mr.. Moody of Mass:ichu-
sctts. who favored standing out against
some of the features or the civil gov
scheme attached 10 the bill by
the Senate. They objected especially
to the Senate provision making all the
members of the upper council of the
Puerto Rican Legislature appOintccs OF
the President and clothing them with
power to grant franchises but the sen
timent of the caucus was ovcrwhrlm
ingly against them. None of the Re-
publicnns who voted against the origin
d, House bill were present at the cau
Gus tonight. As soon as the ltepub-
licans absent from Washington can be
here. as early as Monday if
possible, the matter will be brought be-
fore the House under Il special rule.
motions probably will be
rut off under thf rule,