The Holly chieftain., 1900-03-16


graphic instructions TO collectors of in
ternal revenue that this act must he
strictly observed. and that tobacco and
cigarettes found upon the market. in
disregard thereof. stamps bearing can
collation. on and after the first proximo
must be seized.
The secretary of the interior, in L
letter 10 the commissioner of the gfu-
eral land office, holds that a person re
linquishing and reconveying land in n
forest reservation under the act OF
1897 must, at the time. designate the
land he desires in lieu of that surren
dered. The application for selection
should embrace a tract or tracts equal
in area to that relinquished. A num-
ber of selections have been approved
by the land office in which these condi
tions We're not observed. The secretary
says that where selections. in partial
satisfaction only, of relinquislmeE's
have been approved they will be III
lowed TO stand. but all such claimants
Iwill be notified that their failure her'
tQfore or delay henceforward to select
tls balance of the area necessary to eN
.haust their claims will be at their own
risk.
1t Is reported that Mrs. Dewey la
confided to n few intimate friends tina
while she and the admiral are travel
ing this spring they will ascertain the
feeling of the public toward Admirai
Dewey and the presidency and decide
whether he will be n candidate. Mrs.
Dewey does not deny her ambition TO
be the first lady in the land and says
that while Admiral Dewey was aversr
TO running for office before his mar
riage he Is such n devoted husband
that he will crafty her by accepting
the presidency II the country desires
to bestow it upon him. When one OF
the women TO whom this remark was
made asked Mrs. Dewey on what
ticket the admiral would be candi-
date, she replied. naively: Il don't-see
that it makes any difference, because
he will be supported by all the people.
He is a Republican and / am Demo
crat, SO that will be stand-off"
Lord Pauncefote, the British ambas
sador, was in conference with Secre
tary Hay for half an hour at the State
Department Saturday. The officials
have nothing TO say touching the fu-
ture of the pending Hay-Pauncefo;e
that the action of the Senate committee
IN bringing in the amendment is not
acceptable, and is regarded by the oiii-
cials as greatly endangering the life of
the treaty. If the Senate first adopts
this amendment and then ratiaes the
treaty, a conclusion bS to means Ger
tain. in the official mind. 1t is said that
the President will feel obliged to sign
it. placing the responsibility upon the
Senate, and then leaving it TO the Brit
ISL government to accept or reject. The
officials believe that the British will re
ject tile treaty, and in that case the
Clayton -Bulwer treaty will prevail
again, its force having been recognized,
according to the officials not only iby
the executive branch of onr govern
ment in preparing this pending treaty.
but also by the Senate OF the United
States as evidenced by the report Which
accompanied the treaty yesterday When
it was presented to the Senate.
Sooner or later the Republican party
will come up against an economical
question which will seem thousand
times more serious than that which
now perpleXes its leaders in connections
with the government of Puerto Rico
1t will be n blessing for all concerned
If it can be settled by the courts before
it reaches Congress, but even then ev.
cry Republican, from the President
down, will he compelled to adapt them
self to new conditions which the ex-
pansion policy of their party has ere
ated. AT this session of Congress the
Republican managers and the high
tariff protectionists have been sorelys
disturbed by the reciprocity treaties
which their national convention
pledged the President TO make; by the
admission of Hawaii, which was alse
a prominent feature in their platform,
and by the Puerto Rican tariff law.
Every new proposition connected with
commercial or territorial expansion
seems to hit some industry that is pro
tected by the tariff and to involve the
political future of one or more Republi-
can politicians and the control of the
House of Representatives. If the
French reciprocity treaty is ratified the
New England and New Jersey manu-.
facturers will bolt; the wool growers
of Ohio, Wyoming. Montana and other
states will vote the Democratic ticket
If the Argentine treaty goes through.
the sugar-beet farmers threaten to re-
volt If the reciprocity treaties with the
British West Indies are ratified. and
Connecticut will go Democratic If Puer.
to Rican tobacco is admitted free.
These and others that might be men.
TONED are Republican propositions
pledged by the Republican national
platform, and the people were asked
to vote the Republican ticket four years
ago in order that the Republican party
might carry them out; but the bitter
est and most determined opposition 10
every one of them is found in the Re-
publican ranks. These are but trities
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