The state herald., 1900-04-27

cannot bestow the honor upon any 9TH
er officer in the future. The commit
II tee thinks this is selfish. and has lost
Its interest In the subject.
The secretary OF the interior has sent
to Chairman Sherman of the House
committee on Indian affairs, a strong
adverse report on bill to allow min
eral locations and entries on Indian res
ervatiOns. Accompanying his letter
Is report of the commissioner of In
dian affairs, which says: "If this bill
is allowed to become law II will open
the way to the giving up the agricul-
tural lands In the Indian reserves to
homesteaders. This naturally follows
the allowance of mineral locations. md
there Is Just ms much reason for allow
Ing homestead entries on agricultural
lands as there is mineral entries for
mineral lands. l am unqunlifedly Op-
posed to the passage of the bill" Sec
retary Hitchcock endorses everything
that is said In the commissioners re-
port against the bill, and 1t Is probably
upon the strength of these adverse
opinions that an adverse report will
be made to the House.
The Senate military committee has
materially amended the Root bill for
army reorganization and decided to
make Miles lieutenant general and Cor
bin major general. The committee In
Its amendments wns Influenced by the
protests which have reached the com
mittee from army officers who repre-
sented that the bill as drafted at the
War Department contained pernicious
provisions which would demoraliZe the
| lea.
ence In the administration of military
affairs. The new bill provides that the
present officers shall continue to be
promoted according to seniority, but
that hereafter any vacancy except that
OF chief of corps shall be filed by de-
tail from the line. and there shall be no
more permanent appointments in the
stan. Tne details are to last for four
years. and the officers are then re-
turned TO the line. and. In the case of
those below the rank of lieutenant col
onel, they must serve in the line for
two years before further staff duty.
Admiral Dewey Is receiving commun-
ications from persons residing in vari
ots sections of the country promising
him their support in the coming cam
paign. These communications con-
gratulnte him upon his determination
to enter the political contest, and the
majority OF them profess qualification
that he has announced his intention TO
have his name considered by the Kan.
sas City convention. This is consider
ed very significant in view of the fact
that the letters have come from the
South and Middle West. The New
England Democrats have also been
heard from, and they have promised to
do all In their power to aid the admir-
ais candidacy. The admiral does not
know what influence his correspond
ents possess, bu, he is taking measures
10 find out thow they stand and the
extent 10 which they will be enabled
to help him. In the meantime he is
sending courteous answer to each
note that he receives, and he proposes
to pursue this course during the cam
paign.
Secretary Hay has not yet negotiated
treaties With Nicaragua and Costa
Rica for permission TO build the canal.
but he can do so any time he likes.
Both Mr.. Corea and Mr.. Calvo. the
ministers from those countries In
Washington. have received instric.
tions from their governments on this
subject. and when Admiral Walkers
commission was In Central America II
had repeated interviews with the pres
idents OF the countries named. In
which the terms were discussed with
more or less detail. Both Nicaragua
and Costa Rica upon invitation viii en-.
| ter into AN agreement TO lease to the
government u the United States A
strip of land twelve miles square along
| the san Juan river for canal purposes
| The constitutions OF those countries
forbid them Ia ALLEVIATE any OF their
territory, but they VIII lease whatever
" necessary for Il term OF 10 years, or
/ HD years lf necessary. at an annual
rental or for a stated sum or for n
percentage of the tolls upon the traffic
OF the canal. Nor liz there any dlplo-
matte obstacle 10 such negotiations
Mcssrs. cragln and Eyre. who obtain.
cd nm option from the Nicarnguan gov
ernment FOR a canal concession, have
been formally notified that their rights
terminated and that their option OK.
plrcd on the ilth Of April last, because
they did not comply with Its terms on
that date by the payment OF Sl0O.0O0.
Mr.. Crngin claims that he has six
months more To pay the money and
| perfect the option. hut the Nicnragu
government does not look at II Ia that
way.
For more thnn three hours Tucsdn,
Mr.. Hoar. the senior senator from Mas.
sachusetts. occupied the attention OF
the Senate with n speech In opposition
To the policy Of imperialism upon
which he maintained this government
has embarked As prepared. the nd.
dress was 5o.oNp words Ia length, hut
Mr. iioar omitted much OF II, owing 10
nm incipicnt attack of the grip. from
which he wns suffering. lie spoke for
three homrs. nnd while II was n tire.
mcndous strain on him. the more i'm.
portnnt passages of the nrgumen, were
delivered with force and vlgor. TN,
speech was brilliantly written. was II.
Illuminated with splendid rhetorical fg.
ures and was rich In citations from his.
tory. one of the notable parts OF the
address was the culogy OF Agulnnldo
Mr.. iIonr lid not liken the insurgrnt
leader 10 Washington. ms hnr been done
heretofore. hut To kossuih. Dom Paul.
Joubcrt, Nathan Hale and other build.
rrr OF the church OF liberty. One OF the
most effective parts Of the address was
his fnncied roll cnll of some OF III. dis.
ilngul-hcd statesmen OF the United
States ON tile question ~ the retention
of the Philippines lie began with
George Washington nnd closed with
william Mckinley. cnch In n sentence
giving the REM son for his vote. Every
vote wnH In the negative. except TINT
" Aaron Burr. who voted yes" nni
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