The Elbert County tribune., 1900-03-22

saT at, while Mr.. Turner mnintnineo
| that the United States could not hei.
colonies or dependencies. Aside froii
the constitutional questions, the wv
senators were In practical agreemen,
| Both were opposed to the pending pit
and both objected to nny OF the insn
| lar territory becoming part OF I'M
United States or any of Its inhabitah'
citizens Of the United States.
Senator Cullom notified the member
of the committee on Interstate com
merce Saturday that II they dih not at
| tend the meetings called to consider tb
bill enlarging the powers and cxtendini
| the Jurisdiction OF the Interstate Com
merce Commission he would take TIL
responsibility Of reporting 1t favorabl,
| to the Senate without their concur
renee. In consequence OF this fhren
there wns full attendance Friday
when II was agreed to give three hear
iugs on the three next Fridays TO nj
who desire to submit arguments or evi
dence for or against the bill. Senatoi
CuIlom announced that the bill would
then be reported to the Senate for ac'
ton. The representatives Of the fioui
interests have charged the opposition
with trying to prevent action by re
manning away from committee meet
ings, but the hearings now will go Oh
and the bill will be considered herenf
ter, no matter how many are present
The President has pardoned Captain
McCalla Of the navy, who was court
martinled several years ago and SEN
fenced to the loss OF ten numbers In
rank. Captain McCnlla Is one OF the
ablest and bravest officers in the navy,
and was placed In position where he
was compelled either to suner humuli'
alton or violate the rules Of the ser
vice. A court-mariial found his gull
ty. He suffered the penalty and was
restored to duty just in time to per-
form not only useful but distinguished
service In command OF the cruiser Mar
blehead during the war with Spain.
As recognition of those services the
| President has granted him full par
don and restored him to the place he
formerly occupied on the naval list.
The highest compliment that could
have been paid Captain McCaIla and
one OF the most striking illustrations of
the generosity and chivalry of the ser
vice was n letter addressed to the
President by the ten fellow officers
who would suffer from his restoration
asking that II be made. The President
could not resist such manly appeal.
Senator Depew Is n very remarkable
man, both for his obliging disposition
as well as for his intellectual versatill
ty and his physical endurance. On FRI
day night he made an elaborate nd
dress to the Yale alumni in Washing
ton. Saturday morning he went TO
New York with the Gridlron Club and
made the principal speech at the din
ner given In Its honor by the Lotus Club
of that city. He returned to Wash
lngton on Sunday and Sunday night de-
livered an address In behalf of the
Boys Republic ut the Columbia thea
ter, at which the President and other
distinguished men were present Al
the close of his speech he took the
midnight train for New York, where
to-night he IL to deliver another
speech OF an hours length before an
association OF business men. He has
two other engagements for public ad-
dresses during the week. On all of
these occasions Senator Depew spoke
without notes and without other prep
nratlon except reflection. and his four
topics were as different as they posi-
bly, could be.
The House has passed bill TO regu-
late beach mining at Cape Nome, and it
is said to be satisfactory TO the several
representatives of Alaskan interests
who are now here trying to get some
kind of legislation under which mining
camps may be organized and order pre-
served during the rush of next sum
mer. The act OF 1898 reserves along
lt5e coast and shorts OF all waters In
Alaska a highway of sixty feet IN
width and the riparian rights ns the
property OF the government. Last
year the richest deposits of gold We're
found upon this reservation and the
beach between 1t and low water. which
Is termed ''tlde land" Although for
bldden by strict Interpretation of the
law, no power on earth can prevent
the miners from washing the sand
along the seashore, and in order that
they may do so peaceably II is neces-
sary to make some kind of regulations
under which It may be permitted.
Congress has been convinced of this by
the testimony of every person who has
come here from Alaska. The effect
of the bill which passed the House
Monday, and is almost sure to pass the
Senate within few days, is to legal
lie what the miners at Cape Nome
have already done on their own ac-
count and to give the force OF statutes
to the regulations they adopted fol
their own government. II allows indi
vidunl miners to locate claims upon thi
sea beach, which is n government res
ervation. twenty-five feet In width
and miners meetings may on their dis
cretion enlarge them TO n maximum
limit OF 800 feet In width. 1t Is be
lieved that this will prevent lawless
ness In the struggle for wealth that Is
expected at Cape Nome during the
coming summer.
Sooner or later the Republican party
will come up against an economical
question which will seem Thousand
times more serious than that whicl
now perplexes Its leaders In connection
with the government of Puerto Rico
II will be blessing for all concerned
| II II can be settled by the courts befor,
1t reaches Congress, but even then ev
| cry Republican, from the Presidcn
down, will be compelled to adapt them
| self to new conditions which the ex
pansion policy of their party has ere
ated. At this session of Congress th'
| Republican managers and the high
tariff protectionists have been sorel,
disturbed by the reciprocity treaties
| which their national convention
pledged the President to make; by thi
admission of Hawaii, which was ais
a prominent feature In their platform
and by the Puerto Rican tariff law
Every new proposition connected will
commercial or territorial expansion
seems to hit some industry that is pro
tected by the tariff and to involve tn,
political future of one or more Republi
can politicians and the control of til,
House of Representatives. II tn,
French reciprocity treaty is ratified tn,
New England and New Jersey manu-
| facturers Will bolt; the wool grower
of Ohio, Wyoming. Montana and othe
states will vote the Democratic ticke
II the Argentine treaty goes through
the sugar-beet farmers threaten to re
volt II the reciprocity treaties with tn,