Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-01-25

OF Wesl Virginia. Meyer OF Louisiana,
Sulxer Of New York an,l Lent Of Ohi0.
Il and Mr. Van Sicisn of New York and
4 representatives OF the United irish 80.
cietles aud Others. \ large delegation Of
j Irish. .Nm'ricans nnd GERMAN m.ri-
cans from baltimore were present.
\ speech, sensational In Its Interest
and International In Its Importance
was delivered In ID. Senate Friday by
Mr.. Hal. OF Maine. The occasion OF
the uttcranc,> was tn. simple question
whether resolution introduced by
Mr.. Allen ,Populisp Of Nebraska, cali.
lug for information as TO the rccog.
niiion by this country OF diplomatic
reprerentitlo tlon OF the Trnnsvaai r,i,ub.
lie should be- directed tn the President
or TO The secretary OF state. Mr. Hal.
mnsis the question III. text Of an I'm.
pNsstonsd speech In which he declared
that nin..tcnihs Of the American
people sympaIhizci with the Beers In
their gallant struggle for liberty
against on- OF The greatest powers In
the world. He declared that the war
which Gr.at Britain Is waIIng IL the
most fell blow nj human liberty that
Inns been struck In the century. lie
denied thar the American pcopl. were
"tl sympathy with Gr.ai Britain In
| the South African war To- stamp out
the liberty OF the people, and when
Mr.. Baifour. In the House of Com
/ mons. made such u statement. "lic
sloul,! b- met with some disclaimer
from this side of the Atlantic" He
declared that the English I-.opl. them.
| selves Were not In favor OF this war.
which ''hnd been brought on by
sharp Cabinet minister engaged with
/ gold spccniators.' Mr.. Hale spoke
with unusual force. dccIsivcncss
and cnrpcsinr>s. even Tor him. nnd Ills
passionate ciouurncr claimed the
closest attention OF every auditor.
The sixteenth annual report Of the
United States Civil Service Commits
sion hn- been submitted To the l'rcsl-
dent. The report. Will. containing
much Information of value concerning
the operations OF the commission dur.
Ing the year. deals with number Of
subjects of general public interest. The
remarks Of the commission on the I'M
portancr Of u merit system In our
colonel possessions: the need OF max.
Ing some disposition OF -rpcrannuaicd
employees: the Improvement shown In
the reduction OF the percentage OF re-
| uoyals throughout the service. result
Ing from the requirements of the law
and tiu. order OF the President OF July
20. i-.ss. looking To Its enforcement.
and the advantages TO bc gained by
the classification OF the force of the
library of Congress and the municipal
| service OF the District Of Columbia. de-
serve special attention at this time.
/ The report opens with preliminary
statement In regard To the extent of
the classified and unclnssii!cd service.
from which II appears that tlicr" are
| approximately I5.OOn classified po-
sitions and 10000 unrlassiiicd po-
| sitIons: OF the latter. T1.pi are occu-
pied by fourth.class postinasicrs. There
are 1916 positions In the executive
! service In the District OF Columbia.
/ and more than 1G2O0o distributed
| among the states and territories. The
| commission states that the cNrcnhi-
| lures for salaries for the entire service.
classified and uuclassiied. Is approx
| mntrly S10l.OOO.OOO per annuni. n large
Increase having resulted from the war
with Spain. The total number Of ap.
| pointmcnts made during the year on
| certificates of the ronmmission was
o.O5G.
Colonel Bryan's visit 10 Washington
/ last week resulted In an agreement
among the Democratic leaders Of the
Scnntr and House Of Representatives 10
advocate hereafter II harmonious and
uniform policy upon at least two I'M
| Duit.lit
| There has been n very wide divergence
of sentiment In that party upon the
| first proposition. and some Of the most
| ardent of rNpansiDnists are found In
| it, ranks Finally. after II heated dis.
cussion and reluctant yielding upon the
mart OF several prominent men. they
| ..rot together" so to speak. and devised
n policy which Is to hold until the ma
tional convention. Ii does not differ
materially from that defined In the res
olutions offered by Senator Bacon of
Georgia last December. and may he
summed up MS follows: I. The sup.
preston of the insurrection in the Phil
ippinr islands. =. The establishment
Of a republican form of government
there ms soon as the insurrcction IL sup
pressed 3. The withdrawal OF the
army rs soon ;rs such u governments IL
i'm operution. /. The REIMBURSEMENT
of the sovereignty of the United States,
but the exercise of II protectoratc over
the islands In order to prevent foreign
interference. y The issue of S2D.-
600 900 In bonds of the Philippine ic-
puhlic TO reimburse the. United States
for the indemnity paid to Spain. The
solution of the trust problem was less
diticuIt. and Mr.. Bryun's plan was
generally approved. lie proposes that
thr Jurisdiction of the federal govern
mont he extended over all corporations
that have interests In more than one
state. and are therefore engaged In In
icrstate commerce in the constitutional
meaning Of that phrase. and the pass
age of II law requiring them to take
ont licenses. for which they must pay n
reasonable tax TO the commissioners of
internal revenue At stated periods
nil such corporations shall be required
10 publish statements of their financial
condition and transactions, similar 10
those made by the national banks. and
their books shall he always open to eN-
animation by special agents of the In.
tcrnal revenue bureau. who shall
have power and duties similar to those |
of nutional-bnnk examiners. This prop !
osition Is not materially different from