Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-01-11

.IcIrntrl ones nf 1859 ANA lS3D. II u
hnw.yrr. n better prediction. based oI
,,r,..,iit unlIticai conditions. that whcI
!, r,mrs 10 n vote In the Senate.
will h. very hard 10 get any more sil
yrr states into the Union.
TIN. Scnnt. committe on foreign rcln
linn, has ordered favorable report OF
rh,. bllI creating territorial govern
mont for Hawaii. 4 few modification
n th,. original hill were made. the mos
imr,0rtant bcIng the valuation of thi
sale u lands since annexation ani fs
ing the tenure OF the Supreme CourI
IuI..s nj nine years. The provision
Tor delegate In Congress remains IN
rh,. bill. The amendment cunccrnlnr
the sale of the public lands IN III. biil
rrpnrte,l for territorial government oi
Hawaii i n follows: THAT NIL sales.
grants, leases and other dispositions a.
the public domain or agreements con
crrning the same and franchises grant
c,I by the Hawaiian government IN
conformity with the laws of Hawaii
PRIOR to September II. is.'a, arc hereby
railncd aud confirmed
The loving cup OF silver made OF the
melted dimes collected from over 80.
un American citizens, the majority "f
whom were children. was presented tn
Admiral Dewey Tuesday. The cup
stands nearly six feet In height. and j.
inscribed. ~ one side
was large -iiyrr.bouni volume. cpn
laininE the Enmcs OF the contributors
Il the dimes who had subscribed to
the token through III. insirrmcniallly
II the New York Journal. Senator b,.-
prw beaded the presentation commit
lee nui made the speech nf the occn
sion. In ncccpllnc the tribute. Admiral
Dewey thanked Senator bcI-w for his
gracious words. aud said that Lee wns
0,rgpow-rt-i 10y this new proof of the
gratitude of his cuun,rymrn. To him
ih" m"st pleasant thin. al.oui IL. AMI
Utr that would make him cherish u NIL
llr nur.. wns the fact thni tile rhil
dr"n of the country wcrc ~ Int t.rlt
represented la the giving. Tile graft
tube of the little ones. iir said. pl.as.~!
Him Immensely. nnd ic sisak- f,-'ilns-
y u the way they surround him on the
'irr' nni lisp out their pretty llg'ic
compliments.
THAT mnn Little knows the common
i"uplr 81 she republic. Little under.
stands ih" Instincts ~ our racr. wh"
thinks We viii not hold !; ui- Philip
pin" archipelago, fast. ani held II for
ever. administering JIi.i government hy
simplest methods" Thi. sentence was
ihr keynote of the slH-ci delivered In
ihr S,isli~ Tuesday Icy Mr.. Bcv-rlisr.
10" Junior senator frum Indiana. u
vas ih" maiden si--ci In the Scnni" of
atpui iir youngest member of Tia"
lrly. The. announcement that he
would deliver mn address -mi-p,iyius
bis observations Ia the Philippians at.
ig9Ci.d an unusually large nunir-r OF
auditors Z" the galleries. On the ncnr
OF the Senate every ncnb-r IN the city
WIS ~ hls seat. aud scores .f rrpr-scts
iAtEc- came over from tile House. Tlt-
evasion was inspiring. ani Mr.. f'rs-r.
iIE" TuSc to II brilliantly. lila Grafton
Tor property II was an Grafton was
deeply Interesting. II was frplci- with
striking sentences nnd well arranged
Information. Spoken with all the ear.
n"slncss. ticor and ,lupucncc Of u Iinr
orator. enthusiastic In his subject. who
rosc at times To- his subject with the
power OF passionate dramatic utter.
ahc" the sI-,.ch created profound i'm.
preston upon all who heard IL. ScnH.
Tor Huar briefly replied TO Mr.. Bcrcr-
tigr.
The Roberts investigating committee
resumed It's session Thursday for the
purpose Of hearing arguments aud
bringing the inquiry 10 nm early con.
'lusion. Mr.. Schroeder. head OF the
'iCniilc delegation here To oppose i,oh.
rrtS then opened the argument against
l'"ls"ris. The argument was lnrgcl,
technical aud was divided under three
general heads. viz: First. whether or
not : u" mCmhcr.clcct has the con>titu.
',nhnl qualifications. Including citizen
shlr' s'r'Ond. whether or not the con.
shiuiiunnl provisions rs TO citizenship
includes one who has Impaired his cit
'"nship by crime or unlawful Siniu~,
HNh whether Mr.. Roberts has - I'm
IHiTcd his citizcDship: third. whether a
W'ihh"T.clcct has the statutory uualiii.
atoms. and whether the House has
."' npwCr to establish qualifications
iNlnud those In the constitution. Mrs.
=. Ellen Foster addressed the commit.
''N in behalf Of the great number or
women Interested In the case and who
NVT" not represented before the COM
h'itcc. She spoke vigorously. dealing
Wiz" the Roberts case AMI the general
moral interests II involved. This con.
''ud"d the days proceedings and the
'"l'ini'tcc adjourned until 1880
Italy has returned favorable re-
l'"hsc 4" the rcccn. note Of the State
~, larimCnt respecting the open door In
NINA. Italy was the last of the great
bowers remaining to he heard from. II
iN learned that although Italy was the
ltst OF the powers addressed to return
'n answer TO Secretary Hays over.
.uI"S. that government really was more
lt"ihrt than ony other In the ncgotia'
IONS. This is explained by the fact
llnt the Italian governments, was al.
", ,I'Sscd ON the subject some time after
J. u" other continental nations had II un.
't consideration. owing TO the fact
.uh' our ambassador. Mr.. Draper. was
way from his post on leave Of alb
~ H,hcc IN the United States when the
'u.hticnl note OF instructions was sent
IL'. The agreements have not yet
zen reduced to their final form. but
MNHH