The Monte Vista journal., 1900-03-03

young InatrOh VIII Oe presented VI
court.
The secretary Of state has requested
Mr.. Hit. chairman OF the committee
| on foreign affairs. not to object to an
Investigation of the charges made by
| Mr.. Macrum concerning the mutilation
Of his mail Macrum has persistently
refused to give the department any In
formation upon the subject, and the
secretary feels that II N important that
the truth should be known. Mr.. Ma
| crum has shown two envelopes ad-
| dressed to himself which bear evidence
OF having been opened and resenled by
| British censor with ''sticker." One
contained letter from personal
friend, the other came from ~" Stowe
at Cape Town and hears the scamp Of
the United States consul. Neither OF
the letters was official. and Mr.. Ma
crum does not pretend rhat any OF his
correspondence from the department
was opened. The British government
has instructed Lord Pauncefote 10 say
| that if Mr.. Mncrum's mail was tamper
Ell with II was done in violation Of or
ders, and must have been an accident
This can be easily established. as the
censor placed his initials upon the
"sticker" with which he rescaled the
envelope
Between LucerO and Guadnlapita. OH
Coyote creek. In Mora county. active
work IL being done by Colorado people
on several very rich copper prospects.
II In only lately that this section H. be-
Ing exploited on account of the grant
question. which, until few months
ago. clouded titles In one OF the richest
copper belts In New Mexico. extending
from western Mora county through
Taos, northern Santa fe county to Rio
Arriba county. where at l.aja Rosa
and other camps Cleveland capitalists
have lately invested. ON the Mora
county prospects oil shafts We're found
that had been sunk twenty years ago
for gold. On the dumps We're picked
up many nuggets of solid copper
glance. Numerous veins We're discov-
cred cropping out NJ the surface and
these were trnceable for miles by dikes
of lime and porphyry. the veins lying
between. The ore carried forty-eight
TO cighty-tive per cent. copper. with II
little gold and silver \ copper matte
smelter Is TO be- located on the prop
erty. and ns there Is plenty of water
and timber and coal in that section.
mining and smelling operations can b.
carried ON very chcaply.
Senator Gear OF Iowa occupies the
first seat OF the second row on the mid
die aisle Of the Senate chamber. where
Roscoe Conkling sat for eirh, years
and william Pitt Fessendcn for six
Mr.. Allison sits beside his colleague
and has occupied the same desk for
nearly eighteen years. Mr.. Gear wears
nm old-fashioncd blnck slouch hat. and
FOR some reason or another never hangs
II ON the peg that IL assigned to him In
the Republican cloakroom. but wears
u into the chnmhher and drops II OH
the floor beside his desk where every
body who comes down the middle of
the aisle Is likely to step upon II. Sen.
ntor Stewart. who occupies the seat be-
hind him. is la the habit Of stunning
when he walks. and seldom pa sses
without kicking senator Gears hat ns
far as the desk NJ the official stcnog-
rnpher. senator Tillman. who sits
across the way. II a frrluent speaker.
and whenever he take~ the floor he
prancs around good deal. The 9th.
er day. when he had n controversy
with MIR. Allison on the currency bill.
he crossed over 10 the Republican side.
jumped up and down ON senator Gears
hat for about ten minutes. until feel.
u
feet he gave II au impatient kick which
ssnt II about half. way ncross the cham.
ber. The pages who III ON the siefn
| Of the vice presidents platform arr ~
accustomed 10 such Incidents that they
always run after the hat like the boys
WIN chase the fouls tl,nt go over the
fence NJ q hall game. Then when II II
recovered they take II Into the cloak.
room, carefully brush II Cd and return
II TO senator G~nr. who sits through
the proceedings bli-sfully unconsciou.
Of the treatment that part of his ward.
robe IL suffering. Something occurs To
that hat almost every ,iny. II II either
trampd ON or kicked down the aisle,
mud there iS strong suspicion that
some Of the senators do II purJsosely. nj.
though they nrr. u course. 80 dignl-
Ned that they would r.~cn, any such In
sinua'ion. The other day somebody
suggested that those who are guilty OF
such rcpr,henslble conduct would b..
wise 10 abstain hereafter. because Ken.
n'or G:cnr has decided To put brick In
his hat. and several senators are gouiy.
The subcommittee of the Senate
committee on foreign relations In. pr,.
pared nn elaborate historical report
sustaining the lay-'nunccfotc treaty
GENERALLY. hut suggests certain amend
m-ni-. The opponents nrr preparing
n minority report which viii recon.
mend III. rejection of the trcniy On
III. following grounds: First. t.-ausc
u comedies che vitality Of the Clayton.
Bulw.r treaty. which has been dead
FOR year. and r-pudinicd Icy almost
every administration of the govern.
ment. either directly or indirectly.
S"coud. by conc",iing the vitality OF
the treaty the United States admits
the right OF Great Britain to Interfere
In American nffair-. which is u viola
tion Of the Monroe doctrine. Third. by
declaring the neutrality of the cnhni
the United ktair- admits foreign
powers To equal right. upon II. coas,
line. because II the canal l. built Il
ip~coinr~ NJ much n part of the jriris.
dirtion Of this government au any
nnvigablc Wntcr within Our bound.
aries. Fourth. by Inviting foreign mn.
tion- To n-.i-t In preserving the nc,i.
trniiiy ~ the canal the United State.
rurfrh'irru Jurisdiction over Its own
territory nnd Invites the Interference
Of foreign nation. In American affair.
which II In violation ~ the Monr,,,
doctrine. Fifth. when invited 10 par.
ticlpnt. In III" naturalization of tho
sues canal III. government os III.
United State. declined on the ground
that the traditional policy Of ihi. vpv.
rrnm"M prevented II from Interfering
with the nfYnif. ~ the eastern h.mi..
phrrr. Therefor" II II iniprncticniA-
and impoli'ic Ia admi, European
t'owrr- q" participate IN the ncutrniisn
| tAs ssf Sta.. Al.s.s