, 1900-04-05

MS departure for home from Pretoria
1000 people gathered to take leave of
MIN at the station. They appealed to
him in tears to state their cause to the
American people, and Mr.. Davis says
his conscience would haunt him If he
proved recreant to that pitiful appeal.
he believes the American people are
not truly Informed on the situation.
he Will therefore avail himself Of an
early opportunity to relate his expert
ence and observations at a public meet
ing that shall be free to all. Mr.. Davis
has decided on this course after ma
ture deliberation and free consultation
with his friends.
Representative Hay of Virginia, one
or the prominent members of the mill
tary committee of the House, has pre-
pared a bill to create out of the militia
or the several states n reserve volun-
teer army for use in time of war to sup
PIGMENT the regular service. The bill
~contemplates a general broadening of
the basis of the national guard. its
equipment with the service rifle and its
complete organization in time of war
into regiments, brigades, divisions and
corps, with the three battalion forma-
tons as in the regular service, and is
designed to obviate the necessity of n
large standing army upon the expira-
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increasing the standing army to 65,OOO
and authorizing the present volunteer
army of $1,000. The bill makes all
cltlzens w the ages of eighteen
Inc forty-five liable to military service
In the volunteer army. 1t appropriates
100000 annually for the maintenance
INT equipment Of the national guard of
the several states and requires the sec
rotary of war to keep in each state a
! S1nnlU Of ord n mo-. homo. aaNE aatA-A Co..,
ninety days use in the event of war.
Governor Steunenberg of Idaho called
at the War Department Saturday, and
presented in person to Secretary Root
the petition to which he referred while
under examination before the House
committee on military affairs. in favor
OF the retention of the federal troops
in the disturbed mining districts. The
governor had refused to produce the
petition before the committee until he
had first submitted it to the secretary
of war, to whom 1t was addressed. The
petition bears about $500 signatures,
and recites that all of the signers are
citizens of Idaho and of the county of
Shoshone and the Occur d'Alene min
ing district. They petition that the sec
rotary of war allow the small force of
federal troops to remain in the quarters
provided for and occupied by them at
the town of Osborn. Shoshone county,
for as long a time as Governor Steunen-
berg may think their presence neces-
sary for the preservation of peace and
order. The citizens also express their
approval of all the acts that have been
lone by the governor and the officials
of their state to preserve peace and or
der and to bring criminals to Justice.
Whether Great Britain made an
apology to the United States for the
opening of Consul Macrum's mail by
its censor depends upon the meaning
or that word. From our standpoint it
was apology; from the British stand
point, 1t was an explanation. When the
charge was first made by Macrum and
rae SMILES of the envelopes were pub
nshed, it was noticed that the censor
VINO opened them had beer careful to
write his initials upon the sticker so
That he could be easily traced. Lord
Pauncefote voluntarily offered to make
an investigation, n a few days later
came to the Department of State with
the explanation that the censor had
violated his instructions accidentally,
owing to an enormous amount of mail
matter which passed through his
hands. He expressed regret at the cir
cumstance n explained the orders
under which the censors were operat-
ing. Representative Berry, Il member
of the committee to investigate the Ma
crum charges, called at the Depart
ment of State for Information yester-
day, and was given this information in
confidence by Secretary Hay. He i'm
m~ediately delivered it to n New York
newspaper. The committee on foreign
aHalrs VIII commence the investigation
of Macrum's troubles tomorrow.
SAnatN
amendments to the Puerto Rican gov
ernmental bill which were read to the
Republican senatorial caucus Monday,
and some of which were agreed to by
IL The amendments were Incorporated
IN a new print of the bill. and the bill
as thus amended introduced as n new
measure. The first important change
Is made in section 3, in which the in
habitants are described as "citizens of
Iuerto Rico, and as suc entitled to
the protection of the United States"
whereas in the old bill they were des-
ignated as Citizens of the United
States" The following provision is
substituted for section s in regard to
articles imported into Puerto Rico from
ports outside of the United States:
THAT on and after the passage of this
act the same tariff customs and duties
shall be levied, collected and paid upon
all articles imported into Puerto Rico
from ports other than those of the
United States, which are required by
law to be collected upon articles i'm
ported into the United States from for
eign countries" The new provision in
regard to m between the Unit
ed States II Puerto Rico places a tax
of fifteen per cent. If the Dingley rates
upon imports into the United States.
Thls tax to be discontinued after two
years. Imports into Puerto Rico to be
free OF duty.
In a speech Saturday on the fortif-
cations appropriation bill. Representa-
tive Bell called attention in strong
terms to the growing extravaganza Of
the administration Of public business.
He said among other things: 'In the
contingent expenses of Congress you
can lop of hundreds of thousands Of
dollars In expenditures by which mon
py Ia ilchpd from the naouIe Tho