Gilpin observer., 1900-04-12
CONGRESSIONAL GRIST
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.


are in Washington preparing the final
draft of the bill. which is to be sub
mitted to the President and to othe.'
legal authority before its presentation
to Congress. This will le done in 1t
very short time There are 1900 cases
which have been reiP ted by the in
terror department and these. i'll add-
ton to others that arise from time to-
time, will he referred - the new court
General shaw believes that fayOrablp
action can he secured on the measure
nj the present session uf Congress.
Judge Henry G. Caldwell of Arkan-
sas. who has been extensively spoken
of aS n candidate for vice president
and who has received a grcat numbe,
of letters urging him to agree TO accept
that position in case it should be ten
dered him. has written letter TO Sen
ator Jones of Arkansas. who is his per
sonal friend. saying that he cannot
consent to such use of his name and
that his resolution in this matter is
absolutely iIrevocable In speaking
of the judges attitude. Senator Jones
said: Judge Caldwell's tastes are all
judicial. He has never had any active
connection with politics and, with IL
modesty which has always character
lied him. he thinks his field of useful
ness is on the bench aud not in II po-
ltical position. He is "A man of fine
character and II firm believer in the
principles which the supporters of Mr..
Bryan. Populists, Silver Republicans
and Democrats, believe in
The resignation of Webster Davis as
assistant secretary of the interior has
preciptated Il fierce conflict which
may result ultimately in the resigna-
tion of Pension Commissioner Henry
G. Evans and Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock. While Mr. Davis explains
that he resigns from the Interior De
pnrtment 10 give his entire time and at
tention to the Boer cause. ii is under
stood that the friction between himself
on the one hand and Secretary Hitch
cock and Commissioner Evans on the
other had reached such II point that
designations We're imperative. Pension
! Commissioner Evans. ii seems. after
having his work passed upon by As
sistant Secretary Davis. appealed near
ly every ease to the secretary. who sup
ported Evans and humiliated Davis by
such action. Pension Commissioner
Evans is the known foe to the pension
or. while Davis believes in liberal ap-
preparations for the old soldier. The
Grand Army has frequently urged
President Mckinley to demand Evans
resignation. but the President has not
, done so.
A Washington dispatch says: The
/ House committee on Indian affairs has
/ made Il favorable report upon the Joint
| resolution which Provides for the al
lotment of lands in the Mescalero
Apache Indian reservation. in New
Mexico. for the use of the Indians on
the reservation and providing for the
| sale of the residue of The lands in the
! reservation for the use of the Indians.
: The committee states in its report that
there are only IA MeScalcro Apache
Indians ON the reservation. which is
situated in Dona Ana county. New
Mexico. and that the reservation con
tains lI4.2lO acres of land. After Civ
ing each individual Indian an alloi-
ment of 100 ucres of land. aggregating
T1.oIo acres. there would remain sur
plus of lO3,2OO .cres of land TO he
thrown open for sale and settlement.
The El Paso \ Northeastern railroad
has recently been built 10 this reserya-
tion and this large body of land is in
demand for settlement anG Is absolute
ly necessary for the development OF
that part of New Mexico. The noun
tains on the reservation contain valu-
able timber and minerals. and the 9th
er lands are valuable grazing lands.
The committee also reports that the In
dinns are sufficiently advanced in civ
iliZaton to have their lands allotted TO
them. out of this tribe of IA Indians
there are enrolled In the schools los
children. with an average attendance
of uincty-sevcn: there are eighty-six
houses ON the reservation occupied by
these Indians. One hundred and for
iy-tw0 members of the tribe speak the
English language. They own OSU
horses mules and bulros. forty cattle.
1000 sheep and 300 goats
Colonel Bryan declines to accept the
advice recently rendered him by Os-
Wald oitrndOrfrr. the eminent editor
of the New York Slants |citung and a
representative gUld-bug Democrat. Not
long ago that gentleman addressed col
onol Bryan letter Suggesting that he
might command the almost unanimous
German vote throughout the United
states nj the nest congressional clpc-
tiun II he would only drop the silver
issue aud runtnr himself to Hnti-rN.
lsinsiun and the trusts; bur Mr.. often
durf"r warned him HAT the rcadup-
tiun Of the Chicago plnlfnrm would de
priv" him ur the support Of that class.
Mr.. Bryan has written a friend in
Washington Ia rypniu that while he
has the highest respect for Mr.. often
dOrfrr. Ia order to follow the advice of
shat gentleman II would br necessary
To rcpudintr his most sacred ublign-
tlou 10 the pcpplr, and Ii, would rather
suffer defeat Ihun hriuy them In that
very particular Colonel Bryan argues
that The uuactmcni of the god-sinnd-
ard currency law last month does not
alter the eternal principles OF the Dem
o"rnlic IaltN mr permit II to depart
from lis plain duiy. The people de
mand cheap. silver money. and he will
conlinnr 10 proclaim their demands
from the hous"top no matte. what leg.
islnIlon III" l'"uuhlcan party may en-
ncl N nnpnslllnn ~ lhrlr wishes. Il