Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-04-20
CONGRESSIONAL GRIST-
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

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aud fire. distribution Of black. k.ies vac
cine To .to-kn-n OF the western states
will b~ continued.
There IL no longer any question that
the diplomatic relations between the
United States aud Turkey are In q
critical state. growing out Of the Sui.
iun's had faith. lie promised TO pay
the Indemnity claims of the American
missionaries for the destruction OF
eight haiiiinss Of the Euphruics col.
icsrs at Harpoot and several buildings
belonging to ih. American missionaries
at Marn.h during the Armenian massa-
cfrs in lS:c,. What action the govern
mcai viii now take 10 enforce the Sui.
tnn's promise I. not definitely
known. but ns the situation IL critical.
Il may result In Secretary Hay send.
Ing the Turkish minister at Washington
his passports.
The Republican program includes
the passage Of tho shipping bill by the
Senate and the passage OF the Sicur.
a.un Canal biii by the House Of Hcpr--
sra,ativc- dnrin. tho present session
In order 10 comply with the platform
Of the last Republican convention.
which pledged the party To that lcrisla.
| ton. u II not expected. however. that
either Of these hills will piss the other
house before next session. Mr.. Hep
burn is watching every opportunity TO
bring mp the canal I'LL. nnd is deter
mined to rc, vote upon u before the
end Of this month. senator Frye Is
equally determined To secure action on
the subsidy shippin. I'LL. and rs ncith-
cr OF the bills arc meeting with active
opposition II l. probable that they viii
succeed.
The secretary Of the interior hns sent
to Chairman sherman of the House
committee on Indian affairs. u stron.
adverse report on hili To allow min.
cral locations and entries on Indian res.
crsntions. Accompanying his letter
|, Is report Of the commissioner OF In.
dian affairs. which says: III this bill
Is allowed To become u law II Will open
the way 10 the civin. up the ngricui-
turai lands In the Indian reserves TO
1 houncstca,lcrs. This naturally follows
the allowance Of mineral locations. and
there Is Just rs much reason for allow.
Ing homestead entries ON agricultural
lands ~ there Is mineral entries for
mineral lands. ! am unIualihcdly op-
posed TO the passage OF the bill" Sec
| rctnry Hitchcock endorses everything
that IL said In the commissioners re-
port against the hill. and II Is probably
upon the strength Of these adverse
opinions that mn adverse report VIII
lie ninue to the House.
General Miles and the committee
on military affairs OF the Senate are Mt
odds about his promotion to lieuten-
| ant general. lie requested the COM
mittcc to insert an amendment In the
army appropriation bill authorizing the
President to advance him to that rank.
/ and the committee expressed IL In this
way: 'The general officer of the line
assigned TO the command OF the army
shall hereafter have the rank. pay and
cmoluments OF a lieutenant general
while serving in that capacity Cen
eral Miles objects to that phraseology.
and wants the amendment changed by
inserting the word now" before the
word assigned" so that the President
will be compelled to promote him. but
cannot bestow the honor upon any 9TH
cr officer In the future. The commit
| tee thinks this Is selfish. and has lost
Its interest in the subject.
For more than three hours Tuesday
Mr.. Hoar, the senior senator from Mas
sachusctts. occupied the attention OF
the Senate with a speech in opposition
to the policy of imperialism upon
which lie maintained this government
has embarked. AS prepared, the ad-
dress was 10000 words In length, but
Mr.. Hoar omitted much Of it. owing to
mn incipicnt attack of the grip. from
which lie was suffering. He spoke Tor
three hours, and while 1t was n tre
mendous strain on him, the more I'M
portant passages of the argument were
delivered with force and vigor. The
/ ri Pm H..
Illuminated with splendid rhetorical fg-
urcs and was rich in citations from his
tory. One of the notable parts of the
address was the culogy of Aguinaldo.
| Mr. Hoar did not lkcn the insurgcEt
! leader to Washington, as has been done
heretofore, but to l<ossuth. Dom Paui.
.Joubert, Nathan Hale and other builG-
ers of the church of liberty. One of the
most effective parts of the address was
/ his fancied roll call of some of the dis
tinguishcd statesmen of the United
States on the question of the retention
of the philippines. He began with
George Washington and closed with
William Mckinley. each in II sentence
giving the reason for his vote. Every
vote wns In the negative. except that
of Aaron Burr, who voted YES" and
| said: You are repeating my. bucca
! neerjnc expedition down the Mississip-
t nj, I am TO be vindicatcd at last"
When the name of William Mckinley
was called he replied: There has been
n cloud before my vision for Il moment,
| but | see clearly now; / so back to
what | said two years ago: 'Forciblc
annexation is criminal aggression;
governments derive their just powers
from the consent of the governcu-not
of some of them. but of all of them,'
| will stand with the fathers of the re-
public. fl. l will stand with the founders
OF the Republican party. No" The eff
feet was dramatic. AS Mr.. IIoar pro-
nounced his perorntion the stiffness in
the chamber was intense. Applause
swept over the galleries. but 1t was
h,shed quickly by the president pro
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