Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-18


Department has taken Steps To secure
data on til. subject. III" burden ur
these speeches haS been Ihc startling
|. Increase of the German colonies l..
, South nnd Central NnIcrT J.. which.
| have been regarded uS rIrnHring the
Monroe doctrine. II ais, has h'cn ns-
serted that these ':"rman ,ulunisiS
| maintain their home customs in the
\ new land. deal almost exclusively with
Germany. Us. only lie German Ian.
guagr. have almost autonomous gov
crnmrnts within the limits Ur American
republics. an'I nrc. In fact. li''lr Ger.
! manys wherever Infntrd. The State De.
partmcnt has addressed gn instruction
to every minister and consul Ia South
aud Central America iu Inform the de
partmcnt fully an all the points to
| which reference" hnS b,Cn made. bf
course. Germany II not referred To 10y
name. for such i'r~i.On might nat
urnily give umhrag" tn III" German
| government. The circular applies Ia
colonIs,s OF all natInnniiiIcs. though II
| IN, OF course, expected that the cIn-ul-
In compiling their rrparts Will dincr"n'
| tIatc I'll. cul1nl~is.
MIR. Clark. Of Montana. fairly swcp,
the Senate with EurI,ri,c by u formal
i announcement that II. had sent hiH
| resignation as senator 10 the governor
| OF Montana. The announcement rI,iic
| without previous notice AMI probably
! not half dozen persons IN Washing
/ ton knew II WAS to bc made. Mr. clnrG
struck just a, the instant the Iron
was hottest. Mr.. Chandler. chairman
OF the committee" ON privileges nnd
elections. had given notice that ut one
o'clock hc would call up Tor consider
4 II
ported from the committee. declaring
| Mr.. Clark no, entitled to his seat In
the Senate. \ spirited contest over
the resolution was expected. Every
! senator In the city WIS nj his desk. Al
/ la:.pD H. m.. Just a- the routine husi-
ness was concluded. Mr.. Clark quietly
rose and addressed the chair. lie de-
sired. he said. In u low. tense voice. 10
address the Senate OH question OF pri'
viicIc personal to himself. Ills nd
dress was "a sharp arrangement OF the
committees action and report. nm
analytical discussion OF evidence
adduccd at the investigation. an
explanation OF political aud busi-
ness affairs In Montana and bitter
cxcoriation OF Marcus DAILY and his
friends. As Mr.. Clark advcrtcd To
his desire TO hand down TO his children
a nun untnrnishcd even by the breath
| OF disgrace. tears wcllci to his eyes
and his voice trcmblrd with emotion.
! He almost broke down. Then. brac-
! Ing himself. he read the letter he had
sent the governor al Montana tender.
, Ing his resignation. At the conciu.
sion Of the speech. Mr.. Clark became
the center OF group OF senators. all
! dcsirous OF pressing his hand. Little
other business OF importance was
transacted. The resolution relating 20
Mr.. Clark went over until Wednesday
| and the Senate proceeded to the trans.
] action OF routine business.
The President IL determined TO
make an example OF Nccly and his
confcicrntcs II Il can bc shown that
they have been guilty OF corruption.
| lie has instructed the postniastcrg gen.
crai. the secretary OF war and the at
| torncy. general to make the most
| thorough investigation and the most
vigorous prosecution possible. for NOR
| nj effect on the Cubans. He wants to
show them that mnlfcnsancc In Office.
which has been the bcscttins sin OF the
Spaniartls. will not be tolerated. and
he prefers that Nicely shall bc tried In
Cuba, before a Cuban court and by
Cuban Jury. In order that the people
may have the full effect Of the lesson.
.
Senate in answer to n resolution intro
duccd by senator Pcttigrcw last Nov
cmhrr. contradicts the sensational
declarations OF cX-Chnplain Wells and
the prohibition newspapers. which
have rcvelWl in scandals about the
drunkenness of the soldiers. This
official report was prepared by Col.
j.. II. Williston. colonel Of the 9th
United States artillery. who Is acting
Ms provost. marshal. general. and says
that the popula ton OF Manila Is not
less than 100000 and is estimated by
some to he GO0.UOu. '''rhc number of
places where liquor is sold" he says.
'is very small. compared with the
number of people residing inside of the
municipal limits. Since the adoption
of the license system the character of
the saloons has been very much i'm
proved. and they are rs orderly and
respectable as such places can be.
The number has been diminished and
great care IL taken In issuing new IL
ccnses. The sale of native drinks Is
absolutely forbidden: 1t IL forbidden to
sell to intoxicated persons: saloons are
required to close at $40 o'clock in the
evening and all day sunday" In al.
dition TO these saloons there are native
shops where nothing but wine Is sold
and the report says that they are nj
ways very orderly and the trouble cx
pcricnccd with them Is their violation
of the order prohibiting the sale oi
wines TO soldiers. | have no means
of nsccrtaining the quantity of liquor
sold u any time but | know that there
has been an apprcciablc decrease In
the quantity sold since February l.
1880. Of the saloonkccpcrs none are
discharged soldiers; lI5 are men and
forty.thrcc are women: twenty-five are
Americans. siNty-sevcn are Spaniards
and the remainder are orlcntals. Com.
pairing the number Of saloons now and
the number II year ago. the foregoing
figures show II decrease of twenty per
cent.