Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-02-01

the TRANSFORMATION nf troops. He says:
| "a second question Involved is whether
these marty rates are subject TO reiuc-
| tIon when the service is rendered 10
the government by the free OF tue NJ
~ per cent. land grant railroads Ihe
ground upon which hold that the gov.
ernment Is entitled TO the beheht OF
party rates Is that said rates are n'aii'
able for the general public ana There
| fore for the government. As party
rates are charges. the general pubilc
in cases like those now under consider.
alton no more than iifty per cent. OF
said rates can be charged
The case OF Brigham II. Roberts. the
Mormon rcpreseniatiye-clect from
Utah, which has occupied - much OF
| the attention Of the House since the as
semblIng OF Congress, was decided
| Thursday by the adoption Of r.soiu,
tIon to exclude him. by vote OF 3Is
| 10 70. The exact language Of the r.so-
| luton was as follows: That under
the facts and circumstances OF III.
case. Brigham. ii. Roberts, representa-
| tIye-elect from the state OF Itnh,
ought not to have or hold n seat In the
| House of Representatives aud that the
| seat to which he is elected u hereby
| declared vacant" The amendment To
cxpel Mr.. Roberts without scaling him.
| offered by Mr. Lacey, was ruled out ON
n point OF order and the House only
voted on the resolutions OF III" ma
jorIty and minority OF the committee.
| The latter-to seat and then cNp"l Mr..
| ltobcris-wns defeated, 81 to ~. The
majority resolutions to .Nclud" Mr.
Roberts and declare ILc seat vacant.
were adopted. o,rS TO - The aiiirma.
tive vote was divided ns follows: Re
pubiIcans, lJi: Democrats. 10: Fopu-
lists, II. and the ncgailv. vote: Dem.
ocrats, ~: Silver Republicans. .; Pop
uplIsis, ]. There were over u scor. OF
| speakers to-day. aud the closing
speeches on each side Were Iariicu-
Iariy able. Mr.. Lanhnm Of Texas
closed for the majority and Mr.. Dc Ar.
mond OF Missouri fof the minority.
The Senate committee on Puerto Rico
has decided. SO far as I; can decide.
that the island whose affairs IL has I'M
der It's particular care shall bc known
aS Porto Rico and not Puerto Rico. ns
| fixed by n rrcrnt executive Ur'lrr. The
question came up Saturday In III" meet
| Ing OF the cOmmliic. In connection with
the Foraker bIll providing FOR form of
government for the Island. and the de
cIsion on the spelling OF the name was
unanimous. Tn" committee went over
| the bill In detail. deciding upon many
changes In rhrascoiusy and some alter
ations In the general provisions OF the
measure. Probably one OF the mos; I'm
| portant changes was 10 strike out the
word constitution" wherever It ap-
pcnrcd In the original print of the bill.
which extended the provisions Of the
| constitution ns well rs OF the laws to
| the island. The change wns made be-
cause OF the opinion generally express.
| cd by the members NJ tile Cuuimlttrr
! that our constitution II not suited To
the Puerto Rico people. The opinion
was also quite general that the "Ni.n.
! sion OF tn. constitution was not ncCrs'
snry. Some OF the senators expressed
tho opinion that the natives uf the
island were not yet prepared for Jury
trials. Another important amendment
provides for III" retirement Of Puerto
/ RIcnu coins and substitutes for them
| the coins Of the United Siatcs.
The Republican members of the Sen.
ate committee on Pacific Islands and
| Puerto Rico have boltci flic rr,si.
dents recommendations IN regard to
/ free trade and n territorial government
In Puerto Rico. At their meeting On
Saturday they showed u decided ten
icncy TO reject his advice and csinh.
lisl a colonial system. which will have
TO be applied to the Philippin" islands
also. Its adoption II demanded because
the high protcctiOnists fear lest the nd-
mission OF Puerto Hicnn products free
OF duty may bc wedge To split the
present tarin. II Puerto Hico is to
have free trade Hawaii and the Philip.
pine islands are entitled iu the same
favor. and then we will br taking IN
Cuba next Ind cannot rrfIis" her what
we have given To the uthCrs The oh.
lection to the establishment nf terri.
torial government IN Puerto Rico il
found In the census returns. which
show that fully four.hfils NJ the in
hnbitnnts OF the island are absolutely
| illiicratc. and therefore unfit TO cxcr-
else the rights and privileges guaran.
tccd by the constitution tn citizens Of
the United States. The senators argue
that II we take in Puerto Rico as a
| territory ", must give the people free
and unlimited suffrage. trial hy fury
and the right to enact their own laws.
responsibilities which cannot safely bc
| intrustcd to more than u small unrt OF
| the population. Therefore II * deemed
best to treat Puerto Rico as u child and
Keep her in the nursery until she has
been educated In tile ways Of civilian.
tlOn. 4 colonial government will bc
recommended, with governor general.
TO he appointed by the President, and
n Legislative council. whose acts are to
be subject to The approval of Congress.
When the Senate committee on privi-
lcgcs and elections adjourned lis hear.
ing Tuesday OF the charges made
| against Senator Clark of Montana I'm
connection with his election to the
| United States Senate. 1t was under
| stood that the defense would he pre.
| pared to proceed with its Witnesses
not later than Monday next. Mr..
Campbell said he would have only one
or two more witnesses, and without
stating how many men he would call,
Mr.. Faulkner said his witnesses would
follow each other in rapid succession
and there would he no DELAYS. There