Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-18
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The secretary of war has received
from General OTIS IA valuable report
sonccrnin. the Importation and sale OF
liquor In the Philippine Islands and
drunkenness anon. the troops. The
document will bc sent To conGr"-s III
q few days In reply to a resolution Of
fcrcd by Senator r.ttlEr-w.
The trust question ici to mn nni-
mated discussion In the House Com
miticc ON Judiciary Tuesday. con
stitutlonal amendment finally being
adopted by party vote. giving Con
gr-ss power to define. regulate. con
troll. prohibit or dIssolv. trusts. mon
opollcs or combinations. wcihcr In the
form OF u corporation or otherwise.
Al the next session OF the United
States Supreme Court. Representative
Barham OF California will make
unique moron for III" admission 10
practice OF his son. Edward Z. Barhnin
and hEs sons wife. Ida u. Barhnn.
The latter studied law and was admit.
ted to the bar before her marriage. ana
n now the husbands partner mt santa
Rosa. under the title OF Barhnm Il Bar'
ham.
A favorable report was made public
public lands ON the bill providing that
persons residing In or near forest re-
scrsS sSs amy cut or remove dead or down
timber from such reserves for their
own use for iircwood or for improving
their farms or mincs. Also providing
for issuing permits for operating saw
mills for cutting such dead or down
timber.
Mr.. WI. the Chinese minister. has
Issued n proclamation TO the Chinese
residents Of the United States cx.
planning the purpose OF the census ana
requesting them to give all the infor'
nation asked for 10y the cnumcrators
without hesitation. Ten years ago the
snumcrniors found II difficult TO obtain
Information from the Chinese. who sus.
pcctcd that II was TO he used against
them. and Director Merriam. nniicipat.
Ing similar difficulties this year. rc.
aucsici Mr.. wn 60 nllny the suspi.
cions Of his fellow. .counirymcn.
The Supreme Court resumed Its hear.
Ing Tuesday In the Kentucky governor.
snip cnsc. Hon. ". y. Bradley. for.
mcr governor. bcin. the only speaker.
He appeared for Governor Taylor. tax.
! Ing up the first claim OF the opposition
that Taylor had never possessed any
| Tnylor's title was ms good ms that Of
any other man who had ever held tho
ofiicc. lie argued that Tnylor's title
was complete: that he was not only dc
lure governor. but ic facto governor
as well, md that every step that he
had taken ns governor was legal. Mr.
Brndlcy attacked the finding Of the
Legislature In the ease ns irregular and
therefore void. When Mr.. Bradley
closed. the court took recess until
May 14th.
Attorney General GODDARD Of Kan.
sas reached here Monday with the
nvowcd intention Of filing in the
United States Supreme Court an in
junction suit In the name OF the state
OF Kansas against the state of Colo.
rndo. The proposed suit Is TO prevent
the diversion OF the Arkansas river
venting the NATURAL flow OF the stream
into Kansas and. as claimed. dana.
ging to the extent of many millions
Of dollars the farmers OF that state.
Contrary TO expectations, Mr.. GODDARD
did not file his application for mn in
junction. and he announced to-day
that he would not file II until the May
term OF court. which opens May 14th.
The Senate committee on Indian dep
relations has reported favorably SEN
ntor wa~cn's bill to strike out the
amity clause Of the act providing for
the settlement OF Indian depreciation
claims. II Will he recalled that the
original act required the claimant TO
show that the Indians who destroyed
his property were at amity with the
United States. This requirement bar
red hundreds Of legitimate claims aris
ing from the raids Of Indians In Texas.
Arizona. Wyoming. New Mexico, Utah.
Idaho and Washington. us well as In
some OF the states further east. 1t
was found to work great hardship and
Injustice to Legitimate claimants. and
consequently Senator Warren introduc-
cd n bill to corcrct the law. II Is i'm
possible to predict the outcome Of the
bill at this session. but II is almost GER
tain to pass the Senate. though II may
be stalled in the House.
The House committee on cSpositions
Is very nearly ready to report n bill
approprintinc S5.0o0,OO0 in aid Of the
exposition which the people of st.
Louis propose to hold in 1908 to COM
mcmorntc the purchase OF the Louisi-
ana territory by the United States.
The bill provides that the SJ,O0O.OO0
from the government shall be n loan
In the Pickwickian sense. repayment
being contingent upon the success OF
the exposition. The st. Louis people
are required to sell for cash at par
$4,000, 600 worth of stock. and are
authorized to issue $4,000. 900 worth of
ton are to hc applied first to the pay
ton are tobeapplied first TO the pay
mcnt of tho actual expenses. and If
there is any surplus. onc-third of the
same IL to bc paid to the government
before anything is applied TO the pay
mcnt of the interest or the principal
on the bonds-in other words. the
government is TO be II preferred part
ner In the enterprise.
In view OF the significant references
10 the enforcement of the Monroe doc
trine by Secretary Root, Senator Lodge
and other prominent men, the State