Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-02-22

p.partment recently and talked over
III. coiiee. phase of the project with
secretary Root. The result Ii expect
.,i To II. that In time of war or encr.
rency n.ccssitnting the sudden In,
crcas. Of the army there Will bc roll
Of available men for appointment.
Tn. Senate substitute for the House
currency hill was passed by the Senate
Thursday by the decisive majority OF
~ TO -. Prior To the final passage OF
IN. bill amendments were considered
under the tcn-minu,e rule. Only two
OF ihcs. amendments We're adopted.
viz: one offered by the finance COM
mItt.c, keeping the door open To inter
national bimctallism. and one by Mr..
Nelson OF Minnesota. providing for
national hanks with 81. 600 capital In
towns OF no; more than 1900 inhabi-
tants The vote taken on the various
amendments offered We're practically
along party lines. Mr.. Chandler IRE
publican. New Hampshire, voted for
the blinctaiiic amendment. but against
the bIii. Mr.. caffcry democrat. Louis.
lana, and Mr.. Lindsay democrat.
Kentucky voted against the commit.
tee amendment. hut for the hill. MIR.
Kyle ,south Dnkoinb was the only sen
nior who did not vote. and WIS not
paired. The free silver substitute Of
fcr-i by Mr.. Jones. the leader Of the
Democratic side. was defeated by n
majority Of IL. the vote being ~ TO 2s.
Several thousand people. Including
the delegates To the National American
Woman Suffrage Association. which
has lust closed Its annual session here.
assembled In the Lafayette opera
house Thursday To do homage tn Susan
Il. Anthony. the veteran worker In bc-
half OF the cnfrnnchiscmcnt of women.
who to-day celebrated the ci.hiicih
anniversary OF her birth. Grouped on
III. platform were the national officers
OF the association and NIL the pionccrs
In the equal rights movement who are
alive to-day. The stage decorations
consisted OF the four starred nag OF
the sufYrncIsis. palms and cut flowers.
There was long program rcplcic
throughout with stirring tributes To
Miss Anihony's great career. while
tears and applause mingled rs the
voices Of the speakers rang through
the thcatcr. rccounting the har,iships
and struggles. and lt last the crown-
Ing achievements OF the veteran work
cr Eighty children. boys and girls.
passed In single ilc across the singc.
each dcpositing n rose In Miss An
thongs lap as they passed her. one FOR
each year OF her life.
Mr. Macrum. In his published state
mcnt. declares that his "onc object I'm
coming to- Washington was to l;y bc.
fore the department Information as tn
the true state OF Affairs In South Afri-
ca Int lie has been here for three
weeks without even calling upon See
rcinry Hay or saying u word ON the
subject Ia anybody In authority. When
"a 81 N
Secretary Cridlcr have several times
requested n report from Mr.. Macrum
he has asked FOR time. but he has ncv-
cr found nn opportunity TO make one.
although he was able TO write n state
mcnt filling u column and half for
the ncwspapcrs. None OF the officials
Of the Department Of State ever heard
that Mr.. Mncrum's mall had been tam.
pcrcd with until they read II In the pa.
pcrs. He once complained that his
mail did not reach him punctually. but
never reported anything more serious,
nor do they believe that any OF his
correspondence. official or otherwise,
WIS ever opened. examined or intcn-
tionally delayed. This Is u very seri-
ous matter and II is remarkable that
Mr. Mncrum should have kept silent on
the subject for sp many months ana
then given the first Information 10 Il
newspaper instead of 10 the govern
mcnt. That the correspondence OF an
official OF n foreign power shall he held
inviolatc is one of the most sacred
points of international law. nnd II Mr.
Mncrum had reported To the State De-
partmcnt that his mail was being tam
pcrcd with an emphatic demonstration
would have been made on the subject
The plan of government FOR Puerto
Rico which will probably he adopted
by the House also. provides for n cirii
governor to be appointed by the frcsi-
dent for four years. ana TO he cohhriheu
by the Senate. Such II governor Is TO
have all the power usually exercised
hy the governors Of territories. ana Is
to be assisted by an executive council.
consisting of n secretary, an attorney
general, n treasurer, an auditor. Il COM
missioner of the interior. n commission
cr of education. and iivc other persons
of good repute who shall he native in
habitants OF Puerto Rico. appointed by
the President and confirmed by the
Senate These officials shall perform
such duties ns are usually assigned 10
similar officials In the United States.
the commissioner of the interior having
charge of public works. There is to be
u legislative assembly. of thirty-ive
members. elected bienninlly. to be
ca.,cd n House of Delegates. to be voted
| for by such persons us possess thc
qualifications of voters under the laws
and military orders In force on Fcbrti,
AIRY LIST last. No person. however. shall
he eligible unless he can read ana write
the Spanish and the English languages
and Is possessed of taxable property
situated in Puerto Rico. The COVER
nor has II veto. which may be over
come by n vote of twothirls of the
House Of Delegates and the Executive
Council. but Congress reserves the
power. if deemed advisable. to revoke
and annul all laws and acts passed ny
the Legislative Assembly. The island
Of Puerto Rico is made judicial us