Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-04
CONGRESSIONAL GRIST--
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.


sons. Eighteen people OF the name OF
George Washington are serving thcIr
country In official positions and hny-
two or,linRsy WashIngtons. Two per-
sons of the name Of William McEln-
ley are ON Uncle Sans pay roll. one
draws salary OF -. ltai II month ns
President AMI the other 500 u month
as engineer In the Louisville custom
house. There are forty eight Bryans.
and three OF them Were chrisicnc'i
William. We used TO have two Grover
Cicvciands In the public service. bu,
only one now. who Is assistant farmer
at Fort Peck Indian agency and re-
ccivcs n salary of $50 a month.
The Senate military committee hns
materially amended the Root bill for
army reorganization and decided To-
make Miles lieutenant general and Cor.
bin major general. The committee In
Its amendments was Influenced by the
protests which have reached the CON.
mittcc from army officers who rcpr'.
-cntcd that the bill as drafted at the
War Department contained pcrnlciou-
provisions which would drmoraiixc the
army aud Introduce politics and in'iu.
cncc In the administration Of military
affairs. The new biil provides that III,
present officers shall continue to H.
promoted nccoriin. to seniority. brt
that hereafter any vacancy except ih.;
OF chief Of corps slnil l, tll.l by d..
,nil from The line. AMI there shall he ho
more p-rnnE.ni appointments In the
stafr. The details arr To last for four
years. and the officers nrc then ~.
turned To the line. aud. In the case Of
those below the rnak OF lieutenant col
onci. they must serve In tho line for
two year. before further sian duty.
Representative McCicary OF Mime,
sofa ha. presented Admiral Dewey
one Of the most b,auIifui nni unique
OF the many Gifts lie iIas received. IL
Is n watch. paid for by penny contrihu.
iions from 10000 school children In
Minnesota and the paEoias. collected
! 10y the Minneapolis Journal aud iSs
country dniiics ani weekly nCwspa.
prr.. The idca was suggested ani tho
| fund was started by Archie s,dsow. q
lad Of SIXTEEN living at Ro-r7sont. Min
n-sc;a. who has bsuueh; the watch io
Washington and assisted a; shc prrsrn.
iatiou. The watch. chain and s-ai are
made Of gold mined In the Philippines
and gun metal taken fru,n the tip Of
torpedo hf-i by the SIianiIr,is at Dew
-y's flagship ut the battle Of Manila.
The ~asc IL nrnnm-ntr,i with nn ndmi.
rails .fnr in blue ani white enamel. la
rlnc- Of the figures upon the dial nr.
the letters G.E.D.R.G.E.D.E.w
aud upon I'll" lii II the ease i nh in.
scFip,iou: ''rrr.cEi-j iD NJlIiJai
George Dewey by ib.spp school chil.
drcn Of Minnesota ari ;lIr Northwest.
uo one OF whom contributed more thau
n penny"
Representatives Roll Of Caios.,i.,.
paisrli OF Pennsylvania. Lacey OF
Iowa and Wilson Of Arizona called
Isr.ssfI.grt N.gIx fsat.rs Tn..InE
anj urged approval of the Till opening
part Of ,hc Navajo Indian reservation
Tor mining operations. Mr.. palS"ll
spoke In behalf Of n number Of Penn.
-ylyanians who have organized n large
company with the Intention Of mining
extensively in the reservations. u
opened. MT. Lacey spoke for the pub.
lie lands committee. which had recon.
incu,lc,l the passage of the hill. and
Messrs. He'll and Wilson advocated
the measure for the benefits IL would
bring 'hc people OF Colorado AMI
Arizona. President Mckinley gave
tho committee considcratc hearing. lie
said the secretary Of the interior had
recommended that the hill b. dissp.
proved. holding that the lands should
not lie taken from the Indians save
by treaty and upon payment to them
FOR the lands taken. lie suggested
that the delegation advocating the hill
file n brief. meeting. II possible. the
arguments and objections OF the In.
terror Department. This will bc done.
and IL Is possible tina, n sufficiently
strong case may bc made TO indurr
President Mckinley 10 approve the
bill.
The report Of the commissioner uf
Internal revenue looks very much as "
We were becoming nation OF beer
drinkers. the Increased consumption Of
malt liquors having been So Tupid dur
ing the last forty years. In l>N. when
the population Of the country was a.
plr.OS. we consumed only about ..
Upp.Opp barrels Of b,cr. ar an average
Of one barrel to- every sixteen people.
In 1870. with n poulntinu NJ :I~.:dslnNh
We consumed JJIi.JiI barrels uI lccr.
or an average Of about one barrel t.
every six people. In issp the polula.
tion had Increased thirty per cent. but
tho consumption Of beer was doubled.
and 20. 1.-. Isi people consumed 1851
III barrels of beer In isgp the Cun-
sumption Of beer had doubled again.
reaching n total OF 2I.:EiI.Dil barrels.
while the population had Increased uii-
" twenty -four per cent. to ,is.,ais.s-D
In 1S9,. wien. according tu the rSti-
mates Of the bureau uf statistics. we
had Gs.Hp1.SD people. We consumed :E'.-
iGI.ill barrels nf beer. or about onr
barrel FOR every two pcrsuus IN the
whole community. AMI in is!.'. with
In.,Sp.CoJ people. we consumed :w.Jsl.-
III barrels OF beer. Thus the pupuin
,ion has increased l2o per cent and thu
ol beer l.S,p p'r cent
The Increase in the manufacture -
has not been rapid. II fnrt.
more whisky was produced iu IL"
United States in 1864 than In !SN ~
t.nfal In. tII.n fariIicr r.nnr lA-..a... - "