Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1900-03-01

L his YAH ne euCily eStuDlS0cu, us Vuc
censor placed his initials upon the
'stcker',. with which he resealed the
envelope.
Between Lucero and Gundalapita, on
Coyote creek, in Mora county, active
work is being done by Colorado people
on several very rich copper prospects.
1t is only lately that this section is be-
ing exploited on account of the grant
question, which. until few months
ago, clOuded titles in one of the richest
copper belts in New Mexico. extending
from western Mora county through
Taos, northern Santa Fe county to Rio
Arriba county, where at Laia Rosa
and other camps Cleveland capitalists
have lately invested. On the Mora
county prospects old shafts We're found
that had been sunk twenty years ago
for gold. On the dumps were picked
up many nuggets of solid copper
glance. Numerous veins We're discov-
| cred cropping out ut the surface and
these We're traceable for miles by bikes
Of lime and Dorphyry. the veins lying
between. The ore carried forty-eight
to eighty-tive per cent. copper. with Il
little gold and silver. A copper matte
smelter is to be located on the prop
erty, and as there is plenty of water
and timber and coal in that section.
mining and smelling operations can be
carried on very cheaply.
| Senator Gear of Iowa occupies the
first seat of the second row on the mid
die aisle of the Senate chamber where
Roscoe Conkling sat for eight years
and William Pitt Fessenden for six.
Mr.. Allison sits beside his colleague
and has occupied the same desk fos
nearly eighteen years. Mr.. Gear wears
an old-fashioned black SLOUGH hat, md
| fn hon 1,nr,
it on the peg that is assigned to him in
the Republican cloakroom. but wears
it into the chamber and drops it on
! the floor beside his desk. where every
| body who comes down the middle of
the aisle is likely to step upon il. Sen
ator Stewart, who occupies the seat he
hind him, is in the habit of shutting
when he walks. and seldom passes
without kicking Senator Gears hat AS
far as the desk of the official stenog-
rapher Senator Tillman. who sits
across the way, is Il frequent speaker
and whenever he takes the floor he
Frances around good deal. The 9th,
| err day. when he had II controversy
| with Mr.. Allison on the currency bill.
| he crossed over to the Republican side,
| jumped up and down on Senator Gears
hat for about ten minutes. until feel
| ing some irregular substance under his
| fee. Ee gave it an impatient kick which
sent it about halfway across the cham
| Der. The pages who sit on the steps
of the vice presidents platform are so
accustomed to such incidents that they
always run after the hat like the boys
| who chase the fouls that 20 over the
| fence ut II ball game. Then when it is
recovered they take ii into the cloak
room. carefully brush il off and return
| it TO Senator Gear. who sits through
the proceedings blissfully unconscious
of the treatment that part Of his ward
robe is suffering. Something occurs to
that hat almost every day. 1t is either
tramped on or kicked down the aisle,
and there is strong suspicion that
some of the senators do it purposely. al
though they are. of course. so digni-
fled that they would resent any such in
situation. The other day somebody
suggested that those who are guilty of
| such reprehensible conduct would he
wise TO abstain hereafter. because SEN
| ator Gear has decided to put Il brick in
his hat, and several senators are equity
| The subcommittee of the Senate
committee on foreign relations has pre-
pared an elaborate historical report
sustaining the Hay-Pauncefotc treaty
generally. but suggests certain amend
| ments. The opponents are preparing
| Il minority report which Will recon-
mend the rejection of the treaty on
the following grounds: First. because
| it comedies the vitality of the Clayton
Bulwer treaty. which has been dead
for years and repudiated by almost
every administration of the govern
ment, either directly or indirectly.
| Second, by conceding the vitality of
the treaty the United States admits
the right of Great Britain to interfere
in AMERICAN affairs, which is a viola
! tion of the Monroe doctrine Third. by
declaring the neutrality of the canal
the United States admits foreign
powers to equal rights upon its coast
line, because If the canal is built ii
becomes as much A part of the juris-
! diction of this government AS any
navigable water within our bound
aries. Fourth, by inviting foreign ma
| lions to assist In preserving the ncu-
trality of the canal the United States
surrenders jurisdiction over its own
| territory and invites the interference
of foreign nations in American affairs.
| which Is in violation of the Monroe
doctrine. Fifth, when invited to par
| ticlpate in the naturalization of the
| SueZ canal the government of the
United States declined on the ground
that the traditional policy of this gov
eminent prevented II from interfering
with the affairs of the eastern hemis-
| pherc Therefore 1t Is impractlcablc
and impolltic to admit European
powers to participate in the neutraliza-
ton of the Nicaraguan canal. sixth.
by rcviving the clayton-B ulwer treaty
the United States denies its own right
10 acquire the territory in Nicaragua
which Is necessary for the construction
and maintenance of the canal. Seventh.
by agreeing not TO fortify the canal
the United States places its property in
peril and valves II right which is AMI
versally conceded by all civilized ma