The Holly chieftain., 1900-03-02

| on foreign affairs, not to object to an
| Investigation OF the charges made by
Mr. Macrum concerning the mutilatiOn
| Of his mail. Macrum has persistently
refused TO give the department any in
| formation upon the subject. and the
secretary feels that it is important that
the truth should be known. Mr.. Ma
crum has shown two envelopes ad-
dressed to himself which bear evidence
| Of having been opened and resealed by
British censor with 'sticker.' One
| contained a letter from personal
! friend, the other came from Mr.. Stowe
| at Cape Town and bears the stamp of
the United States consul Neither of
the letters was official, and Mr.. Ma
crum does not pretend that any of his
correspondence from the department
! was opened. The British government
has instructed Lord Pauncefote to say
that IL Mr.. Macrum's mail was. tamper-
ed with 1t was done in violation of or
ders, and must have been an accident.
This can be easily established, as the
censor placed his initials upon the
''sticker'' with which he resealed the
| envelope.
Senator Gear of Iowa occupies the
| first seat OF the second row on the mid
die aisle of the Senate chamber, where
y
and William Pitt Fessenden for six.
| Mr.. Allison sits beside his colleague
| and has occupied the same desk for
nearly eighteen years. Mr.. Gear wears
an old-fashioned black slouch hat, and
for some reason or another never hangs
II on the peg that is assigned to him in
the Republican cloakroom, but wears
II 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 1t. Sen
ator Stewart, who occupies the seat be-
hind him, is in the habit of shuffiing
! 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 frequent speaker.
/ and whenever he takes the floor he
prances around good deal. The 9TH
er day, when he had 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
| feet he gave II an impatient kick which
sent it about halfway across the cham
| ber. 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 go over the
fence at ball game. Then when it Is
recovered they take it into the cloak
| room, carefully brush 1t off and return
| II 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-
fed that they would resent any such in
sinuation. The other day somebody
suggested that those who are guilty Of
such reprehensible conduct would be
wise to abstain hereafter, because Sem
ator Gear has decided to put 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-Pauncefote treaty
generally. but suggests certain amend
ments. The opponents are preparing
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 viola
ton 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 IL the canal is built it
becomes as much part of the juris-
| diction of this government as any
navigable water within our bound
aries. Fourth, by inviting foreign ma
tons to assist in preserving the neu-
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
ticipate in the naturalization of the
Suez canal the government of the
United States declined on the ground
that the traditional policy of this gov
ernment prevented 1t from interfering
| with the affairs of the eastern hemis-
phere. Therefore 1t Is impracticable
and impolitic TO admit European
powers to participate in the neutraliza-
ton of the Nicaraguan canal. Sixth,
by reviving the Clayton-Bulwer treaty
the United States denies its own right
to 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 a right which is uni