Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-28
President Recognizes the Republican
officials Of Kentucky As the De
Facto State Government.
MACRUM TELLS HIS STORY
He Is Sharply Interogated By Congressman
W. A. Smith-The International Dam
Bill introduced In the Senate
Other Congressional Doings.
SENATE.


bill providing for the construction or
the Rio Grande river of an internationa
dam to furnish water for irrigation tc
citizens of the republic OF Mexico ant
the United States. The measure Is iden.
tical with that introduced last week in
the house by Representative Stevens OF
Texas, and, as it proposed to interfere
with rights of irrigators using water
from the Rio Grande in Colorado and
New Mexico. will have the opposition OF
all the representatives and senators OF
the Rocky mountain states.
A substitute offered yesterday by Mr.
Wolcott to Mr.. Carter's amendment, re.
lating to the mining of gold in the sea
Off the Alaskan coast, was defeated by
vote Of 81 to %.
The conference report on a measure
providing additional amounts to supply
urgent deficiencies was agreed to. Mr.
Foraker secured an agreement to VOC
on the Porto Rico tariff and governmea a
bill next Tuesday. The consideration OF
the Alaskan bill was resumed.
The Carter amendment to the Alaska
bill, in regard to mining under water at
Cape Nome, was adopted. The consid-
GRAFTON of the Porto Rican bill was re.
sumed. Morgan's free silver amendment
was defeated, Is to 80.
MACRUM TELLS HIS STORY.
Washington, March 2S.-Charles e.
Macrum, American ex-consul to Preto-
ria, appeared before the house foreign
affairs committee to-day and told of the
alleged indignities he suffered at the
hands of the British during his incum-
bency. Macrum said the statement he
made some time ago to the Associated
Press practically embodied all he had to
say. Macrum said he received two
opened letters. He produced the envel-
opes. One was from a private citizen,
addressed to the United States consul
at Pretoria, and the other was from
Consul Stowe at Cape Town.
William Alden Smith, of Michigan,
interrogated the witness sharply on the
reasons for stating belief that the
British authorities had possession Of the
state departments cipher code.
He explained that November he ca
bled the state department in cipher,
asking for leave of absence. Next day
he was informed that newspaper at
Durham printed the fact that he had
asked leave of absence.
Macrum said that before the war Con-
sui Stowe, at Cape Town, appealed to
President Mckinley, at the request of
President Steyn, to use his good offices
to settle the differences between the re-
publics and Great Britain, but received
an unfavorable answer. Stowe had
written him to this effect.
After hearing Macrum the committee
went into executive session. Chairman
Hit presented letter from Secretary
Hay, saying that Macrum never made
any representations to the department
in regard to the mail being opened; that
Consul Stowe reported that two letters
had been opened by the censor at Dur
ban, for which apology was made; that
he also reported that he had an inter-
view with the British high commission
er to see II he would consent to arbi-
trate the differences with the republics,
and he refused.
PRESIDENT RECOGNIZES TAYLOR
Washington, March 2s.-The president
informed the Kentucky Republicans
that while he cannot interfere in Ken
lucky affairs to the extent Of disarm-
ing the militia, he is willing 80 far as he
cab legitimately do so to recognize the
Republican officials of that state as de
tacto officials. He told them he would
give directions that mail addressed tc
officials by title only, as to "the govern
orr or secretary of state" should be
delivered to the Republicans holding
those offices, and not to the Democrats
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
Washington, March 2S.-The president
sent the following nominations to the
senate: Navy-To be captain. Com
mander H. w. Lyon; to be lieutenan,
commander, Lieuts. J. M. Orchard,
N. Jordan and Augustus F. Fletcher.