Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-03-15

| Representative Shafroth Is planning
= trip to Porto Rico before his return
TO Colorado.
| The new senator from North Caro-
lima bears the name of Furnlfold Sim
| mons. His colleague IL Jc,cr e. l'ritch-
ard.
The President has named ms MEN,
bers OF the ~. Louis exposition COM
mission EN-Scnaiors Carter, John NJ.
Thurston, William Lindsay Of Ken
iucky and George W. McBrid. OF Ore
gon.
! ON the 9Th instant Captains II. u.
Evans and II. u. Taylor. having been
advanced Nv. numbers FOR services nj
the battle OF Santiago. Were commits
February lith last.
The number OF persons visiting the
library OF Congress In onc day. March
9Th. was I2,II: 10y actual count kept
by u mechanical register. IN tire.
dnys-Satur,iny Sunday aud Monday
the total was over 10000 persons.
senator Aliens maine l. silli carried
| on the rolls ~ n senator from Nchrn-.
kn aud Il II understood II will bc until
the Nebraska I.cgIsintur" elects or aI.
/
that his term would expire 1n March
:.1i. the close Of the last Congress. bu,
thc authorities held otherwise.
Patrick Henry II brandon. Nlssis-
/ sIppi. who hns bcrn u representative
| Ia Congress from the Seventh district
| OF ihnI state. went out with the lat"
Congress. aud Patrick Henry ur
Nickshnrs: comes Ia gis the rcrrUsrnin'
tive OF the Thiyi Mississippi district
IN the next.
\ general order from General Mae
| Arthur. issued Icy instructions from
! the War department nnd recommend
rd hy the rhIlIvpiu" Commission. has
| fixed the ratio ~ reduction for United
SintrS currency IN iiIc Philippines dur.
Ing the first quarter uf 1901 ni 81
United StnIcsI FOR 81 insular cur
rcnCy.
| Orders hnvc gone forward from the
| Navy Department for the return Of the
hattlrship Oregon. which has been Tor
so long a time un the .Nsinlic squadron.
To the United States. She Will prob.
ably saii for home about the ist uf
May. 10 lie replaced 10y the Wisconsin.
| when that vessel lls finished her OIL
| Cinl trials.
I
| Elemental cNtrnditiun treaty with
Great Britain. which has been pending
| for some time. The treaty adds Ia the
| list Of crimes for which u man cnn lie
| cNtfnditci from one country to the
other the following: Obtaining money
under false prctcrsc. the destruction
or obstruction of railroads nnd til"
cndangcring OF human life AMI the
procuring OF nhortions.
At n Cabinet meeting the President
| told his secretaries that the start for
California would he made the first
week In May. He extended an earnest
invitation to the whole Cabinet iu ac-
company him. The purpose II in
make the Journey hy lcfsurcly Tin
crnry. dcvoting. perhaps. six weeks I"
| the round trip. including tile week or
more To he spent in California. III" re-
| turn Is To be- by one Of the northern
routes with possibly n visit to Yellow
stone park. which the President has
been trying to see for several years.
After proceedings lasting only six
days, the extraordinary session OF the
Senate was declared adjourned sine
die at l 80 y. III. on saturday. the 'th
instant. During the session practical.
| Iy 10 business except that OF an cNccu-
Sruntc confirmed all nominations
nruding, The session was called by
the President In order that the Scintr
might have opportunity TO confirm ap-
poln:mcuts made ut the beginning OF
| the session. This business accom-
| plishcd there was nothing further for
the Senate 10 do.
In discussing the Clayton'Rulwcr
trcnty. Senator MORGAN read that part
nr ,hr treaty which relates to the Mic
nrnrun canal and also the protocols Of
IN n,,rcrmCut for the construction Of
thc cnnal between the United States
Government and the governments of
Nicaragua and Costa Ricn. lie de
clnrcd IL was perfectly clear that the
nrotocols entered into last fall by this
Government were Il distinct violation
nf the Clayton-Bulwcr treaty. II was
cuuuIly evident that the United States
must abandon its plightcd faith with
\irnrogla and Costa Ricn. In order
thot the Cnyion-Bulwcr treaty might
hr fastened permanently upon this
government and hang like II pail over
II or take such n stand ns Will sus-
tnin the President in his patriotic
and noble action.
rho Democratic senators were some
y.hut exercised over the assignment of
n srnt on the Democratic side OF the
chamber to Senator McComns. Repub-
IIrnu senator from Maryland. by com
mnu consent. the Democrats from lime
iumCmorinl have occupied the seats
nu thr right of the prcsiulhE oinccr
and the Republicans those To the let.
nrt tho nrcsCnt prcpondcrancc of Re-
nuhlicnus makes il necessary to seat
snnr of them with the Democrats.
- >,r,u,. urr-rmptch Mr.. Buffers