Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-04-26
;HINdTON NEWS.


le President starts on his ives
trip. The number of appli-
MS runs upinto the thousands.
etary Roots Office is literally
mped with the papers. The
acious sofa is buried under
It'll great bundles of yellow doc
dents giving the efficiency rec
of each application who has
led ii tie army. The floor is
cred with other papers. Mr..
cots reserve desk by the window
s hidden under huge piles Of in
defsements, and his own desk car
ries the lists of applications, di-
vided into States. Not since the
beginning of the war with Spain
has there been such a gignatic task
as Sitting out and examining the
arplication fol the commissions.
The President has notified Sena-
tors and Representatives who are
backing meu for the posts, that
III be distributed for the
st part in proportion to the pop
lation of the respective states.
When a states qnota is filled, no
her appointments will be made
time being. Each state
i've at least as many ap-
pointments as it has Senators and
( Representatives in Congress, and
possibly few more. There will
be no appointments from civil life
unless there are all unexpected
number of failures by Volunteers
Ito pass the examination required.
Secretary Root has offered pas
sage to the Philippines on army
/ transports to all members of Con
/ gress who care to go, the objects,
/ Of course, being to enable them to
acquire knowledge which will fit
them to legislate intelligently fol-
the islands. A good many people
here think that it would be a good
thing if there were a large func
appropriated every year to pay the
expenses of congressman i'll travel
ing about the world, and partic
ular about the United States
People would be surprised if they
knew how provincial a majority o
congressman are. Very few of thu
New England or eastern men hav,
ever been west of the Mississippi
River or south of the Potomac
and vice versa, and yet they assum
the responsibility of passing law
: for government of people the.
know nothing about Discussing
the proposition, a prominent Con
gresham said recently: ut re
minds me of a Tennessee Repre-
sentative who some years ago live
: at the same hotel with me. H
/, received a pass over a New Eng
land railroad and took a tri
through that section for the frs
time. When he got back aske
j. him how he liked the country
d "Well" he replied, I was surprised
Y I must admit, sir that the peopl
of New England are intelligen
wealthy, and industrious.
d Some people who are suspicion
d they will not accept testimony III
J, less it comes from their own part
may be convinced by a recei
> statement made by Senator Coo
y rell, of Missouri, on the subje
: of Cuba. Senator Cockrell, as
e we'll known, is a Democrat of Il
i Democrats and an anti-imperiali
% what ever that may be. Discus
ing the subject after his retut
= from a trip to Cuba, Mr.. Cockr'
d said: The Cubans apparently
le not fully grasp their status. TIL
Il are not now a government. The
II have no power to treat diplomat
cally with the United STATE
I The present Constitutional Co
vention was called into bei1
through our agency. 1t only h
ie power to submit to the Unit
t. states for approval a plan or CO
b. stitution for representative Cover
at ment. If we reject it outright
= existing status continues. TIL
can do nothing. But if the mo-
n fication and conditions which
IS propose are accepted, then tn
h. can proceed to organize a rep
of sentative government, Until su
= a government is organized t
- troops of the United States, i'll /
re. opinion, cannot be Withdrawn.
is am firmly convinced that the C
re- vention, after it hears the rep
&c of the commission which it
"a sent here, will accept the Pl
~ amendment"
TO- There is little doubt that
ID south will lose largely by the
ed moval of substantial colored
70 liens, who will not remain tn
under the changed political C
g ditions, arising from the rec
ect disfranchisement laws. Ex-R
er; resentative White, of North Ca
ell lima, who was a member of the
M house, but was defeated for sci
=. ton by a Democrat, through
'i' Acknowledgement of nearly all
me his constituents, speaks very fra
by ly on the subject. Il have not
or cided yet what 1 shall do in
~, future" he said. Perhaps 1 n
practice law in New York
.iiu Washington. l shall not make
hat my mind, however, until after
eir constitutional amendment that
arv franchises the negro in North
AZ DINA shall be finally passed Il
by the courts. If it is decide,
Wn be constitutional I shall give
lot my residence i'll North Carol
in 1 cannot bring myself to live
the ger where l will be a man mai
- and prosecuted for my color,
'AO constitutional amendment in NJ
We Carolina is not aimed at the I'LL
but ate and the vicious race. 1
re- framed to kill off the negroes
-ce try to make something of tn
-on, selves, those who try to enjoy
y" rights and privileges that our
stitution is supposed to guara
all lawabiding citizens, reg