Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-02-15
WHAT is BEING DONE AT.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

ana Bates. VINO nave served III tnut
country for over two years.
Secretary Hitchcock has reversed the
rulings OF Land Commissioner Herr
mann by which patents have been de-
MED to n number Of Colorado owners
OF mining lode claims Patents were
denied under the commissioners rul-
ings because the location lines OF the
various lodcs cncroachcd upon contlg.
uous patented claims. In line with his
decision In the Iilicc Gold Mining case
the secretary reversed these rulings
and directs that patents be issued.
II General Leonard Wood lives to
reach the rank Of acknowledgement he
will be In command of the army longer
than nny other mnn-fouriccn years.
In the natural course OF events all OF
til. generals who prccc'lc him In rank
will have retired from active duty In
1910. but Wood Is 20 young that he has
twcnty-rour years to serve before he
reaches the age of retirement nnd
therefore viii remain ON the active list
until 1924. having reached the rank OF
iicutcnnni.g-ncrni In 1910.
So far as can h. asccrinincd. the nd.
mInisirntlon hns not had any intimn-
tion Of the ccountcrproposals the Lon
don dispatch says viii bc made In the
mnitcr OF the Nicaragua canal pro.
jcct. There IL n feeling Of regret that
the British government has felt con.
strained io n,opt such u course. ns the
hope was entertained that amendments
to the IIny-Paunc-fo'c treaty might
hnv. been accepted In the spirit In
which they wcrc made. One suggestion
made tonight as possible counter
proposal OF Grca, Britain was that In
return for concessions made by her.
she nigh, desire mn open port on the
Alaskan coast as mn entrance Into her
gold fields In the klondikc.
senator Teller offered resolution
nnL spoke ON II IN the Senate calling
upon the secretary Of war for informn.
tion concerning the reports OF the de-
pnrtn;ion Of George +. Rice. editor OF
Manila newspaper. to the United
States by til. general In charge OF the
American forces In the Philippines.
lie read til. press reports concerning
/ Mr.. Ricc'- ease. saying lie did not Won
der that lie wa- defiant. knowing there
was no law jusiifying his expulsion.
/ Mr.. Tes-s- aid he did not know whcth-
.r Ricc's paper Ind been suppressed.
bu; he Ind been crciibiy Informed TINT
! four newspapers had been suppressed
In f.nZnn by the military authorities.
Mr., Teller spoke Of the proceeding as
/ one Of Importance To nli. for Mr.. Rice
was n citizen of the United Stnics. aud
nn ofrcnsc against him was against cv-
cry citizen Of this country. Mr.. Tel
lcr's resolution was agreed To.
! Alexander Graham Bell. the inventor
| OF the telephone. has been serving rs n
| special agent OF the census bureau In
| charge Of the enumeration Of the deaf.
dumb aud blind population OF the co'in.
try. and II now preparing his report.
| Mr.. He'll IL a millionaire several times
over. hut Il entitled TO 81 u day from
| the government while he is employed
In this work. II was through his In
strtimcntnlity that nm amendment was
added to the census law authorizing an
enumeration Of the afflicted In whose
welfare he takes n profound interest
| In his early life he was nm Instructor In
| n deaf and dumb asylum. and large
pDrt OF his time IL now spent In the
| investigation OF means for promoting
the education Of dcaf-mutcs and sight
less people. The number Of dcaf.mutcs
| In the United States IN over 111.OOO: the
number Of totally blind is Ss.92i.
Justice Harlan created little scnsn-
tiop by n speech In response TO n toast
nj the regular monthly meeting of the
L,oyal Legion. Several members of
Congress were present and Representa-
five Moody OF Massachusetts took
down his words. Among other things
he said: "Thc fathers never intend
cd that this government should ever
cyert any powcr or authority over any
nnrt of the carth's surface free from
Tho letter and the spirit OF the consti-
,utiou.' This IL construed to mean
thot Justice Harlan believes that the
constitution follows the flag and TO In
Jic,,o' tho probob decision of the Su-
nrc,n, court on that question. Another
sentence in Justice Harlan's speech
was. "Our government was founded
rnon ,bc rights of man: founded upon
,hc ,bcorv that man had rights as a
map II We enter into this world pow
or business upon any other theory. we
enter 1t for evil ana not Tor Soou.