The Holly chieftain., 1902-06-20

COL e4tSuulHS lot WE'VE months tne
time allowed for the exchange Of rati-
tications of the Danish West Indian
treaty. This allows the adjournment
Of the Danish Rigsdag over the sum
mer months without flnal action on
the treaty OF cessiou.
Another Of the supply bills Of the
government was disposed of by the
Senate June 10th, the naval bill, car
rying more than $7S,OOO,OOO, being
passed. 1t includes provisions for two
first-class armored cruisers and two
gunboats, but strikes out the House
provision that one of each shall be
built at government yards.
Representative shafroth is highly
elated over the passage OF the irriga-
tion bill. This measure" said he, '.in
my judgment, does more for tho West
than all other appropriations we have
obtained since the acquisition of that
territory. 1t starts with fund Of
$6,OOO,OOO cash to our credit and the
fund will increase at the rate of 3d.
OOO. 600 to $4.O0O,0OO each year. In re-
payment for water rights 1t ts likely
to constitute a fund finally Of several
sY9fedd4l|i9n dollars. 1t is practic-
aE&N&YhSer to us the receipts
from fully 55O, 600 GOO acres of land. In
about one year l believe the secretary
Of the interior will begin the construc-
ton Of reservoirs and irrigation works.
He Will probably start with three or
four projects simultaneously. Definite
surveys will first have to be made
as the surveys now on record are not
sufficiently accurate to draw final
N Il n
projects shall be selected, even IL some
delay enstles, for 1t would be bitter
disappointment to those who have se-
cured the passage of this bill to see its
first fruits turn out failures" n
The Presidents Cuban reciprocity
message was variously regarded by
members of Congress. The straight
reciprocity men urged that the effect
would be to cause at least some of the
beet sugar Republicans to abandon
their opposition. They contepded that
some Of them had misunderstood the
attitude OF the President, and there
was no longer any excuse for opposing
reciprocity measures. The measure,
they said, would clear the atmosphere,
rendering the Presidents attitude up-
mistakable, and therefore bring oppon-
nents within the party face to face
with the fact that In continuing their
opposition they are artagonizing the
official head Of the party. 1--WE have
known all the time where the PresI-
dent stood on this subject, and have
told the Republican. opponents Of re-
ciprocity just what the facts are" said
q leading reciprocity senatQr, "They re-
fused to- accept our assurAndes, and
prOfessed to have expressions from the
President to the country. The message
confirms all that we have said TO them.
1t clears the atmosphere, and neces-
sarily the result must be beneficial for
a reciprocity bill."s The beet sugar
leaders declared at the close of the day
that the message had caused no loss
whatever to them; that all those sena-
tors who had stood with them before
are still with them. They also assert
ed that the Presidents Interpolation In
the matter had had the effect Of caus-
Ing to hesitate some senators who here
tOfore had not taken positive stand
against reduction because Of the, feel
ing that the President should leave
Congress to deal with the subject in
Its present stage. irrs
During the discussion of the Corliss
Pacific cable bill in the House Mr., Cor
liss said: This measure provides for
a government cable uniting our islands
i'll the Pacific with the American con-
tinent. BY its terms the cable shall
be American-made, laid by American
ship, and managed by the American
government" He argued that no ole
had the right to lay cable wfthout-
permission Of Congress. He placed
the cost Of construction at not exceed.
ing 100000 and the cost OF ,opera.
ton at 100000 per annum. A govern.
ment survey Of the route already had
been made, he said, at an expense Of
300, eco. He estimated that the reve-
nue. from commercial business alone
would be far In excess of the cost Of
operation. Mr.. Corliss presented 10
the House statements and figures In
tended to show the existence Of q ca-
BILE monopoly and It's purposes. He
presented the grants ofbtained by the
Eastern Extension Cable Company
obtained from China, Japan and the
Sapnish islands in the Pacific, includ-
ing Guam, the Philippines and Mar
shall islands, to show that this cable
company had control OF cable commu-
nications with the Far East, and con-
trolls over 10000 miles Of submarine
cables. 1t had an exclusive monopoly
In China, he said, until 1890 and its
Spanish grant In the Philippines ran
until 1910. He conkended that the
Commercial Pacific Gable Company,
which proposed to lay cable to Ha-
wall and thence to Manila, was mere
Iv the American branch or ally NJ fhe