The Holly chieftain., 1902-04-18

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Before the co1nmtftee 70 tavssti
| the alleged h9ikn<y ip NJ no5o - -.
Danish islands, G. W. Kn0x a G36n
Maryland, Wh0ee name was meati
In the .ChristmAs report. told of A1ees-
| inG ChrIstmas, whom he cons3dest0 Il.
cultivated man, who had become entnD-
gled with sharpers. The witness safG
he never brlhed any one, and not
Of the kind WAS ever contemplated: ~
never received any money from Chrls&-
mas. In response to questions fr~0.
members Of the committee, Mr.: KnsW
specifically denied that he had intrs-
duced Christmas to w. ]. Bryan. ~
that he had claimed to Christmas taak
be was an intimate friend Of Senatr
Hanna.
The report Of the testimony given be-
fore the Senate committee on military
Affairs by General Schofield, formerly
the commanding general Of the asmy.
on the bill to create general staR.
has been made public. He O.
dorsed the bill. saying that ~
had long since come to the conclusion
that there Is no room under onr copstS-
tuition for two commanders, and tAAx
the President whom the constitutian
makes the supreme commander, mus4
act through the secretary Of war He
added: ''The very exalted individual
Office, so-called, Of commanding general
of the army, 4pst disappear. There =
no room for It in this government, -
matter who occupies it; it is not ques-
ton Of personality at all, or the chnrae-
ter OF the Individual, 90 far as this
great question is concerned He me<x
be what other nations of the earth
| have, CHIEF Of stan, not command
ing general" .;-sae
By strict party vote the insular
committee Of the House voted down 4.
substitute proposed by the Democratic
members, ito establish stable and an
tonomous government in the Philip
pines," and then by a like party vote
ordered favorable report on the meas
bers establishing q complete form a4
civil government for the islands. The
, chief interest was in the substitute
proposed by the Democratic members
and prepared by Representative Jones'
Of Virginia. 1t proposed eventual in
dependence to the Philippines, the
, islands to renuin under the Philippise
commission until July 4, 1903, then
eight years Of qualified Independence.
then complete independence; the insur-
rection meanwhile to cease. The Tn
!, tied States to have three coaling stA-
tons and two naval stations. Theirs
, were twenty-six sections in the substi-.
!, tute.
| Senator Teller has introduced reeo-
luton directing the postmaster general
to report to the Senate the amount Of
salary due Colorado postmasters for
services required of them under the
postal regulations of 1866 and unsettled
by the government. The aggregate
claims of Colorado postmasters for ser
vices rendered and unpaid amounts to
$4,000, in claims running from $50 to
$50 Similar claims are held by post
masters In all the Western states
where the rapid growth Of mining in
the years between the years 1866 and
1883 made II necessary for the post
masters to employ extra clerical help.
for which the department later refused
to pay. When the resolution was ia
/ troduced objection to its immediate
consideration. was made by Senator Al
llson, who said the allowance of the
Colorado claims would open the way
for claims Of other states and would
involve an outlay Of several millions e
dollars. The resolution was finally re-
ferred to the postoffice and postroatis
committee.
The Denver News correspondent snye
that Speaker Henderson has finally
agreed that the bill granting statehood.
to New Mexico, Arizona and OkInlN.-
ma shall be brought up in the House.
However, he has not yet set the date
i, The friends of statehood for these ter
ritories have decided. that they win
wait two weeks for the speaker to fi1
date for the consideration OF the bill,
and at the end of that time to begiR
seriously to. consider their right Of
privilege and have the measure dig
cussed without the sanction of TIE
speaker. The bill is at present on the
privileged calendar. and may be
brought up mt any time. its advocates
demand. However. they do not wish
any more lntagonism than is necessary,
and will therefore rely upon the speak
ers promise for reasonable length OF
time. None of the advocates Of the
bill doubts that the speaker will do m
he has promised, but they fear he will
put on the measure until such q late
day that 1t will be useless to call IL.
up and try to pass It,
At its session April 10Th the Senate
committee on the Philippines began iss
proceedings by adopting resolution
calling upon the secretary Of war TOR
all the orders, circulars and Official ~
ports received from commanders ana
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