Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-10
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

I In the absence OF any fresh diplo-
matte exchanges between this country
and Denmark on the subject, the offi-
cials of the State Department say there
Is no news to be made public regard
Ing the proposed sale of the Danish
West indies to ~ United States. There
arc no diffarendes between tho two
countries as to the terms OF the pro-
posed transfer. The United States is
ready to close tho deal, which appears
to be blocked only by the tlmldIty OF
the Danish ministry. owing to the agi-
tatIon against the sale Of the islands by
some OF the people of Denmark.
The first Cabinet meeting Of the new
year was devoted to the discussion OF
minor matters relative to the various
departments, among them the over
crowded condition OF some OF the build
ings. Lack OF space In the navy and
war departments In especially evident
and there was some discussion OF the
absolute necessity for new building.
1t was suggested that II the depart
ment Of justice and the state depart
ment could be accommodated In
single building. thus leaving the pres
ent state. war and navy building for
the use Of the latter departments. the
situation would be greatly relieved.
No conclusion. however. was reached.
The monthly government receipts and
expenditures show that for the month
OF December. 1901. tho total receipts
We're vi OIL .0jt. which IL nm Increase
ms compared with December. 1900. OF
Sal5.i5J. The expenditures for the
month amounted To S31 .3iS,19S. which
leaves surplus for the month Of 3d.
1I2,o,B. The expenditures for tho
month were nearly $3.OOO.O0O less than
for December. 1910. The surplus for
the inst six months of the present iis'
cal year IL approximately SiSO1.opO.
The expenditures charged To the War
Department last month show de-
crease OF s:..p.O0o AMI In the amount
charged To thr navy an Increase OF
sID1 COO Is shown. An 1icrcasc Of sia.-
co u shown In the amount OF pensions
paid.
The monthly statement Of the dlrrc-
tor OF the mint shows the the coinage
executed Mt the mlnts OF the. United
States dufih. December. 1901. 10 haze
been Sit.Gip.l.i. NJ follows: Gold.
si:,:bp.3.i: silver. si.HI.ait; minor
coins. <JI5. Ion. The total coinage for
III. calendar year ended December 5i.t.
1901. was Siii..ei...o. Of which Sioi..
s.rs. .isT was gold. So. .ssts. .tGo was -il.
yer and s:.i.sp.i.: was miner cpins.
or the years colpag-. Ss,t. .is0.S.S was
In double eagles. StS.opi. III" In eagles.
81. .l.o..: 80 In hnif eagles and s:ass.lp'
in quarter casi~-. or the silver coined.
s.. .i4zI.si5 was In standard dnilaF~.
S5i ~. rs In k2if dollars. s:.GtU.:psi In
| auartrr~ and -yp. Ia In ,iimcs. Th-t-
w,r. also ,sbpA-d si.t:t.oio 10 nickcls
and Sspi. III In pennies.
Il is generally thought that Admiral
Dewey will H. sent ns tho naval tvfs'
r,-s-ntati,- to- attend the coronation Of
King Edward. nni General Miles ns
til. representative OF the army. Al.
mirni Dewey. II 1. almost certain. will
60 over In the IiFoDkiyn. Schicy's nag.
ship. The representative frutn civil
Ef- has NO, yet hsrn chosen. Reports
have connected ex-senator Woicott and
-x.rr-siirn, Cleveland with the honor.
The iai-s, rcpoFt is that the President
may select Andrrw Carnegie. The i'm.
pry~.ian IL iha, thu man chosen mus,
h. rich. There will probably bc an
appropriation of siu..s for the civil.
ian's expenses. hut II is said tina; this
is only baEat-Iic compared with the
amount ,ha, could bc and possibly will
H. spent by the civilian who represents
this country.
Thcc 1. mich discussion In regard
to who will rrpr->rn; the army and
navy OF the United States nj King Ei.
wards corpna,iou. 1t ts stated that the
navy department. il dcvssinE a plan by
which Hear Admiral Crowninshicii
will bs In command OF the squadron
which will rcprvsctt the United States
in the naval demonstration In honor of
the curupation Of King Edward. lie
will not bc the naval representative Of
the United States Mt the ceremony.
This plan IL intended to remove the
objection which could exist II Crown.
inshicid were put in snch position by
the navy department as that he must
necessarily BE- the representative at the
coronation. II that scheme wcre
pushed the navy department knows
that the nomination would not be con-
firnc,i by the senate. No far "a can he
learned now. Admiral Crpwpinshicid's
friends wish TO get him in command Of
the European squadron. have him OF
the scene without any friction. and
let him have the honor Of being In
command vf the squadron. even II he
does not appear at court.