Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-18

| bill granting a pension OF 5000 per
annum to the widow Of the late Pfesi'
dent Mckinley.
President Roosevelt has signed the
bill repeating the war revenue taxes.
| The pen with which the hill was signed
was presented To Representative bar-
| tholdt Of Missouri.
The largest quarterly receipts In the
history OF the postal service are re-
corded for the three months ended jan
uaEy lst last. figures for which have
Just been completed. The receipts
were Si:.0I5.G2i: expenditures. $to.-
ot7. .l3l: excess Of receipts over expend'
lures. $i.0os. 400.
Senator Tciler's blu granting colora-
do Springs the right TO purchase :.nD
acres OF forest reserve aud pubiic
lands In tho vicinity OF Seven lakes
has been reported fnvorably to the Sen.
ate by the committee on public lands.
These lands are desired by Colorado
Springs for the completion OF her wa
ter system.
The authoritative statement IL made
that United States Ambassador Clay
| ton has explained fully and to the sat
isfaction Of both the President and Sec
retary Hay all the charges that have
been made against him. Mr.. Clayton
win return TO his post at the City OF
Mexico after a brief holiday spent In
Washington with his daughter.
Senator Dcpcw OF New York appear
ed before the special House committee
investigating charges In connection
with the Danish West indies ne.otia-
tions. II. did not know Christmas ana
never had seen him as far ms lie was
l III I... IsaV AZ al A
people, and could not say Just who he
had seen. hut as to this Danish Island
question he never had had n discussion
with any one on the subject.
The Senate committee on posiofiiccs
agreed 60 recommend That the possoiiicc
appropriation hill should be amended
| by the addition OF n provision FOR pncu.
| matte tubes and To that cnd accepted
the bIii which has been reported In the
house. which will bc Incorporated In
the appropriation bill when the latter
/ il reported to the Senate. This bill
/ makes an appropriation for the next
fiscal year OF <iOO.O0O. nni limits the
expenditure after that time 10 $spO.UO
per annun.
The House committee on mines and
mining has reported favorabiy the bill
recently passed by the Senate to pro-
vide for the repayment OF uncxpcndcd
| moneys deposited to cover the costs OF
plating and office work In connection
with mining claims. The law Is made
necessary by decision of the secretary
OF the interior TO the cffec; that there
IL no authority OF law for returning
moneys deposited for plating surveys
Of mining claims which II In excess OF
the amount required for that purpose.
1t Is stated on what IL claimed ms
| the authority OF member OF the Inter
state Camcrcc Commission that the de-
partmcnt Of Justice has been moving
against the beef trust. II IL useless To
attempt To get any continuation from
the attorney general. or any OF his ns-
| sistants. because they refuse to discuss
| such matters. hut the information
| conc. without reservation and In to
he accepted rs true. What form the
first public step OF the department OF
Justice will take Is matter Of sur
mise.
In his testimony before the Senate
committee General Schoficii said: 81
would make one general ut the head OF
the army. aud I would have three licu-
tenant generals. and then the proper
number OF officers In the grades under
that. The Confcdcratcs, during the
Civil War. were great deal wiser
than We were In that respect. They
were better soldiers and better cslucnt-
ri and knew more about II. They car
ricd OF the greater proportion OF the
best blood that we had. to tell the
truth. and the organized their army sci
cntifically."
Senator Patterson Of Colorado pre-
scntc,l n memorial signed by over 300
American citizens residing In Hawaii
praying the enactment OF legislation
completely excluding Chinese and lap
ancsc from any American territory
and providing that NIL labor Of every
description performed for the federal
government shall be done only by cit
izcns of the United States. The petit
TONERS say that scvcnty-iivc per cent.
of the labor In Hawaii IL performed by
Oricntals. to the exclusion OF Ameri-
can labor. and they call attention to
the fact that $1,000 OF the 10000 pop
ulation OF the islands are from China
and Japan.
In the hearing by the Senate commit
Senator Culberson. one of the Demo-
cratic members of the committed took
occasion to call attention to the omis-
sion of the report of the civil governor
OF one of the Philippine provinces
from the records of Governor Tafts
testimony This Is the report referred
to in the correspondence between Gen.
eral Miles and Secretary Root, Of
which the secretary said: ''The refer
cnce In the memorandum to the letter
OF Governor Taft to the secretary Of
war. dated. February .. 1901, transmit
ting. for the purpose of an investiga-
ton by the military authorities, re-
port by the civil governor of the prov
ince of Tayabas. containing in general
terms. and without specifications or
names, serious charges against the mill
itary administration In that province
and against the conduct of the army
generally in its relations to the civil
government" Senator Culberson quot
ed this paragraph. saying that Cover
nor Taft had promised to supply these
reports of the civil government to the
committee us they should be received.
Senators Rawlins and Patterson In
dorsed the position Of Senator Culber-
son. Mr.. Rawlins said that II the In
vcstigation was to be more than
mere farce the report should be called
for. Senator Culberson changed his
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