Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-31
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

1 II appears that the confirmation OF
Hen Daniels as marshal OF Arizona
WAS made during the absence Of .
number OF interested senator's In the
executive session Wednesday Senator
Teller asked that the confirmation b
yeconsidered and the nomination re-
ferred hack to the judiciary commit
see for q reheaying. Daniels viii b
/ called 3pca 20 explain his previous cc-
enpatiops aud certain Incidents In hln
cnreef In Colorado and elsewhere. II
In charged that he was formerly .
gambler. .iN ~ .-Irrrr.s n
| Having failed after two years strife
In subaluing the insurrectiou In hstan.
gas province. which lies just south Of
Manila. and having satisned himself
that lenicnt treatment OF the tnsur'
gents 10 productive OF NO good results.
General J. FRANKLIN Bell. the military
commander OF that province. has de-
termined on the enforcement OF tho
wur In the most vigorous and deter
mined fashion. Involving reconccutra-
tion In a modified form. the applica.
ton Of martial law In all directions
and tho unspsring pursuit. and punish'
ment OF the natives who act us spics
and traitors to the United States- All
this appears from long report to the
war department Just published.
Senator's Clark OF Montana and
Clapp Of Minnesota. A. q sub-commlt'
tee OF the regular committee on Indian
affairs arc drafting q bill to entirely
abolish tho tribal relations OF Indiana
Il Ii proposed 10 have all moneys In
tho United States treasury credited 10
the tribes divided per capita and In.
dividual accounts kept with each In.
dian. Allotmcnts are 10 be treated
the same why. Tho property OF dc.
ceased Indians Ii to go TO hcirs. IN
stead Of revert to tho tribe. The whole
idea OF the bill In to treat the Indian
as an Individual. instead Of an unrcc-
ornixcti part Of tribe. In all govern.
mcnt transactions. The plan is sup
ported by tho Indian commissioner ana
favored In the Senate and House.
The general board Of army officers,
which has been examining army posts
| In tho United States with n view 10
future action couccrning them BY tho
War Department. has made report
which has not been made public. u
ID known thnt tho rcport recommends
that Forts Russell. Wyoming: Logan.
Colorado. and Douglas. Utah. bc made
permanent military establishments and
that each OF these posts Will bc en-.
lar.cl considerably. Forts Russell nnd
Dougiit, will bc enlarged to accommo-
date n full regiment Of Infantry and q
company OF artillery. which is nm In.
crease over their present size Of about
fifty per cent. Fort Logan will also
be Increased In about the sumc propors
ton. A number Of smaller posts In tho
West have been designated as "tcmpo-
rury" and some OF these nrc rccom-
mcndcd for abandonment, though not
Immediately.
The treaty Of ccssion OF the Danish
West Indian islands from Denmark to
the United States has been signed ut
tho State Department by SECRETARY
Hny aud Constnntin Brun. Danish
minister. The treaty will bc submitted
to the Senate for ratification imme-
diately. Following the invariablc rule
In such cases, the State Department
officials decline OF make public nny
Of the details OF the treaty. 40 that IL
Is not possible to state positively the
price to bc paid. though this Is believed
to be In the neighborhood Of $S.OOO.OOO.
II is known also that Denmark has
abandoned the position she was In
clined to occupy toward the conservn-
tion Of the political rights OF the IN
lhnbItnnts OF the island. and leaves TO
the United States free hand to deal
with them, without pledge OF Amcri-
can citizenship or Of free trnde PRIV.
ilcges. So II IL assumed that the status
of the Danish West Indian islands,
politically and commercially, should
the treaty be ratified, will be similar to
that OF Porto Rico.
Former Secretary Of State John W.
Foster appeared before tho Sennte
committee ON immigration on the 23d
and spoke in opposition to the Chinese
exclusion bills which have been intro
duced in Congress. His remarks were
directed more particularly to the Mitch
ell or Pacific coast bill, which, he said.
WINS plain violation of our trenty with
China. Mr. Foster said our govern
ment had four times asked China to
modify existing treaties in the interest
of American citizens, and that IN every
instance China had acceded to our re-
quest He then submitted for the con-
sideration of the committee three prop
ositions: The first was that any law
passed by the present Congress which
continues the exclusion of Chinese Ia
borers beyond 1904 would be not oniy
without international authority, put
would be in violation OF treaty supufn'
tons, He said that during the nego.
tiations resulting In the treaty OF 1sos
the United States sought to have the
exclusion Of Chinese lhborers extended
to twenty years and that the Chinese
government refused to make II I0s
more than ten years. He also insisted
that when the treaty Of 1894 came &c 60
an end, the Burlingame treaty OF looo
would be received and come into force.
whcih treaty stipulated for the H,es rree
and unrestricted immigration OF ss C
nese of all classes Into the 80 nniv
been suspended as to immigration.
not abrogated. His second proposition
/ was that the exclusion laws should not
he made applicable to all our insniar
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