Gilpin observer., 1902-03-13


Cooper and Captain G. H. Wadleigh,
rear admirals.
Governor Taft before the Senate
committee on immigration, gave his
views on the subject of Chinese immi-
grafton to the Philippines. He said
the general conviction of the commit
tee was that the Chinese ought not to
be allowed to enter the islands. He
said there were 10000 Chinese in Ma
nila, and in his judgment not more
than 100000 in the whole archipelago.
Prominent among the list of pos
sibilities to fill the vacancy caused by
Secretary Longs retirement from the
cabinet is the name Of William Henry
Moody, Republican representative
from the Sixth district Of Massachus-
etts, and said to be connected by mar
riage with Senator Lodge. Mr.. Moody
is forty nine years of age, graduate
of Harvard, a lawyer by profession
and has served three consecutive terms
| in Congress, where he has attained
some of the most influential committe
assignments. ..,
The Senate has passed Representa-
tives Mondells bill providing that
oaths. affiidavits and proofs in home
steads, presumption, timber culture,
desert land and timber and stone en-
tries may be made before United
States commissioners and other officers
in land districts in which the lands.
are situated. Heretofore such affida-
Wits and proofs could only be made
at land offices, or in the county court
in which the lands were situated. This
in many cases caused hardship and
expense to entrymen.
The House committee on foreign re-
lations is hearing the advocates Of the
bill providing for the construction Of
the international dam at Ell PasO, Tex
as. This measure is being pushed by
Representative Stevens of Texas in the
House and by Senator Culberson in
the Senate. 1t provides for the build
ing of a $5,OO0.OO0 dam on the Rio
Grande Mt Ell Paso, Texas, for the COM
pensation of Old Mexico, which coun-
try several years ago claimed damages
to the amount of $4O,OOO,OOO sustained
to her crops by the loss of the waters
of the Rio Grande, which were taken
out for irrigation purposes by the farm
ers of Colorado and New Mexico. Mex
leo agrees to relinquish the claim If the
dam is built.
In dicussing the rural delivery bill
Mr.. Loud, chairman of pOstoffices and
post roads committee said the ques-
ton involved whether the rural free
delivery service would cost ultimately
$6O,OOO,OOO or $2O,OOO,OOO per annum.
The service was the most extravagant
in the public service, he said. At the
inception the carriers received $500 per
annum. They now received 5000. If
the salary system was continued they
would eventually receive $500 or $500
At the present time $S5O.OOO was being
spent for the supervisory force. The
bill was carefully drawn, Mr.. Loud
said, to provide against the possibility
of recurrence Of the star route scan
dals.. Only one contract could be CIV
| en- to one man, who must live in the
district where the route was located,
and who must perform the service
] himself.
The State Department has received
reply from United States Minister
Townsend at Brussels to its inquiry
as to the accuracy of the press reports
Of the results of the conference Of rep
resentatives Of beet sugar producing
bOunty-paying countries. Mr.. Town
send reports that the proceedings were
supposedly secret. However, 1t Is the
understanding, he says. that the con-
| ferees have agreed to abolish all bOun-
ties on beet sugar and to adopt a uni
form customs tariff on imports of su-
gar of $1.16 per 220 pounds. or about
half-cent n pound. In view of the
great importance of the proposed ac-
ton to the United States. the State
Department has informed the treaty
department of the substance of Mr..
Townsend's advices and will likewise
| int hn nd
mittee of the House with the cable
grams.
| A days developments have given the
measure providing for the reclamation
of arid lands prestige that was beyond
the most sangulne hopes Of Its imme-
diate supporters two days ago. With
out a dissenting vote the Hansbrough
bill passed the Senate Saturday.
The whole rosy color Of the irriga-
ton situation was heightened by the
news that the House committee on ir
rigation to-day voted to report the
Newlands bill favorably, with the
amendments giving each state and ter
ritory the major portion Of the irriga-
ton fund derived from its public land
sales. This amendment was opposed
by Mr.. Newlands himself, but he did 1t
with view to keeping the bill similar
to the Hansbrough bill in the Senate
and thus avoid endangering both bills
by controversy over small points. The
western senators, especially those from
Colorado. express themselves as favor
able to this amendment.
Colorado postmasters commissioned:
Mark G. Woodruff, Amethyst; Jerry
s. Olney, Crested Burte; Walter S.
Clark, Aspen; Amelia Williams, Glen
wood Springs: Wesley II. Oglc, Lake
City. w. A. Morse has been appointed
n substitute letter carrier mt Victor.
Pensions granted: william II. Jones.