The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-01-14

( Il. s. Clark and ]. A. Jones OF Ari-
zona recently saw President Roosevelt
to protest against the contemplated
consolidation of the San Francisco
mountain reservation.
w. r. Spillman of Manhattan, Kan
sas, formerly private secretary TO
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow, has been appointed chief OF
| the appointment division of the latters
office. This division has charge of the
appointments of all the postmasters in
the United States. Carter b. keene
| of Freedom, Maine, formerly chief of
the appointment division, has been ap-
pointed postofiice inspector.
| Secretary Hays view as to the pro-
posed German program in Venezuela
was communicated to the German gov
ernment in the shape of a written
memorandum. This supplemented YER
bal exchanges which had taken place
in Washington between Ambassador
Won Holleben and President Roosevelt,
directly, and between the ambassador
and Secretary Hay ut greater length.
| The State Department positively de-
| clines to make public the memorandum
| or its substance, but 1t is pointed out
again that the basis of the United
| States representations is to be looked
for in the utterances of President
Roosevelt in his annual message to
Congress, touching the Monroe doctrine
in its application to South American
countries which do not pay their debts.
Under n mistaken impression that
there will be n large balance remain
ing of the S25.O0O.OO0 indemnity fund
to be paid by China to the United
States after paying all legitimate
claims and the army and naval ex-
penses of the Chinese campaign, some
of the powers party to the Pekin pro-
tocol have intimated that they would
be glad to have the balance turned
over to them. The allegation is that
they have not claimed sufficient indem-
mites to reimburse them for actual eS-
| penses and proper claims, and that
they have right to regard the 49,
100000 taels as properly divisible on
| the basis of actual expenditures and
losses. 1t is not at all probable that
| this point will be pressed, however, be
cause the officials here are confident
that after we have betrayed our own
claims and expenditures there will be
| little or no balance remaining of our
, allotment.
The United States Supreme Court
has rendered an opinion holding as
valid the state constitution of Ken
lucky concerning long and short hauls
by railroad companies and statutes
enacted under that provision of the
constitution. The case on which the
decision was rendered was a proceed
ing against the Louisville II Nashville
Railroad Company, which company
was indicted under the law upon the
charge of making a greater charge for
n short than for n long haul, and a
fine assessed. Justice Shiras in his de-
cision said: when citizens of Ken
lucky voluntarily seek and OBJ
tain grant from the state
of charter to build and main
tain n public highway in the form
of n railroad, 1t would seem to be evil
dent that they take hold and operate
their road subject TO the constitutional
inhibition we are considering, and are
without power to challenge it's valid
ity."
The dissolution of the Joint high COM
mission which has the Alaskan bound
ary dispute under consideration, to be
followed by direct negotiations be-
| tween Secretary Hay and Lord
| Pauncefote. the British ambassador
that will result in treaty giving Eng
land certain concessions on the disput-
ed points, is believed by many senators
to be the price Great Britain is de-
manding for the new isthmian canal
treaty, in which she abandoned COM
pletely the ground that she has ten
aciously held for many years, and
which has hitherto blocked the con-
struction of the canal. If Secretary
Hay made such n bargain 1t is pretty
clear that he will find 1t very difficult
to carry out the agreement. The Sem
ate is watching the boundary dispute
very closely, and any treaty which IA
vors England at the expense of the
| United States will certainly fail of rat
ification when it comes before the Sen
ate.
'The treasury is in condition of un-
exampled strength" said Secretary
Gage. when asked to review briefly the
treasury situation at the close Of the
year. Only month ago. in my an
| nual report to Congress, / reviewed
these conditions. The figures for the
last month have made but little change.
For the calendar year we show receipts
in excess of the ordinary expenditures
amounting roundly to 100000, 900.
| Such an excess might have resulted in
serious embarrassment had not the de-
partment been able by means of this
surplus to reduce the public debt in
large amounts. Since April 1st, last,
the treasury has redeemed and can
celed United States bonds to the par
value of SOS, ,714,70O, which have been
applied to the sinking fund, and the
disbursement resulting therefrom was
S72,226,S45. The available cash ON
hand is therefore only about 3O,O0O,-
600 larger than the amount held year
ago."
Tho TTpitad States Sunrama Cnurt
has refused to interfere in the case of
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