The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-04-22

ton tnere mas Deell SONIC aliluseliIeHt
over the talk about the so-called mis-
sion to Rome. The facts are that Gov
ernor Taft has impressed strongly
upon the president and secretary of
war that the question of getting rid of
the frars was one of vital consequence
to peace in the Philippines. and that
to accomplish this it was necessary to
deal directly with Rome. Governor Taft
better than any other man. could eN-
plain the state of things at Rome. 1t is
believed If an honorable and satisfac-
tory arrangement can be reached the
result will be most beneficial to the
islands and that probably no other one
thing could do as much good.
Not only the British, but the
German government has lodged
strong protest with the State Depart
ment against the application of that
part of the Philippine tariff act recent
ly enacted ana just ordered into opera
/ tion which authorizes the rebate of
portion of the export duties on Philip
| pine products when imported into the
| United States. The great matter of
| complaint is hemp, which is imported
! into England and Germany in vast
quantities from Manila. The rebate
afforded TO American importers Will
amount, it is alleged, to n difference or
| three-eighths of cent a pound in IA
vor of the American rope maker, dis
elimination which will practically de-
stroy the British and German trade ac-
cording to the protestants.
The senate has confirmed the noml-
nation of Colonel Mott Hooton, Twen-
| ty-eighth infantry, to be brigadier gen
eral. Brigadier Generals Isaac ID. De
iiussy Andrew s. Burt and Michael V.
/ Sheridan, recently appointed, were
| placed ON the retired list April 10Th on
their own applications. after forty
| years service. one of the vacancies
in the list of brigader generals thus
created was filed by the promotion of
/ Colonel Mott Hooton, who was regu-
| larly retired for age on the 10th In
stant. General Hooton entered the
army as n volunteer sergeant in July.
! 1861. He recently has served in the
| Philippines. 1t is expected that three
more colonies who served during the
civil war will also lie promoted to the
/ grade of brigadier general in n few
/ days and similarly retired on their own
| applications.
] Representative Bell in the house de-
| livered a forcible argument against the
| pending reciprocity bill. He devoted
some time to showing where the al
legged benefits would really go, and
| quoted figures showing the rise in the
| price of the stock of the sugar trust
since the ways and means committee
began agitating the bill which is be
fore the house mt present In January,
before the committee held its hearing,
sugar stock was selling Mt 1161a: on
| March 10Th trust sugar stock was sell
ing for 1864, and in all the stock had
| gained SD.Dl.. 600 ;rr-v.,l,tc. L iit-,a
! figures" said Mr.. Bell. are already
showing where the benefits will 20.
Every favorable act on this bill has de
pressed beet sugar stock has not low
cred the price on refined sugar, but has
invariably raised the price OF Amer
lean sugar stock"
The report of the testimony given be-
fore the Senate committee on military
affairs by General Schofield, formerly
the commanding general of the army.
/ on the bill to create n general staff.
has been made public. He on
dOrsed the bill. saying that he
| had long since come to the conclusion
that there is no room under our consti-
tuition for two commanders. and that
the President. whom the constitution
makes the supreme commander. must
act through the secretary of war. He
] added The very exalted individual
office. so-ealled. of commanding general
of the army. must disappear. There is
no room for ii in this government. no
matter who occupies it: 1t is not n ques-
tion of personality ut all. or the charac-
ter of the individual, so far as this
great question is concerned. He must
be what other nations of the earth
have. Il chief of staff, not a command
ing general"
Senator Teller has introduced a reso-
luton directing the postmaster general
to report to the Senate the amount of
salary due Colorado postmasters for
| services required of them under the
postal regulations of 1866 and unsettled
| by the government. The aggregate
! claims of Colorado postmasterS for ser
vices rendered and unpaid amounts to
$4,000 in claims running from $50 to
$50. Similar claims are held by post
masters in all the Western states
| where the rapid growth Of mining in
the years between the years 1866 and
| 1883 made it necessary for the post
masters to employ extra clerical help
for which the department later refused
to pay. When the resolution was in
troduced objection to its immediate
consideration was made by Senator Al
lson. who said the allowance of the
| Colorado claims would open the way
for claims of other states and would
| involve an outlay of several millions of
dollars. The resolution was finally re-
ferred to the postoflice and postroads
committee.
The unveiling of statue of Benia-
min f. Stephenson. founder of the
/ Grand Army of the Republic. will prob
ably be one of the features of the en-
campment next October. The Senate
/ committee on the library has reported
a joint resolution granting permission
for the erection in Washington of
| monument TO the late cOmmn ndnr rhe