The Holly chieftain., 1902-01-31

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| Thursday were devoted chiedy D tie
opposed to the proposed ccnee61ons
to Cuba on the ground that Il Mill
cripple the sugar production Of that
state. A number of the large plant
J ers and manufacturers OF the state
were present, and the allied Interests
of beet sugar and tobacco, which are
similarly opposed to concessions q TO
Cubs, also = were numerously repre-
sented. ,sJs..sss vi. -
|. It appears that the confirmation Of
Ben Daniels as marshal of Arizona
was made during the ab<ence OF .
number of interested senators. In the
executive session Wednesday Senator
Teller asked that the confirmation be
reconsidered and the nomination re-
ferred back to. the judiciary commit
tee for rehearing. Daniels win be
called upon to explain his previous oc-
cupations and certain incidents in his
career in Colorado aAd elsewiAse. 1t
is charged that he WIS fermsriy a
gambler. ass
A naval retiring board has decided
to recommend the retirement Of Cap-
tain Richmond r. Hobson He has
complained of his eyes, which suffered
from heat and glare while he was
| working on the Spanish vessels sunk
at Santiago and afterward in the dry
dock at Hong Kong. where two vessels
of the Spanish feet sunk, by Dewey
were. repaired. Captain Hobson him
self applied to be retired, but the
board of physicians which examined
him found that his eyes were net per-
manently injured, and refused to rec
ommend his retirement. He has been
ordered to return to duty at the
Charleston exposition. issg
| Having failed after two years strife
in subduing the insurrection In Batan-
gas province, which lies just south OF
Manila, and having satisfied himself
| that lenient treatment of the inslIr-
gents is productive of no good results,
| General j. Franklin Bell, the military
! commander of that province, has de-
termined on the enforcement of the
war in the most Vigorous and deter
mined fashion, involving reconcentra-
| tion in modified form, the applica-
! tion of martial law in all direetIons
and the unsparing pursuit and punish
ment of the natives who act Ms spies
and traitors to the United States. AN
this appears from a long report to the
war department just published
Senators Clark of Montana and
Clapp of Minnesota, as n sub-commit-
tee of the regular committee on Indian
affairs are drafting Il bill to entirely
abolish the tribal relations of indians.
1t is proposed to have all moneys in
the United States treasury credited to
the tribes divided per capita and In
dividual accounts kept with each In
dian. AllotmentS are to be treated
the same way. The property of de-
ceased Indians is tG go to heirs, in
stead of revert to the tribe. The whole
= idea of the bill is to treat the Indian
as an individual, instead of an unrec-
ognized part of a tribe in all govern
ment transactions. The plan is sup
ported by the Indian commissioner and
favored in the Senate and House.
| Former Secretary of State John w.
Foster appeared before the Senate
/ committee ON immigration on the 23d
/ and spoke in opposition to the Chinese
| exclusion bills which have been intro
J duced in Congress. His remarks were
directed more particularly to the Mitch
ell or Pacific coast BILL which, he said,
was a plain violation of our treaty 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 COIL
sheraton of the committee three prop
osiuons: The first was that any law
passed by the present Congress which
continues the exclusion OF Chinese la
borers beyond 1904 would be not only
without international authority, but
would be in violation of treaty stipuIa-
tons. He said that during the nego-
tiations resulting In the treaty Of 1894
the United States sought to have the
exclusion of Chinese laborers extended
to twenty years and that the Chinese
government refused to make n for
more than ten years. He also Unlisted
that when the treaty of 1904 caue to
an end. the Burlingame treaty Of Uses
would be received and come into force,
whcih treaty stipulated for the free
and unrestricted immigration Of Chi.
nese Of all classes into the United
States. The trenty, lie said, had oniy
been suspended as to immigratiop,
not abrogated. His second proposition
was that the exclusion laws should NOT
he made applicable to all our insular
possessions and said the Hawaiian
islands presented the exact state Of af-
fairs which was contemplated by the
American negotiators for the exclusion
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