Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-06-13

II the plntfOrnl pledges promising sth'c-
hood for the territories are not kept
and New Mexico and Arizona are re-
fused admission to the Union ut this
session of Congress. Advocates of
statehood are doubtful OF securing
passage OF the bill In the Senate ut
this session.
Representative James NJ. Robinson
OF Indiana. one OF the leading Demo
Gratis In the House. has announced his
opposition to the national Irrigation
bill now pending. Mr.. Robinson says
the bill. from the point OF economical
administration, Is one Of the most dan
gerous measures that Congress has
been called to act on In years. He de-
clarcs the objections to II are so many
and so forccful that they can scarcely
be named within the compass OF IA
readable article. He asserts that rail-
roads subsidized by land grants, ana
oiiiccholdcrs who want continuance OF
jobs and places for relatives and those
who expect to share In the exploitation
and jobs that will he necessarily Incl
dent. are promoting IL: that agricni-
tnfnl and mineral colleges In each state
will suffer and the taxpayers OF the
larger states Will suffer In contribute
Ing for mn enterprise which In no way
affects them ndvnntngcousiy.
Senator Cuibcrtson. who favors tho
construction OF the Si.UDD.OOO dam Mt
II Paso. In order To compensate Mex
leo for damages on account OF alleged
usurpation OF the waters OF the Rio
Grani.. has given notice OF mn amend.
mcnt h. proposes tn offer To the bill
authorizing statehood for New Mexico.
Arizona and Oklahoma. when IL comes
up. This amendment will provide that
the government shall retain control OF
III. waters NJ the ltio Grandc. II "
rumor,d that the Elephant Butt.s
Dam Company. which ~ one Of tho
chief factors In opposin. the construc-
tion OF tho International dam. Will i,
backed by the Santa fc Hallway Com
pany IN III" construction OF Its dam In
Mexico. II IL proposed To make th"
dam much larger than was nt first In
tended and thus br able tn grant tn
the city Of ~ rn.o water Mt the cpuit-
ALL. pric- for which II has been con-
i-ndin. nnd provide for n greater scale
OF operation In III. itio Grnnic valley.
Truman q. Palmer Of Chicago was
q witness trfor,. the Senate committee
on Cuban relations. For the past four
year. Mr.. Palmer bns ha.cn engaged in
the promotion of beet sugar Interests.
lie gave n list of seventeen American
corpora ,i.ns which. he said. have ass.-
n. ac-s In sugar producing lands In
Cuba. with an annual capacity OF .-s5.-
~, tons. or th-s. seventeen COM
panic. ten have on nl- war ciaims
against the government OF the United
S,nirs nrgreniins s1.Scs.Dst. Tho
largest Of these claims. for SLIT .ssss.
was iilcd by the Con.tancio Sugar
Company. with an estate OF 80 S.ssD
Ecr-s aud an annual cnpacity of :i.Ub
tons. Mr.. Palmer said he had secured
the facts upon which thI. statement is
i,as-,i from the official records Of the
spanish claims commission. aud from
statements made by Witnesses before
the Senate committee aud the House
committee on ways nnd means. Tho
wl,n-ss said that an effort OH his part
10 place the i-pni. 81 n i--t sugar
company had failed last December bc-
cause of the agitation to secure n re-
iuc,ion OF the duty on Cuban sugar.
and that he later had sold his interest
In this company n nj since then had b--n
dcvo,ine his attention to the question
Of the proposed tariff REDUCTION. When
senator riatt asked wha, had induced
witness To manifest 50 great nm Inter
est In tn" legislation proposed he ~.
Piled: because that I believe that II
this tarin reduction legislation fails I
shall hsvy no difficulty In sccurin. tn.
means Of building Mt least one bcct
sugar factory a year"
Fciipc Bucncamino. former secretary
Of state in Axuinsl,io's Cabinet. was
heard through an Interpreter by ,b.
House cummitt-. on in-uilr Affairs.
Chairman Cooper asked Senior Bucn.
camIno why he had come Ia the United
States. lie aid he was here represent
Ing the Federal party. and the lnfiu.n.
iial element Of the Insurgents aud the
katiyunau society. lie said his coun.
try. the Philippines. wa. like sick
man cpnvaicsclng from n dangerous III.
hess. II was still bleeding fruni the
wounds Of war. Its aspirations were
those of Washington. liberty with jus
ticr. under American society. which
they loved. They looked to Congress
to give them n Just and liberal govern
mcnt. lie detailed the facts connected
with the early uprising Of the F'iiipinos.
Aeuinaiio was an Idol. and the people
believed him when he told them that
Dewey had promised them indcpen-
,icnCc. lie revived all that had been
done since the outbreak. and spoke Of
the gradual extension Of American au-
,hority and practical pacIfication Of the
greater part OF the Islands. There
were now so municipalities cstab-
lishei. and they had proved satisfac-
tory. Under the Taft system. he said.
the FillpInos have greater liberty than
they would have enjoyed under ths
.Aruinaldo government had 1t been es-
tablishei. Governor Taft now was the
idol Of the people. He said the people
of the Philippines would have their
political status fixed. whether they arc
Americans or F1lipinos. lie preferred
that they should bc Americans. The
happiness of the people depended upon
American sovereignty. 1--WE would like
to know what we are" he said. with
emphasis. Are we Americans or are
we Filipinos? This is the question i'm
pressed upon me by the Federal party
and by the Filipino people" He ap-
proved the plan Of legislative assem-
bly Of the Filipino people. But" said
he. ''do not call II n Filipino assembly;
let the members meet ns Americans.
and let the assembly bc American"
Nftcr showing his authority. Senior
Buencamino produced a large photo
graph showing fifty or more Filipino
leaders. with himself in the center. and
n large American shield above them.
He also said that he spoke for such in