The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-12-08

nese exclusion law applicable TO the
Japanese.
One of the resolutions introduced by
Senator Morgan provides for reference
to the committee on interoceanic can
Rls of the plans of the government of
the canal adopted by the iateroceanic
canal committee and for a review of
the accounts and plans of the commits
sion. 1t asks the committee to decide
between the plans for a canal submit
ted, in reference to both the Panama
and Nicarasuan routes
The War Department has been in
formed that the Philippines commits
sion has passed an act to maintain the
equality of gold and silver pesos by
creating reserve fund from the re-
ceipts of sales of certificates of deposit
and seignorage on the coinage. An
other important act which will require
the additional approval of Congress,
provides for the allotment of home
steads and the settlement of land titles
in the Philippines.
Major General John e. Brooke. re-
tired, former governor general of Cuba,
gave testimony before the Senatekcom-
mittee on military affairs Which
charged insubordnation against Gen
eral Leonard Wood. General Brooke
| was btlOiC tut COHliullltt ludi
two hours, and occupied the entire
time in telling of General Woods con-
duct at Santiago. The witness offered
in support of his statements many doc
uments taken from the records at the
War Department and several papers
! from his personal collection. At the
] close of his testimony member of the
committee said that it was probable
General Wood will have to return from
the Philippines and testify.
in spite of all reports to the con-
! trary, the United States Senate seems
1 to be growing more youthful. Thirteen
years ago a careful computation was
made, from which it appeared that the
average age of its members was sixty
years There were then only eight who
were less than fifty years old. and one
who was less than forty-five. To-day
the average is fifty-nine years and
four months, and in a slightly larger
Senate there are fourteen men. instead
of eight, who are less than fifty, and of
| these eight are less than forty-five.
This difference is doubtless due to the
new states which have come into the
Union since that time, whose political
leaders were naturally younger men.
The Delaware overturn has also given
the Senate two youthful members. 1t
is almost a rule that the young states
have young senators.
'rne Board of Ordnance ond Fortifca-
| tions in its annual report says that the
results of tests made with the three
| inch rapid-fire gun recommended to the
board for adoption for the army, show
that when equipped with these guns,
and carriages, the field artillery OF our
army will have weapon equal, If not
superior to, that of any other nation.
Relative to the tests conducted in Pen
sacola harbor, the report says they
have resulted in the adoption of sys-
tenn of fire control and direction for
coast artillery, which, when installed
with such notifications as experience
may suggest. as part of the coast de-
l fense. Will render 1t more than ever eff
fective" The board renews former
recommendations that appropriations
by Congress should be made sufficient
to provide a reserve supply of ammu-
milton of at least 100 rounds for each
large caliber gun and mortar and at
least $50 rounds for each rapid fire gun
as soon as mounted, saying, "as with
out an adequate supply of ammunition
1t is needless to say that the armament
of the coast defense is useless"
! Senator Morgan has introduced res
olutions authorizing the committee on
interoceanic canals to investigate the
part alleged to have been taken by the
/ transcontinental railroads in the 18TH
mian canal matter, and also to inquire
into the plans of the interoceanic can
al commission. The preamble to Sem
ator Morgan's first resolution called at
| tention to assertions in public journals
! representing public opinion and ex-
ercising leading influences in the great
political parties of the United States"
that transcontinental railroad compa-
MES have opposed the public policy of
| laws of the United States in respect to
| the ratification of the Hay-Herran
treaty 1t declared that the railroads
are obstructing the full and complete
execution of the duty and the policy of
the United States as declared in the act
/ of Congress approved June rs, 1902,
providing for the construction of a
canal connecting the waters of the Pa
cifc and Atlantic oceans. The resolu-
ton provides that the committee on
Pacific railroads is empowered and au-
thorized to make careful inquiry into
| the facts.
| Horatio S. Rubens of New York, for
merly a member of the Cuban Junta,
testified before the Senate committee
on military affairs. making statements
/ tending to corroborate the statements
made to the committee by Major Run
Gle in reference to the knowledge Cen
! eral Wood is said to have had of the
Runcie magazine article criticising un-
favorably the administration of Major
General Brooke as governor general of
Cuba. One of the most important
statement made by Mr.. Rubens was
that General Wood visited him after
the publication of the Runcie article,
and that their conversation showed
that General Wood had previous know
| ledge of it. Mr.. Rubens said that Cen
| eral Mood admitted that he told Rum