The Dolores star., 1903-02-27

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ceptions or banquets on his nrore ~ 'e
Western tour. This was in respe osei
to an invitation extended by pnn. ronse
sentative Jones of Washington eple- :"
tend Board of Trade banouat y, q a.
attic ana deliver an address. The Pre-,
ident appreciates the courtesy of s,'.s
invitations. but thinks formal dinnsr,
and entertainments are not as des,s.
Bile methods of meeting people as NOR
informal affairs. o'e
Before passing the naval appronr,,
tion bill the House made sora.A,
amendments. the most important be,.
one to authorize the secretary of ,Ss
navy. In his discretion. to purchase =.
contract for submarine torpedo ho,,s
after investigation of their merits ,ns
making an appropriation for thai nrr
pose. The amendment was in tho lan.
guage of bill introduced by Mr. un
of Connecticut, and it was stated on
the floor that 1t had the support NJ ,n
the members of the naval comm;,,aa
IL was adopted practically without AZ.
bate. An amendment was adopted ,;S
ing members of Congress whose dis.
tricts are not now represented at tba
Naval Academy the privilege Of imms.
diately appointing to fill such yacan.
cies.
The conferees on the army npnror-,.
alton bill met February 18th and c.m.
to an agreement. The approprjatinr
OF S2.OOo.OOO for equipping the national
guard the same as the regular army
was agreed to- The Senate conferas,
receded from the amendment provi6irs
for the purchase and preservation =;
the Balls Bluff battlefield. The Senate
provision for 100000 for army nos
buildings to take the place of the cav
teens, remains in the bill. but II II
provided that not more than $4,000 Ia
expended for any one post building
Inc Senate amendment permitting ali
army officers below the grade of major
general. who saw service in the ciyl
war. to retire with the rank and nav
of the next highest grade was agreed
to. with further amendment making
1t apply only to officers who served IN
the Civil War more than one year.
Senator Teller and Senator Patter.
son called upon the director OF the
mint recently and conferred with him
on the matter of completing the ma
chinery plant in the Denver mint
The House has already appropriated
Sl5O.OOO for this purpose. and an effort
Will be made to increase the amount to
S25O,O00, the estimate of the director
The director said that much of the ma.
chinery in the New Orleans mint would
be removed to the Denver mint upon
the latter's reduction to an assay mint
Senators Teller and Patterson suggest.
ed that southern senators would sue
cessfully oppose such measure The
director promised that as soon as the
appropriation was available he would
proceed with the installation Of ma
chinery. He made 1t evident that Dem
yer was one OF the three desirable
minting places in the country, the
other two being San Francisco and
Philadelphia
During the discussion of the state
hood bill in the Senate Mr.. Teller re-
sented Mr.. Depew's remarks on ,une-
quail representation in that body. Ad-
vancing to the center aisle and speak
ing with great fervor, Mr.. Teller said
1t was no small thing to talk about
changing the form under which The
government had grown so great and 50
strong. II have listened to great dea
of nonsense" said he. Il have listened
to a good deal | consider beneath The
dignity of some. but l cannot listen d
Mr.. Depew's remarks without sayinl
here, as citizen of the United States
that | feel the American people vii
feel the insult from the senator from
New York" Replying. Mr.. Depew said
n tDd nj Mr.. Tnl1 fol
ed. but when you add to the minority
representation in this Senate" he said
'and take it further away from th'
people, you are calling attention to
condition where you cannot tell wha
the people may do in the discussion
of the future
The government has formally ac
cepted the offer of the Panama Cana
Company to sell to the United state
the canal property and all of the com
pany's rights therein for S40,OOo|oo
subject only to the ratification OF In
pending treaty with the Republic
Colombia. The effect of this accepq
ance will be to extend the life OF ID
option held by the government beyoh
March 4th next, and until the real
now before the Senate has been ral
fled by both countries in interest. lh
President desires that the proceedins
necessary to the transfer of the III
and possession of the property be 10
warded as much as possible to the en-
that when the pending treaty is ra!
fled and goes into effect, nothing WI
remain to be done but to consumma'
the transaction by the delivery OF pos
session and the payment OF the coi
sideration. Senator Morgan, as
question of privilege, had read recel
communication addressed to him
Rafael Reyes. Colombian minister
Mexico, and which appeared IN
public press. denying the accuracy
certain statement alleged to na'
been made by Mr.. Morgan in the oel
ate February 18th, that the preslae,
of Colombia had sold out and aou
Gated for $1,OOO.0OO. He declared tns
if anything was said by him It wa
secret session of the Senate. Reyes,
said, seems to be determined on .,.ti ~
success of the Panama scheme,
coincidence of the double assault
Mexico" he said, ''is quite cute ehous
to have been enacted in the Panan
canal school, and is brazen enough
have been prepared in the Office ..
New York railroad wrecker' heye