Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-03-20
WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

gress for an appropriation Of 100000
for the purchase OF service medals to
be conferred upon 0fiicers and men
who participated In the war with Spain
and the suppression Of the boxer" up
rising In China. The department
wishes to distribute 4i6.ss2 medals.
United States Consul John l.. Bitt-
niger at Montreal has been invited to
resign. He will be succeeded by Major
A. w. Edwards. u North Dakota news
paper man. Consul Bittinser. while on
leave Of absence at his home In St
Joseph talked freely OF the relations
between the United States and Canada
and criticised the cooks OF Montreal.
This was lily received In Canada and
has led to the present action.
Gov. W. r. Merriam. director Of the
census has placed his resignation In
the hands Of tho President. II Will take
effect May 18th. Governor Merriam re-
signs to accept the vice presidency OF
the International Mercantile Agency OF
New York. and will remove from
Washington to that city. The lnterna-
tionnl Mercantile Agency Ii corpora
ton organized for the purpose OF rat
Ing credits In the United States And
Canada.
mand the Puget Sound naval station
will take effect June LIST. He will be-
come u rear admiral soon after that
date. Captain Cook will be promoted
to be an admiral upon the retirement
of Admiral crowninshield. March Goth.
Captain Harrington. who stands num-
ber two on the list OF captains. has
been assigned to the Norfolk navy
yard and will become nm admiral at
the same time As Captain Cook.
General Davis. commanding the
troops In the PHILIPPINES. cables that
the transport Thomas sailed from Ma
nila March 9Th for San Francisco. with
Brig. Gen. Frank ID. Baldwin. Brig.
Gen. Morris c. Foo,e. 5se enlisted men
of tho Twenty -fifth. Twenty-seventh.
Thirty-first and Thirty-sixth CON-
panics. coast artillery. and tho Four
tecnih and Fifteenth batteries OF held
artillery. thirty-six sick. lis cnsunis.
three insane and ls3 discharged SOL
dicrS.
Justice Day. tho newly appointed
member of the Supreme Court. is suf.
fering from pneumonia Justice Day
was suffering from slight cold when
he left Canton for Washington to take
tho oath as . member Of the Supreme
Court. The bad weather OF the past
week aggravated this cold Into
severe attack Of grip. followed by
pneumonia. The following statement
was made March i:th: The friends
Of Judge Day are apprchcnsivc con.
ccrnins his condition. His tcmpera.
ture to-day was high. running up TO,
tho ncixhberhood Of ios. He IL not .
man CT robust physique. but on the
contrary Is OF fraii appearance and II
Is feared he may be unable TO with.
stand severe attack Of illness.
At the opening Of the Senate on the
ii;h inst the President pro TEN called
the attention Of senators to tho fact
tina; under n strict Interpretation of
the ruics. only such business as prop.
cri- belongs to the matters under con.
sidcration In executive session should
be presented al this extra session.
MIR. Allison (Iowa) offered a rcsoiu.
tion which he said he thought was
proper at this time. authorizing the
committee on rules TO rc-cxaminc tho
rules Of the Senate with the view to
asccrtainins what changes. II any. are
necessary and especially TO make in.
qulry whether II Is cspcdicnt TO in any
way limit debate In the Senate and n
thcr provides that the committee n
authorized to sit during tho recess OF
the Senate and Ia directed TO submit
a report to the Senate Of It's conclu
sions as soon AS practicable after the
beginning of the acssion ncat Dcccm
her. The resolution was referred TO
the committee to audit and control
the contingent expenses of the Senate.
In discussing the Cuban treaty Sen.
ator Teller contcndcd that II was n
direct thrust Mt the sugar industry of
the United States and its effect would
be entirely in the interest of the sugar
trust. which he declared. would be
benefited to the extent OF no less
than ss.nDO.OOD annually by the rcduc-
tion OF the duties on raw sugar. He
also discussed Mt some length the
amendment recommended by the com.
mittce on foreign relations which pro
vidcs that the reduction on Cuban su.
gar during the life OF the treaty shall
not be more than 20 per cent. and
that during this time there shall be no
reduction on sugar imported from any
foreign country. He ridicuicd this
amendment, declaring that It had been
inserted merely for the purpose of
catching the votes OF senators from su.
bHE IVuuutluE siates. tte HhNtFNeU
that IL could have no possible effect
in binding the government of the
United States. II its Congress should
decree otherwise. In other words. he
said. this enactment could be repealed
just as any statute might be by Con.
gress.
The Bureau of Insuiar Affairs. War
Department. has just published PAM
phlet OF forty-six pages giving the tel
egraphic correspondence of Emilio Az
uinaldo from July i5. 1898. to Febru-
AIRY rs. 1899. the period Just preceding
the fall of Manila and following the
outbreak of hostilities between the
United States forces and the insurgents.
These kilograms were discovered by
Captain John X. T. Taylor. Fourteenth
infantry. among n mass of papers cap
turcd from the so-callcd insurgent gov
ernment. They are sufficiently COM
plete to show that the insurgent leader
leaned strongly upon others for advice
and counsel. that there was serious op-
position to his authority. even among
his own people. and that an attack on
the Americans at Manila had been fully
decided upon before the outbreak of
hostilities February 4. 1899. Also that
in the event that the struggle should