The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1903-02-13

1AVoraply reported Representative
Mondell's bill authorizing the city of
Buffalo. Wyoming. to purchase a tract
OF ffty-hve acres for cemetery purposes
At $l.25 an acre.
The Grant memorial commission, ap-
pointed under the act Of Congress OF
1901 to select plans for a monument to
General Grant. met on the 4th inst.
and decided to select the model sub
mitted by Henry Merwin Shready OF
New York.
Representative Small of North Car
olina has introduced concurrent res
olution providing for the appointment
by the speaker OF a committee OF
eleven members Of the House to inquire
generally into coal conditions In the
United States. The resolution further
directs the committee to inquire
whether any combinations exist be-
tween mine owners and operators and
the transportation companies in viola
tion OF the laws of the United States"
"A report is to be made to the next Con-
gress.
In discussing the statehood bill in
the Senate Mr.. Teller contended that
the few Mormons in Arizona would not
be capable of controlling elections
there. So small a consideration should
mot. he contended. stand in the way
of promise made In the treaty OF
;Guadaloupe, Hidalgo. to admit as
states the territory acquired from Mex
leo. Mr.. Spoonsr said that SO long as
the bill had been pending Mr.. Teller
was the first to break silence on the
Democratic side OF the chamber. Re-
plying. Mr.. Teller said the reason why
the Democrats had not spoken was
found in the fact that they did not
want to assist in the delay which he
believed had been preconcerted, prear-
ranged and studiously followed. by
what he believed to be the minority In
the Senate.
The Senate committee on commerce
has been considering the nomination OF
DIR. w. ID. Crum. a colored man. TO be
collector of the port at Charleston.
South Carolina Senator Tillman.
Mayor Smithe OF Charleston and Col
mel Hemphill appeared In opposition TO
confirmation. They prefererd charges
TO the effect that Crum had sold out as
a delegate to the Minneapolis Repub-
lican convention. and in support of this
charge read an affidavit In which II
was declared that he had been sent to
the convention as a Harrison delegate
but had shifted to the support of Blaine
on promise Of the appointment Of
POSTMASTER. II was made quite plain.
however. that the principal opposition
was because Of Crum's color. and Sena-
tor Tillman admitted as much. He told
the committee that the people of the
South did not want their Offices filled
by negroes. And" he said. " so long
as they are SO nlled there will be trou-
Bile: oil and water will not unite" Ex-
Gov. +. Is. 5. Pinchback of Louisiana
and Whitneid Mckiniay. formerly OF
South Carolina. both colored. appeared
Tor Dr. Crum. They declared that the
charge OF sciiins out NJ minneapolis
was uhiouhded. ana euioSized Dr.
Crum as man Oh cdueauoh ana chaf-
ac'er'
On February End. which was "sus
pension day in the House. the speaker
recognized Mr.. Bates of Pennsylvania,
who moved the passage, under suspen-
sion Of the rules. of bill to provide
for the better separation and utiliza-
tion OF public and private lands within
ehe limits of railroad land grants in
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