Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-01-09
WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

Tho Venezuelan government now is
In possession of the complete notes OF
Grcdt Britain and Germany. contain
Ing the various reservations made by
these governments before the decision
was reached that the issues between
Venezuela and the European govern
ments having claims against her
should be referred to The Hague
tribunal for arbitration. The United
States has acted ms an intermediary in
the steps leading to the acceptance OF
arbitration, now turns over to the
Venezuelan government the formal
work OF completing the basis for full
hearing before The Hague. The notes
were transmitted to the Venezuelan
government through United States
Minister Bowen at Caracas.
The Interior Department has an
nounced the abolition OF the office OF
superintendent OF forest reserves for
Wyoming and Colorado. and the SER
vice of Forest Superintendent c. w.
Garbutt OF Sheridan. Wyoming ceased
December 3lst. Following the policy
announced about year ago by Sccre-
tary Hitchcock. the Office OF forest su-
perintendcnt of the various reserves
has been abolished until. with the clos
ing OF the Wyoming and Colorado Of
flee. but two remain. one In New Mexi-
90 and one In California and these are
to be abolished soon. The work per-
formed by the superintendent is now
done by the supervisors. The Wyom-
Ing delegation In Congress made IN
earnest effort to have Mr.. Garbutt re-
talEed, but Secretary Hitchcock Insist
cd that his plan of operating the for
estry service should prevail.
II has been scmi.ofilciaily announced
that Assistant Commissioner w. A.
Richards will succeed Commissioner
Hermann OF the general land of'icc
and that Mr.. Richards successor will
be John II. fimplc OF carroliton, Ohio.
Assistant Commissioner Richards Is
receiving large number OF congratu-
lntory tclcgrnmK from western scnn-
tors and members Of Congress. He is
regarded as particularly well equipped
for the pofition ms commissioner. hay-
ins been connected with the public
land business since 1868. In this Pc
riod he has been county surveyor of
Santa Clara county. California: county
surveyor Of II Paso county. Colorado.
and city engineer OF Colorado Springs.
He surveyed the southern and west.
crn boundary OF Wyoming. was sur
ycyor general ol Wyoming for four
years and governor OF that state for
four years.
Prcsidcn, Rooscycit's New Years
reception was one Of the most brilliant
events in washin.ton's recent social
All callers were afforded III.
Of greeting the President
and MFN. Roosevelt and exchanging
with them the compliments of tho New
Year. No distinctions were made es-
ccpI such m were rendered necessary
In preservation Of order and the greet
Insa extended to aii-hish and low.
rich and poor-wrrc alike cordial and
sincere. Tho general public for III.
nrat time had an opportunity To sec tn.
widely h.raid-i improvements In the
White iiouRc-Impruscmr which.
when completed. will have cost about
ssoc.O In addition 10 desire per
sonHily To wish the President and Mrs,
Roosevelt happy ncw year. hundreds
were attracted by n wish TO src the
White House in lie ncw and handsome
Interior nnish and furnishing. Tho
White House ~as FIRST opened for n
Scw Years reception by President
John Adams and wife iCs years ago.
In an address TO the convention of
socialists In session at Washington.
Ellis II. Roberts. treasurer OF the Unit
.d States. said tho United States at
the beginning uf iscs had an accunu-
la,ion OF sold In Its vaults tho sisr of
which staggered the human mind to
rraiisr. He called the United States
la.l -
stock Of gold in the United States
shows for four years an annual aver
aEr gain of ti01.7sl.ess. In per capita
the stock of gold In this country IL
greater than anywhere else except in
France and south Africa. The treas
ury of the United States holds s.is. .opo.-
600. and has gained sii: 49,. .sss In fise
years. while all the Official banks of
Europe taken together In the same
period lost ss1.t5..ios. Upon such
treasures our currency rests solid and
impresnsblc. An attack on our re-
serves may be conceived. but II would
bc to bcsisE- Gibraltar with carbincs.
The inflow of gold has. since July I.
1897. added an average Of SIS. .sJs.sis
every year 10 our circulation
The Senate committee on military
auaiIs mas hcld w pending an inves-
tiEa,ion all of the army nominations
sent in before the recess below the
grade Of major. The members Of the
committee have received numerous
complaints abon, the method Of seiec-
tion of officers under the rcorsanisa-
tion Law. II is asserted that great in
justice has been done to officers who
have served quite a long time. Com
1iatnt has beru rnafa ttas th, ,,,o,,
were selected from those who formerly
served as volunteers TO fiii original
and that they became cap
tains as soon as they were appointed.
others appointed. Il is alleged. wait
cd from four to seven months before
of their commissions. which
date from the time the appointment
was made. their rank being determined
by the date of their commission. This
gives them many numbers above West
Point graduates and others appointed
from the volunteers. who entered the
service and did much hard work, while
the men who delayed acceptance were
enjoying themselves or attending to
business interests. Another alicya-
tion IL that a large number of men D
pointed under the reorganization w
became captains of aiGii-
lery and were placed in charge Of guns
and machinery of which they had no
To obviate this difficulty