The Grit-advocate., 1903-05-29
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE
4 Breezy Letter from our Special
Correspondent la Washington.

Qualification is expressed by some
!Of the leaders Of the senate now in
Washington at the reasonable attitude
taken by the advocates OF statehood
for the territories as expressed by del
egate Rodey OF New Mexico, who has
just arrived in Washington, and who
announces that all the territories
will be willing to accept what is known
as "the better thought bill'', which
was whipped into shape late last ses-
sion by Senators Spooner and Foraker
and which would have been enacted
had the last session been a few weeks
longer. This measure provided for
two states, one Oklahoma, with the
power conferred on the president to
eventually add thereto Indian Terri
tory, and one consisting Of New Mexi-
CO and Arizona with the provision
that when the dual state should have
attained. as shown by federal census,
population Of 700, 900 with 300, 200 in
that portion now constituting Ari-
zona, the residents of the latter might
make application for separate state
hood. Mr.. ROdey announces with a
great flourish of trumpets that the
friends OF statehood will BLOCKADE all
other legislation" until that measure
ia disposed Of, bnt as the enactment OF
the two state bill was fully determin ID
upon last February by the senate lead
ers the announcement appears some-
what superhuous.
Representative Brownlow, the lead
er OF Tennessee republicanism, came
to Washington this week and gave ut
terance to a peculiar prediction. He
said it would not surprise him if the
democrats should nominate Cleveland,
the republicans nominate Roosevelt,
the tinanciers support the former and
the Bryanites, the populistic wing Of
the democratic party, support Roose-
welt. Mr.. Brownlow suggests new
pOssib bility for the second place on the
republican ticket in the person OF Sen,
ator Scott of West Virginia. Senator
Tillman, who is in Washington, char
acterizes the proposed nomination of
Cleveland as an insult TO every demo.
crat who voted the regular ticket in
the last two campaigns.
Advices from Colombia continue To
bear out the statement that Colombia
is playing for more money from the
United States in consideration of her
ratification of the Panama canal treaty
That the price authorized by congress,
$40 100000, will be increased is en-
phatically denied by those in a posi-.
tion to know. That the Colombian
government will eventually realize this
fact, however. and will ratify the
treaty, either by congressional actor
or by presidential decree, the present
treaty is also asserted with equal con
tidence. The belief that the Panama
canal company is without funds and
that, ii the United States were tc
abandon the Panama route, the entire
property would revert to the Colon
bian government is also held to. be a
deterrent factor in the equation.
The state department has been ad
vised through Ambassador Mccormack
at St. Petersburg that the funds gen
erously subscribed for the relief Of the
prosecuted Jews at Kisheneff, Russia,
will mt he pracinualv receivad nv the
Russian government as Russia claims
that every necessary assistance is be-
ing afforded now by the government
itself. 1t appears that the massacre
which is believed to have resulted "a
tally to 100 persons was due to an er
ror, the murder Of a christian lad hav'
ing been enormously attributed to the
Hebrews. The governor OF Kisheneff
Lieutenant General Raaban, has been
dismissed by the Gar.