The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12


of fifty-five acres for cemetery purposes
at s1.25 an acre.
The Grant memorial commission. ap-
pointed under the act of Congress of
1901 to select plans for 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 a 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 consideration should
not, he contended, stand in the way
of promise made in the treaty of
iGuadaloupe, Hidalgo, to admit as
states the territory acquired from Mex
leo. Mr.. Spooner 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
DR.. w. d. Crum, 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
delegate TO the Minneapolis Repub
lican convention. and in support of this
charge read an affidavit in which 1t
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 filed
by negroes. And" he said " so long
as they are so filled there will be trou-
BILE; oil and water will not unite" Ex-
Gov. p. B. S. Pinchback of Louisiana
and Whitfield McKinlay. formerly of
South Carolina, both colored. appeared
for DR.. Crum They declared that the
charge of selling out at Minneapolis
was unfounded and eulogized DIR.
Crum as a man of education and char
acter.
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-
ton of public and private lands within
the limits of railroad land grants in
the arid region. Mr.. Bates explained
that the bill was recommended by the
Interior Department. 1t permitted the
secretary of the interior. he said. to
exchange arid and semi-arid lands
within the limits of railroad and wagon
grants for public lands of equal value
in order to assemble public and private
lands in more compact bodies so as to
permit them to be advantageously used.
Mr. Jones of Washington protested
vigorously against the consideration of
such an important measure under sus-
pension of the rules. He declared that
the amount of land involved was from
50000,000 to 70,000.000 acres. No man
could tell exactly how much land was
involved. This was a proposition. he
said to pass within twenty debates on
a side, a bill affecting one-fifth of the
public domain of the United States
People who had purchased lands from
the railroads now desired the govern
ment. at its expense, to segregate them
from the railroad lands in order that
they could be used to advantage If
they received the privilege of exchange
they would select the best land avail
able. Messrs. Kleborg OF Texas and
Shafroth of Colorado also opposed the
measure. The bill was defeated by
viva voce vote.
Article 1 of the new treaty with
Great Britain providing for tribunal
to settle the Alaska boundary line dis
pute stipuates that the boundary line
tribunal shall be Immediately appoint
ed and shall consist of six impartial
jurlsts. three to be named by the Pres
ident of the United States and three by
his Britannia majesty All questions
must receive a majority vote of the
tribunal. Provision is made for the ap-
pointment of other jurists to fill vacan-
cies and for officers of the tribunal, in
cluding scientific experts and agents.
Article 3 provides that the tribunal
shall consider in the settlement of the
questions submitted to its decision the
treaty between Great Britain and Rus
isia of 1925, and the treaty between the
United States and Russia of March 80.
1867. and particularly articles 3. and
Is of the first mentioned treaty" II is
- provided that the first meeting of the
lhoundary tribunal shall he in Iondon