The Colorado statesman., 1905-01-28
AT WASHINGTON

The State Department is preparing
to administer the finances of Santo
Domingo and supervise the customs de-
partment. That quarrelsome and prod
igal republic will. for a time at least,
be chaperoned by Uncle Sam.
The House committee on election OF
President. Vice President and repre-
sentatives in Congress has favorably
reported the bill adding the secretary
of agriculture and the secretary OF
commerce and labor to the line of pres
idential succession.
Largely at the instigation of Dele
gate Rodey, an appropriations $4,000
will be made in the agricultural appro-
priation bill for conducting expert
ments in breeding Glands in Colorado
and New Mexico. Experiments con-
Quoted by private parties have, it is
said, proven highly successful.
Commissioner OF Indian Affairs
Leupp gave hearing to a delegation
of fifteen Pueblo Indians from New
Mexico who are in Washington to
urge congressional action exempting
the Pueblos from all taxation until
Congress hereafter shall provide other
wise. Superintendent Crandall of the
Pueblos accompanied the Indians.
Commissioner Leupp promised his as
sistance in urging legis lation by Con-
gress.
n. S. Walpole of Pueblo, Colorado,
after comforting with various officials
in Washington. has reached the con-
clusion that his appointment as post
master at Pueblo will be withheld from
him until he has had a hearing on
thirty-two indictments for completely
in election frauds. If he is acquitted
his commission will be delivered ts
him, and he will assume charge of the
office. For the time being Postmaster
Mitchell will continue to serve. Wal
pole insists that his indictment was
brought about for political effect and
that when given a hearing before a
court he will be able to establish his
innocence.
The Notifications appropriation bill
was passed after rejection of the
amendment striking out the provision
for insular fortitications. In the de.
bate on the measure Mr.. Teller said hd
had noticed in the morning papers that
we were about to take another island,
that we are guaranteeing the stabil
ity of the island of Santo Domingo"
He did not feel so much like complain.
session of the Philippines as he did
about the administration taking a new
burden. 'It is a great job" he added;
sit means an army in Santa Domingo
l deny" he continued, the authority
of the Executive Department to make
any agreement or contract to bind the
people of the United States in the way
indicated. 1t is an assumption of au
thority on the part of the executive.
| want some lawyer in this chamber ia
tell me where the President gets that
kind of authority"
At hearing before the committee
on ways and means, Secretary Palmer
of the American Sugar Beet Associa
tion opposed the pending bill reducing
the duty on sugar and tobacco from the
Philippine islands. Mr.. Palmer said
that just prior to the tariff agitation
regarding Cuban sugar in 1901, eighty.
six new sugar factories had been pro
jected in this country. Not one OF
these was built. Since that time Eu
rope had curtailed her sugar crop un
der the terms of the Bussels agree.
ment, and the price had gone up to
the point where American capital was
on the point of again enlarging the
sugar industry in this country Now,
to open the Philippine market in com,
petition with the American beet sugal
industry. would again discourage this
movement. In replying TO a question
by Mr.. Curtis, whose bill was under
consideration. Mr.. Palmer said that
the total sugar product of the Philip.
pines was 145,000 tons annually, and n
the United States took it all there
would still have to be imported 1,500,.
600 tons to supply the demand.
To Save Yosemite.