El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-31
CEN. MILLS WINS
GREAT VICTORY.
"Grand Old Man Of Ell
Paso" Forces Colorado
Senator to Apologize.

Gen. Arson Mills, the grand old
man of Ell Paso," has won another VIC
| tory in Washington by forcing United
! States senator c. S. Thomas, of Colo
RADIO. to reconsider his remarks in the
i senate last March regarding the con-
J duct of the international boundary
commission during the time that Cen
1 Mills was commissioner, and by forcing
the Colorado senator to publish a re-
traction in the Congressional Record.
Senator Thomas made a bitter attack
upon the whole course of the United
States, especially the department of
state, during the past rs years, re-
garding the equitable distribution of
the waters of the Rio Grande. He was
particularly severe in dealing with
what he claimed to be Gen. Millss
conduct during the time he was boun-
dairy commissioner and held other Of
fices under the direction of the state
department These charges were so
strong as to be characterized by the
Army and Navy Journal as a re
markable reflection upon the known
integrity of Gen. Mills
Old Boyd Charges Made.
The charges made by the senator
from Colorado included the old dis
pute between DR.. Nathan Boyd and
the government regarding the site Of
the Elephant Butte dam. Senator
Thomas included the charges made by
DR. Boyd against the government and
.
attack He also attacked the commits
siOner because Of the methods which
were used in expenditure of the $780,
900 appropriated for the Chamizal
hearing of 1911
Gen Mills denied that he had any
thing to do with the framing of the
treaty Of 1906 regarding the construc-
ton of the Engle dam and that he
aver approved the construction of this
dam With regard to what senator
|hnrn- =
dgality" in the expenditure of the
Chamizal appropriation, Gen. Mills
promptly denied that he had anything
"a do with these expenditures and only
sat as one of the three commissioners
in the Chamizal hearing. He CONTRA
diets the authority of the Colorado |
senator and denied that his source of |
information was the state department !
Which had been claimed by senator /
IhOmas in his rejoinder to Gen. Mills. |
Correspondence with the state depart |
meat was shown by Gen. Mills to prove
that the Colorado senator was entire |
" mistaken.
Asks for Court of Inquiry.
senator Thomas in his rejOinder to |
Gen Mills, offered to waive his con-
take the responsibility of his acts /
Gen. Mills denied that this was pos
slble and made a counter proposition |
that the senator read the additional |
correspondence in the case and, if he /
could cOnscientiOusly do so, that he |
make honorable amends for what he !
mad said in the senate. If this was |
not possible. Gen Mills added, he |
asked that the charges made against |
him be filed with the adjutant general |
o. the army in order that he might |
demand a court of inquiry under ar
ticlc lis of the articles of war.
The result Of the extended CORE |
spondence was statement from sena- |
tor Thomas, addressed to Gen. Mills, !
Ia which he admitted that he was en- /
tirely mistaken in his charges against |
Gen. Mills, Referring to the treaty (
OF 1906, senator Thomas said: Your |
statement that you had nothing to do |
with it is surprising in view of your /
negotiations and labors cojointly with /
senior OsOrno under the concurrent res
Olution of 1890, leading up to the |
framing Of the proposed treaty for the |
construction of an international dam 1
at Ell PasO shortly previous to the (
ratification Of the treaty of 1906 hav- |
ing reference to the same general sub
ject matter.
'The terms Of the treaty Of 1906 |
are, Of course, different, although quite |
as obnoxious to the interests of my /
state as that which you probably as /
sisted in formulating; but If you did 1
not negotiate nor approve of it, you /
are to he acquitted of responsibility |
for the same.
Did IN Injustice.
with regard to the disbursement and |
control of the Chamizal appropriation |
OF 1911, I did you an injustice and ]
take pleasure in retracting the state !
ments I made in that connection con- |
corning you. 1 should not have charged |
you with any responsibility for the |
disbursements of the ChamiZal apprO- {
priation OF 1911 and will read this let |
ter into the Congressional Record in |
correction thereof"
The Congressional Record of Decem- |
Der 16 contained the correspondence in |
the controversy and included the |
sources of information which COM |
pletely acquitted Gen. Mills of any re- |
sp0nsiblity in the matter.
Mr.. BRYARS FRIEND HAS |