New-York tribune., 1890-06-01

r1surD-TuE MILLENNIUM ~ IT AP-
PEARS TO SENATOR BLME-JUDGE
uorK ACCOUNTS FOR THE OVER.
FLOW or THE MISSISSIPPI
wasbinrton NAV Sit Is astonishing to wha'
rrrments Temperance fanatics If such term carrying
Vim II = contradiction in itself b. permissible
rctincs stoon in order sustain their position TIC
other dav in the senate. the conference report o'
the Army Appropriation bill came up III the "rUh"'
coursc Of bu,inc,s That bill contains a. yoh III"
ror,cubcr a provision for the establishment VI
,Can,oors Tbcy are mes, rooms where soldier
can read MAY and otherwise amusc themselves Wh'h
NOT on duty. Indirectly they are blow al tle
,dr. ,orcs vhcr, under the present system soldiers
corcrcrato during leisure hours with little or no bchet
., themselves but with great profit To the po'hcl u
the trader The War Department cordially s"pporN
,ho MIA, ~ cantcens." believing II to be-and very
iustIv soa means for the improvement oi the mor''
and nbysical efficiency OF the Army Nhch the I'"'
considered the bill, provision was lh'''eu "'',"
nrohihitcd the sale of beer wine and liquors IN tl
= natoc,s This was done after a discussion in which
., customary arguments by Representatives who must
socpro a few Temperance votes were INDUCED IN III
duc coursc Of time the bill passed ID inc senate
and is now pending in conference. TIE c"n'rc'- OH
,hc part Of the senate reaching the "cah''c" P'''''
{, thc hill agreed t. amend IL 50 that the slI' "'
Eoucr in caIltDcU' ~lollN ~ r'N''i'" ~ '' NV
of ,hc state or Territory in which the post ana can
. r., located in other words II the post wa,
si,uote ted within the limits Of prohibition state then
no uouor, should be sold in the canccn": # II wa
,ot thcn IN, soldier, should be allowed to drunk thelF
beer in peace.
II wa, this agreement the part Of the conirrrrN
which Mr.. Inga, was discussing the other Day NN'
he: a.,
Mfr President the more this matter Is studied the
a. Either the confirm
- ,b Army 80 flr a. the sale of intoxicating lgu"'
* concerned. ought "a Boz in the United states OF '
ourht not to be. and some soldiers Ought not - "'
allowed 70 have access 70 the flowing bowl ana '''
festive cantccn and other, denied that PrNlH-c'
e., inst a. wrong morally for the Government oi the
United state, 10 allow soldiers t. get drunk ID WIZ"
in,,on a, II , in Kausa. and to say that the control
~ tho ARMY 80 far a. it- morality. 80 far as H.
relation - INF, great subject j, concerned. shall b'
reinoui,hcd To- the Sta'o- whore they happen 70 ho
located E, 70 my mind Illogical and nntonahlc
The Army Of the United states ought 10 Do" subject
10 one system of control We either ""Sh' - ~N "''
all o, them shall have the opportunity Of getting d"N
or that none of them shall have the opportunity ~
getting drunk I.ut 10 say that som" may e't drunk
and other, not n, they happen e. ho located t.n.
ror,rilv I'm state where prohibition prevails or hi-h
license prevails
This great subject" then. the question ~ whether
a soldier is 10 be- permitted 10 drink h' glass "l "'F
or not {, what trouhlc the soul Of the ha-'' >''r
And D. satisfy what hy another senator "t' i'' VT
iu,tlU called local. temporary. Transient it''h
cl.n- iu hi, state the asutc senator. who ordinarily
n So logical and frequently also trc, o. b' H-t. t'lr-
II for r-suted that because man gurHcA", h.- hhr-.
with a glas. Of beer De therefore longs Tor al cop
poitlirlty b. get drunk such arguments Az "N
worthy II Mr. ingalls,. and unworthy "i ihe ~''A"
Int they ar, A. ntcmperat" q, many " Temperance
or,rrcnt. often arr. Ana what is ulprr. tio' post
.r.frt Ar f.N
well nigh uue,tory all honest efforts &" repro drnA
c,css and crime which follows in 1t, wake
Z, the cour.c Of the discussion %, the "orrinol
pac,ec~ bin senator Pierce told Of hearing General
cns,, ~ ,bl, say that once upon a retreat when
nj. brigade Was pursued by an overwhelming ''n
foAeratc force and wns in danger Of capture h'
.io,ed s.,lcr', wagon loaded with beer to hc driven
ipto an opcn field and abandoned and then Dee 'nl
~ q German regiment: " You stay in TIE ncehu"f.
hood Of that wagon long - possible ana cover ""
rctr,atr lie went with th" rc,t oi the command
iolncd the main army in -a'cty' ana sent bi '''
force TO rescue the German rcgm'nt iic found tu'n
cornpcd In the same neld ara the Confederate army
browlng up lrea-twori, protect i'-en arhn,t this
dcsrr,te regiment Of Germans. who had rop"l-"i i'"
,crara charge of the Couidcriic' ana were strongly
inclined 10 begin Oh the offensive
The story is a pretty good a. fer as - rr-.
II. application by senator Pierce, however, i' ."n'
what INSULTING. Ilc tpd 10. believe. d" lI.u tr'i
the .klc,s zeal Of senator Eu-u- Boo behalf 90 iir
doctrine Of state right, and that nectar oi the -"d'
l.niliarly known sour NASH In h' opinion u'
Louisiana. senator and that little German band were
engaged in AN equally desperate undertaking. That
NAV well be. but BIAS senator Pierce himself never
bravcd the danger Of "sour mash Let him not
hide hi, own light under bushcl and tell TIE country
frankly how brave hc is.
one important point 1t least settled by the