The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-02-25
no SWELL THE ARMY.
Senats Promptly Passes a Bill for Two
Additional Regiments
Unequalsd Batusship Nay Be BuHt 60 Re
Named for George 7ashington-Joha-
so1 Elsctriaes the House In = Speech
Against Hawaiian Aunszation-


WAsHKeroE, Feb. aa-As soon as
the reading Of the historic farewell
address Of Washington was concluded
by Senator Lodge, Of Massachusetts,,
in the senate yesterday, Senator Haw-
ley, OF Connecticut chairman Of the
military affairs committee, called MP
the bill providing for the enlistment
Of two additional regiments Of artil-
leTy for service in manning the heavy
coast defense batteries which congress
has provided during the past two
years He pointed out that the
strengthen the army was really de-
ereasinR IN proportion to the inhabit-
ants Of the country. In addition, he
said, congress had made large apprO-
priatiOns in recent years for great
guns for forts and coast defense sta
tons The war department. estimates
that the LOCO men which this bill calls
for viii be necessary to properly man
these guns
Senator COckreIl, Of Missouri, said
he was opposed to any increase in the
infantry or cavalry arms Of the serv-
ice, but In this case the country was
confronted by a serious condition He
regarded II as necessary that the guns
provided by the government should be
properly cared for and manned For
that reason, he had consented, as a
member Of the committee, to have the
bill favorably reported The bill was
then passed, 50 to T. The negative
votes were cast by Senator'S Bate, Of
Tennessee Clay, Of Georgia; Chiffon,
Of Texas, and Vest, Of Missouri. Sen
ator Morgan, Of Alabama, secured the
adoption Of the following resolution:
That the committee on naval affairs is in
structed TO inquire and report whether nan
of-WaF. equal. 1t least. 20 any Earship in the
World- TO be named the George Washington,
can be built, armed and commissioned within
period Of y months By the use OF the facilities
OF the ship yards. machine shops. mines and
forests OF the United States wherever the same
are found and that the committee have leave
TO report a. any time BY bill or otherwise
The resolution was adopted without
debate.
Cuba usurped the place Of Hawaii in
the executive proceedings Of the senate
yesterday, and was under considera-
ton for an hour or more. The pro-
ceedings was based upon a document,
presented by Senator Morgan, Of Ala
bama as the result Of an interview be-
tween himself and Mr.. KoOp, of Bos-
ton In presenting the document,
Senator Morgan said that Mr.. KOop
was capitalist who had but recently
returned from Cuba after a most ex-
haustive exploration of the island.
Senator Morgan laid considerable
stress upon the Importance Of the
document, which resulted from a
stenOgraphic report Of the inter
view between Senator Morgan and
Mr.. KOOp. The document consisted of
questions by Senator Morgan and re-
plies by Mr.. KOOp. The latter said
that he had been in 13 provinces and
had spent more or less time in each of
them in the prosecution Of his in
quiries- IN no place outside Of Ha-
vana, he said, was any effort made to
take care Of the concentrates, and he
declared that the people were dying
in great numbers in all places in which
they had been collected together by
the Spanish authorities, both as a re-
suit of the cruelty of the Spanish
troops and for the lack of food He
declared that there was no evidence in
the provinces Of a more liberal treat
ment Of these unfortunate people IN
der the administration Of Gen. Blanco
than there had been under the Wey-
Ter regime, and said that the people in
general were IN just as deplorable a
condition as they had been before the
change There was some comment
upon the document by Senators Nor
gan, Gallinger and Mason, but no Off
cial action was taken
THE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23--WashfnRton's
birthday was celebrated in the house,
after a motion Of Mr.. Bailey to adjourn
had been voted down, with a vast deal
Of political speech-making and it was
also signalized by the firing OF the first
gun in opposition to Hawaiian annex
alton. Mr. Johnson, an Indiana re-
publican, delivered a speech that cleo
triied the house and the galleries in
denunciatiOn of what he termed an at
tempt to cut loose from the traditional
policy Of the United States and enter
upon a scheme of colonization
that had proved the ruin Of en-
pires and Of nations He declared
that, while he had denounced at the
time the statement that the Hawaiian
monarchy had been OverthrOwn with
the aid Of American citizens, he now
firmly believed It was true The speech,
coming entirely unheralded, produced
a deep impression
The general debate on the sundry