Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-02-24
NEW ARTILLERYMEN
A Bill Passed by the Senate for TWO
Additional Regiments.

A Bill Passed by the Senate for Two
Additional Regiments.
FOR An UNEQUALED -BA71LESAlP.
A Resolutlon Adoptsd a to building vss-
eel to he Named After George
Washington Sundry
Civil BILL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-As soon as
the reading Of the historic farewell
address Of Washington was concluded
BY Senator Lodge, Of Massachusetts,,
in the senate yesterday, Senator Hsw-
lev, Of Connecticut, chairman Of the
military affairs committee, called up
the bill providing for the enlistment
of two additional regiments OF artil-
lery for service in manning the heavy
coast defense batteries which congress
has provided during the past two
years. He pointed out that the
strength Of the army was really de-
creasing 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 1000 men which this bill calls
for will be necessary to properly man
these guns.
Senator Cockrell, 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 serious condition. He
regarded it as necessary that the guns
provided by the government should be
properly cared for and manned For
that reason, he had consented, as q
member Of the committee, to have the
bill favorably reported. The bill was
then passed, SO to 4. The negative
votes were cast by Senators 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
s.ructed to inquire and report whether q man
of-war equal, at least to any warshlp IN the
world. to BIO named the George washington
can be built, armed and commissioned withlna
period OF II months by the use OF the facllltles
of the ship yards, machine shops, mines and
I! forests of the United States wherever the same
are found and that the committee have leave
to report at 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-
I ceedings was based upon 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 a 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 sale
that he had been in Is provinces and
had spent more or less time in each O.
them in the prosecution OF his in
quiries. In no place outside OF Ha
vana, he said, was any effort made tt
take care Of the concentrates, and HI
declared that the people were dyini
in great numbers in all places in which
they had been collected together b,
the Spanish authorities, both as q re
suit Of the cruelty Of the Spanisl
troops and for the lack Of food. II
| declared that there was no evidence IL
the provinces of a more liberal treat
ment Of these unfortunate people un
der the administration of Gen. Blanc
/ than there had been under the Wey
! Ter regime, and said that the people i
, general were in just as deplorable
/. condition as they had been before tn
1 change. There was some common
t upon the document by Senators MOI
, gan, Gallinger and Mason, but no oft
/ cial action was taken.
: THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 93.-Washington'
birthday was celebrated in the house
after motion Of Mr. Bailey to adjour
had been voted down, with a vast dea
g of political speech-making, and it wa
d also signalized by the firing of the frs
), gun in opposition to Hawaiian annex
!. alton. Mr.. johnson, an Indiana n
a publican. delivered a sneech that ele,
4 trified the house and the galleries
a denunciation Of what he termed an a
, tempt to cut loose from the tradition'
a policy Of the United States and emit
"a upon scheme of colonizatio
n that had proved the ruin of Ell
II pires and of nations. He declare
- that, while he had denounced at Il
g time the statement that the Hawaii'
monarchy had been overthrown vii
the aid of American citizens, he no
firmly believed 1t was true. The speec
III cominu entirelv unheralded. prOduc,