The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-04-14

~ 'houHaIius who had oor,' et
hear the presidents Cuban m Tome 70
turned away weary and disamsS
the delay. Never was there e s,,Ns at
appointment at the capitol T Sucl dis
bers felt 1t more keenly than ,h men,
tators, and for two hours as,e spec
they stood about the Hobbies diserwad
this latest phase of tho o,,ans
The news OF the proposed sa, rruitl
which came on the heels 90 - Suce
nouncement that Gen. Lee baa Tue an
for delay received quite as n vaDled
tention as the request of Lea "a al
debate in progress in the $50 o ile
the army reorganization bill, at,,.
little or no attention. 1t was "oe
pletely overshadOwed by the NOR eO ~
sorbing question. Considerable or az
sltion to the bill dey .oped ON op ~
ground that it's provision for an er, we
sion OF the regular army in tima :.
war to 104. 900 men would no inin MIN VI
to the national guard and the voIna
teer forces upon which the conrt..
had heretofore relied in time Of stroa'
There will be strong effort 10 y
commit the bill.
=. In the Senate.
When the senate convened int.
expectancy. amounting to excitemar,
prevailed both on the floor and IN t6o
galleries. The presidents mess.,a
had been positively promised and i.
coming was awaited with gennins
anxiety. Ten minutes after the SON
ate convened consideration Of ,bs
sundry. civil bill was resumed ana
with the exception of eight miputa,
consumed by executive session /,
which Senator Davis announced ths
no message would be sent in, almOs
the entire session was consumed NV
the appropriation bill. 1t was nracti.
cally completed when laid for the day
Washington, April S.-There was
scene of great excitement in the housA
during the consideration Of the bill ia,
the reorganization of the army Il
was caused by Mr.. LCntZ, an OhN
Democrat. who made a vicious as
sault on the administration, charging
that the policy Of delay was in the
interest of stock jobbers in Wall street
He alleged that Wall street was IN |
possession Of information that The
message would not go in long before
ii was made known at the capitol
and profited heavily by the advance in |
the price of stocks which resulted He
even charged that there was no war
rant for the alarming statements
about the situation in Havana which
were reported as justifying the delay
of the message. Mr.. LCntZ'S speech
created a profound sensation and was
met with
An Emphatic Reply
from Gen. Grosvenor, now regarded
generally as the administration spokes.
man on the floor Mr. GrosvenOr not !
only Indignantly denied that there was
justification for the reports. but held
Mr.. LentZ up to scorn for alleging cor
rupt motives against the president |
Mr. LentZ disclaimed this, but The |
irate friend of the president gave bin |
no mercy. He was Thoroughly
aroused and laid about him with
veritable bludgeon, charging that tie
Democrats were seeking political a.
vantage, and paying his respecs to |
John j. McCook and others. Before
ne concluded he expressed the Opn'
ion that war was as certain as tlal
war was as certain as that he would
live until next week, unless II WssI
averted by Spain. The debate on tls
army bill developed more and more
opposition. Mr.. Hull tried 10 save tAe
bill by agreeing 10 strike out oil isl
provisions, even the three battalloH
formation features. but it was IN lhe|
end recommitted-150 10 81. The hou$
adjourned until Monday.
Some sharp war talk was indulsel
In by the senate. When considerauVa
of the sundry civil appropriation pA
was resumed, the question pehdin.
was the amendment of MIR. Pettus
Alabama providing for such improve
ment of the harbor at Mobile as Wours
enable war vessels to obtain coal au.
other supplies there. Mr.. Allison
Iowa, i'm charge Of the bill. maze
point of order against the amehuhlsI'
This called out n bitter speech Dy ~
Morgan of Alabama, who charger -, w
appropriations committee win w
eliminating against proper measuls,
and threatened to assist in dlssoi'ns
the committee. He followed WIN s =.
argument showing the necessity ~.
the Improvement proposed, holulu.
that it would open to the goyerhiiit.SSs,
in time Of war the coal fields OF ~,
South and enable it successtuh! NJ
fight the reasonable monopoi! 'D
had been formed to control tne w."
supply Of the country in the EVEN A.,
war. The amendment was lost
o'clock the bill had not been ev%
pleted and was laid aside, the se ma,
devoting the remainder of the ai H.,
noon to eulogies of the late sena''
IamaS " Eonrno nf MiSSiSSlnDl.