The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-05-13
WAR BILLS PASSED.
The Senate Agrees to -Four Measures
Called for by the Conflict.
me Beginning Of the Presidents Term
Changed-Revision OF the Patent Laws
Army Appointments Diseased
Declines = Major GenerslshIP-

WASHINGTON. Nay Flour war .
measures were passed by the senate .
YESTERDAY. One of them provided for 4
carving on the additional work IN the I
adiutant generals Office, the second /
authorized the enlistment of a vOlun- /
ter signal corps, tyvO-thirds OF the
members Of which must be expert cleo .
tricians or telegraphers; the third was
the so-calIed immune Dill" passed BY
the house, and the fourth was meas
ure suspending the existing law so
that additional hospital stewards can
be appointed The post Office apPrO-
priation bill, carrying appropriations
which aggregate more than S99,-
OOO, 600, was passed after a debate
which has lasted for several days A
determined effort was made by Senator
Butler. Of North Carolina, to cut on
the sum appropriated for the fast mail
service between New York and Wash
ington to Atlanta and New Orleans
and to provide for two committees to
investigate postal affairs, but 1t was
unsuccessful, all amendments, except
those offered by the committee on aP-
propriatiOns, being voted down
After an extended and interesting
debate the resolution submitting 70
! the legislatures Of the various states
\ an amendment to the constitution OF
! the United States changing the date
/ of the beginning Of the terms OF the
president, vice president and members
of CONGRESS from the zth Of March to
the 4th of May was adopted Follow
ing is the text of the proposed amend
ment:
] The term OF once OF the president and vice
president OF the Fifty-sixth congress shall con
tfnue until the 4th day Of May in the year 1911
At noon. and the 4th day Of May ~ noon snall
1 thereafter be substituted for the 4th DAY OF
March as the commencement and termination
7 OF the term OF the president vice president
senators and representatives in congress
Yesterdays session Of the house be
eran with the consideration Of the leg
isIation affecting the District of Co
lumbia- Mr.. Hicks, chairman Of the
committee on patents, called up a bill
Amounting three commissioners to pro
pose necessary revision Of the statutes
relating to patents, trade and Other
marks aud trade and commercial
names The commissioners are to OC
named by the president and are to re
port to congress such proposed revl
. sions as may be necessary to make
the laws conform to recent interna
tionai agreements The bill wa.
passed without debate. The house
adjourned at 1850 o'clock
ARMY APPOINTMENTS DIsCU ssED-
WASHINGTON, May 1L-There wa
some discussion by the senate in exec
utive session yesterday because nom
of the nominations for staff officers II
the army sent in by the president werD
from the south. Senator Money raises
; / the question when the reference Of tn
; nominations was made and he and Sen
: ators Bate, Bacon and Lindsay all CON
! mented upon the fact Their speeche
: were not in the nature Of fault-hnC
inc, but the omission, they said, wa
patent 70 all. They also called after
5 ton TO the fact that the south Ia
3 comparatively few officers in the regl
lar army and none Of high rank OWN
to the effect in this respect Of the civ
war and said that while the sOuther
states would be just as loyal in Ii
3 present war, whether they receive
: anv Of the presidents favOrs, the
Z would prefer to be treated in this ma
ter as were other sections OF Il
9 country. Replies were made
Senators HOar, Carter and WilsO
The last two stated that q
far western section Of the cOuntl
also had failed to receive any recOgI
ton at the hands Of the president
the matter Of staff appointment
D.. Senator Hoar said there were st
70 MANY other nominations to be mad
n and while he made no claim 70 be
Of the least the presidents mOuthpieC
he believed he would make an equii
bic geographical distribution OF t
Offices. AL the nominations OF ST
officers were referred 10 the militia
committee
n DECLINES A MAJOR GESERALsHIP.
WASHINGTON, May 1L-Gen- WO'
ford has emphatically declined
major generaIship offered him
President Mckinley, giving as his II
son that younger and better milital
55Sso trained men were entitled to chan
as he had done his best during
SIS civil war