Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-02
GOSSIP OF
THE CAPITAL
What an Extra Session Means
to Washington.
CHEYENNE RESERVATION
Its Boundaries Are Established and
improvements Will be Made
--Other Notes.
CHEYENNE RESERVATION
Washington, D. c.,

Special Correspondence Inter Mountain.
The intense excitement in congressional
circles which has been evident for the
past week has somewhat subsidized and
both branches of congress have at last
settled down to work in earnest. AS will
be remembered, your correspondent has
repeatedly stated that in his opinion there
would not be an extra session of congress-,
the continued opposition to his views in
the metropolitan newspapers to the
contrary notwithstanding. 1t is an
assured fact now. There will not
be an extra session of congress
and from now until the 4th Of March ev-
cry measure will pass which is necessary
for the proper conduct of governmental
affairs until the next regular session,
which cOnvenes the first Monday in De-
cemher. The agreement as to q COM
promise on the army reorganization bill
was really reached Wednesday evening,
the 23rd. although minor details were fur
Their considered Thursday morning, after
which it was given out that a compromise
measure would be reported later on. SEN
ators HaWley, Warren and Carter, repuD-
licans, and Senators Cockrell, German
and Jones, democrats, were the members
who effected the agreement. The dis
placement of the army bill and the sub
stltution of the river and harbor appro-
priation bill. as regular order, without oh
~jectiOn, was conclusive evidence that a
satisfactory understanding had been
reached between the leaders of the two
parties in the senate. The programme
will therefore likely be a motion to re-
commit the Hull-Hawley bill, recently re-
ported, to the on military aft
fairs, and the subsequent reporting by
that committee of a measure in line with
the agreement which was reached as an
amendment to the house bill. After linz
tied debate it will be passed with slight
alterations, and a conference asked with
the house. 1t is possible that the house
of representatives might refuse to agree
to the senate substitute but hardly pro-
bable, as it is more than likely that, be-
fore attempting to secure some satisfac-
tory arrangement in the matter, some I'M
Outstanding must have been had with the
members Of the house committee on mill
tary affairs. The measure. which Will be
reported from the senate committee on
military affairs will be about as follows:
A regular army Of $4,000, the present
war footing.
a provisional army of So 900 for service
in the Philippines, Cuba, and Porto Rico,
the regiments to be of natives or Ameri-
cans, as the president may determine. In
the original Cockrell bill only natives
were to be employed.
An increase of the staff along the lines
of the Hull bill.
The appointment of two military cadets
at large from each state, with ten more to
be selected by the president, making leo
additional.
The law to be in force only until July
/, 1901. The republicans at first asked
that the date be fixed July 1, 1902.
There was also an endeavor on the part
of the republicans to secure a clause ap-
pointing four new brigadier generals in
the regular army, but the democrat IS
would not assent to this proposition. The
four officers who would have been Sc
lected for appointment are Gen. James
II. Wilson, and Gen. Leonard Wood, re-
publicans, and Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and
Gen. Joseph Wheeler, democrats.
Continuing on the subject of an extra
session. but leaving the political and
Legislative propositions connected there
with, there are few people who realize
how all important a special meeting of
congress is to the people of Washington
and the District of Columbia. Their de-
sires and hopes, which are always in
favor Of an extra session at anytime, and
the longer and more frequent the better,
of course are selfish, for, while the whole
country must stand the added expense,
the merchants and residents of Washing
ton absolutely reap the benefits gained by
the distribution of the immense amount
of money expended during the period
covered. 1t will be readily seen what a
blow to trade the long recess of congress
from March 4th until December 4th
means. AS a proof of this let us AXE
some figures. There are $50 members of
the house of representatives who receive
an annual salary, including mileage and
allowances. averaging about $500 per
year. Each member of the house is allow
ed a private secretary at a salary of
s., 200 per annum There are 80 senators
whose salary is the same as a member
of the house, and each Of whom Is allow