The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-03
RIVER AND HARBOR.
The Bill Passed by the Senate with
the Nicaragua Canal Item.
THE ADMINISTRATION ARRAICNED.
MIR. johnson, a Republican. Makes n scath-
ing Phuipplc White the Army b. IL
Being Considered-Ths Army
Reorganization BIII.

sion of nearly eight hours yesterday,
the senate passed the river and harbor
bill by the decisive vote of so to g.
The measure was under consideration
throughout the day and on several of
the committee amendments a deter
mined fight was made, but in every in
stance the opposition availed nothing
The sharpest contest arose over the
Nicaragua canal amendment. A point
of order was made against it that it
was general legislation, but the senate,
to which the vice president submitted
the point, overruled it. 1t was then
attacked as not being relevant to a
river and harbor measure, but this,
too, was overruled by the senate.
Senator Spooner offered an amend
ment to the Nicaragua canal amend
ment as follows:
That II the president shall be unable to Sc
cure from the governments OF Nicaragua and
Costa Rica such concessions 0s will enable the
United States to build and perpetually own and
control said canal the president Is authorized
to negotiate for II control OF, or a right to con-
struct maintain ana perpetually control some
other canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans. and the president is required to nCgo-
tiate for the abrogaton or modification Of any
shall in any wise interfere with the construc-
ton ownership ana perpetual control Of any
such canal.
Senator Frye, in charge of the bill
accepted the amendment and it was
agreed to.
During the general debate upon the
army appropriation bill in the house
Yesterday, Mr.. Johnson, republican,
of Indiana, who made several notable
speeches violently attacking the policy
of the administration during the con-
sideration of the army reorganization
bill n fortnight ago, returned to the
assault and delivered against the pres-
dent and some of his advisers the most
scathing philippe heard in the house
for months. lie snecred at the presi-
dent and the Influences which he
alleged controlled him, impugned his
motives questioned his sincerity and
likened him to Dickens most
contemplate character; charged his
secretary of war with incompetency,
and predicted that the president
would in the end be engulfed by
adverse public sentiment Although
his utterances were far more sensa.
tional than those in his former speech
and dazed some of his auditors by the
impetuosity with which they were de-
livered, the speech did not raise about
him the storm of his former speeches.
No general reply was made to his
speech yesterday. The army appro-
priation bill was lost sight of in the
general discussion of the policy of the
| government relative to the Philip
pines. The general debate upon the
bill closed yesterday and to-day the
bill will be taken up for amendment
under the fve-minute rule.
| Seventy-seven private bills were
passed at the night session.
ARMY REoRGANGzArGoN BILL.
! Washington, Feb % The senate
committee on military affairs reported
the compromise army reorganization
| bill just before adjournment of the
senate at $3.50 p. IN. The bill had been
framed at the war department by the
officials of that department and n
number of the senators and was under
consdera ton by the senate committee
and its subcommittee during the
greater part of the day. 1t provides
that there shall be 90, 600 enlisted men
and that the president may raise n
force of not more than 80, 900 volunteers.
Each regiment is to have a surgeon,
with the rank of major, two assistant
surgeons and three hospital stewards.
Such increase shall continue in service
only during the necessity therefor and
not later than 1901. 1t further pro.
vides that the president shall have
power to continue in service or to APP
point by and with TIE advice and con-
sent of the senate Srigadier generals
of volunteers, who, including the briga-
der generals of the regular army, shall
not exceed one for every 1900 enlisted
men actually in service, and major
generals of volunteers, who, including
the major generals of the regular
army, shall not exceed one for every
IL, 900 enlisted men. 1t also provides
that no general officers appointed un.
der the provisions % this section shall
be continued in service as such be.
yond July l, 1901.
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Over 900 students at Lawrence.
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