The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-28
BIG APPROPRIATION BILLS.
Army Bill Amounts to $S9,O0O,OOO and
the Qualifications Bill 81. 5000

Washington, Feb. 27.-The house was
in session seven hours to-day and sent
to the senate two more appropriate
bills, the army, which has been under
consideration for several days, and the
fortifications. The former carried
about $79,O00,000 and the latter approx
mately $4,700000 The final conference
report upon the Indian appropriation
bill was also adopted. The only amend
ment of Importance attached to the
army bill was one giving two months
extra pay to enlisted men in the regular
army who served beyond the limits of
the United States in the war with
Spain and a months extra pay to those
who served in the United States. The
discussion of the administration policy
relative to the Philippines which had
occupied the attention of the members
to the exclusion of almost everything
during the discussion of the appropria-
ton bills was continued to-day, several
speeches being made on the subject
Mr.. Dockery. DEM, Mo-, the leading
democrat of the appropriations commit
tee, asserted that the appropriations
for this congress would reach $780,
100000.
bill was passed temporarily sus-
pending the restrictions on the war de-
partment as to the purchase of certain
materials.
tion was then resumed. Mr.. Cox, DEM,
Tenn, made short, sharp general
speech, saying: Il will never vote q
cent to put bullet into gun to shoot
down those people over there (the Fill
pinos) who are trying to establish their
home government"
He could not understand, he said,
why we had started out to free the Gu
bans and should end by shooting the
Filipinos. What remarkable notifica-
ton, he declared. was that of General
Otis that we had killed and wounded
1000 of those people, part of them
naked natives, armed with bows and
arrows. AS an American, he asked
where was the glory of this achieve
ment? Who had declared war on these
people who had done no harm?
Mr.. Sulzer. DEM, N. Y, offered an
amendment to increase the number of
major generals to four and to provide
for filling the vacancy by the appoint
ment of General Wheeler.
Mr. Hull raised a point of order
against the amendment and the point
was sustained by the chair.
Mr. Fitzgerald, dem., Mass, offered
an amendment to pay all soldiers in the
regular army who served during the
war beyond the limits of the United
States two months extra pay upon
their muster out and to those who
served within the limits of the United
States one months extra pay. A SINH
lar provision, he said, applied to volun-
teer troops, and he saw no reason why
a distinction should be made The
amendment was adopted This was the
last amendment. The committee rose
and the bill as amended, was passed.
Mr., Hager, rep, Iowa, asked unani-
nous consent for the consideration OF
the senate joint resolution authorizing
the president to appoint Osman Deig-
nan, one of the heroes of the Merrimac,
a naval cadet at Annapolis.
Mr.. Underwood, dem, Ala, said he
had no desire 10 object, but he desired
to call attention to the fact that each
hero of the Merrimac had received his
reward for the daring displayed in the
heroic exploit az Santiago harbor, save
the man who took the ship in. Lieuten
ant Hobs n A bill was now sleeping
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