Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-11
A Dull Day IN CONGRESS
Continued from First Page.)
THE LoWER HOUSE

Washington. Feb. 1O.-General debate
on the sundry civil appropriation bill
was concluded to-day. The speakers
during the day touched d variety of
topics, but as u rule the debate lacked
| spirit and interest.
Mr.. Dockery (Dem.. of MissourD CON
| graduated the country upon the state
ment made by Mr. Cannon yesterday.
HAD 1T been made earlier, he said. the
country might have been saved many
millions OF dollars. Mr.. Dockery pro-
duced figures to show that there wa,
already in sight deficiency of SCI ,OOu,-
| ooO Tor the next fiscal year But This
was exclusive of the additional expen-
diture of S2,500,000 involved in the ma
val personnel bill, the new ships to be
n ,, IN the naval appropriation
| Dill, the cuban claims, the S1l 900 600
| Tor pubic buildings and the enormous
| expenditures involved in the Hanna
Payne subsidy bill and the bill for tho
construction of the Nicaragua canal.
should either of these latter bills be
| passed.
Mr. Dockery was not sure but what
expenditures would have to be cut
| down at home i'm order that we NAV no
aDie TO support Il great army and navy
| abroad.
MIR. deArmond CDem., of MissourD
argued that if the people were to be
| made to bear additional tax burdens an
| H..
time had come. he declared, when the
policy of the Government must be de-
| termined.
ADMINISTRATION CRITICISED.
MT. deArmond. Mr.. Gillett, of Mas
| sachusetts, and others, discussed the
| poicy OF expansion, and Mr. Lentz. of
| ONO, severely criticised the Admins
tration for exercising clemency in the
case of General Eagan The latter
|
position to reward those who attacked
General Miles because the latter had
! hau tne MANHOOD to tell the truth about
the alleged rotten food fed to our
| troops in Cuba and Porto Rico
lie declared that General Eagan's at
tack upon General Miles, had no paral-
lei in military history. He had called
! ''cneral Miles liar for simply telling
| the truth, to which so 600 private SOL
| dlers could testify. The troops had
been fed on rotten beef, said Mr..
| Leniz' and yet General Eagan was to
he suspended with pay for six years,
| ana then retired upon three fourths
| ff-3+A!--hecause he had denounced the
truth as lie. He was to be rewarded
| Tor attacking General Miles, With his
pay during the suspension and calcu-
iatinS the length of his life according
10 recognized mortality tables. General
EaSan would draw $4,000 from the
Treasury after he had been convicted
py courtmartial of n most heinous Of
tense against military discipline.
MT. Adamson CDem., of Georgia). in
a brief speech. announced his opposi-
ton to the Nicaragua canal and the
annexation of the Philippines
PLEDGES BETRAYED.
Mr.. Underwood Dem, of Alabama)
| reviewed the record of the present Con-
Sress to show that it had BETRAYED lis
pledges to the people.
Durlng the course of the debate AR
Hepburn. chairman of the Inter-State
and Foreign Commerce Committees
gave notice that he would offer tho
Nicaragua canal bill as an amendment
to the sundry civil bill.
At b o'clock the House took n recess
until p. M. the evening session be,
ing devoted to pension legislation.
NAVAL APPROPRIATION RIrI.
Washington, Feb. 1O.-The Hons.
Naval Committee has struck a total on
the naval appropriation bill about RI
be reported. showing that it will carry
something over $40 200. 900, of which
about Sll,o0o,O00 will be for the FIRST
years appropriation on three new hate
tieships, three armored cruisers ana
six small cruisers.