Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-27

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In the Senate on Friday Mr.. McLaurin
tDem.) of South CAROLINA made a strong
appeal in n carefully prepared speech
against a policy Of expansion by this ma
tion. Mr.. Sullivan Dem.) of Mississippi
and Mr.. Pasco (Dem.J of Florida dis
cussed the pending Nicaragua canal bill,
the former supporting it and the latter op-
posing 1t. The Indian appropriation bill
was taken Up, but its consideration was
not concluded before the hour of adjourn.
ment. The House entered upon the con-
slderation Of the naval personnel bill. The
speeches on the bill were filled with glow
ing illusions to the glories Of naval vic.
tories in the late war. The bill was sup
ported by Mcssrs. Foss (Rep.) Of Illinois,
Dayton Nep.J OF West Virginia, Berry
lDem.y Of Kentucky, briggs (Dem.) Of
New York and Dinsmore (Dem.) of Ar
kansas, and was opposed by Mcssrs.
Lowe (RepJ Of New York and Simpson
tPop.) of Kansas.
A state funeral almost majestic in its
jmpressivcncss was given the late Repre-
tentative Nelson Dingley Mt noon Mon
day in the House Of Representatives.
Speaker Reed called the House to order
and Immediately thereafter the Vice-Pres-
:dent and the Senate entered the cham
Der in n body and were followed by the
diplomatic corps, with whom came the
members of the Anglo-American commits
sion. of which Mr.. Dinglcy had been a
member. Then followed the chief justice
and associate justices of the Supreme
Court i'll their somber robes, and they in
turn were followed by the President with
his cabinet. The services were conducted
by the Rev. S. NJ. Newman of the First
Congregational Church Of Washington,
assisted by the Rev. DIR. Couden, chaplain
of the House. AS soon as the services
we're over the House adjourned. The Sen.
ate held no session for the transaction Of
business on Monday.
The House on Tuesday passed the naval
personnel bill without division on the final
passage, thus accomplishing what the off.
GERS of the navy have striven for during
more than a decade. BY it's provisions
the line and the engineer corps are welded
into an a%malgamatcd line, staff officers are
given positive rank, but their command is
limited to their own corps, and n system
of voluntary and compulsory retirement
on thrcc-quarters pay, as of the next
higher rank of forty officers a year, is cs.
:ablished, which is designed TO remove the
congestion in the lower rank ut forty-fye.
The bill also practically ~equalizes their
pay with that of army officers. The most
important change in the bill as reported
was the adoption, after a hard fight, of q
substitute for the organization of the ma-
fine corps. by which b corps is to consist
of 1910 enlisted men n petty officers,
with general officers md staff. This will
increase the marine corps by 1900 men
and increase the cost of it's maintenance
"~l,5OO,OOO. Several unimportant bills
were passed by unanimous consent before
the personnel bill was taken up. Almost
the entire session Of the Senate was dc
.otcd to consideration Of the pend
Nicaragua canal bill. Speeches
made in support OF the measure b
Chiffon (Tex.) and Mr.. Turner
and i'll opposition to it by Nc
fWis). AT 3 o'clock consideraA
bill under h fifteen-minute ruleN
gun and was continued to the closA
session. :
The Committee on Interstate and For:
eign Commerce had the right of way in
the House on Wednesday and succeeded
in passing quite n number of bills of minor
Importance. most of which authorized the
construction of lighthouses, fog signals
etc. Then the bill to grant the Pacific
Gable Company n subsidy of 100000 g
year for twenty years for the construction
and operation of n cable was called up and
n very spirited debate, which consumed
the remainder of the day. followed. The
opposition was headed by Mr.. Corliss
Neep. Micll.), who advocated the con.
struction of a Government cable. Ma
conclusion was reached at the hour of nd
journment. and as the special order under
which the House was operating expired
with the adjournment, and rs objection
was made to fixing another day for it's
consideration, it goes W. indefinitely.
The Senate listened further on Thurs.
day to n discussion of the policy of expan-
sion. Mr.. Turner wash, Pop.) deliy-
cred n carefully prepared speech on the
Vest resolution. The speech was for the
most part a constitutional argument in
which Mr.. Turner took issue with Sena-
tor Platt and Senator Foraker upon their
recent utteranccs. At the conclusion of
Mr.. Turner's argument Mr.. Foraker took
some sharp exceptions to statements made
III the speech, especially those referring
to him personally. The Nicaragua canal
bill was under consideration nearly three
hours. After much debate n substitute
presented by Mr.. Morgan (Ala.) for the
bond amendment offered by Mi. Allison
was adopted. 1t provides that bond pay
mcnts shall not exceed $40, 600 in any
fiscal year.. The amendment as amended
was then adopted, Al to 10. The last
hour of the session was occupied in discus
sion of several amendments offered by
Mr.. Caffcry of Louisiana, all of which
We're defeated. The House practically de-
cidcd the Brown-Swanson contested cleo
ton case from the Fifth Virginia dis
trict in favor of the sitting member, Mr..
Swanson, a Democrat, by declining to
consider the case. The postofice appro-
priation bill was then taken up. The
greatest surprise of the day was the adop-
tion of two amendments striking out of
the hill the appropriation of $171,OOO for
the fast Southern mail and $4,000 for
special mail facilities from Kansas City
to Newton, Kan.
Accident In Denver.
During n Bryan reception at Denver a
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