The Lamar register., 1899-03-01

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amendment declarators OF our policy
not permanently TO annex the Islands.
was objected to. Mr. Wheeler OF
Kentucky. upon whose point OF order
the appropriation went out OF the
snndry civil bill. made the only speech
IN open hostility TO the measure, but
upon the roll call thirty-one Democrats,
two PopuIIsts and one. silver RepubIi-
can voted against II. The votes OF 2I3
members We're cast for It,
During the general debate upon the
army appropriation bll In the
house last Friday Mr.. johnson
,kep-, Ind. who made several notable
speeches. violently attacking the poll.
~ Of the administration during the con.
sideration Of the army reorganization
hili a fortnight ago, returned TO the as-
sault and delivered against the Prcsi-
dent and some 0f hiss advisers the most
scathing pEllippic beard In the House
for many months. He sneered at ;is
President and the Influences which he
alleged c0ntroil,-d him impugned his
motives. questioned his sincerity and
likens'i him to Dickens most contemp-
tih,r character. charged his secretary OF
war with iuc0mpetency and predicted
that the President would In the end be
enEulfed By adverse public sentiment.
The court Of Inquiry engaged In In
vestiEating the beef charges preferred
by General Miles continued Tuesday
The hearing Of testimony bearing upon
the csrtroversy- \ number OF army
officers who participated in the SANTA
90 campaign were heard. Practically
without exception tile officers con-
dcmned the canned roast b,scf fur
nishesi ~ travel ration and re-
viewed complaints about Il which the
men generally unde, declaring Il un-
palatable and wanting in nutriment
ou the other hand. the refrigerated
be,f suffered but little ar the hands
81 to-,lay's Witnesses. Il being general
~ conceded thar Il WAS good when
delivered from the transports aud
when Il escaIs.i the dCComposing ef-
feet of the tropical sun en- route to the
several commands Il was found to be
satisfactory.
The naval appropriation bin finally
passed the House this afternoon, after
four days Of acrimonious debate. most
o. Whsch was spent upon the question
pf rchabillfatiHg the naval academy at
Annapolis in accordance with the
scheme inauguratri by the appropria-
tiDn Of half a million In the last naval
BIN and ,ise proposition 10 Increase the
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plate to Ss45 per iun. the existing law
limiting Il 10 S+0p Upon both pruPo,
sit!dns the naval committee suffered
signal defeats The amendment to
build q great arrnnr plant was ruled
cut IEsin point Of order. but after a
raneprous debate. Ia which the price 10
be paid fag arinor was cut down from
S5rls. the price which the committee In
sisscd was being paid for the new
krupp ar1nnr. to Si4o, a proylso was
also added precludlng the government
from paying morc than was paid by
any other foreign government for
similar arnor.
The Virginia Democratic Assocla-
lion OF the District OF Columbia eele-
bratrd washmgiuu's birthday by a
largely attended banquet at the Ma
tiOnaI RlH,,s' armury. Hon. William
]. BRYAN was the ctirst OF honor. aud
among those present were senator's
Daniel, Martin and Stewart. In the
c0prsa Of his address Mr. Bryan said:
s-Ths people have not voted for Inn
psrinllsm; no national convention has
declared for Il: no Congress has
PASSED upon II. To whom. then, has
The future been revealed? Whence
this voice OF authority7 We can all
propheSy, but our prophecies are
merely guessss, Colorrd by our hopes
ana our surroundings. Mans opinion
/ OF what Is to be * half wish and half
environment. Avarice paints destiny
with dollar mark before It. militar-
/ ism equipped IL with a sword"
7 The week VIII open with the compro,
mise army blll still before the Senate,
| but II IS impossible to say how long II
I may continue to demand the attention
OF that body. The best opinion is 10
\ rhe effect that a vote will be secured
Monday. hut this depends largely upon
I tht. temper OF Mr., German and his
/ friends, who insist upon the amend
Inent Of the army bin so as 10 further
curtan the size OF the army in 1901. II
I i not. however. believed that they Will
! press their opposition 10 the point of
/ entering into an extended controversy
/ over the merits OF the measure and the
I friends Of the hill count confidently on
/ a vote before adjournment Monday. II
! the debate should be continued to any
/ considerable length, the action would
| be generally accepted as Indicating a
/ purp,sn 10 force an extra session, as all
admit that with as many appropriation
/ hills as are now pending, II is imprac-
/ ticablf to give much more time 10 the
army bill and still pass the supply bills
| before the 4Jh instant. There is yet no
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