Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-02-10


The House OF Saturday continued the
consideration of the army reorganization
bill until ? o'clock, when the members
paid their tributes to the memory of the
late Representative Simplins of Massa-
chusctts. Very little progress was made
with the army bill. The time before the
euloeics began was chiefly devoted 10 IL
continuation of the debate on the advisa-
bility of retaining the Philippines. A
spirited debate was p%rccipitated in the
Senate while the diplomatic aud consular
APPROPRIATION bill was under cons;dera-
ton. The Appropriations Committee was
sharply criticised for not providing adc.
quatc salaries for some of the consular
officers and secretaries OF legations of this
Government in foreign countries. and tho
parsimony of the nation in this respect
was denounced as Il disgrace. The bill.
which appropriates 81. 71U,5.a33 was finally
passed. n hill amending the law relating
to the superintendent and election of ron.
rescntativcs in Congress so as to hermit
tho use of voting machines was passed.
The House put in IL hard days work on
the army hill Monday, and when it nd.
journeh thirteen of the twenty pages had
been completed. Much of tho time was
occupied in short speeches on the general,
proposition to increase the army and an
mex the Philippines, md there were scy.
ci'ni lively personal controversies. AT thc
opening of the session of the House Mr..
Hopkins Nscp.. Ill.) reported the ccnsus
bill and gave notice that lie would cnll If
up the next Monday. An effort ON tl,c
part of MIR. Allison to obtain considc,,.
ton i'll the Senate for the Indian anpro.
priation hill prccipitatcl running debate.
which occupied all the time until The Sen.
ate. at > O'Clock. went into executive SOS.
sion on the peace treaty. The President
sent to the Senate correspondence on filr
i'll the State Department bearing upon IN.
peace treaty. and it was read in the OK.
ccutivc session.
The bill To %rcorganixe and increase tho
standing army to about 100000 men. but
giving the President authority to reduce
the size of infantry companies and ny
airy troops TO sixty men each, thus fixing
a minimum of about $4,000 enlisted men.
passed the House OH Tuesday liz n vote
of q TO 125. Mr.. Burton Rep. OF.
chairman of the River and Harbor Com
mittec. called up the river and harbor bill.
The House went through the form of 20.
ing into committee in order to mt tlr
river and harbor bill under consideration.
The committee then rose and the HU,sr
mt l:33 p. m. adjourned. During almost
the entire morning hour the Senate had
under discussion the policy of this coun-
try to hc pursued in the Philippine ISL
ands. Mr.. Berry (.Ark.l, in a speech upon
the resolution offered by Mr.. Vest, dis
cusscd the policy of expansion. An nj.
tempt by MIR. Bacon (Ga.l to secure n
vote upon his resolution which. i'm brief.
declares that the United States Govern
mcnt will not make war upon a people
seeking for their freedom. prccipitatel a
lively debate. which was participated in
by MIR. Platt Comm and Mr.. Teller
(Colo.l. No action OH the resolutions was
taken. a bill was passed ut the o%pcnin.
of the Senate session granting extra nav
to the officers and mel of the Temporary
force OF the navy-two months extra pay
to those who served beyond the limits or
the United States and one months nay
to those who served within tho T-n;t..l
States.
The House entered upon the c~onsidcra.
ton of the river and harbor bill on We'd
nesday. and made rapid progress. Fifty
of the lightweight pages of the bill had
been completed when the House adjourn
cd. The bill a%ppropriates directly about
Sl2.00O.UOO and authorizes contracts to
the extent of S1S.OO0,O0O additional. The
general debate was unusually brief. It's
feature was II speech i'll opposition to the
bill by Mr.. Hepburn of Iowa. Practically
the only amendment adopted was one
striking out all appropriation of :$25O.OOO
for a channel from Galveston to Tcxns
City, Texas. Mr.. Rawlins Utah) adj
dressed the Senate upon the Vest anti
expansion resolution. Mr.. Lindsay uSy.)
offered Il resolution declaring that terri
tory not IL pnlt of the continent of North
America shall not he admitted into the
Federal Union as Il State or States, Dur
ing Mr.. Rawlins' speech IL message was
received from the House transmitting the
arlny reorganization hill. 1t was referred
to the Committee on Military Affairs. AT
the conclusion of Mr.. Rawlins' speech tho
Bacon resolution WAS laid before the SEN
ate. Mr.. Sullivan (Miss.) then offered his
OWN resolution as Al substitute for tho
Bacon resolution. Senators Teller and
Hoar were the speakers in the executive
session of the Senate. Mr.. Teller made a
set speech in support of the treaty, and
Mr.. Noar replied.
n notable speech WAS made in the Sen.
ate on Thursday by Mr.. Spooncr of Wis
colsin. He took for his text the anti-ex-
p%ansion resolution offered by Mr.. Vest.
but did not contine himself closely to that
proposed declaration of policy. The en-
%eru.ive session of the Senate was merely
a continuation of tho legal argument
which started with Senator Spooncr's
speech. in the open Senate. The river
and harhOr bill. carving slightly moro
than $20,000.O00. passed the House by "a
vote of 100 to Z. n Hill was passed to pay
the heirs OF John Smith $1,000 in salts.
faction of Il judgment against Gen. John
II. Brooke for trcspass and false impris-
"i,nent while he was lieutenant colonel
OF the Third infantry in 1869.
Connnbialitics.
\ Kansas City couple gave as an IN.
cnsc for marrying suddenly that both had
the 'blucs.'