The Iola register., 1899-03-03
ARMY BILL PASSED.
The Measure Gets Through the Sen
ate by a Vote of 55 to 10.
SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL.
Neary All the Committee Amendments
We're Agreed to-Ih. House Passed
the Army and Furtiiichtions
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ADpro Ration B,ii.
Washington, Feb. IS After CON
test that will be memorable in the
history of the senate, the compromise
army reorganzat bill was passed
yesterday evening at 7:lO. The nota-
BILE speech of the day against the
measure was delivered by Senator
Vest, OF Missouri, but his brilliant
eloquence awaited nothing against the
measure as finally agreed upon. He
declared his belief that the war in the
Philippines was not being conducted
with the idea of giving the Filipinos
self-government 81 believe" he said,
that this government is to take the
Philippines as an indemnity"
Senator White, of California. spoke
against the bill and against the pres
ent policy of the Philippines. To-day,
he said, the guns of the Filipinos were
pointed against us, and our guns were
pointed against them. The outlook was
very gloomy. He advocated the free
dom of the people of both Cuba and
the Philippines.
Senator Hawley offered as an amend.
ment a proviso of the fifteenth section
authorizing the president to enlist
temporarily in the service for abso-
lutely necessary purposes in the Phil
ippines, volunteers, officers and men,
individually or by organizations, now
in those islands and about to be dis
charged; and directing that they shall
be counted as part of the volunteer
force authorized by this act and that
they shall not be enlisted for more
than six months nor beyond the time
necessary to replace them 1t was
adopted.
senator German offered the follow
ing amendment as a provision of Sec
tion 10:
That each and every provision OF this act
shall continue In force until July /, 1871; and
on ana after that date all the general staG and
line officers appointed to the army under this
act shall be discharged and he number restored
In each grade To- those existing at the passage
Of this act and the enlisted force Of the line OF
army shall be reduced to the number as pro-
vided for by law prior to April 1888, exclusive
Cf such additions as have been or may be made
under this act to the artillery aud except tho
aGdots provided for by this act who may be ap-
pointed prior to July T. 1891 and provided, fur
thor, that no oflcer who has been or may be
promoted under existing law or under the rules
uf seniority shall be disturbed IN his rank
The amendment was adopted, 6S
voting in the affirmative and none in
the negative.
The amendment offered by Senator
/ Carter provided that three OF the pro-
visional regiments at the discretion of
the president should be cavalry whose
members should be particularly prof
cient in horsemanship and marksmap-
snip, the regiments TO serve mounted
or dismounted. 1t was agreed to.
The bill was then put on its passage
and was passed, 55 to 10, the vote in
detail being as follows:
Yeas-Allen Allison Bacon, Burrows Car
ter, Chandler, Clark, Cockrell, Cullom, Deboe,
Elklns, Fairbanks, Faulkner Foraker Frye,
| Gallinger, Gear, German, Hanna, Hansbrough,
Harris, Hawley Heitfeld. Jones OF Nevada.
| Lindsay, Lodge, Mcbride McEnery Nc
| Laurin, Mallory, Mantle, Mitchell, Money,
Morgan, Murphy Nelson, Pasco, Perkins,
| Pettus, Platt Of Connecticut Platt OF New
York, Pritchard Proctor, Rawlins, Roach
! Ross Sewell, Shoup, Simon, Smith, Spooner,
! Stewart Teller. Warren, Wellington 80.
Nays-Bate Berry, Butler, Cafery, Chiffon,
! Clay, Daniel, Hoar, Martin Pettigrew, Turley,
Vest, White-l8
Consideration of the sundry civil APP
preparation bill was begun at 7:15 p.
m. At the conclusion of the reading
of the bill, at $3.50 p M, nearly all
committee amendments having been
agreed to, the bill was laid aside.
The announcement was made of the
death of Dennis NJ. Hurley, of New
York, and Mr. Platt, of New York,
presented the usual resolutions of re-
gret. Senators Wilson, Wellington,
Smith, Heitfeld and Platt, of New
York, were named as IA committee to
attend the obsequies.
The senate then, at 9:35 p. m., ad-
journed.
HOUSE PASSES TWO APPROPRIATION BILLS
Washington, Feb. 2s.-The house
was in session seven hours yesterday
and sent to the senate two more APP
preparation bills-the army, which has
been under consideration for several
days, and the Notifications. The for
mer carried about $40, 900, 900, and the
latter approximately $4,700,0O0. The
final conference report upon the
Indian appropriation bill was also
adopted. The only amendment of inn
portance 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 during the war with
Spain, and one months extra pay TO
those who served in the United States.
A bill was passed appropriating S5,'
900 for the investigation of leprosy in
this country under a board to be se'
lected by the surgeon general.
Mr.. Corliss, of Michigan, stated that
there were about 800 cases. in the
I-it4A et=..-=-
The death of Representative Hurley,
J of New York. who died at Hot Springs.