The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-09
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Washington, IAN. 80. 49, \ Snirffa3
dchate was precipitated In the senate
Wilile the diplomatic and consular an.
preparation Dlll was under cnnsidaro.
ton. 'TAe appropriations committee
was sharply criticised fer NOT proyj1.
Ing adequate salaries for some Of tho
consular officers and secretaries of le.
CATIONS of this government IN foreign
countries, and the parsimony Of the
government in this respect was de-
nonncSd as disgrace. Mr.. Hale or
Name was in charge Of The bill. and
despite his protests several amend
moatS were incorporated in the meas
urc. The bill was passed. carrying
nearly SIJ00. OGO.
y bill granting right OF way Sc the
Dakota Southern Railway company
@or the construction of n railway line
through tie YanktJn2 Indian lnnds in
South Dakota was passed
! After going into executive session
| the senate adopted the resolution for
| the amendment az the rules so as to
| provide for the distribution of bills
| OF the various senate committees in
stead NJ having them ali 20 to the
committee on appropriations as here
| toforG
I'Ge Hou~e.
INT house continued tire conSidera-
, lion OF the army reorganization bin
! Very little progress was IL AIDE the 0FJld
! amendment adopted beigg that offered
! by ste commt tee 20 give veterinarians
| III cavalry esimentS the rank pay Tnd
| allowances on second E@utenaniS The
| 1lfhc was clfatly deVoUcd To Il cOnrfnu-
| ation OF the debate Oh The adviSabil1ty
% -etainine the Philippines.
WaShin%Tpn. Jan. - An effort on
7fa part oS Mr.. Allison to obtain con
/ sIdcraton in thu scuVte yesterday for
the lndiaE appropriation bin prccipi-
tatcd running Jicbate which occupied
al the t&Ac until the senate. at .
: o CLOCK, went into executive session on.
the peace treaty. Mr. Jones Of Arkan-
'sas. leading the opposition TO the,
treaty, opened the 4iebate by insisting
chat time should Ds taken for The dis
| ruSSiGn Of pending resolutions having
4; collateral bearing upon the tre.ty be-
Tor" the treaty itself was disposed Of
aud Mr.. Racon'S resolutions We're final
~ lald hefOrc the senate. After some.
| parliamentary spaTring the resolutions
were made the text of q strong speech
by Mr.'Earter Of Montana. ordinarily
calm and deliberate in his utterancps.
Mr.. Carter yesterday spoke with inn
FASHIONED eGrneS1neSS. warning his
colleagues that n favorable vote on
any OF the pending resolutions would
be n vote Of lack of confidence in the
American people. He declared that
the adoption of the resolutions would
be pledge TO these who were 6efyinc
the authority OF this country in the
Philippines. and tnat when the treaty
had been ratified this government
would inquire wro in those islands
We're III rebellion against our thor
1ty. anu. II necessary To maintain our
authority, we would whip them to
death.
I'm the House
The house put in a hard days work
on the army bill yesterday and last
night When il adjourned thirteen of
the twenty pages mad been completed.
The committee amendments giving the
president discretionary power 10 re-
duce the size Of the infantry e8mpa-
MES and cavalry tFroopS 10 sixty men
leach were adOpted=and also a series Of
amendments 10 rpduce the officers Of
-the staff 331. 4 Substitute was adopt
ed for the section providing for promo
TtionS which was designed to equagiZe
promotions. \ fight was made to re-,
duce the age limits o. officers to be 3D.
pointed 10 the varSoalS staff depGt-
ments 'Eg'om fifty 10 thirty. but it
failed. An amendment was. however.
adopted To require a mental and moral
as well ae n physical examination for
such appointecs. Niuch Of the time
was occupied in shor1 speeches Oh the
general proposition 10 increase the
army and annex the philippines. and
there were several lively personal en-
counters. The house WI meet to-day
at IL o'clock, and whatever time re-
maine before 3 o'clock. before the bill
is completed under the five-minute
rule. viii be devoted to general debate
The heavy weights on both sides will
close. The final vote is TO he taken at
O'Clock.
Washington. Feb. 1.-The bill to re- |
organize and increase the standing