Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-25
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AFTER an all-uay discussion IN the Sem
ate on Friday an agreement was reach
ed to vote on the armor plate section at
3 o'clock. May IL. During the discussion
a notable speech was delivered by Mr..
Lodge upon the necessity Of building up
the United States navy without delay.
MIR. Daniel presented an extended argu-
ment in support of the immediate con-
structiOn by the Government of an armor
factory, while Mr.. Allison opposed the
project Of a Government factory on the
score of economy. In the House Mr..
Esch (Wis.) called up and had passed the
bill to amend the law so as to provide for
the communication of travel and subsist-
ence allowances of discharged officers and
soldiers. He explained the bill proposed
to allow Il uniform rate of i cents per
mile for officers and enlisted men. The
House then went into COMMITTEES of the
whole to consider private pension bills
and broke all records, passing $50.
On Saturday the Senate by IL close vote
rejected the proposition to erect, without
reference to the price ut which the Gov
could secure armor plate for its
warships, an armor plate factory. The
vote upon the direct proposition was %
to "a, and subsidiary amendments were
rejected by about the same vote. When
the committees proposition was about
to be voted upon a tilibuster was organ
lied. the quorum Of the Senate WAS hrok-
en- and the question is still in he air.
During the debate Mr.. Chandler deliver
ed Il sensational speech, in which he
charged that the Government had been
dcfrauded in the adoption Of the Harvey
lied armor. He declared Il similar fraud
was proposed in the attempt to force The
Government to adopt the Krupp armur.
Mr.. Spooner and Mr.. Hale made potable
speeches deprccating the war talk Friday
by MIR. Lodge. Neither the Senator from
Wisconsin nor the Senator from Maine
vas fearful that we might become inyolv-
ed in difficulty with Germany on account
of the Monroe doctrine. Mr.. Hoar pro-
tested against the '..wrctched iinpevialistic
business" and the talk that this nation
had only recently become a "wo-ld pow
err" asserting that it had been a world
power since the war of 1872.
The Senate on Monday passed naval
appropriation and free homes bills.
The House passed the general deficiency
appropriation bill. The bill carried Sd
S39,O21 and was passed substantially
without amendment. The general debate
was devoted principally to political top
ics, the feature being a severe arraigu-
mem OF the administration by Mr.. De
Almond (Mo.).
On Tuesday the Senate received the
resignation Of Mr.. Clark of Montana.
Devoted the rest of the day to considera-
ton of the bill of Mr.. Ross, providing for
civil service in the country's new island
possessions. refusing, by a vote of 10 yeas
to 30 nays, to indefinitely postpone the
measure. The House sent to the Senate.
the military academy bill, the last of the
general appropriation measures. and
agreed that the bill providing a civil GOV
ernment for Alaska should next be taken
up.
ln the Senate on Wednesday Mir. Ra-
con spoke at length on his resolution di-
frecting the committee on relations with
Cuba to make an investigation OF the con-
duct of financial affairs of the island.
The following measures were passed:
House bill repeating the provision of law
allowing merchandise passing through the
United States from any foreign country
to be transported free Of duty, so far as
the Mexican free zone is concerned. n
resolution offered by Mr.. Lodge calling
upon the Secretary of the Treasury for
information in regard to the influx Of
Japanese laborers into the country and
au L uuy VOCATION OF
law; bill granting a pension of 500 per
month to the widow of Gen. Lawton: hill
for the erection of Il public building Mt
East st. Louis. The House passed rho
Senate bill to incorporate the American
National Red Cross. No progress was
made with the Alaskan code bill owing
to the inability of the two sides to agree
as to the time to be allowed for general
debate. The conference report ON the
District OF Columbia appropriation bill
was returned after extended debate.
The Senate on Thursday considered tho.
postoffice appropriation bill. The commits
tee amendment for the extension of the
pneumatic tube service created some do
bate and was under discussion when tho
measure was laid aside for the day. Mr.
Wolc0tt, chairman of the committee m,
postomces ana post roads, vigorously at
lacked the committees proposition to an
proprlate $15O.OOO for pneumatic tuhe
service, declaring the extension of the
service was unnecessary and the appro-
priation a waste of public money. Mr..
Mason quite as vigorously supported the
proposition. An amendment of Mr.. But.
Ter to reduce by 10 per cent the amomnr
to be paid the railroads for the tr.nsnor.
tation of mail was rejected, II to Al.
Dill was passed granting a pension IN
Gen. Robert G. Dyrenforth of s3O a
month. Mr.. Jones offered and had adont.
ed a resolution calling upon the Secre-
tary OF War to inform the Senate how
many tilipinos have been killed and
wounded since the beginning of lostili-
ties, and also how many have been can.
t.lred and are now in our possession. Tha
House passed a special river and harhor
bill carrying 100000 for surveys and
emergency work, and devoted the r%c,pa;n.
der of the day to the Alaskan code hin
-Four pages of the 617 pages Of the hill
were disposed of before adjournment.
National Capital Notes.
The Philippines civil bill. it is believed