The Monte Vista journal., 1900-04-07
CONGRESSIONAL GRIST-
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

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new form the bill is quite brief and Is
as follows: THAT mailable matter of
! the second class shall embrace all
newspaper and other periodical pub
lications which are issued ut stated in
tervals and as frequently as four times
a year, provided that nothing herein
contained shall be so construed ns to
admit TO second class rate publications
which are issued periodically and to
subscribers, but which are merely
books or reprints of books, whether
they be- Issued complete or in parts.
whether they be bound or unbound; !;
whether they be sold by subscription or
otherwise: whether they purport to be
premiums Of supplements or parts OF
regulnr newspapers or periodicals. Sec
| tion =. That news agents shall not be
allowed 10 return to publishers al the
pound rate unsold periodical publica-
t!ons, but shall pay postage on the
| same at the rate OF one cent for four
ounces"
Representative Hay Of Virginia. one
| OF the prominent members of the mill
| tary committee of the House. has pre-
| pared bill to create ont Of the militia
of the several states II reserve volun-
| tccr army for use in time OF war to sup.
| plemcnt the regular service. The bill
contcmplatcs 4 general broadening of
the basis OF the national guard. its
equipment with the service rifle and its
complete organization in time Of war
Into regiments. brigades. divisions and
corps, with the three battalion forma-
| tlons as In the regular service. and IL
designed TO obviatc the necessity of a
large standing army upon the eXpira.
lac In nj 4
increasing the standing army to 5000
and authorizing the present volunteer
army of 5000 The bill makes all
citizens between the ages Of eighteen
and forty-five liable to military service
In the volunteer army. II nppropriates
SI.HO,OOO annually for the maintenance
| and equipment OF the national guard OF
the several states and requires the Sec
rotary OF war To keep In each state n
supply OF ordnance stores sufficient for
ninety days Use In the event Of war.
Governor Steunenberg Of Idaho called
Mt the War Department saturday. and
presented III person TO Secretary Root
the petition TO which he referred while
| under examination before the House
committee on military affairs. In favor
| OF the retention OF the federal troops
In the disturbed mining districts. The
governor had refused TO produce the
petition before the committee until he
had first submitted II To the secretary
OF war. to whom 1t was addressed. The
| petition bears about $50 signatures.
and recites that all of the signers are
citizens Of Idaho and OF the county Of
Shoshonc and the Occur d'Alene min
Ing district. They petition that the sec
rctary Of war allow the small force OF
federal troops To remain In the quarters
provided for and occupied by them at
the town OF Osborn. Shoshonc county,
FOR as long n time n. Governor Sicunen.
berg may think their presence ncces-
sary for the preservation OF peace and
order. The citizens also express their
approval of all the acts that have been
done by the governor and the officials
Of their state 10 prcserv. pcac. and or
der and 10 bring criminals TO Justice.
This was notable day In the United
States Senate. II brought to n clos.
the sharpcst and most prolonged debate
upon any measure since those discuss.
ed during the memorable war Con.
grcss" two years ago. At o'clock this
afternoon the votes We're begun upon
the Puerto Nican tariff and civil gov
eminent hill and pending amendments.
aud less than an hour later til. meas.
ur-. about which there has been 50
much contention In aud out Of Congress.
was passed 10y majority OF nine, the
iinal vote being ~ to n. Only com
miticc amendments We're adopted. II
has been evident for some Time thnt the
bill would command majority Ia the
Senate. but Notwithstanding the fact
the Interest In the measure both of the
senators nnd the public has not Tagged
nm Instant. Following IL the detailed
vote upon the measure: Yca--.\llison.
Baker, bard. Carter. Chandler. Clark
Of Wyoming. Cullom. Dcboc. Dcp.w.
Fairbanks. Foraker. Foster. Frye. Gal
linccr, Gear. Hanna. liansbrough.
lIawlcy. Jones of Nevada. Kcnn. Kyle.
Lodge. McBrydc, McComns. Mcmillan.
Tcnrosc. Perkins. fintt OF Connecticut.
Ilaft Of New York. Prltchard, ouarlcs.
Ross. Scott. S.w.ll. Shoup. SIooner.
Stewart. Thurston, Wcimor". Woicoti-
~. Nnys-Ailcn. Bacon. hate. Berry.
Clark Of Montana. Clay. Cockrrll Cul.
h.rson. Daniel. Dnyi. uRcpJ, Harris,
Ilcitfcid. Jones of Arkansas, Kenny.
Lindsay. McLnurn. Mrr'in. Mason.
ntrpJ. Money. Morgan. Nelson ntcpj.
sullivan. Talllaf.rro. Teller. Tillman.
Tnrlcy. Vest. Wellington ui.pl-3i.
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20 Record; We hn,. scrip'urni author.
liy for believing that houses that nrc
divided among themselves cnnut stand.
aud therefor" we mny look FOR falls In
the United State. Senate. where the
division of opinion among colleagues
was never 80 rr"n, as !, IL to-day. In
the stat" Of lndann, for example. Mr..
Fairbanks nnd Mr.. B-vcrid.r. and In
the state Of Illinois. Mr.. Cullom nn,i
Mr.. Mason. do not agree on scarcely
any topic. hut they ARE not half ns had
~ some of the other senators. In New
Hampshire the Hon. william T.. Chan.
ii.r lins hen trying To get hi. colleague.
Dr. Gnliingcr. Indicted and sent To the
pcni,rntinry FOR violating III. statutes
of the United States. MIR Frye of
Maine and MIR. Lodge of Massachusetts =
ARE ID" d.hoti".i .Npnn-ionisis In
Washington. Will. their colleagues nrr
the strongest Kind of ants. II was
only recently that senator Iionr used n
page Of n popular weekly io prove TINT
the policy ~ the administration il
wicked and vicious, while Mr.. tosig.
took another pHgc To prove that II ID
patriotic nnd righteous. senator Nc.
Comn- nnd senator Wellington of
Maryland do not speak NJ they pn-s by.
The relations between Mr.. Tiiimnn nn,i
Mr.. McLnurIh ~ South Carolina Hrc
very little more friendly. Sir. cnfYcry
of Louisiana I. ii..tnndnr,i nnti..s
pnn.ion free. trader. Win" Mr.. McEn.ry
/. u --iivrrcs lot. .pro,criioni.i,
The two senators from Nebraska nrr
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