The Springfield herald., 1900-12-21

The House adopted the amendment
of Mr.. Corliss of Michigan TO the reve-
nue. bill, requiring revenue stamps 10
be cancelled by perforation TO prevent
fraud.
Charles A. Towne, the recently ap-
pointed successor to the late Senator
Davis of Minnesota, attended the SEES
sion of the Senate December 10TH ana
took the oath of Office.
The House committee on naval al
| fairs filed n report favorable to the Dill
authorizing the appointment oil fep-
resentative Boutelle of Maine rs cap
tain in the retired list of the navy.
Captain II. NJ Chittenden. United
States army, in charge of military
ronds improvements in Yellowstone
park and Wyoming, is urging an ap-
preparation of S15O,0OO for road Dulid-
ing in his jurisdiction during the COM
ing year.
In discussing the Hays-Pauncefote
treaty in the Senate. Mr.. Teller salu
that the United States should con-
struct the canal, If at all, regardless OF
the English position, and without 60
ing through the Formally of ratifylnS
the pending treaty.
BY the death of her mother, MIS-
Washington Mclean, Admiral Deweys
wife has become IL millionaire Mrs.
| Dewey's mother leaves an estate val
ued mt about S2OOO.OOO, to be divided
among three children-Mrs. Dewey, her
sister, Mrs Ludlow and John X. Nc
Lean. proprietor of the Cincinnati Eli
qurer.
The first of the great supply bills.
the legislative, executive and Judlcial
appropriation bill. was passed by the
house in record time Monday. The Dill
carries $24. 496,3OS and has 131 pages,
but there was less than ten minutes
debate upon it. 1t required ABOUT
three hours for the clerk to read the
bill.
Three or four Senate speeches are
promised in opposition to the subsidy
bill, and it is expected that most. if
not all of these already in sight will be
made during this week. Among those
who probably will speak on the sub
ject are Senators Clay. Vest and Berry.
NIL of whom oppose the bill. Senator
Vest is an especial advocate of free
ships.
General Grosvenor of Ohio and
Champ Clark of Missouri, who had II
Joint debate on expansion early i'll the
late campaign, had not met since that
|
ton. when General Grosvenor asked if
Clark was not worn out by speaking
Not much" said Clark. Il gained
twenty-five pounds That is the first
Democratic gain have heard of. said
/ Grosvenor.
In the executive session of the SEN
ate Senator Teller announced his in
tentlon to formally offer his amend
ment to the y-Pauncefote treaty.
which he had already suggested, strik-
ing out the provision of the treaty pro-
hibitng the fortitication of the canal.
Senator Penrose announced his OPPOSE
ton to the new treaty without the Tel
Ter amendment.
The House has adopted n resolution
for the appointment of special COM
mittee of five members to investigate
| the death of Oscar l.. BooZ of Bristol
PENNSYLVANIA. who died recently as a
| result of haZing received while cadet
mt West Point. This course was taken
| over the head of the military commit
| tee. which reported in favor of allow
ing the War Department TO conduct
the inquiry.
In speaking of the case of Cadet
! Booz, Mr.. Wanger of Pennsylvania, in
the House, said that the gross out
the academy in the past had aroused
the conviction that the officers of the
academy and of the army We're so jeal-
| ous of the fair name of the academy
| that they guarded it as indiscreetly as
the officers of France guarded the
| Dreyfus scandal.
The minority members of the ways
| and means committee have completed
| their report on the revenue reduction
bill. 1t urges n reduction of the reve-
nues of about $7OOOO0OO, or about
$4,000, 600 more than that proposed
by the majority of the committee. 1t
also proposes an income tax with a
view of again bringing the subject in
modified form before the United
States Supreme Court for final ad1u-
| dication.
| The Senate committee on foreign re-
lations decided to recommend further
amendments of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty. The committee adopted an
amendment suggested by Senator For
aker. which declares that the Hay
Pauncefote treaty supersedes the Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty, and also strikes out
the Hay-Pauncefote agreement, article
3, which permits the submission of the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty to other pow
ers and invites their acceptance of 1t.
The question of the constitutionality
of the Blaine extradition treaty between
Great Britain and the United States.
signed by the representatives of the
two governments in 1889, and which,
it is asserted, has never been passed
upon is to be brought before the Unit
ed States Supreme Court in the cases
of Fred Lee Rice, Frank Rutledge and
Thomas Jones. arrested in Chicago last
June on the request of the Canadian
authorities. charged with being fugi-
tivos from i,1stipn-