Gilpin observer., 1900-04-05


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Representative Hay of Virginia, one
OF the prominent members of the mill
tary committee of the House, has pre-
pared bill to create out of the militia
| or the several states a reserve volun-
teer army for use in time of war to sup
piement the regular service. The bill
contemplates a 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-
tions as in the regular service. and is
designed to obviate the necessity of n
Il i'' ~ dlllly ul'oli tht tApiih-
4 tion of the present law, July l, 1901.
increasing the standing army to 65.000
| and authorizing the present volunteer
| army of 10000 The bill makes all
| citizens between the ages of eighteen
| and forty-tive liable to military service
III the volunteer army. 1t appropriates
$1,000 900 annually for the maintenance
and equipment of the national guard of
| the several states and requires the sec
retary of WAR to keep in each state
supply of ordnance stores sufficient for
ninety days use in the event of war.
Governor Steunenberg of Idaho called
| at the War Department Saturday. and
presented in 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 it to the secretary
| of war, to whom 1t was addressed. The
| petition bears about $500 signatures,
and recites that all of the signers are
| citizens of Idaho and of the county of
| Shoshone and the Coeur d'Alene min
ing district. They petition that the see
retary 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. Shoshone county.
| for as long Il time as Governor Steunen-
berg may think their presence neces-
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 to preserve peace and or
| der and TO bring criminals to Justice.
| This was II notable day in the United
States Senate 1t brought to II close
| the sharpest and most prolonged debate
| upon any measure since those discuss
| ed during the memorable war Con-
| gress' two years ago. At 1 O'Clock this
afternoon the votes We're begun upon
the Puerto Rican tariff and civil gov
ernment bill and pending amendments,
| and less than an hour later the meas
| ure, about which there has been so
| much contention in and out of Congress
was passed by II majority of nine, the
final vote ibeing 10 to 81. Only com
mittee amendments We're adopted. 1t
has been evident for some time that the
bill would command Il majority in the
Senate. but Notwithstanding the fact
the interest in the measure both of the
senators and the public has not tagged
IN instant. Following is the detailed
vote upon the measure: Geas-Allison,
Baker, Bard. Carter. Chandler. Clark
of Wyoming. Cullom. Deboe. Depew,
Fairbanks. Foraker. Foster. Frye, Gal
linger. Gear. Hanna. Hansbrough,
Hawley. Jones of Nevada. liean. Kyle,
Lodge. McBryde. McComas. Mcmillan,
Penrose, Perkins, Platt of Connecticut,
Plat of New York. Pritchard, Quarles.
Ross. Scott. Sewell. Shoup. Spooner,
| Vat Wn1rntt--
40 Nays-Allen. Bacon. Bate. Berry.
Clark of Montana. Clay. Cockrell. Cul-
berson. Daniel, Davis (RepD. Harris
Heitfeld. Jones of Arkansas, Kenny,
Lindsay. McLaurin, Martin. Mason,
| Rep1. Money. Morgan. Nelson tRepD.
Sullivan. Talliaferro. Teller, Tillmnn,
Turiey. Vest. Wellington utepD-31.
A correspondent writes to the Chica-
go Record: I'VE have scriptural author
lty for believing that houses that are
divided among themselves cnnot stand.
and therefore we may look for falls in
the United States Senate. where the
division of opinion among colleagues
was never so great as 1t Is to-day. In
the state of Indiana. for example, Mr.
Fairbanks and Mr.. Beverldge, and in
the state of Illinois, Mr.. Cullom and
Mr.. Mason do not agree on scarcely
any topic. but they are not half as bad
ms some of the other senators. In New
Hampshire the Hon William II. Chan
dlcr has ben trying to get his colleague,
Dr. Galllnger. indicted and sent TO the
penitcntiary for violating the statutes
of the United States. Mr.. Frye of
Maine and Mr.. Lodge of Massachusetts
are the red-hottest cXpnnSionisis in
Washington, while their colleagues are
the strongest kind of nntis. 1t was
only recently that senator iiohr used II
mage of n popular weekly TO prove that
the policy of the administration Is
wicked and vicious while Mr.. Lodge
took another page 10 prove that II Is
patriotic and righteous, senator Me
Comas and Senator Wellington of