The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-05-18
NAVAL BILL PASSED.
The Senate Finally Agreed to the
Armor Plate Proposition.
FREE HOMES" BILL ALSO PASSED.
The House Passed the General Deficiency
Appropriation BIZ, Carrying 1885,
O21-Mr. DE Almond, of Missouri,
ArraIgns the Administration.

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Washington, May 15.-After dis
cussion lasting five full days the SEN
ate yesterday passed the naval appro-
priation bill. Practically four days
were devoted to the consideration of
the armor plate proposition, which
was agreed to finally as reported by
the committee, with the exception
that the secretary of the navy is au-
thorized to make contracts only for
such armor as may he needed from
time to time. The secretary of the
navy is authorized to procure armor
OF the best quality at S445 per ton; but
if he be unable to obtain it at that
price, he is then authorized to pay
S5Ij per ton for the armor for the bat
tleships Maine, Ohio and Missouri and
proceed to erect an armor factory to
cost not to exceed S4,O00,OO0, one-half
of which amount is made Immediately
available. The committees PROPOSE
ton carried by vote of 30 to 10. The
secretary of the navy is directed to
purchase nve Holland torpedo boats at
price not exceeding $4,000 each.
Senator Nelson, of Minnesota, Sc
cured the passage of an act providing
for free homesteads on the public
lands for actual and bona fide settlers
and reserving the public lands for
that purpose. a bill also passed to
supply portion of the proceeds of the
sale of the public lands to the endow-
ment, support and maintenance of
schools or departments of mining and
metallurgy in the several states and
territories in connection with the col
leges for the benefit of agriculture and
the mechanic arts.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, intro
duced n bill to prevent and punish
blacklisting by railroad companies,
express companies, steamboat com
panies, telegraph and telephone com
panies engaged in Interstate COM
merce and also to provide a civil rem
edy in damages for blacklisting
The senate committee on inter-
oceanic canals Monday offered ia
vorable report on the Nicaraguan ca
nal bill as it passed the house.
General Deficiency Bill Passed.
Washington, May 15.-The house
yesterday passed the general def
cheney appropriation bill and the mill
tary academy bill, the last of the sup
ply bills. will follow to-day. The def
cheney bill carried S3,S30,021 and was
passed substantially without amend
ment. Little of the general debate
that followed was pertinent to the bill
| Mr.. Brosius, of Pennsylvania. made a
statement of the progressive opera
| ton of the new financial law. supple
mentary of n statement made by him
Il few days ago. 1t showed that the
total amount of bonds refunded to
| May 10 was S26S, 300, little over
20 per cent. of the bonds having been
| presented by other than national
banks. The national bank circulation
| since the passage of the financial bill
he said, mad increased $36, ,Os1.
Mr.. Corliss, of Michigan, had Il let
ter read by a native Porto Rican, en-
Enthusiastically indorsing the action o.
congress in passing the Porto Ricar
tariff law.
MIR. De Almond, of Missouri, ridi
culed the letter read by Mr.. Corliss
lie described the ecstacy with which
the native population must have re
ceiyed the views that they were to b,
governed by carpet baggers who,
he said, would take everything
portable and nail down everythin.
they could not carry away" 1t woul,
be the sad and shameful story of car
pet baggism in the south over again.
Mr.. DE Almond charged the admin
istration with cowardice for allowing
no official utterance in sympathy t,
go out to the Beers struggling il
South Africa to repeat the splendi'
story of the American revolution
He concluded by charging that Their
was either secret understanding
with Great Britain or an American adj
ministration trucking to wealth am
power. had overlooked and forgottel
the rights of humanity.