The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-18
Days WORK N HOUSE
MANY BILLS PASSED UNDER Sis
PENSION OF THE
RULES
VETERAN Law FAILED TO PASS
CONGRESSMAN BROMWELL's MEAS
URE DEFEATED BY A LARGE
MAJORITY
BOUTELLE MADE A CAPTAIN
Valuable Services of the Member
From Maine, Now Mentally
Diseased, Recognized by
His Colleagues.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16-Under sus-
pension Of rules today the house passed
bills to divide West Virginia and Ken
lucky into two judicial districts: to crc-
ate another district judge in the Nor tn
ern district of Ohio, and to refer to the
secretary of interior the claims of the
state of Texas for moneys snent on ,,,,hIio
improvements in Greer county, before
the decision of the court put it within
the jurisdiction of Oklahoma. An at
tempt was made to pass the bill to give
the soldiers and sailors of the Civil war.
the Spanish war and the waI in the Phil
lpplnes preference to appointment to po-
sltlons III the various departments Of the
government, but it was opposed on the
ground that it would shut out from an
polntment for years to come all civilians
TO positions under the government. and
1t was overwhelmingly defeated. One
Auhored and two private pension bills
were passed. "-'-'
Just before adjournment fine tribute
was PAID to Hon. Charles A Boutelle of
Maine, who served eighteen years in
congress, and has been reelected 10 the
Fltty-seVenth congress. Mr. Littledeld
(Me.l asked unanimous consent to the
consideration of a bill placing him llpon
Inc reured list as a captain of the navy.
ne having served the nayv d11rin.r +be
IL
uon or Mr.. Boutelle was such that he
undoubtedly would resign The cordi-
tlon OF the Maine man was well known,
70 representatives, and althoush some
OF them were inclined to protest against
the proposed legislation as establishing
q dangerous precedent, no objection was
made and the bill was passed
VETERAN PREFERENCE BILL.
This was individual suspension dav in
the mouse. The speaker first recoeni7ad
Mr. Brownell (O0, who moved to sus-
pend the rules and pass I've bill reported
Ny. lne CIVIL service committee to give
pielereHce to honorably discharged SOL
defs IN the executive department of tho
government. 1t provided that hon
oraDiy CIs discharged soldiers of the
civil war, and, after them boY,
oraply discharged soldiers of tho
spanish war and the war in the PhifTnc
pines De given preference in apnointnoep+
70 once and retention therein, and that
,oe1o+ =. liilips or other physical impair
IneIt "hlch does not incapacitate shan
not dlsqualify them
WI broIlWelt explained that the hin
as erlglnaliy introduced was the hill nre-
pared by the G. A. r. 1t simply extaad-
ca the PROVISIONS of the existing .aW. civ.
ing, preference to honorably DISCHARGED
sold1ers and sailors of the Civil war
MT Gillem tMass.), chairman of Tho
civil service committee, protested vip.
orously against the bill. He said II WE.
VICIOUS, although drawn apparently wiz,
good Intentions. 1t would, he said. shI%
civilians out of the government
service for years to come 1t would mi
at the top Of the preferential list ali
so!d1ers and sailors of the war will,
Srain, regular and volunteer aiiila i'll
amounting to 100000; the 10000 now in
the service and the $4,000 who soon will
pe enlisted under the army reore.a MIA,
ton bill. 1t therefore would give prefer
ence to $4,000 men and for years wo11ld
Keep civilians off the rolls The ree-n.
lars, he said, were not entitled to be In
prefential class. The soldiers in the
Civil war enlisted as a sacred duty. The
regulars did not enlist for the same
reason. Many of them went into the
army, because they liked the service
Why should they go to the top of the
Hst They were rewarded with pensions.
why also reward them with preference
for appointment in the civil service.
.On rising vote the bill was defeated
81 to 105
BILLS PASSED.
An urgent deficiency bill carrying $182,
500 for contingent expenses of the house
of representa- tives, Indian affairs, District
of Colum bia and the national home for
disabled soldiers was passed
Ellis were passed to divide the states
OF West Virginia and Kentucky each into
TWO judicial districts. The senate bill 10
provide for an additional district Judge
for the northern judicial district of Ohio
1T was intended to remove from duty
Judge Kicks, who has been incepacitatel
for some time.
Mr.. Lanham (Tex.) moved the passage
under the suspension of the rules of tie
bill to authorize the secretary of the IL
terror to mark the boundary between
Texas and Oklahoma and to inquire into
the claims of the state of Texas for
moneys expended while Greer county was
part of Texas.
The bill was passed 116 to 16.
The house 1hen passed 102 pension bills
and then on motion CT Mr.. Littlcfield
(Me.) passed a joint resolution to appoint
Representative Charles A. Boute1le CMe.J
on the retired list as a captain in the
United States navy.
The house at 5:15 p. m. adjourned.
REAPPORTIoNMENT BILL.
The house committee on census, by a
vote of to 6, agreed to report the Hop
kins' reapportionment bill, leaving the
total membership of the house at 357, as
at present, and rearranging a number of
state delegations. The bill will not be
taken up until after the holidays
The only change in the DILL was an
amendment requiring that the several
congressional districts of the several
states should be composed of contiguous
and compact territory. The purpose of
the amendment is to prevent gerry
Wandering. Under the bill the following
states will lose one representative each:
Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Ne
braska, Ohio, South Carolina and Vir-
ginia.
The following will gain one each: Him
ois, LOUISIANA, Minnesota, New Jersey,
New York and West Virginia.
Texas will gain two representatives.
Based upon present political divisions,
neither party will gain advantage from
the new reapportionment proposed in the
bill The Republicans will gain five
and lose five, and the Democrats will
gain and lose 8. The basis Of
representation will be one representa-
tive for each 2OS,S0S inhabitants BY
the terms of the agreement made in the
committee the new bill will not be taken
up until after the holidays. The vote
upon reporting the bill was as follows:
Ayes-Hopkins, Babcoek, Acheson,
Brownlow, Mcdowell, Ryan and Klutts.
Nays-Russen, HeatwoIe, Crumpaclzer,
BurIeigh, Griffith and Wilson Is. CO.
TO IRRIGATE ARID LANDS.
Representative Newlands today intro
duced bill for the construction of re-