The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-21
TO STOP HAZING.


celebration, to be held at the academy
July 4, 1901.
TO STOP HAZING.
Mr.. Bailey (Tex) asked If the practice
of hazing at the academy had been
broken up.
1.-THE academy MANAGEMENT" replied
Mr.. Hull, lis doing all it can to- break 1t
up. Two cadets have been expelled dur
ing the past year for INDUCING in the
practice"
Il notice from the testimony now being
taken at West Point" said Mr.. Bailey,
that the cadets admit that hazing con-
tinucs. do not believe it is necessary
to make a brute of a man in order to
make soldier of him. I believe the
practice should cease. If 1t cannot be
stopped the academy should be abol-
ished." (Applause.)
And the naval academy as WELL"
cried Mr.. Hill Comm, amid renewed ap-
plause.
IT agree with all the gentleman has
said regarding the brutality Of hazing,"
observed Mr.. Hull, land think the off,
GERS Of the academies will soon stamp
out the practices
The bill was then passed.
Mr. Hopkins GIL }, chairman of tho COM
mittee on census, gave notice that he
would call up the reapportionment bill
Immediately after the holiday recess.
At 1850 p. m. the house adjourned.
RIVERS AND HARBORS.
The house committee on rivers and
harbors today completed their bill and it
will be given to the public tomorrow
The decision to make it public before
the holiday recess was due to the fact
that the various items of the bill had
leaked out. The bill was vigorously
pruned at the last moment Tbs total
appropriations carried by 1t yesterday,
including continuing contracts, amounted
to about $50 000 The largest items,
as rule, suffered most in the pruning.
The big project for Cleveland, O., the
home of Chairman Burton, which was
slated for more than $4,000,e00 was re-
duced to about 100000. The project for
the southwark pass at the mouth Of the
Mississippi was reduced to $300O,000 The
project for extending the channel to
thlrty-three-foot depth at Boston was re-
duced from about Sc, 0C0 900 to about $780,
OOO. This latter project is to be placed
under the contract system and $500 900 OF
direct appropriation is made in the bill
The appropriation for the Delaware river
was cut about half Million; that for the
Improvement at the mouth of the Column
Ola river, on the Pacific coast, $500 900, and
1or the Upper Mississippi about 81 800 0OO
Inc amount for Buttermilk channel N
Y, was cut from 81, 200 900 to 81 00O. 900. The
Spring channel project for Baltimore, Nd.
is provided for in the bill Galveston
Will receive 81, 900 for the restoration
OF It's Jetties. An appropriation of s225.-
600 is made for preliminary work on the
canal to connect Lake Michigan with the
mississippi by way of the Desplaines
river and the Chicago drainage canal.
-Four new locks and dams are provided
Tor the Ohio river. Licking River, Ky,
received 100000; Sabine Pass $3.50
Arkansas Pass, $350000; Norfolk, Va, $780,
for channel through Buffalo bayou.
Texas, Is provided for in the bill.
HOUSE REAPPoRTIoNMENT
Representative Hopkins. chairman of
the committee on census, TODAY filed in
the house the majority report on the
reapportionment bill, reported by his
committee, fixing the membership Of the
mouse for the next decade at 357 Rep
resentative Burleigh, OF Maine. filed q
minority report signed by six members
In favor Of a house to be composed Of
SS6 members and Representative Crum-
packer, of Indiana, who signed the Bur-
leigh report, also submitted an indie
| pendent report in favor of reducing the
representation in the Southern states to
| the extent of the abridgment Of the suf-
| frage. His independent report favors
a house to be composed of 374 members
IN THE SENATE.
| For the first time during the present
| session Mr.. Jones New appeared in the
| senate today. He had been detained
| from his seat in the senate by serious
| Illness in his family.
| A spirited debate was precipitated in
| the senate today on a motion of Mr..
! Chandler to discharge the committee on
| contingent expenses from further con-
| sheraton Of the resolution ordering an
| investigation of the Montana senatorial
| course. The exchanges between the OPP
| ponents and advocates of the resolution
/ took a spirited turn and resulted in some
| lively colloquies. No action upon the
| resolution was taken.
A bill was passed to allow the commu-
tation of homestead entries upon coded
! portions of Indian reservations
/ Just before the senate adjourned to-
day Senator Hawley stated that tomor-
| row he would ask the senate to take up
the army reorganization bill, which was
| today reported from the committee on
| military affairs.
The senate today confirmed the follow
| ing nominations:
c. v. Francis, of New York, to be min
I Arthur S. Hardy, of New Hampshire, to
be minister to Switzerland
| J. G. A. Leishmann, of Pennsylvania,
! minister to Turkey.
c. L. Thurston of Nebraska, secretary
of the legation at Buenos Ayres.
]. +. Baker, of New York, secretary OF
| the Chilean Claims commission.
]. M. Ferguson, of Pennsylvania, Sec
| rotary of legation to Japan.
Montans0G. W. Crane, Fort Benton.
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