The Elbert County tribune., 1900-04-05
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~ tho recruitment members Of the mill
tarv committee of the House. has Pre-
pared a bill to create out OF the miiiuh
~ the several states reserve Foiun-
teer army for use In time OF war 10 sup,
pIemept the regular service. Ine pii,
rontemnlates n general broadening OF
tho basis of the national guard. its
| eouipment with the service rifle ana i's
4 complete organization In time OF wa,
into regiments, brigndes. DIVISIONS NM
corps, with the three battnloh ior
tions as in the regular service, anu
designed to obviate the necessity ol "
large standing army upon the eApila pm
tIon of the present law, July 1, 1901,
Increasing the standing army to 6o,OoU
and authorizing the present voluhteei
army of 35.OOO The bill makes al
citizens between the nges Of eighteen
md forty-fiye liable 10 military service
in the volunteer army. II appropriates
"a. 600. 900 annually for the maintenance
and eouIpmef,t of the national guard OF
tbe several states and requires the sec
retnry of war TO keep In each state q
supply of ordnance stores sufficient fot
ninety days use In the event OF WIT
Governor steunenberg of Idaho called
Mt the War Department Saturday, ana
presented In person to Secretary hoo'
fbe 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 tne
petition before the committee until ne
had first submitted II to the secretary
of war, TO whom 1t was addressed. Inc
petition bears about $500 signatures
and recites that all Of the signers are
citizens OF Idaho and of the county OF
Shoshone and the Occur dAlene MIN
ing district They petition that the sec
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 a time as Governor Steunen'
berg may think their presence neces.
sary for the preservation of peace anu
order. The citizens also express theif
approval of all the acts that have oeen
done by the governor and the ofhclals
of their state to preserve peace ana or
der and TO bring criminals to Justice.
Whether Great Britain made an
apology to the United States for the
opening of Consul Macrum's mail by
its censor depends upon the meaning
OF that word. From our standpoint II
wns apology; from the British stand
point. Ii was an explanation. When the
charge was first made by Macrum and
fac SMILES of the envelopes were pub
lished. il was noticed that the censor
who opened them had been careful to
write his initials upon the sticker Sc
that he could be easily traced. Lord
Paunccfote voluntarily offered to make
. an investigation. and few days latei
I came to the Department OF state VIII
) the explanation that the censor had
: violated his instructions accidentally
/; owing to an enormous amount OF mai
l matter which passed through his
5 hands. He expressed regret at the cir
cumstance and explained the orders
! under which the censors were operut
a ing. Representative Berry, member
: OF the committee to investigate the Ma
crum charges, called at the Depart
' ment of State for Information yester
. day, and was given this information II
r confidence by Secretary Hay. He i'm
: medlately delivered 1t to New York
q newspaper. The committee on foreign
: affairs will commence the Investigation
: of Macrum's troubles tomorrow.
: Senator Foraker has introduced tn,
0 amendments to the Puerto Rican gov
: ernmental bill which were read to the
+ Republican senatorial caucus Monday
and some OF which were agreed to by
1t. The amendments were incorporated
In new print Of the bill. and the bill
l. as thus amended introduced as new
: measure. The first important change
( is made in section 3, In which the in
1 habitants are described ms ''citizens oi
= Puerto Rico, and as such entitled t.
9 the protection of the United States,
n whereas in the old bill they were des
G ignated as ''cftizens OF the Unitet
y States.r The following provision |,
Il substituted for section 8 in regard t.
c articles imported into Puerto Rico from
r ports outside of the United States
!. "That ON and after the passage Of thi
= act the same tariff customs and dutie
@ shall be levied, collected and paid upoI
|, all articles imported into Puerto Ric'
l. from ports other than those of tn
3. United States, which are required b.
law to be collected upon articles i'm
+ ported into the United States from for
eign countries" The new provision IL
c regard to commerce between the Unit
!. ed States and Puerto Rico places a Ia,
o of fifteen per cent. II the Dingley rate
s upon imports into the United States
e This tax to be discontinued after tw
e years. Imports into Puerto Rico to b
: free of duty.
r. cations appropriation bill, Represents
" tive Bell called attention in stron
q terms to the growing extravaganza O
= the administration of public busines,
q He said among other things: ''In til
10 contingent expenses of Congress yo
II can lop off hundreds of thousands q
i. dollars In expenditures by which MOI
ey is filched from the people Th
present bill is a coast defense bill an
ie the great expenditures II calls for hav
I, to be made, but in supporting the bill,
lie do not want my friends to say that
le am responsible for these great expend
n lures. / was not one of the belligcren
4 fellows In the days of excitement her,
IT l never wanted any particular wa
W and l have always objected to the ide
lie of so conducting what yau call the n,
Z. cidents of war as to increase our e,
penditures to this enormous sum. / b,
W lieve II Is owing to n lack of diplomac
that the war in the Philippines is gon
ie on. If we had acted toward the Fi
e. ipinos as we have acted towards I'll
W Utes, the CheyenDes or the Comanchei
E. and conferred with them, there neve
u u would have been gun fired. We fire
IL the first gun and have been firing thel
is ever since. But as we are in the wa
l do not think II right to Withhold
r support of any item necessary to carr
lie on the government. acting to the idea
rs of those who are in control. II is I'll
IN duty of the minority to give the majo
lg ity an opportunity to test Its polio,
at and having done that. we are not +,
OF sponsible for what is going on. II,
ut garding the general extravaganza {
s. the government. | say that 1t cam,
10 run much longer Ms at present III
d, thing Is now absolutely reckless Me
N in office are acting as though they ow