The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-04
FREE HOMES
ADVOCATED BY
GALUSHA GROW.
Venerable Ez-speaker Who Gathered
the Original Homestead Bill,
Speaks Again.
THOUSANDS OF ACRES OPEN
n the indian Territory-Passss the
Bouso-Army Appropriation Bill
Goes Through Senate.

WASHINGTON, May s-rhe housa
to-day without division passed the
.1,Ssg Home" bill which has been pend
ING before Congress for number Of
wars The bill provides that the gov
crnment shall issue patents to actual
hama flde settlers on agricultural lands
4, Indian reservations opensd to set
typment Thees lands were taken up by
sot,Iers who contracted to pay from
ii 25 to 50 70 per acre. BY the terms OF
me bill the government assumes the
payment Of the purchase price to tha
indians and changes the existing law
relative to agricultural colleges SO as TO
insure the payment OF the enduwments
which heretofore have come out of the
sale of public lands, in case Of def
cheney.
Speech by Galusha Grow.
rbese payments involve Sl,2OO,OOO an-
Dually. OF the 100000 acres in Indian
reservations opened to settlement for
which the government is to pay or has
maid ;S5 100000, about 100000 acres
have been taken and about 10000 are
supposed to be still available for agrl-
cultural purposes. A remarkable thing
in connection with the passage OF the
bill to-day. was speech in It's favor by
Galusha A. Grow, OF Pennsylvania, the
venerable ex-speaker OF the house, who,
torty-eight years ago, fathered and
passed the original homestead bill. lie
was then the youngest and Is now the
Oldest member Of the house. The re-
mainder Of the day was devoted to tlts
sundry Civil appropriation bill the last
but one of the great supply bills.
WASHINGTON, May 9.-The senate
to-day adopted the motion of Mr.. Hoar
to take up the resolution of the COM
mittee on elections declaring that SIr.
Clark. OF Montana, was not duly elect
ed to the senate. and then postponed
consideration OF the question for the
week. The army appropriation bill, af-
ter rather spirited debate. was passed
without division. The day closed with
the passage of number Of private pen
sion bills, including bills to pension Mrs
Julia Macy. Henry. widow OF the late
Gen. Guy v. Henry. General James
Longsueet, Mrs. Margaret NJ. Badger,
widow Of the late Commodore Badger
and Mrs. Harriet Gridley, widow OF the
late Captain Gridley. OF the navy.
Army Appropriation Bill Passes.
The senate passed the house bill Tor
the amendment OF the census law. The
bill was amended so as to provide for
$3.50 additional compensation to census
supervisors.
The army appropriation bill being
taken up, Mr.. Pettigrsw continued his
criticism of the treatment Of the volun-
,eer soldiers In the Philippines. He
read a number of letters from members
Of the South Dakota regiment, com
planning OF their treatment there.
Mr. Hawley referred to the letters as
blasphemous and gave notice Of his In
tention to move to have stricken out of
the permanent record letter from Ne.
PeitIgrew to the Presldent. which the
former had read yesterday.
Mr. Tnlman and Mr.. Pettigrew had u
discussion as to affairs in the Philip
pines. Mr.. Pettigrew contended that
no mere fragments OF tribe was OPP
posed to the United States In the Phil
Ippines, but that the entire population
was antagonistic. only small circle
OF country around Manila had been
conquered BY our forces and he assert
ed that a standing army Of 100000 men
would he necessary to maintain order in
the Islands.
An Amendment for Travel Pay.
Mr. Teller advocated the amendment
for travel pay, saying that we could
maintain an army in the Philippines
only by pursuing a liberal policy. Sup
pose It did cost 100000 that was
mere bagatelle compared with the en-
tire cost of the war. Mr. Teller said
he had been insured by an army officer
who had but recently returned from the
Philippines that we did not actually
hold a district in the island Of Luzon
bigger than the District of Columbia.
This was no more territory than waJ
held a year ago. He did not, he said,
mention this fact as criminatIon
against the government on this account
but on the other hand It was puerile to
say that money due the troops should
be withheld for mere motives OF econo-
ny
NJ Tillman criticised the war depart
man' Tor not supplying the Information
asked by the senate.
Replying to Mr.. PettIgrew's charge
a' 20 the prevalence Of insanity and
so..il7s among thu soldiers in the Phil
lp7.nas Mr Hawley read a statement
ron th' surgeon general. saying that
insanity had not been above the aver
age