Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-01-10
THE ARMY MEASURE.
It Displaced the Ship Subsidy Bill
Bill In the Senate.
BILL FOR DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Resolution Concerning the Arrangement OF
Suffrage In Southern States Voted Down
Resolution to Maintain Legal Ten
der OF Silver ut Parity with Gold.

Washington, Jan. 4.-Without Q
murmur of dissent and without q
word of comment the senate yester-
day displaced the ship subsidy bill
from its privileged position as "un-
finished business" and substituted for
It the army reorganization bill. Since
the second day Of the present session
the shipping bill had been the I'M
finished business with the under
standing that it should not interfere
with the consideration of the army
reorganization bill or Of the apprO-
priation bills. The senate convened
yesterday in its first session of the
twentieth century and the army bill
was. taken up with view TO pressing
II to a finish as soon as possible. Its
consideration proceeded until two
0'clock-the end of the morning
hour-when the subsidy bill was laid
before the senate. Mr.. Pettigrew, OF
South Dakota, then objected to a re-
quest for unanimous consent to con-
tinue the discussion of the army bill.
BY a vote OF the senate the military
measure was continued for consider
alton, thus making 1t the unfinished
business and sending the subsidy bill
back to the calendar. During the
discussion of the army measure the
opposition senators indicated that the
line Of attack upon the bill would be
against the creation of q large and
permanent standing army. There
was intimation that objection would
not be offered to a temporary meas
ure to provide an adequate force to
maintain the authority of the United
States in the Philippines. Beyond
this point yesterdays proceedings
developed nothing.
Senator Hansbrough introduced a
bill creating a department of educa-
tion and giving the head of the de-
partment place in the president'A
cabinet. Speaking Of the object of
the bill, Senator Hansbrough said
educational interests of the country
are constantly increasing and that
with the addition of new territory
comprised in Hawaii, Porto Rico and
the Philippines, this interest would
grow rapidly in scope and impor-
lance In the future. On this account,
he said, the head Of the proposed de-
partment should be member Of the
presidents official household.
Resolution In House Concerning Suffrage.
Washington, Jan. 4.--The radical
element among the house republic
ans who favor cutting down the rep
resentation from the southern states
An which the franchise is abridged sui,
fereo defeat yesterday because Il num-
Der Of iheir colleagues refused to act
with them, The issue was precipi-
tated quite unexpectedly. The lead
crs had decreed that the reapportion-
ment bill should be taken up yester-
day, but before it could be called Mr..
Olmstead, of Pennsylvania, offered as
a matter of privilege resolution re-
~clting the alleged abridgement Of the
suffrage in Louisiana, Mississippi
South Carolina and North Carolina,
and directing the committee on GEN.
sus to investigate and report the
facts TO the house in order that
constitutional basis of representa-
ton could be established for those
states. The resolution created SEN
sation. 1t was surprise even to
several Of the republican leaders. The
leaders on the democratic side sought
in vain to head off the resolution with
points of order, but the speaker ruled
against them. They then began a
flibuster, openly avowing that they
would fight every proposition looking
to the reduction of rsnrarantst'--