The Holly chieftain., 1901-03-01
WHAT IS BEING DONE AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

| Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks, wife OF
the senior senator from Indiana, has
been elected president general OF the
national society Of the Daughters of the
American Revolution. The ballots cast
were as follows: Mrs. Charles w
Fairbanks, Indiana, 1873; Mrs Donald
Mclean, New York. 2O6; Mrs. Washing
ton Roebling, New Jersey. AZ.
The Senate passed the bill which re-
leases the appropriation of &5,OO0,O00
for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
at st. Louis in 1903. 1t was amended
BY providing an appropriation of $2JO.-
600 for government exhibit at the
Charleston Exposition. to be held next
December. Before the bill passed
amendments were adopted closing both
expositions on Sunday.
Senator Stewart, from the committee
on mines and mining, reported sub
stitute for the mining bill heretofore
introduced by himself. The substi-
tute prohibits any person from locating
mining claim, lode or placer for any
other person, corporation or assocla-
ton. The substitute also authorizes
the purchase from the government of
land believed to be oil land, at the price
Of $3.50 per acre.
The Senate committee on naval af.
fairs agreed to report favorably upon
all the nominations Of naval officers for
advancement except those of AdmIrals
Sampson and Schley. They also decid
| ed to recommend the revival of the
grade of vice admiral and the appoint
| men of two rear admlrals to this office,
| the. intention being that the President
shall name Messrs. Sampson and
Schley
Representative Mann of Illinois has
| introduced bill repeating section five
ofthe tariff act of 1897 under which the
President is empowered to levy addi-
tional duty on imports receiving
bounty from foreign governments.
equal to the amount of the bounty paid.
1t is under the operation of section five
tildt n duty was recently imposed OH
Russian sugar equal TO the bounty paid
on this sugar.
| BY the emphatic vote of is to ~, the
| Senate rejected the conference report
on the military academy appropriation
bill. This action came ut the close of a
spirited debate against liazIng inserted
in the report by the conference commit-
tee. Mr.. Pettus argued that the pro-
vision of the conference report which
debarred cadet convicted of hazing
| from ever holding commission in the
army, navy or marine corps was clear
| ly unconstitutional. Messrs. Hawley,
Chandler and Lodge expressed the
opinion that the conferees had gone too
far, and said that while hazing should
be suppressed, no perpetual stigma
should be put on convicted cadets. Mr..
Depew, In opposing the hazing penalty,
declared 1t had been adopted under
public clamor and that Congress had
acted upon impulse rather than upon
Judgment.
During the discussion of the hazing
penalty in the conference report several
senators used pretty strong language.
Mr.. Tillman said that those cadets who
practiced hazing upon their physical
interiors were "brutes and dogs" and
he doubted whether the provision
against hazing could go too far. "This
school at West Point" he asserted,
has become n disgrace in the eyes of
the world, on account of hazing." Mr..
Teller said system of hazing Ind
grown up in West Point totally unlike
that In any other institution in the
country. 1t ought to be suppressed
with strong hand. Men who prac-
ticed that sort of brutality, he declared.
were untitled for the command of
American soldiers. 'The people are
outraged by this practice said he.
I'VE have got to stop 1t, or eventually
dismantle the institution"
A special to the New York Herald
from Washington says: Three times
In as many days has the President told
his callers that he believes an extra
session inevitable. The President went
further than ever to-day by Indicating
his intention to call the extra session
to meet two weeks following his in
auguration. This is taken to mean that
1t will be some time In the week be.
ginning March 18th, probably March
10th or March 21st. The President still
desires an extra session. primarily on
Cuba. Fresh information he has been
receiving from Cuba conveys the news
| that the Cubans are manifesting q
more liberal policy toward the United
States government. What the Cubans
want and what members, of Congress
want is that COMMITTEES Of the consti-
tutional convention shall come to Wash.
ington and make arrangements with
the President and his Cabinet which
shall be binding.
William E. Curtis, the Chicago Rec
| ord correspondent says 1t looks rs II a
scheme which Senator Hansbrough has
been working over SO long and so ably
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