Milford chronicle., 1901-02-01
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1WS.
at Congress
lie action at |
IN legislation
ition of heal /
the gold stan
It BY Secretary
the country de
danger Of ha
ystem overtL
4tary of the Treaz.,
,uOwn as the Hill /!
by Representative
icut, has been ia
ID from the Commit
Weights and Mea-
louse and speedy &C
ost certainly be taken
4 lower body. Little
IS expected in the Sen
is hoped that the bill
trough, even though the
owing alarmingly short.
bill provides that silver
nd silver certificates shall
changeable at tht Treasury
and that the Secretary of
easury may in his discretion,
per cent bonds to main
e parity between gold and
There is also a provision
le bill for coming all the silver
ion in the Treasury into sub
lary coin. There is about $780,
5000 Of this bullion, and the fur
Ter provision is made that when
ais is all coined the Secretary may
Jrder the recoinage of the silver
dollar pieces into subsidiary coin
At the request of Representative
Shafroth of Colorado, w. ]. Bryan
was invited to appear before the
COMMITTEES and explain his ideas a.
n to the bill. He telegraphed in re
r, ply that it would be impossible fol
is him to be present, offering however
II to send his views in writing if de
sired.
The House has yielded to tn,
Senate OIL the question of staff re
organization practically adopting
the suggestion of Secretary Roo
IL for the purpose, and permitting ou
o. army to be put in line with ever,
other on the globe and preventing
ne in the future, the larger part Of mis-
We management and red tape ignor-
III ance displayed two years ago.
20 single instance of the lubberly sys
:. tenn at present prevailing may b
II given. The food that the soldie
nc eats is provided by one independen
vn bureau, the cooking utensils by
ic- second and the table ware, knives
a forks, and so on, by third, eac
jealous of the other. All tire
ns have to make connection by entirel
m different and constantly changin
nd nicholson the soldier cannot ca
a This is not all, there being dozen
-, of other similar absurdities. Du
:. ing the Spanish wal, more than on
- staff officer was so much concerne
ng with filling out his blanks propetl
" that he neglected the interests
re. the men. Medical surgeons at tt
ar various camps during the typhoi
!, fever epidemics, spent all their tin
u quarreling about incomplete med
cal returns, while the regiments
surgeons were absolutely withol
Out medicine. So, too, the awful col
re- gestion of supplies at Tampa W;
ed, brought about by adherence to rot
ac- tine methods and ignorance of pra
4, teal details. This all arose fro
a. ~ the fact that the staff officers we
ads appointed for life and had no chan,
Ike; to keep up with current metho,
ntv of the line, while the line WI
de- equally ignorant ofthe methods
the staff. Hereafter, the staff wi
ION be constituted from line officers, d
rk- tailed for four years only.
the What little prospect of publ
ode building legislation existed earli
AIDE in the session now seems to ha'
al disappeared entirely. At the
~ ginning of the session, Chairmi
NY Mercer of the Public Buildings al
ub- Grounds Committee announc,
on, that no attempt would be made
all provide any more new buildin
Of until those authorized by the Il
Congress. were cared for in the w
of making additional appropr
tons to meet the increase in t
'are price of building material and lab,
,na- Consequently the committee h
or done nothing as it has been watt
ont ON the Supervising Architect
80 data on which the committe c
10 base an omnibus bill, which it
mat estimated will carry about So, so
rec eco. Some of this information
ces. in the hands of the committee, b
Of it cannot proceed with its wo
-. until all Of it has been receive
Pending the receipt of this da
ana Chairman Mercer is at home, nu
here ing his Senatorial boom, but II
ing withstanding his absence the We
,rea of the committee is not being
go layed. There are number
ie'Ci building measures which alrea
S OF have been adopted by the Sena
peo- and which their authors are al
the ious to have adopted, besides ma
aud others which have been present
-, in the House, AS the legislat
OPie days are so limited and there "
II OF be another ten days delay Def
y of the omnibus bill is reported by
Two committee its members admit Il
+ ;f nothing towards authorizing m
- public buildings will be done
COL this session.
iAe Although the advocates of a
ION and reclamation have not yet gi1
up the, fight for action at this .
sion of Congress, it seems to eve
t of body else that their case is no
Ease less. Early in the session strt
- hopes were entertained for the
-'''' ginning of the, work of reserV
pay building, and a widespread eff
item was made 70 SECURE II Maaf;