Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-01-08
FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Washington, January s.
SENATE.

Washington, January s.
SENATE.
The copmittee on pensions reported
favorably big batch OF claims.
Mr.. Pettigrew presented resolution
asking that the Secretary Of War lay
before the Senate the number and
names OF all regular army officers ap-
pointed to service ia the volunteer SER
vice, the position they had previously
held and that to which they had been
appointed. The resolution was or
dered to be printed and lie upon the
table.
At 1896 the consideration of the
army reorganization bill was taken up.
The amendment OF Mr.. Bale provld.
ing for an increase from two hundred
10 three hundred 10 the number OF the
members of the hospital corps and also
providing that men who had served as
hospital stewards 10 volunteer regi-
ments for more than six months shall
BIZ eligible to appointment as stewards
in the regular army, was adopted.
Mr.. Gailinger spoke upon the army
csnteen amendment as proposed by the
committee, prohibiting the sale of wine
or spirituou5 liquors at any military
fpost or on any government premises.
The intention of the committee Is to
permit the sale OF beer in post ex-
changes. He expressed his opposition
to the sale of malt liquors as we'll as
spirituous, and said he never would
favor the government becoming ga
loonist.
Mr.. Sewell OF the committee on mill.
tary affairs spoke in defense Of the COM
mittee's report and favored the sale OF
malt liquors.
Mr.. Hawley opposed the sale of
| liquors to soldiers.
Mr.. Pet,igrew asked several questions
that annoyed Mr.. Hawley. With q
subdued ejaculation OF "Oh. Lord" he
turned to MIR. Petigrew and inpatient.
y said ~ decline to answer aoy more
such trifling questions"
Mr.. Pettigrew responded: 81 do not
care to embsrrass the gentleman from
Connecticut. 1 well know his inability
to answer sDy question propounded."
"Ob, now what does the man mean
by that low down insult" sngrily an
swered Mr.. Hswley. Turning direct.
ly to Mr.. Pettigrew be asked: Shave
you been visiting saloon outside Of a
post exchange?"
Mr.. Pettigrew did not reply.
HOUSE.
| Speaker Henderson called the House
| to order this morning. An entirely
new question, according to the an
uouncement OF the Speaker, was pre-
sented to the House this morning 10 q
communication from the Sergeant-at.
Arms of the House. The question Is
~ to when the pay OF Representative
Richardson, of Alabama, who was
elected 10 succeed Gen. Joseph Wheeler,
shall begin. The communication states
that General Wheeler has been draw
ing no pay since March 4,h, 1899. His
resignation. however, was not presented
until April Goth, 1900, and was accepted
three days later, when Mr.. Richardson
wac elected. The matter was referred
to the judiciary committee, with in
struction to report rs to what shall be
done with the money accommodating
froui the date General Wheeler drew
bis last pay to the date Of the accept
auce OF bis resignation. Mr.. Dalzell
took the floor for an hour 10 support oil
the Hopkins superintendent bill.
Mr.. Dalzsll held that the real ques.
ton for the House to decide wss
whether the House was not too large
already. Mr.. Dslzell declared that
there are at least fifteen useless com.
mittees which existed only because the
Speaker had to find place for all OF
the 357 members.
During the debate Mr.. Grosvenor
made the assertion that he could get o
measure through the House If he had o
majority back of him even II the
Speaker were against IL.
Mr.. Oey warned the House against
opening the race question, which be
declared had been thrust forward by the
Olmstead suffrage resolution. The
resolution was likened by him unto o
carrion-gorged vulture so putrid that
MOSQUITOES would fly from it; that dis.
ease germs would be killed by 1t. He
said that it would not pass until the
fish worm should swallow a whale, OF
until the billy goat butts from the rear. u
The first vote was taken on the Bur-
leigh bill. by which Virginia will retain
her ten members, at hslf.psst four. II
was adopted by vote OF 165 to 102.