The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-17
CONGRESS,

4 authorizing the secretary OF war to
1 appoint one hundred additional hos
pital stewards in the regular army,
hospital stewards for six months
in the volunteer army during the
Spanish war being given preference
4 Washington, Jan. 9.-SenateThe
army canteen Is to be abolished, as
the senate, by a very decided vote,
concurred in the house provision rel
alive to the army canteen. Only ff-
4 teen votes could be mustered in the
senate in favor of the canteen, while
thirty-four were cast against it. Be-
yond disposing finally of the canteen
question, the senate accomplished
| little.
1 House-The house today consider
ed the river and harbor appropria-
ton bill. Little progress was made.
Washington, Jan. 10.-Senate-Con-
siderable progress was made with
the army reorganization bill, but the
| final vote upon the measure seems
| to be as far off as ever. The amend
ment proposing the appointment of
|sGeneral Wilson, General Lee and Cen
eral Shafter to be made major gen
| erals of the regular army and retired
was adopted.
An appeal was presented by Teller,
OF Colorado from more than 1000
persons in Manila, urging the United
States government to cease it's oper-
ations against the Filipinos. The ap-
peal is sensational in it's statements
and so unusual in form that Hawley
of Connecticut made vigorous OBJ
| lection to its publication as docu-
ment. He declared it was treason
able denunciation of the govern
ment and an attack upon our sol
diers.
House-The general debate on the
river and harbor bill continued in
the house until o'clock, when the
death of Representative Clarke, of
New Hampshire, was announced and
the house adjourned out of respect
to his memory. The features of the
debate today were the speeches of
Mr.. Cushman, of Washington, and
Mr.. Hepburn of Iowa. The latter has
been a persistent opponent of river
and harbor bills for years and he
attacked the bill all along the line in
his usually vigorous fashion.
Washington, Jan. 11.-Senate-In
the senate today vigorous attack
was made upon that portion of the
army reorganization bill which con-
fers upon the president discretionary
power to increase the strength of
the army to the maximum limit fixed
by the bill. Macon of Georgia began
the attack and Platt of Connecticut,
replying, maintained that discretion
airy power ought to be conferred up.
on the president and expressed as
constituent that anybody should en-
terrain fear that the power should
ever be abused. Bacon declared he
rather see his party condemned to
universal and never-ending Danish
see such authority placed in the
hands of the president. An amend
ment, opening the way to the ap-
pointment of volunteer officers to
grades as high as that of captain in
the regular establishment, was adopt
ed. just before adjournment, Carter
of Montana called up the bill appor-
4 tioning the representatives of the
United States among the several
/ states. Without debate it was passed
precisely as it came from the house.
II now goes to the president for his
signature.
/ House-Not since the Fifty-first
lcongress has the house passed as
many private pension bills at q pri-
vate sitting as it did today. In all
179 special pension bills were passed
at the session.
Washington, Jan. 12.-Senate-No
Legislative business of Importance was
transacted by the senate today. The
session was devoted to services held
i'll memory of the late Cushman K,
Davis of Minnesota.
House-After an hour spent in mis-
lcellaneous routine business during
the course of which several bills of
minor Importance were passed, the
house devoted today to a continue
ton of the debate, in committee of
of the whole upon the river and har-
Dor appropriation bill, which was in
terrupted yesterday by private bills.
Ihe main feature was an elaborate
speech by Catchings in defense of the
improvements of the lower Missis-
sippi river.
Washington, Jan. 14.-Senate-Jus
at the close of day of dreary dis
cussion of technical details Of the
army reorganization bill Teller of
Colorado, speaking to an amendment
he had offered, delivered sensation
al denunciation of General Eagan,
formerly commissary general of the
United States army. His statements
included also the administration, be-
cause General Eagan had been retir-
ed, according to the Colorado sena-
tors charge, as "a decoration and re-
ward for his attack upon the COM
handing general of the army" In
an appeal for the early passage of
the pending bill, Carter of Montana
declared that delay now would mean
an additional expenditure of $5OO,OOO
a day. He asked that time be set
for vote, but Teller objected. Alb
solutely no progress was made. with
the measure today, not single
amendment being disposed Of finally.
House-The house today postponed
District of Columbia business until
next Monday and proceeded with the
river and harbor bill. Good progress
was made, fifty-nine out of the nine
| ty-seven pages of the bill being COM
pleted. Many amendments were Of
fered, but without exception all of
them failed.
An old bachelor says that widow
will jump at an offer of marriage
quicker than she. will jump at
mouse.
In Sympathy with the Beers.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 10.-The Nebras-
ka senate passed resolution ex-
pressing sympathy with the Beers in