The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-28
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out at home. While il would be nrac-
I pcable to secure a larger fleet of trans
ports on this coast than ia the pesf the
I long voyage by the eastern route in
] wolves heavy expense The officiaIs
Z nnd that they can land troops in san
francisco and pay their travelling ex-
penses across the continent for less
tnan they can bring them to eastern
points.
Under the present plan the deDarf-
ment hopes 10 arrange a schedule 50
tnat one transport may leave Manila
IulI every five days. General MacAr-
thur mas edded TO the problems before
the war depaT tment by cabling that he
cdnhoL spare 9,OUO of the volunteers.
which would reduce the force to SO COO
men Should he, therefore. retain the
9ouO until new regiments are ORGANIZED
equipped and sent out. the department
expects TO be compelled To muster them
out at Manila
The Thirtv-sixtb y-olr,D+aar ,,e-i,,,.+
: now on the seas, and the Thirty
seventh IS expected to leave in the near
iutuIe' Inc next regiment to follow
VII be the Thirty-fourth, Ulder Colo
mel Lyman
Amended Subsidy Grab Nay Pass.
The house Is likely to pass the shin
subsidy bill if il is amended in certain
important particulars. With the amerld-
nents proposed il is probable that the
measure would also be acces table to a
majority OF the Republican Senators
Whether il can be brought to a VOC in
the senate depends largely uDou the
opposition If they RESORT to 0bsfr11c-
tive tactics, they may be able to Dre-
vent the passage Of the bill at this SEES
SION For obvious reasons the presi-
denI would hesitate TO call an extra
session merely to nut a Subsidy
schehle through congress. If the Oppos-
ltlon IS iukewarm, however. the bin
may be passed before the adjournment
on March g.
Senator Hanna has issued a pronun-
clamento in which he threatens to
prosecute any eviI-minded persons who
ATTRIBUTE any unworthy motives to him
because of mis- earnest advocacy of fha
OIL Il is not impossible that as the
twentieth century grows older there
may De law in the United States. as
IN Germany, providing stern punish
ment for those guilty of Iese majestic.
Bill Is to Help Dividends.
Meantime Republican newspapers
Whlch nave not been Overawed continue
TO publish disagreeabl bic criticisms of
some of the provisions Of the SUBSIDY
scheme. The New York Press. for in
stance, quotes from a letter written bv
Senator Frye 20 the New York Tri-
pune IN which the senator states with
refreshing franlzness: Since 1Se4-e5
without paying dividends The Dend-
ing Dill In effect restores the rate of SIS
4 mile, which win enab bic the con7Da0v I
10 pay on those shi IS a dividend of 80 (
per cent senator Frye explains that
the rate of S6 d mile was that uronosed
py the postal subsidy bill OF 1891. but
" men the house reduced TO 81 The {
TreS5 observes that to figure up 81 F,
per cent dividend on a steamship COM /
pahy $ capital stock and ask congress (
70 appropriate, without investigation.
the money to pay. it. is a form of 1
lusty beggary to which even the C,ovs,- :
army never attained in not dfssini- ,
lar trip to the steps of the capitol" It F.
VIII be remembered that when Coxev
ana MS hosts arrived at the capitol .
fhey were told in the plainest of terms
- keep OF the grass" The doors of
the treasury vaults were not opened TO
them, nor was the fatted calf killed
and served in their honor
Place of Justice Not In Favor.
There is no enthusiasm in supreme
court circles over the proposition of
Chairman Mercer of the house com
nittee on public buildings and grounds
-or magnificent palace of justice on
CAPITOL hill
The supreme. court people admit that
t is very fine combination scheme.
but they would prefer not to be en-
s said there is particular objection to
he supreme court being put under the
same rooi with the department Of JUS
lice and the District of Columbia
'Ourts, bat there would not be so much .
to the court Of claims.
1t IS urged that the department of
Justice has grown TO be a great poIiti-
al institution, with its vast array of
district attorneys, marshals, eXamin-
srs and one thing and another. and it 4
would not be fitting TO have the su-
5reme court in such close contact with
l. What the supreme court would
Ike is a building especially adapted TO
Is own purposes, with ample accom-
notation for the law library and, if
-XDedient, a portion set apart for the
'ourt of claims, which tribunal is now, Z
lOwever. very comfortably housed in
he old COrcoran Art Gallery. 1t is also
suggested that 1t would be very ap-
,r0pria-e to provide in the new supreme
curt building fTst-Class acCOmmOda-
ions for the various international tri-
,unals which sit in Washington from
ime to time.