The sun., 1901-02-15
THEWORK OF CONGRESS-
Soldiers Homes Made a Subject OF
Debate In the Senate.
AGRICULTURAL MEASURE UP
PRESIDENT Sends to the Senate the
Names of AdmiraIs Sampson
and SchIey For Advance
ment In Rank.

ment In Rank. 4
Washington, Feb. 14.-When the SEN
ate convened, an amendment proposed by
Mr.. Shoup Uda.) to the sundry civil bill
looking to the establishment of soldiers
home in Idaho induced II. Hale tMc)
TO call attention to tie fact that the COM
mittee on appropriations was being be-
siegcd constantly for more and more sol
dcrs' homes, although it is nearly ~
years since the close of the civil war.
The general belief was that i'll ~ or ~
| years the demand for these homes ought
| TO be on the decrease, and he thought II
would be necessary to give some account
to the country of the proposed increase
] Mr.. pettigrew declared that the United
| States was manufacturing material for
soldiers homes every day. General Mac
| Arthur's report for December showed
that there were 10000 more sick In the
Philippines than could be- cared for prop
erly.
Mr. Hale acccded to this statement anu
added that every man iii the Philippines
would be on the pension list i'll five years.
.'rlis kind Of war; he said, is the
most cruel and destructive in its raw
ages, All the SOlultES ItN Ill iitS L hIil'
pines will want pensions. and we will
give them to them He did not believe,
however, thnt there were enough soldiers
i'll the Philippines to account for any IN
crease in the number of soldiers homes.
Mr.. Sewell tN j., challenged Mr.. Pet
} tigrcw's statement thnt there We're loWt
sick and disabled soldiers in the Philip
pines who could not be given proper care
4 IIn Jp,.larnd in w.iS not trllp
4 Mr.. Teller lColo) supported Mr.. Pctil
CREWS statement. and the latter declaret
his belief that the number of sick an,
disabled soldiers in the Philippines Wnnl,
!, aggregate I0utND year for years To com
= on 81 long ;iS the war might last
The debate was cut off by 4 demand 70
: the regular order.
J. Agricultural BiIl Up.
Z Consideration Of the agricultural III
preparation bill was then resumed til
! pending question being the amcnllnrl
e of Mr.. Teller striking ont the proSlsln
n for the mapping Of the agricultural sol
Of the United States
Mr. Hale lMc.i Went beyond Mr.. Tel
- er's amendment and made a point nf @
: arI. against the committee ainrndllcl
providing for Il general mapping of y
soils of the Emitted States.
Il. rs there said he ITO lie no Stop
~ the schemes for depicting the treasury
H. This will cost Sint.uon.Wn. II new
will stup until every county iii cNrt
Sc state has been visited and mapped.
n. the interest Of some moderation in the
!, new schemes | make this point Of order
Mr.. Tillman IS. - made yig"ta
appeal III support Of the commit
- amendment. urging that il was IN the
~ tcr,St Of the farmers of the country ]
N declared that congress every yei,r "
III spending hundreds Of millions thai We
stolen. and yrt objection was made 10
at simple and inexpensive proposition III
act half of the farmers Of the country.
in MIR. Proctor i'll charge of The till,
ar planned that the amendment called
RS the expenditure of only SD .oth,.
Mr.. PcttuS tAla.) directed the Scnat
e attention 10 two word pictures. one q
uh proposition to spend S22.,.Uoo for the b
md .h:,,.,... ,n,i sbinhnilIai.s
the the country and the other 4 project
axe Spend less than Sl0o.0uD for the ben,
me of more than half the population Of
eat United States.
Mr.. Hale reiterated his assertion aS
the ultimate cost OF the proposed itroj'
lie urged that there was no demand fl
the farmers of the country for such
'al. examination Or the soils. They IN
lef thrir farms and their adaptahilitN
as crops. He urged that the pending pr'
tor Sition was evolved from the mind Of =
,. j agricultural expert aud did not have
by approval OF the hard headed farmers
llnG the country.
by sampson and schIey.
During the day the president sent
following nominations t. the senate:
er. Navy trear adniral~ to be advance
| ~. rank from the 1lth day Of fehrn
tars 9U1.-William I. Sampson five II
i. bers, to take rank next after Rear -
;nn. raj John A. Howell; Winfield )
Schley, three numbers. to take rank
,ip G after Rear Admiral Sampson when
A.. vanccd
~ The president sent Il special rlcsSila
in ,,,,,,;,.,, NM ~. s,,,o re,o.rt,
"as that had been given Dewey and hls
wv GERS and men for their services N NJ
bay should h. given Sampson, comm
er Of the noith Atlantic fleet. and ms
for services III and about Cubi.
,nrch Before the consideration OF the sti
was civil appropriation bill was r"sttiht
I'M e the house some routine business
mnnt transacted. Bills We're passed 70 e
d ii e the privilege OF immediate lfahspol,
the OF uQtlHhlt SDbuN " NV l''hi'i'- Z
and 10 grant an American register I
steamer Enterprise, formerly the =
may Ship st. George, wrecked III GuhaI
Slst tiers.
il one The senate amendments to the ~
vii tire creation OF Il committee tn SCI
! and site and udopt plans for memorial
8 con ue to General Grant i'll this city
He adopted.
4 bill also was passed for the fci
Horace l.. Mcintosh. L. ). -, e
|TS, The house then went into commit
the whole and resumed the considc
of the sundry civil appropriation III
pleas Pioneer In oiinei"s nn"'
ne ar Philadelphia, Feb. William
en- can terSon Logan. one Of the pioneers
onder- oiltiplds of this state and prolnih
great financial and business circles IN I'M
assures is dead AT his home i'll BrSn MaWr.
reatest urb. He was - years old and ha
le King an invalid for IL year. MIR. i-osil
J Sic. horn in Washington county. III
1oreyer ties he engaged in business at III
nura 4 and aInnsScd 81 fortune. Later he !
10 Sere- an extensive producer and exporter