, 1901-02-28

DEblent Itiut III lihit " ulStllui Sc ny
the 3Oth of Tune next. which is the
late fixed by law for the dlsbandment
of the volunteer army. All the vessels
of the Pacific transportation fleet will
be used and will I've run between San
Francisco and Manila on a close and
regular schedule. Counting the volun-
teers already landed or on their way
across the Pacific, 1t is estimated that
there are nearly 10000 still to be
brought to the United States before the
list of July.
The House committee on banking and
currency will make n favorable report
on what is known as the Lowering
banking bill, which has attracted wide
spread interest in banking and financial
circles. The bill has been undo con-
sideratiOn for several weeks and Secre~
tary Gage and many prominent inan-
ciers have been heard on 1t. 1t is enti-
tied a bill 'tO make the currency, re-
sponsive to the varying needs of bust
ness Mt all seasons and in all sections"
The chief feature is in authorizing ma
tional banks to issue circulating notes
not in excess of ten per cent. of their
paid up and unimpaired capital, thu
furnishing a circulation based on bank
assets, instead of government bonds.
Mr.. Cannon presented in the House
n detailed table showing the total APP
preparation bills up to date. his
showed n grand total of 1904, 11S,595,
emitting the S53, 900. 900 sinking fund.
This grand total is S~26,256,209 below
the estimates, which aggregated Si2O.-
3I4, SO4. exclusive of the sinking fund.
Tho bill to authorize the holding Of
the international exhibition at the cen
- - $50 - thA I no
purchase at st. Louis in 1903, and ap-
propriating $5,oOo,O0O therefor, passed
the House under suspension of the
rules by n vote of 191 to Al. The oppo-
sition was hopelessly in the minority
and the struggle over the bill was brief.
The question of closing the exposition
on Sunday was not mentioned during
the debate.
At the diplomatic dinner n few days
ago the President is said to have told
several of the foreign ministers that he
did not see how an extra session of
Congress could be avoided because
there would he no opportunity for the
consideration of Cuban affairs during
the few days that remain of the pres
emit session and the subject was too i'm
portant to postpone any longer than is
absolutely necessary. He did not in
innate to them when an extra session
would be called, but to others within
the last few days he suggested that
it would not be advisable TO submit
the Cuban constitution for the consid-
Grafton of our Congress until 1t con-
tanned some satisfactory provision de-
filming the future relations which should
exist between the republic of Cuba and
the United States.
During the discussion of the haZing
penalty in the conference report several
senators used pretty strong language.
Mr.. Tillman said that those cadets who
practiced haZing upon their physical
interiors We're ''brutes anG dogs" and
he doubted whether The provision
against hazing could go too far. This
school at West Point" he asserted,
has become a disgrace in the eyes of
the world, on account of hazing." Mr..
Teller said a system of haZing had
grown up in West Point totally unlike
that in any other institution in the
country. 1t ought to be suppressed
with n strong hand. Men who prac-
were untitled for the command of
American soldiers. "The people are
outraged by this practice said he.
I'VE have got to stop 1t, OF eventually
dismantle the institution"
BY the emphatic vote of is to 10, the
Senate rejected the conference report
on the military academy appropriation
bill. This action came at the close of n
spirited debate against haZing inserted
in the report by the conference commit.
tee. Mr.. Pettus argued that the pro-
vision of the conference report which
Hob, t.rnl n co1at apnyipta1 nf havinu
from ever holding n commission in the
army, navy or marine corps was clear
ly unconstitutional. Messrs. Hawley,
Chandler and Lodge expressed the
opinion that the conferees had gone too
far, and said that while hazing should
be suppressed, no perpetual stigma
should be put on convicted cadets. Mr..
Depew. in opposing the haZing penalty,
declared 1t had been adopted under
public clamor and that Congress had
acted upon impulse rather han upon
Judgment.
A special to the New York Herald
from Washington says: Three times
in as many days has the President told
his callers that he believes an extra
session inevitable. The President went
further Ii "A ever to-day by indicating
his intention to call the extra session
to meet two weeks following his in
auguration. This is taken to mean that
II will be some time in the week be-
ginning March 18th. probably March
10th or March 21st. The President still
desires an extra session, primarily on
Cuba. Fresh information he has been
receiving from Cuba conveys the news
that the Cubans are manifestlng n
more liberal policy toward the United
States government. What the Cubans
want and what members of Congress
want Is that a committee of the constl-
tutional convention shall come to WASH
ington and make arrangements with
the President and his Cabinet which
shall be binding.
Senator Hale has introduced a joint
resolution rendering tie thanks of Con-
gress to Rear Admiral William Il.
Sampson, U. $. N, and commander-in-
chief of the United States naval force
on the North Atlantic station during
the late war with Spain. ana to the of
ficers and men under his command, for
highly distinguished conduct in the