Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-01-17
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE
FIETY-slxTH CONGRESS-.
[second SESSION.

In the senate. on the eth. the feature Of
the debate on the army r~eorganIzatlon PHI
was a notable speech by Senator Logs
-IMass-), in which he drew a brilliant word
picture Of the commercial future OF Inc
United States. and urged the necessity TOT
a strong and scientifically organized army
al a powerful navy for defense against
Sny possible foe. The house provision LoT
a Veterinary corps in the army was stTick-
On out....In the house the debate on the
| req pporUioument bill was continued, unan-
iTnouS agreement being reached to take d
| III the session on the Sth. a number OF
| notable speeches were made during the
days debate.
IN the senate. on the Sth, the senate
ed EpIIB sQl OF 1u9uIpu9Jue s.a7l4yutuIo0
-x9 ls5d 9ql su!IolssI. liza ucnBzEuE5Lo
change or c~anteen, stricken out of the ball
by the house. was under discussion for
nearly five hours without any conclusion
being r~eached....In the house. by a vote
II 165 to l02, the TeappOrtionment plan
proposed by the Burieigh bill, which IN
creases the membership of congress from
351. the present number. to 3S6, was &C
i65t consressforai d;Stricts. in addition TO
being contiguous. shall also be compact
Additional members are to be elected at
large until legislatures shall redistrict
their states.
In the senate, on the 9Th. by the decis-
i've vote of "a 10 Is, the house provision
abHlishing the army canteen, "as con
which 0~ccupitd almost the entire DAYS
session. Little other progress vas made
i'm the consideration of the army reorgani-
zation biII......In the house consideration
of the river and harbOr approprIa lion bill
occupied the entire day, but little prog
reSS was made. Mr.. Burton, in charge Of
the bill, made an elaborate explanation of
its provisions, while several members as
sailed it for not containing provisions for
irrigation reservoirs.
In the senate, on the 10th, considerable
progress wds made with the army reor-
ganizatiOn bill, the proceedings at times.
being characterized by several sharp col
loQuies. some of which were of a decided
ly personal nature. The amendments pre-
Viding for the appointment of Generals
Wilson. Lee and Shafter, to be major
generals, and retired. prevailed, nOtwltn-
standing bitter opposition, led by Mr..
iettiSTew...-..In the house, the general
debate on the river and .IarDOr bill con-
tinued until four o'clock, when. the death
shire, being announced, the house ad-
Journed out of respect to his memory
In the senate, on the 18th, a vigorous
attack was made by Mr.. Bacon (Ga.) OH
that portion of the army reorganization
bill which confers upon the president dis
cretionary power to increase the strength
of the army to the maximum limit liked
by the bill. The clause was strongly de-
Tended by Mr. Platt Comm. Before ad-
journment the reapportionment Till was
house......In the house 40 private pen
sion bills were passed. among them one
increasing the pension of Gen. Americas
V Rice from $50 to 800 per month. Gen
Rice, who was formerly a member OF
congress, was wounded several times
during the civil war and lost a leg at
EickSburS.