The age-herald., 1901-01-10
ARMY CANT[EN
 IS ABOLISHED OnIy Fifteen Votes Could Be 2 Mustered for IL BEER HURTFUL ID SOLDIERS Many Senators Took That View
 of the Matter. THE RIVERS AND HARB0RS BILL MT. Burton Makes Speech in Support and Explanation of the Measure But Everybody is Not Satisfied
 With 1t.
Many Senators Took That View
 of the Matter.
THE RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL

Washington, January 9.-The army can- teen is to be abolished, as the Senate to- day by a very decisive vote concurred in the House provision relative to the can teen. Only fifteen votes could be mustered thirtyfour against it.
 A final vote on the measure will hardly be reached before Friday or Saturday
 When the Senate convened today vacant seats were numerous. Many Senators are away from the city and several are con- fined to their homes by attacks of the grip, which is almost epidemic in the city. MT. McCumber of North Dakota, in a carefully prepared argument, attacked the amendment and urged the adoption of the House provision abolishing the canteen. He declared that a great majority of the deaths in the army was due either directly or indirectly to the use of intoXicants.
 Merely Beer Selling.
 Mr. Teller of Colorado said that at- tack was being made upon the post ex- change, but merely on the beer-selling part of the exchange. He declared his belief that the canteen system was vicious and believed that the great majority of the American people held the same opinion.
 The Colorado Senator maintained tkat the excessive use of beer was one of the most degrading phases of intemperance The statement that the saloon interests was back of the fight upon the canteen, he said, was absurd.
 Ut is true, nevertheless" interjected MT. Hawley of Connecticut.
 MT. Pettigrew made characteristic at aIr tI,1 INf tt,gr t@ criticism of the Senate committee for not bringing into the Senate more elaborate report in support of the measure lie said that the report submitted dealt almost eX- clusively with the canteen provision, while the far greater question of the proposed in- crease of the army to 100000 men was passed by with only brief paragraph. He was not opposed, he sadd to the post exchange, which, he declared, had become nurseries of drunkenness and kindergarens of prof l!gacy."
 MT Pettigrew also said that the President had refused to obey the act of Congress prohibiting the sale of liquors any res ervations and had directed" his attorney general to write opinion in support of his refusal. i "Oh, now, the Senator does not mean that the President dictated to the attorney gen. eral the nature of the opinion he should write," protested MT. Spooner of Wisconsin
 Well, 1 don't know whether he did or not" responded MT. Pettigrew.
 "I would not say that he did then," sug- gested MT. Spooner.
 Mr Butler of North Carolina addressed the Senate, supporting the House provision in the canteen bill. The amendment was then tabled, 34 to 15, as follows:
 Yeas-Allen, Allison, Bard, Bate, Berry. Bever!dge, Burrows, Butler, Chiffon, Clay, Daniel, Deboe Deliver, Fairbanks, Foster, Frye Gallinger, Hale, Hansbrougtn Hoar, Jo,ies of Arkansas, Lodge, McComas, Me- Cumber Nelson, Perkins, Pettigrew, Platt of Connecticut, Platt of New York, Simon, Teller, Towne, Hurley, Wellington-34.
 Nays-Caffery, Clark, Cockrell, Elkins, Hawaey, Heitfeld, McLaurin. Mallory, Morgan, Pettus. Pritchard, Sewell, Shoup, Spooner, Stewart-15
 Effect of the ote.
 The effect of the vote is to restore to the bill the House provision abolshing the army canteen so far as the sale of any kind of intoxicants is concerned. As the section now stands in che bill it reads as follows:
 "The sale or dealing in beer, wine or any intoxicating hquors by any person in any post exchange or canteen or army traspprt or upon any premises used for military purposes by the United States is hereby prohibited. The Secretary of War is hereby directed to carry the provisions of this section into full force and effect"