The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-01-22
PENSION BILL PASSED
II Ran the GantIat Of tie House
Without Being Amended.
nEMoRlAl EXERCISES Fo2 M.KINLEY.
Proposition TO Replace Lightships
With Lighthouses-IIaleP Points Out
Lesson Britain Is Learning
From the Boer War.

Washington. Jan. l5.-When the
house met Wednesday Montague Less
Ter. who was recently elected over
Perry Belmont TO succeed Nicholas
Muller of New York, was sworn in.
Mr. Grosyenor (ohio) presented the
resolution for holding the Mckinley
memorial exercises in the hall of the
house Feb. 81 and it was adopted.
Mr.. Moody (Mass.) reported a joint
resolution appropriating $780, 900 in
connection with the government ex-
hibit at the Charleston exposition.
Mr.. Payne IN " opposed the meas
ure. Mr.. Moody said that with this
resolution the governments expense
In connection with this exposition
cease. The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Payne called up the bill to al
low the redemption of war revenue
stamp within two years. 1t passed.
A resolution was adopted authoriz-
Ing the secretary of the treasury to
return bank checks and drafts with
war revenue stamps after such stamps
were cancelled.
The house then went into committee
of the whole to consider the pension
appropriation bill. which passed with
out amendment
Senate Proceedings.
In the senate Mr.. Hoar presented
a petition from railroad, insurance and
shipping interests praying for the con-
struction of lighthouses in some dam
gerous places where lightships are To-
Gated, said proposition had been
made by responsible and intelligent
builder to construct lighthouses at
points where government engineers
had considered 1t impracticable to
build lighthouses. He thought such a
| proposition ought to be treated with
respect. 1t was an illustration of the
inventive ability of this nation.
A spirited discussion was precipitat-
ed by Mr.. Hale (Me.) in respect to the
value to the country of a militia force.
In introducing some bills relating to
the organization and maintenance of
a naval reserve. Mr.. Hale declared that
the reliance placed by some people up
on the naval reserve never would be
realized IF" he said 1--WE are to be-
come great war power, we will have
to learn the lesson other nations have
learned. Every nation of the world
that stands snarling at another de-
ponds to some extent upon some sort
of compulsory military. England had
learned this lesson from her smallest
and wickedest war. Mr.. Hale declared
that England was about to resort to
CONSUMPTION to raise men to fight "a
band of free men thousands of miles
away" In the course of the debate
Mr.. Tillman spoke of the achievements
of the South Carolina troops in the
Revolutionary war. and said that the
battles fought in that state were more
important than those fought in Massa-
chusetts. We don't want Massachu-
sets to bag all the glory" he said,
for, as Admira Schley has said of a
later triumph of our arms, there is
glory enough for all"
Mr.. Hoar presented a resolution.
which was agreed to, calling upon the
president to inform the senate whcth-
er the state department had any OFF,
cial information as to whether the
British government charges duties on
goods intended for Boer prisoners of
war In Bermuda, in violation of the
fifteenth article of The Hague conyen-
ton. He stated that information had
reached him from a high authority
that such duties have been imposed.
At 1:12 p. m. the senate went int,
executive session, and at 1850 D. m.
adjourned.