Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-30
|.r,i, and Army staff Bills Likely
To Become Laws
NANCE OF SENATE FEELING
.,..,,. influence in Favor ., VIC
| p' s..'.,,.- Liquor selling in Alas
sa-rIsh, Hour Law

spee'1 ,, es Jan. g3,-Early IN the
w''p' :, IooEed as II two bills when
peso poo, was 50 anxious to nave
Feg ,Ss militia bill and the army
ass'l ,nl-could not get through az
kI 'an ..'.iou. yet here we find the militia
az ~ ~, nossed both houses and Is IN
u ,' 90, over the amendments made
ssnate. and the staff bill has
~ me house and has been favor
a 4, .oOorted by the senate committee
4 ~ u,ol,ary affairs and with so iittle
+a.,,,on there that there is a good
I. sI.n.ct Of its becoming a law II time
4 ' ~ y found In the few weeks YET re.
nv rs M this session. There mas
asin'ns oomnlete change in the feeling
Pc no military affairs commit
~. an this subject, ana he Ia
Nr.hle report was stmethlng OF
Olaya The change was due TO the
ul Ill.,enco Of secy. Root in urging the
"A sls'''to but what made more I'M
Z s,'S than anything else was me
5dviss Of Senator Mser. who from ms ms
4 ,nsrlence as secretary OF war ourihs
"A y snsnish war said II was very I'M
$o rs and necessary legislation
i CHANGES MADE.
X The opposltIon Of southern men In the
t.ratA compelled the friends OF the
q I,Gs hin 10 finally abandon section
II which organized the militia of the
Z ,ysral states into a reserve force OF
IN army This section practically ma
iionalized the state forces, and, while
fte men who favored the proposition
4 s,erted that Il would never work to
I'm Setrlmept OF the states, yet they
<nally decided to allow the section to
\ defeated rather than endanger the
Sl Some changes have been made
IA me army staff bill, but they are of
minor Importance and viii not endan-
[er h II the senate is willing to ac-
I'M general staff for the army.
|ibe house has provided for the In
1kresse OF the signal corps in the army
Sppropnation blu, and already some
bther branches Of the service say that
M officers Of the signal corps viii Sc
)fure more promotions than they de-
/, trye Ii is not thought that the OPP
ASHTON will be great enough to de-
|sat the provision, as the work Of the
tsgnal corps Is growing more and more
Important each year.
81 is LICENSE A FAILURE?
+ Senator McCumber has introduced a
M repeating the license law In Alaska
slld proposing to prohibit the sale Of
Quor In that territory. When the II
& enss system was adopted, II was upon
Remand Of the governor and other off,
NM and many other men In Alaskq,
5 10 said that in spite Of the prohibi-
! Jon Of the sale Of loquor large quanti-
ese were taken there and disposed OF,
suslng an immense amount OF trouble,
nd al the same time no revenue was
5{eriyed from the traffic. With the bill
tnator McCllmber has filed a number
protests against the license law, all
Pom missionaries, who assert that the
cense system is an evil.
SENATOR HOAR's THRUST.
When Senator Hoar introduced his
fnutrust bill, a copy Of II was taken to
Representative jenkins, chairman Of
pc judiciary committee, and he criti-
ed It severely, Right alongside OF
ehator Hoar's bill appeared the de.
tunciatlon OF jenkins, and he handled
" measure without gloves. When
4 Jenkins introduced his radical resolu-
~ regarding the seizure OF the coal
pines and coal carrying roads. Hoar
las asked for his opinion Of It, and
!hs Is the way he got even with Jen.
kins
I am chairman Of the judiciary com