Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-04
G. A. R. Veterans Rejoice Over
Leading Policy Of New Com
mander-ln-Chiet's Regime
FEDERAL REVENUES DEPLETED
This Fact is the Chief Objection to
Legislation at This Time, For a
Service Pension Bill, Which is TO
Be introduced Early Next Session
stickney Argument Ended.

Washington, Oct. 4.-Corporal Tan
ner, new com n-clief of the
Grand Army of the Republic, has
warmed the hearts of old soldiers here
by announcing yesterday, almost inn
nediately following his return from
Denvsr, that the leading policy of his
administration would be to secure the
enactment by congress of service
pension law. He looks for important
help from Senator Warner of Missouri,
and General John c. Black former
COMMUNICATIVE chief. The latter is now
president of the civil service commits
sion.
The commander says order No. Is
does not take the place Of service pen
sion law. A service pension bill will
be introduced early next session and
Corporal Tanner being right on the
ground, will do his best to push it
along. The chief objection to. such
legislation at this time is the depleted
condition of federal revenues. 1t can
hardly be enacted until the country can
see it's way out of the present condition
OF an increasing deficit.
New Warships Obsolete.
Naval officers are prepared to give
only a half-hearted welcome to the
new battleship Mississippi, which was
launched from the 4Crarnp yards at
Philadelphia Saturday. They regard the
Mississippi, along with her sister ship.
the Idaho, as out of place in the new
American navy" because the vessels
are of only $4,000 tons, while the eleven
other battleships now being built are
all of 14,94s or 10000 tons. The esti-
mated speed Of the Mississippi is seven
teen knots, or two knots slower than
her contemporaries now building, the
Virginia, the Nebraska, the Georgia,
the New Jersey and the Rhode Island,
and one knot slower than the new
ships, the Connecticut, the Louisiana,
the Vermont, the Kansas, the Mime
sofa and the New Hampshire. These
features, say naval officers, will make
the Mississippi almost obsolete before
the first coat of paint has dried upon
her, and prevent her taking the rank
in the new navy that she is entitled to
by reason of her date of construction.
She is regarded as a monument to the
folly of congress in designing ships
against expert advice.
Hull at White House.
Representative J. 7. Hull Of Des
Moines is in Washington, en- route
home from the seacoast, where he has
spent the hay, fever period. He
started west last night, his wife and
daughter remaining in Washington to
pick out a home for the winter. Seen
at the White, House yesterday, he said
he had just introduced to the president
T. J. Cloud, of Des Moines, who for
several years had been a Chinese in
terpreter, doing good work. Mr.. Hull
asked the president If there was a
if it was the presidents policy to rec
ognize faithful service in subordinant
places by promotions. The president
made an affirmative answer, whereup-
on it was arranged that Cloud should
have something better as soon as 1t
can be arranged.
George L. Dobson has recently re-
signed his consulate at Hang Chow,
which pays $4,000 a year. Dobson is
an Iowa man, and Hull recommended
Cloud as his successor, which recon-
mendation the president took under
advisement.
Mr.. Hull informed newspaper men
at the White House that there was abb
solutely no truth in reports recently
circulated, to the effect that the
president will divide his forces in con-
gress by trying to bring tariff revision
to, the front.
'The president" said Mr.. Hull, con-
tinuing, " has railroad rate legislation
as his chief issue, and he will permit
nothing to get in the way of it. He
would insure the defeat Of his rate
measures if he were to get congress
and the country to going on the tariff,
and this he well understands. He is
not unaware that some of the inter-
ests which are talking tariff have I'LL
terror motives
Knapp Ends stickney Argument.
Chairman Knapp of the interstate
commerce commission, declined to go
any further in the controversy with
President Stickney, of the Chicago
Great Western, regarding alleged dis
elimination by the commission in ia
vor of certain roads in prosecutions
for granting rebates. He declined to
discuss the subject in any way and
rather regretted that he had paid any
attention to Mr.. Stiokney's first state
ment