The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-12
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General Miles
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Amendment is Is Adopted ''.'l! IT ].
4 StoSCutSD Down y u 4 HIS HIS /.
\. 4. Salary I.
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THE HUJMOR OF
JOHNS. WILLIAMS I [. ]! y. \ s.
Army and Navy Expenditures I''''''H'
Severely Criticised Few Be- \.
53 marks G Concerning w w. 4 o. D' II.
IL Crum and = sugges'ttiito' 11l.85 ..ss
( Severe Attack on on Wal y AL 81 3
ssf Street Methods.
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NG'roN, January 1ilf: H.
rho appointment Of Lieutenant General
Nclson a. Miles as s.itispector-gene OF
II tbn state III Atassacliusctts ovcrsllado Wed
nloter questions In the discussion q ~. tc
4 rny appropriation bill In tho 1lou i' OF OF
1,oprcsentatiycs to-day. The dcbtntc nag
4 proceeded lelsurcly until Mr. Hull, ,s8 y
charge of the Bill, offered al e. -
,n,rrovIdinr that retired officers abo We ING
grade 81 major should mot receive t no
8SflIll pay OF their grade ,yfler, assigned re
10 duty with the &mlliti n OF the se yer
iStatcs. .5s II II 81 81. Isl, 81 +, !.
several mcnbers declared that hat; s the'
amendment was directed especially y ~
General Miles, nut Mr.. Hull insisted fNs.'
& that lie had noisuch thought N nlnu oi !.
4 argued that the best results were npT
TIMED from officers Of the lower sradtc's.
NJ mi sscrtnd Il hnt{ iot until the law was
IN Jsscfl. . d flowing Increased pm y forl olh,
y rn,y; ASSIGNED 10 the militia. didfG retired
HI of,,ccrs sc the higher grades Ippl y tor
a ~. N ppointmcnts. lie said ittWti slicli
Increased pay and not pat riotism when lil
y prompted them, md ;hc churacterlzed t1e CIR
Conduct us en- y.ss.Sf =. 5, )
This statement reused Mr. COCHRAN 7l 'l OF
New York. who declared that ~. ~
ply penalizing superior OIL GERS 70 .. ne
advantage and profit of inferior ofiicers.
After 10 lively debate the a me me y ~
n was adopted. ~ ga h x S sS5 q " VI is
Iohn Sharp Williams.
Nj. Williams (AlisslssippL) WIS out
III smoker, in tho statcment I hat he motive
N behind tho amendment was an N a. t lacsS
m {; encral n elson a. M lies, inspec tor
rnncrnl M d Afassac husctts, who n is OK
" trcmely pcrso,liLS non grata IN high circles
&inFthc Republican, par y. 81. .5s ~ !.
S"ft8 was. q he said, i"no new thing ZOE
& tho Republican party to- slight the heroes
Nj tile nation and push Its fayoritcs TO
tho 'front.' B N s... y, ], IS
I..It had NOT been long no said ,s"slnce
Il the country witnessed u the manner ~
which Admiral schlcy was trea 9, any
u tho way In which General II Miles was
Il snubbed In public. for what rca son was
not known d But ,',5t he said, amid 1a'lgl-
II tcrlnnd applause, don snub him In his
new State militia uni form. y on axe
n that away from him III this time q his
"a pride. a. Al s q. q,
Ifc then attaoked VI tho principle sgof q
u Economy should, he said, commence with
& the military establishment, but. he added. !;
ji,5a spirit OF rIdicue. don't take II ,all
& out on General Afiles's additional pay and
his Massachusetts State uni ~ 1 form M
Expenditures Criticised.
Several members severely criticised
Ri army ana navy expenditures. and Mr.
n PRINCE called attention to the large 5!rc-5
I1I
generals who. llca said could not have
4 been retired by operationso OF law, though
8llc dsclaimed any intention OF charging
Il any NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of the law
3$s Mr.. slayden then rldiculed the idea OF
n economy as prncticcd by tho republicans,
u and cited the customs office at beaufort
$ S. c.. where, lie said, 1t cost 81 500 70
collect ,65 by Two officers. ana az ! ork'
X Maine sy63 to collect $3.50 by ono officer.
Flo suggested that 4 t might be dYlsable3j
10 abolish tho Beaufort office and give ".
10 W. D. Crtim, with the revenues of the
& Office as Ills compensat lon, $ t seems,
+ no said The won't bic happy unless he
+ Inns d customs Office. ~ NJ ii 358
Price Of Cotton.
5554 During the debate on the army appro-
4 prlationSbIll5 IN tho House, Mr.. Johnson
z (South Carolina) made n short speech
II On the cotton question. He allied 8atten
y ton to what he said was "a systematic
4 EFFORT unfortuna telys successful, to bear
q down 4 tho price OF cotton, and asserted
/ that there was no Justification for such
4 brutal campaign Of deception and mis-
s representation 9RIss q a SSq
Ut know i, Q said. there arc. some kid
I glove gentry In New York who would.
Z nor know a cotton patch from q pea
ma cl,, who are undertaking to tell the
( world that the Southern farmer can make
IS cotton at four and q half cents ~ i s%5
u. II no had the poWcr, he said. he would
N have every man who gambled IN cotton.
\ on tho New York Cotton change and
who said that cotton can 90 l produced at
\ foura ana a 81 half cents. 80 down. and:
Il with Ills own naked hands. pull the bell
" cord OF mule and make cotton at that.
& price. 5 4E I'll 4 5 i a Il 81
Enemies OF the South.
Mr.. Douglass & New York; intcr1ectcd
Il tho remark that most of the men snecu-.
lating on the New 2 l orkS ti%cilange. we're
b8 Southern men, which caused MI, john;
son to declare that whether they We're
@ Southern men or not, they were enemies,
u De tho Southern people and y good
morals every where. Tho people Of Tho
Y South were holding cotton which they
\ hld no more idea of parting Wit sat tho
i prosent@price than tho owners 81 United
TWENTY-FIVE cents on the dollar. lie pre-
II dctcd that before September !, 1905, thou.
K sands Of spindles In tho United States.
and abroad would DO idle because Of theirs
inablllty55to get cotton to- spin III s
Mr.. johnson argued that 1t would be
perfectly right for tho Southern cotton.
u growers TO agree among tlenlselve to n,
q reduction of the@cotton crop to the en-
4 tent Of fifty per cent, ~ 33st S
iG MIR. slayders CtreSas) said that q nurtall-
.5,ment OF tho cotton crop In this country
would only encourage tho greater produ