The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-09-12

tuat the CUBAN RECIPROCITY medSuTo
was not acted upon until the regular
session had come and was some weeks
on it's way.
The senate had a row of its own
before the reciprocity bill. after COM
ing from the house, was referred to
committee for consideration. When
In treaty form the measure necessar-
lily was booked for consideration by
the committee on foreign relations, OF
which Senator Shelby M. Cullom Of
Illinois was and Is the chairman. The
minute that the house made good its
contention that the measure was a
bill and not a treaty, the finance com.
mittee of the senate declared that It
was the proper body to consider the
measure, and a strong fight was made
to take the matter away from Senator
Cullom and give it into the hands of
Senator Aldrich. The Rhode Island
senator was power, but the Illinois
senator was also a power, and in this
particular instance Illinois came out
ahead Of Rhode Island. The commit
tee on foreign relations took tho
reciprocity bill under consideration
and later reported upon it, and after
debate 1t received the senate's sane.
ton.
The house Of representatives spends
good deal of time occasionally over
what seems to be trivial things It
Is only fair to the house to say how.
ever, that most of these seemingly
trivial matters are those which con-
Germ the spending Of money, and with
the navy drawing over $1O0OO0,OOO a
year and with the other departments
keeping pace with the navy's draft on
the treasury, economy in small things
is necessary. The house succeeds in
getting some fun out Of the disputes
over small expenditures, and the time
and the task are lightened by the
pleasantries.
In an army appropriation bill a
small sum of money was included to
provide for the purchase of books,
magazines and newspapers for the
use Of the general staff OF course,
the supposition was that all the read.
ing matter purchased was to be of a
technical kind and of service to army
officers in their profession. In fact,
money previously voted had been used
for service magazines and for mill.
tary books only
An Indiana member, however, want.
ed the appropriation cut to 5000, and
said it should be specifically stated
that nothing was to be bought ex-
cept printed matter bearing on the
profession of arms.
General Hull of Iowa, who was chair
man of the house committee on military
affairs, jumped to the defense of the
assaulted army. He said that there
wasn't yellow-backed book on the
shelves of the war department. He
declared that army officers may like
to read books like Wilkie Collins
Lady in White but they buy them
out Of their own pockets"
General Hull's mistake in naming
the title of Wilkie Collins woman in
White" was the subject of a good.
natured gibe or two but attention was
quickly turned away from the slip by
Democrat from the Hoosier state
who jumped to his feet and said that
in connection with this army bill
there was an ARIEL" thing that he
| wished to speak about
The members turned to the Indi.
anian qnickly, expecting from the use
OF the word Ariel" rapid iump
from 1.-THE Woman In White" to THE
Tempest" but the Indianian disap.
pointed them by talking about an
army flying machine which he said
was intended to make ariel" naviga
ton possible, but which fell kerfop.
The sunny southern land which gave
the country Pod Dismuke and Dink
Bolts contributed recently three more
candidates for name and fame. and
when they were read out in the sen.
ate the grave ones were moved into
smiling. Among the nominations pre.
Isented to the senate for confirmation
appeared these names of residents Of
Dixie: Tilman Bunch, Lovick Pink.
ston and Epaminondas Bigler.