The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-07-14

deliberative at times, and 40 II was
that the Cuban reciprocity measure
was not acted upon until the regular
session had come and was some weeks
on its way.
The senate had q row Of its own
before the reciprocity bill. after COM
ing from the house. was referred to a
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 it's
contention that the measure was q
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 1t into the hands of
Senator Aldrich. The Rhode Island
senator was a 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 the
reciprocity bill under consideration.
and later reported uron it, and after
debate it received the senate's sane.
ton.
Tie house of representatives spends
a good deal of time occasionally over
what seems to be trivial things. 1t
is only fair to the house to say, ho~..
ever, that most CT these seemingly
trivial matters are those which con
Germ the spending of money. and with
the navy drawing over 500, 000, 900 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 Q
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 superstition 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 Tndtono r,0v,hor h0a,vor u-oAk
ed the appropriation cut to 5000, and
said 1t 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 a 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 then
out 1T their own pockets"
General Hulrs mistake in naming
the title Of Wilkie Collins Woman II
White" was the subject Of a good
natured gibe or two, but attention wal
quickly turned away from the slip b,
a Democrat from the Hoosier state
who jumped to his feet and said tina
in connection with this army bill
there was an "Ariel" thing that b.
wished to speak about.
The members turned to the 1ndi
anian Quickly. expecting from the u.s.
Of the word ariel" a rapid jumI
from 1.-THE Woman in White" to 9TH,
Tempest" but the Indianian disar
pointed them by talking about a
army flying machine which he sail
was intended to make "ariel" naviga
ton possible, but which fell kerfiop.
The sunny southern land which CAV
the country Pod Dismuke and DIM
Bolts contributed recently three NOR
candidates for name and fame, an,
when they were read out in the ser
ate the grave ones were moved int
smiling. Among the nominations pre-
scented to the senate for conflrmatio,
appeared these names Of residents q
Dixie: Tilman Bunch, Lovick Pinl
ston and Epaminondas Bigler.