The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 28, 1899, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO LL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 INCREASED TROOPS AND HEAVY APPROPRIATIONS SENATE PASSES THE ARMY BILL Amendment of Compro- mise Measure. GORMAN GAINS A VICTORY TIME LIMIT ON INCREASE OF REGULAR TROOPS. White, Vest and Others Speak | Against the Bill, but It Is Dis- posed Of by a Vote of 55 to 13. Special Dispatch to The Call, | WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—Aftera con- test that will be memorable in the his- tory of the S the compromise army reorganization bill was passed | this evening at 7:10 o'clock . the Senate convened at 11 o'clock this morning it seemed more than likely that the bill might be passed during the day. Gorman of Maryland insist- ed that his amendment providing that the army should not be incr: manently, or beyond January 1, be incorporated in the measure. several hours it appeared probable that his insistence at least would throw the bill over until to-morrow, and perhaps defeat it. ~ An agreement was reported finally, however, and Gorman’s amendment, in a slightly modified form, was accepted. The notable speech of the day against the measure was delivered by Vest of Missouri, brilliant elo- quence availed g against the measure as finally agreed upon. To-night the Senate took up the sundry civil bill and completed its reading, all the committ amend- ments being agreed to except those re- lating to the District of Columbla. The bill was then laid aside, to be com- pleted to-morrow. When dehate on the bill was resumed Bate of Tennessee, a member of the Mili- tary Affairs Committee, addre: i the Senate in opposition to an increase of the army and against warfare on the Filipl nos. He regarded the measure as probs bly the most important of the pr sion. He objected to the bill provided twice as many men gencies of the situation required; be it made dist 1s between regula volunteers a and b it was an enter ch makes us depend on the regular army cad of on the consent of the people themselves. If we were compelied to fight for control in the Philippines we ought to charge the cost against the $20,000,000 said to be due Spain. Until the President indicated to Congress his policy and purposes no addi- roops should be granted him. ney wedge W Ke (D.) offered amendments to the pending bill providing for the creation f hief and al- lowances of a colonel; narians, each with the rank, pay nant of cavalry, and thoug? becat e of its strong advocacy by his leagus, Cockrell. He declared his belief that ine war in the Philippines was not being,_conducted with the idea of giving the X'ilipinos self-government. “1 telie said, “‘that this Govern- ment s to take the Philippines as an in- It has so been stated in the :ss. But I ask now wheth- the Pre: grap? our commissione nothing less than the island of Luzon, as | Port Rico was worth only $40,000,000 and | woulidl not be a proper indemnity for the war. 1 ask now whether such a dispatch kent."” r. Frye—There was not. —I5 the statement true or false? Frye—It is not true. —Was no dispatch to that effect e—Not to that effect. st—Was there not a dispatch sent gothing less than the island of Luzon epted? nstructions of the President t were to take Luzon. oo “only $40,000,000, and ve Lfizon for an indem-~ Ve: that would be acc Frye—Th Porto Rico wa that we mus! nity for the w ? Frye—Not a thing of the kind. Vest—Was no mention made of Porto Rico not being a sufficient indemnity for the war? Frye—Not at all. The Senator has heard read in executive session every tele- gram, cable and letter of instruction that f'dsmd betw the President and the vas beace Comm! Vest—The & published in_the imperialistic press of the country and it has never been contr: dicted until the Senator (Frye) contra- dicts it now. “For the purposes of my argument’ continued Vest, “1 content myself -With the statement that we were to take noth- than the is If that the President said that this “contin s in his Boston speec gency has come u y the a God? He says th een no dispo tion to exercise the power of conqu that the people of the United States are called upon now under omnipotent Providence to d bili te. If the is | does he tell us that he is an instriment | of Providence? 1 know of but one paral fel of this scheme of Christian philan- thropy. It is to be found one of Dicken: ‘Bleak House” An emi- nent d his,hands upon ‘Poor Jo’ 2nd says to him: ‘Young man, come ith me and I will do you good.” ‘Let me Zlone, cries the vagrant; ‘let me alone; {ake your hands off me.’ In solemn and lohral tones equal to those of my sepu frflrénd from. Montana (Carter), the rev- erend Mr. Chadband replied: ‘Young man, I will not take my hand from your shoulder. I am a toiler and a moiler and T intend to do you good in spite of your- self.’ 'S0 continued Vest, “it is with the President. He places a hand on the shoul der of the Filipino and T toiler and a moiler and I intend to ve You In spite of yourself.” And he wants 100,000 missionaries with rifies to. shoot his good resolutions into them.” He said that all those who were opposed to the plans of the administration were denominated traitors, but he repudiated the charge with scorn. “If spoken” he said, “it Is a slander; if written a libel.” ‘White of California spoke against ‘the bill and against the present policy in the Philippines. - To-day he said the guns of the Fillpinos were pointed against us and our guns were pointed against them. The President recognized, he sald, the seri- ousness of the situation, as all thoughtful ersons did. It seemed that the Filipinos Bsd “heen saved from Spain only to be turned over to another master. The prin- cipal ground of their resentment was that 0 policy had been outlined to them; an Assurunce given them of fair and just treatment. . White said he could not contemplate the situation in the Philippines with any other feeling than that of shame. There was no hossibility of assimilating the Filipinos. he outlook was very gloomy. He advo- cated the freedom: of the people of both Cuba and the Philippines. He agreed with Seweil that war was likely with Cuba. “Why, if we were to give the Cu- bans their freedom, were our armed sol- w behind it all is the grim specter of lucre,” he exclaimed. Even this great republic might reverse itself. He had felt from the beginning that the country was on the verge of ruin, and he found in the pages of histry Justification for this ap- prehension. e claim, said he, to be a Christian, civilized and progressive peo- ple, but are we in earnest? Are we not about to discard the emblems of peace and enter upon an era of contest? War may come, but if it does it must be for . dom, to defend liberty and not a war for conquest if it is to recelve my vote.” An amendment by Thurston striking out the paragraph relating to the age Simit for the appointment of officers in the pro- visional regiments was agreed to. Hawley offered as an amendment a pro- vision in the fifteench section authoriz- ing the President to «mlist temporarily in the service for absollitely necessary pur- s in the Philippiges, volunteers, of- and men, indiviitually or by organ- izations, now in those islands and about to be discharged; and directing that they shall be counted as part of the volunteer force authorized by act, and that they shall not be enli ix months nor beyond the time necessary It was adopted. d the following amend- n sion of scction 15: “That each and every provision of this act shall continue in force until July 1, 1901, and |on and after that date all the general officers_appointed to the act shail be discharged s restored in each grade at the passage of this cnlisted force of the line of all be reduced to the number r by law prior to April 1, of such additions as have staff and “line army under thJ and "the ) act and th the army s. s provided fo: , exclusive , and except the cadets provided for by this act, ‘who may be appointed prior to July 1, 101; and provided, fur- ther, thaf no officer who has been or may artille; be promoted under existing law or un- der the rules of semlority shall be dis- u ed in his rank.’ fairs Committee, opposed the amendment and could see no reason for its adoption. ] he said, had_been pronounced by s a good hill before God and agreed with that statement, but the adoption of the amendment would make it a bad bill. The amendment was adopted—68 voting in the affirmative and norne in the nega- tive. Warren was paired against it. Bacon of Georgia said the adoption of the Gorman amendment siruplified the sit- uation materfally. This bfil would place an annual expenditure of $85,000,000 upon the country, but notwithstaniding the fact that the war in the Philippines was an unholy war, he felt it his duty to support the bill. An_ amendment offered by Carter pro- vided that three of the ovisional regiments, at the discretiion of the Pres- faent, should be cavalry, whose members Id be particularly proficient in horse- manship and marksmanship, the rej to serve mounted or dismounted. agreed to. he course of a speech against the general features of the bill Allen of Ne- braska made the statement that he had eived —many from the volun- teers in Manila, ng against being used to whom they ha regarded as their frien Those men, he maintained, ought to be recalled. Hoar announced his intention not to support the bill. It was not a bill for supplies, nor was it a bill for the com- plete reorganization of the army. It was then merely a bill to provide an army to make war upon the people of the Philip~ pines. With the exchange of ratifications of the peace treaty the war would then at an end. It would be necessary to srmine whether there was to be a civil war. Pettigrew also announced his intention to vote against the bill, saying there was army enou , and that with the re- ace there could be no need for rmy. He saw no reason for the xcept to coerce the penplc of pines and deprive them of their He predicted that the effort to destroy the liberty and the lives of the Filipinos would prove the blackest chap- ter in the history of the United States. He had voted to support the President at the beginning o dent w: £ the war, but the Presi- entitled to his_confi- e it the duty of Con- d, “‘to remadin In session, if s ,.indefinitely to prevent the ex- ecuttve from pursuing a course toward these people that forever will blacken the name of this great republic.” The bill was then, at 7 o ong e said, ck, put en its 5 to 13, the vote Allison, Bacon, Burrows, andler, Clark, Cockrell, Cul- lom, Deboe, Elkins, Fairbanks, Faulkner, Foraker, Gallinger, Gear, Gorman Hanna, Harris, Heltfeld, of 'Nevada, Lodge, McBride, McEnery, Mallory, Mantle, Mitchell, Money, Mor- Nelson, Pascoe, Perkins, of Connecticut,” Platt of itchard, Proctor, Rawlins, Seweil, Shoup, _Simon, r, Stewart, Teller, Warren, ‘Wellington—35. Noes—Bate, Berry, Butler, Caffery, Chil- ton, Clay, Daniel, Hoar, Martin, Petti- grew, Turley, Vest, White—13. Consideration of the sundry vice bill was begun at 7:15 p. m. At the conclusion of the reading of the bill, at 9:30 p. m., nearly all committee amend- ments having been agreed to, the bill was laid aside. ?( was decided that the Sen. ate should convene at 11 o’clock to-mor- row. The Senate at 9:55 m. adjourned. civil ser- Landrails have been exceptionally numerous in various parts of the Brit- ish Isles this season. ed for more than | n or may be made under this act to the | rren, a member of the Military Af-| \PPROPRIATION BILLS PASSED HouseProvidesfor Army and Fortifications. |PAY FOR TROOPS ABROAD | DISCUSSION OF THE PHILIPPINE | POLICY RENEWED. | Grosvenor Replies to the Charge That There Had Been an Alliance Be- | tween Uncle Sam and | Insurgents. | Special Dispatch to The Call, WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—The House | was in session seven hours to-day, and | sent to the Senate two more appropria- tion bills, the army, which had been under consideration for several days, and the fortifications. The former carried about $79,000,000 and the latter | approximately $4,700,000. The final con- | ference report upon the Indian appro- | priation bill was also adopted. The only amendment of importance attached to the army bill was to give two months’ extra pay to enlisted men in the regular army who served beyond the limits of the United States during the war with Spain, and one month’s extra pay to | those who served in the United States. The discussion of the administration’s policy relative to the Philippines, which has been oceupying the attention of the members to the exclusion of almost everything else during the consideration of appropriation bills for the last two weeks, was continued to-day, several speeches being made on the subject. Dockery (D.) of Missouri, the leading Democrat on the Appropriations Com- mittee, asserted that appropriations for this Congress would reach $1,600,000,000. When consideration of the army apro- med Cox (D.) of Ten- short, sharp, general “1 will never vote a cent to put a bullet into a gun to shoot down | those people over there (the Filipinos), who are trying to establish their home wovernment.”” He could not understand, he said, why we had started out to free the Cubans and should end by shooting the Filipinos. What a remarkable notifi- | cation, he declared, was that of General Otis, that we had killed and wounded 4000 of those people, part of them naked na- tives, armed with bows and arrows. As priation bill was r hessee made a speech, saying: an American, he asked, where was the | glory of this achievement? Who had de- clared war on these people who had done us no harm? Sulzer (D.) of New York offered an amendment to increase the number of major generals to four, and to provide for filling the vacancies by the appointment of General Wheeler. | Hull raised a point of order against the amendment and the point was sustained by _the chair. Fitzgerald (D.) of Massachusetts offered an wmendment to pay all soldiers in the regular army who served during the war beyond the limits of the United States two months’ extra pay upon their muster out, and who served within the limits of the United States one month's extra pay. A similar provision, he said, applied to vol- unteer troops, and he saw no reason why & distinction should be made. The amend- ment was adopted. This was the last amendment. The committee rose and the bill as amended | was passed. | Hager (R.) of Jowa asked unanimous consent for the consideration of the Sen- ate joint resolution authorizing the Pre: | ident to appoint Osman Deignan, one of the heroes of the Merrimac, a naval ca- det at Annapolis. Underwood of Alabama said he had no | desire to object, but he desired to call at- | tention to the fact that each hero of the | Merrimac had recelved his reward for the | daring display in the herofc exploit at | Santiago harbor save the man who took | the ship in—Lieutenant Hobson. A bill | was now sleeping in the committee to transfer to the line and promote him. He | thought it unjust that it was not acted | upon. The resolution was adopted. Henderson of Iowa then presented the special order agreed upon by the Commit- | tee on Rules setting aside to-morrow until [ 6 o’clock for the consideration of public | building bills, those acted on by the com- AGAINST HOLDING THE PHILIPPINES Caucus of House Democrats Strongly Opposed to Ex- pansion. N tention of the Philippine Islands. Democrats, but only fairs: taught to cherish. all rights secured under the cession sponsibilites. party policy to principle. out opposition: signed by proper authority, however diers anchored on that island? How vain and visionary the theories of men when WPO0P0®04040 ® 0P0P0P0P0POP0P 0P0® 0®0P0E$0H0P0P0H0 @ O@O«)O@E@O 020 ‘W YORK, Feb. 27.—The Herald's sends the following: With only one dissenting vote, that of Burke of Texas, the caucus of Democrats to- There was a large two from New Representative Clark of Missouri offered this preamble, which has been drawn by Democratic members of the House Committee on Foreign Af- ‘We hold that the constitution of the United States as ordained and estab- lished for an intelligent, liberty-loving, self-governing people cannot be suc- cessfully applied to people of different virtues and conditions. fore hold that a colonial policy is contrary to the theory of our govern- ment and contrary to those principles of civil liberty which we have been We believe, with the declaration of independence, that all governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, and we are unalterably opposed to the establishment of any government by the United States without the consent of the people to be governed. conformity with these principles, we instruct the minority members of the Forelgn Affairs Committee to introduce and urge the following resolution: Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America In Congress assembled, That the United States hereby dis- claim any disposition or intention to exercise permanent sovereignty, juris- diction or control over the Philippine Islands, and assert their determina- tion when an independent government shall have been established therein to" transfer to sald government upon terms which shall be reasonable and just ernment and control of the islands to their people. Major General Wheeler went into caucus long enough to make a spirited and vigorous speech in opposition to arraying the Democratic party against the policy of accepting the fruits of the war and its re- s He warned the caucus of disasters that would probably overtake the Democratic party if it pursued this policy. General Wheeler had a chilly reception and was repeatedly ~inter- rupted, and he was taken to task by Rhea of Kansas for preferring a Lewis of Washington made a qualified speech In opposition to the resolution, but declared he would be bound by the action of the caucus. Griggs of Georgia offered this resolution, which was agreed to with- We, the Democratic members of the House of Representatives in caucus assembled, commend the signal loyalty and valor of our soldiers and sailors in the performance of every military duty to which they have been as- ministration now directing their movement, and we pledge our hearty sup- port and sympathy wherever engaged. 909090 $OS0 909 0PO0POP0P 00O POPOPO $O0P0 9000090909 009 ‘Washington correspondent night declared against the re- attendance of York, Driggs and Bradley. ‘We there- And in_ by Spain, and thereupon leave the gov- much we deplore the policy of the ad- 0®0904H0H0L0H0 ¢ 0H0H0H0P0P0S 0P0H 0H0P0H0H0H008040 & 0S0®0d®0s0M & mittee of the whole to be first considered, after which such as might be designated by the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Those reported from the com- mittee of the whole were to be considered in this order: First, those in cities where there were postofices of the first class; second, where there were Federal courts. Dockery opposed the rule on the ground that neither the condition of the appro- priation bill nor the treasury would war- rant the use of to-morrow for this pur- pose and the appropriation of money which would resuit. He figured out total appropriations for the session of $678,000,- 000. This did not include the $115,000,000 for the Nicaragua canal which might be- come law, nor the $25,000,000 of claims which we had assumed by the treaty of Paris. These aggregated the appalling total of $800,000,000. Yet it was now pro- posed to give & day for public buildings and add $11,000,000 to these staggering lla- bilitles. He figured out that the total ap- ar‘l;g&inn for this Congress would reach The rule was adopted, 97 to 34. A bill was passed appropriating $5000 for the investigation of leprosy in the coun- try by a board to be selected by the surgeon general. Corliss. (R.) of Michi- gan stated that there were about 300 cases in the United States. Heminway (R.) of Indiana then called up a substitute for the fortifications ap- propriation bill and moved its passage un- der suspension of the rules. Heminway explained that the substitute was in reali- ty the bill reported from the Appropria- tions Committee with a few minor amendments. It was necessary to offer the amended bill as a substitute, as no amendments were in order under suspen- sion of the rules. Henry (R.) of Indiana submitted some general remarks, arraigning his _col- league, Johnson, “for his unjustifiable abuse of our great President.” "He spoke of the “Johnsonaldos and Aguinaldos who were attacking the Presfdent. Cockran (D.) of Missouri declared that the country would never cease to regret the administration’s policy toward the Philippines. The war against the horde of semi-barbarians thundering at the gates of Manila would never cease. Our herofc soldiers sent there were doomed. Disease and death would ravage our army during the rainy season. Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio delivered a thir- ty-minute speech, generally replying to the charges emanating from the opposi- tion during the past few days that there had been an alllance between the United States and the insurgent forces in the Philippines. He carefully went over the official records to show that there mever had been an alliance. The offical docu- ments and their dates were produced in each case. He defied the other side to produce a single official utterance author- izing or recognizing any alliances. . Tn reply to interrogations, —Grosvenor said he spoke on his own authority. After some discussion the fortifications appropriation bill was passed. The con- ference report upon the Indian appropria- tion bill was adopted without division. The_death of Representative Hurley of New York, who died at Hot Springs, Va., | yesterday, was announced by his col- | feague, Fisher. As a mark of respect, the House at 6 o'clock adjourned. FILIBUSTERS DEPART FROM KANSAS CITY There Is an Uncertainty as to | Whether They Are Going to Guatemala or Honduras. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 2.—The first de- tachment of the filibustering expedition organized here for an invasion of Central | ACCUSED O After the Verdict Jury Roland B. Molineux Is Arrested. NEW YORK, Feb. 27.—The ju in with its verdict at 8:43 p. m. It mercuric cyanide, administered by poison had been sent in a bottle of Molineux.” Attorney Osborne objected, saying the hearing. 11:30 o'clock. Molineux was committed to the B R R R ADAMS MURDER “We find that the said Katherine J. Adams came to her death on December 28, 1898, at' 61 West Eighty-sixth street, The Coroner immediately issued a warrant Molineux and the latter was at oncearraignedbefore him. Throughhis attorney he demanded an immediate hearing, but Assistant District The hearing was then set for Wednesday morning at B R R R a2 b 22 b B S e e e e s & THE of the Coroner’s ry in the Adams poison case came was as follows: by poison by S. Cornish, to whom said Harry by Roland B. bromo-seltzer for the arrest of it was impossible to proceed with Tombs without bail. R R R S NEW PHASE IN - CANAL QUESTION Burton’s Substitute for Senate Amendment. GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION PROVIDES FOR BOARD TO SUR- VEY BOTH ROUTES. Proposition to Examine Panama and | Nicaragua Sites for Water- ways Before Taking Action. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—THhe meet- ing of the River and Harbor Commit- tee to-day developed a new phase of the interoceanic canal question. Chair- man Burton took the lead in favoring full governmental Investigation, both of the Panama and the Nicaragua routes, before committing the Government, and after the meeting Burton expressed the view that the sentiment of the com- mittee was opposed to the Senate Nica- ragua amendment and favored full in- | vestigation. To that end he introduced | in the House a bill to be proposed later | America left Kansas City at 10:20 o’clock to-night. The soldiers of fortune num- bered about 100 and were provided with four special coaches which were attached | to the regular southbound passenger | train on the Kansas City, Fort Scott and | Memphis road. _ William G. Thompson, | former captain cf Company D, Fifth Mis- | sourl Volunteers, was in command. | It is now known bevond question that the men composing this expedition ex- | as a substitute for the Senate Nica- pect to see fighting in Central America. Reports as to their destination are con- | flicting, both Guatemala and Honduras having been mentioned, but men who are leaders in the adventure have secretly informed their friends that the real des- | tinationis Nicaragua. | District Attorney Warner and United | States Marshal Durham investigated the affair, but when the band started south to-night both declared that they had dis- covered nothing to warrant the arrest of the alleged invaders. They have advised the Washington authorities fully. Dr. R. E. Heath, Consul here for Hon- | duras, has also notified his Government and the Honduran Consul at New Or- | leans of the moveme: : | = | |ONE HUNDRED SHOTS AND NOBODY HURT Oregon Officers Fight a Bloodless Battle With Desperado Nackie. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Feb. 21— News of a desperate battle between of- ficers and a desperado named William Nackie, on Pine Creek, near Milton, Or., | on Sunday, was recelved here by tele- phone to-night. Nackie was released from the penitentiary here about three months ago and went to work for a Ger- man named Gebhardt, near Myton. Last Friday he threatened to blow’ the head off one of the nelghbors and a warrant | for his arrest was sworn out. | Constable J. W. Dykes, with a posse of twelve mer, which was organized Sun- day morning, .repaired to the ranch to _take Nackle dead or alive. The house was_surrounded and at about daylight Nackie made an attempt to escape. A running fight ensued, during which over a hundred shots were fired, but no one was hurt. Nackie finally 'surrendered. He was taken to Milton and placed in jail. i el PAPAL REPRESENTATION MAY NOT BE INVITED | Holland Assures Italy the Vatican ‘Will Send No One to, the Dis- armament Conference. LONDON, Feb. 28.—The Rome corre- spondent of the Daily Chronicle says: Holland has assured Italy that the Pope will not be nvited to send a representa. | tive to the conference for the llmltanoni of armament, saying: i “The Vatican strongly disapproves the intrigues of the French pretenders, Or- leanist and Bonapart NEW YORK, Feb. 27.—A special cable to the Journal from Berlin says: Nobody in German official circles in Berlin now believes the Czar's proposed peace con- ference at The Hague will be held. The dispute that has arisen between the gov- | ernment of Italy and the Vatican is con- | stdered a fatal stumbling block. Italy wiil | not send a delegate nor recognize the con- ference in any way if the Pope is allowed to be represented, as that would be tanta- | mount to a recognition by the various | %auons of the temporal power of the ope. STEAMERS TO HONOLULU. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 27.—It is re- ported that the Pacific Coast Steamship Company will establish a steamship line between Puget Sound and the Hawallan | Islands. The first vessel to be dispatched will be the City. of Puebla, which is to be taken aut of the Government trans- port service. She is due from Manila about March 5. On her return sh:) will be made ready for the new line. ne trip a month will be made. FLIGHT OF GENERAL REYES. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Feb. -27.—The Government troops under General Rou- ling, from Greytown, attacked and cap- tured the bluff in front of Bluefields. Gen- eral Reyes, the Insurgent leader, fled for rotection to the British Consulate at luefields. He will surrender without ](u&ther resistance, thus closing the revo- lution. i “Mike” Creedon Defeated. . PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 21.—John Fin- negan and ‘“Mike” Cfeedon met in the Homestead Ogerfl. House to-night for a twenty-round boxing contest, but the bout lastd but five rounds when Referes Cocoran gave the decision to Finnegan, | or indlvidual, for rights, easements raguan canal amendment. Its main features are as follows: ] The Government of the United States | declares its purpose to secure at the earli- | est practical date the construction of a | canal connecting the Atlantic'and the Pa- | cific oceans. A board of seven engineers | shall be appointed by the President to | make the surveys and examinations nec- essary to ascertain the most desirable and ‘ practicable route for such canal and for | erformance of such other duties as| resident may direct; three from the | the the Corps of Engineers of the army, two en- | filrneers of the navy and two from civil e. The board shall investigate the proposed routes for a canal between the sald oceans, giving special and personal at- | tention to the proposed canal in Nicara- gua and Panama routes, and shall com- plete estimates of the probable cost of | constructing such canal or canals. They shall also report upon the commercial and military value to the people of the United | States of such canal route or routes. The President may enter into negotia- tions with the respective nations owning | the territory through which such canal or | canals may be constructed in order to ob. tain the necessary land for the construc: tion of a suitabie canal and to acquire | such rights in natural waterways as may be necessary. He 1§ also required to en- ter into such negotiations as he may deem necessary with any other nations | having rights in any way connected with the construction or operation of such ca- nal or canals. The President shall ac- quire, if possible, the absolute title to necessary territory, but if such absolute title cannot be obtained he may acquire such rights or_ easements there as may be required and may cause investigation to be made to ascertain the route upon which terms most favorable to exclusive control by the United States can be ob- tained, but in no case shall obligations be incurred or money paid to any company, or privileges heretofore or hereafter ac- quired with a view to the construction of any such_ canal, except under authority given by further action of Congress. One million dollars is appropriated to carry out the act. The information obs tained or action that may be taken shall be reported to Congress at the beginning of the next regular session. AIMED AGAINST THE * SEATING OF ROBERTS Favorable Report on Proposed Amendment Prohibiting the Election of Polygamists. WASHINGTON, Feb, 21.—A favorable report on the proposed constitutionai amendment prohibiting polygamists from being elected to Congress was made in the House to-day by Representative Ca- .| pron of Rhode Island in behalf of the | Committee on Election of President and Vice President. It refers to the case of Representative-elect B. H. Roberts of | Utah as one of the causes for renewing | attention to the subject. After reviewing | this case the report states that its de- termination rests with the next Congress. On the general subject, however, it urges an amendment to the comstitution, and says: “Enough has been presented to show thdt the people of the United States, through Congress, have placed on the statute books their unequivocal and un- compromising hostility to the crime of polygamy. Therefore, shall the possibili- ty be a!Yowed to continue of electing to Congress a person who is a polygamist to participate in the framing of laws for a people who have unmistakably, in no uncertain way, but deliberately and positively, declared that polygamy is a crime and ‘a disease which should not be tolerated in a clvilized community, bul extirpated in the interest of the homes of America, which constitute one of the na- tion's strongest bulwarks against moral decay. We belleve that if given the op- Ponunuy the people will answer emphat- cally in the negative.” 3 Tiburon Prepared for Fire. TIBURON, Feb. 2..—The new fire de- partment of this town is now prepared for any emergency. . The California North- western Railway Company, under the di- rection of President Foster, has laid 1300 feet of pipe and put in a first-class pump- ing system. The apparatus was tried last evening and everything proved satisfac- tory. At a meeting held after the trial Charles McNeill was elected chief of the department, Fred Hackett first assistant and William Lewis second assistant. The citizens of this community first realized the danger to which the town would be subjected in casge of fire when an attempt was made to burn_the “Daily Supply” :lt‘ore hot Y‘lmnt‘ & t:(‘mtcl:ell. vlince then ey have lost no time in providing the town with a safeguard. % n | canned roast beef on the voyage from | ment. | nauseate the men even more than the MADE SICK BY CANNED BEEF Soldiers Before Court of lnqpiry. STORY OF ENLISTED MEN THEY TELL OF THE MANY COM- PLAINTS MADE. One Sergeant Declares That His Com- mand Suffered in Health From a Lack of Proper Food. Bpeclal Dispatch to The Call, WASHINGTON, Feb. Army Court of Inquiry, organized to | inquire into the beef charges, met to- day after its two days' recess, Lieuten- ant Charles F. Dwyer of the Ninth In- fantry testified that he had been made sick on one occasion by eating canned roast beef stew, but otherwise his health had not suffered. A party of six enlisted men of the Ninth Infantry next appeared. First | Sergeant Howard Alexander testified that his regiment used both corned and Tampa to Santiago. There were many complaints from the men as to the canned roast beef. It nauseated the men, had little taste and apparently contained little nutriment. The men finally got to throwing the cans away or not drawing them, as the meat frequeutly made them sick as soon as they ate it. Witness was not willing to say definitely whether it was the canned meat or the malaria that caused most of the sickness in the regi- After getting into the city, where the refrigerated beef was issued, the men continued to be very sick, nauseated and suffering from bowel comp]aflnts., The sergeant thought this all came from the refrigerated | meat; the gravy, especially, that came | from the refrigerated meat, seemed to | meat Itself. Sergeant Buckage, also of the Ninth, was called. He testified that the men did not like the canned roast beef. It made them sick and they did not eat it when they could get anything else. Coming to the refrigerated beef, Ser- geant Buckage said there was little or no complaint while in Santiago. After the regiment got outside of town about a quarter-of the beef spoiled in transit to the camp. What was left after trimming off the spoiled part was con- sidered quite good. He did not know that any man had been nauseated by the refrigerated beef. But all the regiment was sick on leaving Cuba, with 50 per cent actually on the sick report. Replying to Colonel Gillespie, Buck- age said that from the 22d of June to July the ration averaged one-half short. Asked if he thought the com- mand actually suffered in health from this lack of food,. he replied very simply: “I think it did, sir.” He said, however, that the men were not dis- posed to complain all the time, as they felt the officers were doing all they could for their men under the circum- stances. The testimony of the others was of the same general character. The en- listed men were ordered to report at the court at 2 p. m. to-morrow. ‘Mill Valley Liquor Cases.. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 27.—The Mill Val- ley liquor injunction cases were before the Superior Court to-day on motions to strike out portions of the amended com- plaiuts on demurrer. After oral argument they were submitted on briefs to be here- after filed. 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