THE STANDARD.

wednesday,, Febrllary ,. 1917.

Correspondents of the standard.
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WAsHINaToN Cry, Jan. 29, 1917.


Under the plea that the necessary presence of
their Military Committee al the War Department
prevented session Of the Senate, that body idled


Saturday last. The Commiitee spent some three
or four hours at the Department, exanining docu-
ments bearing on the plan of the campaign and its
unpublished bat most interesting history. tits be-
leved that when they came to read secret instruc-
,Ons given to Scott, Benton drew from his pocket
a Mexican newspaper containing a copy thereof


which he translated for the edifcalion of the Com


mi,tee and Secretary of War, and found it TO be a
literal transcript of the paper before them. So
much TOR the Commander-in-chief's want of dis
cretion. You recoect he employed as Private
Secretary two Spaniards Of New Orleans, both of


whom were so identified with the Mexcans in


feeling that public opinion forced severance
Of course, cannot know certainly, am strongly
inclined 10 believe that they found on hle Official
evidence of The want Of foundation for the char
ges against the War Department, brought by Cen


eral Taylor in his letter lately published in
New York paper. The quid nuncs maintain that
the Committee at the conclusion Of this examina-
tion unanimously recomme nded the recall Of both
Taylor and Scott, and that they should be court


martialed-t first for imprudenily diVuging his


plans and the second for gross msmanagement.
believe the rumor to be roorback.
The House on that day squaLbled over amend


ments proposed to the bill TO reorganiZe the Texas


introduced in the bill by which the President should
be prevented from constituting the establishment of


mail routes to the Rio Grande so as 10 forbid him
from coming TO terms with Mexico by which we


for the sake OF peace. may give up to the Nueee..
Vin.on of Ohio The author of this ndment, with
Winthrop and J. r. Ingersoll, sustained it, while


Dromgoole, backed by the Texas members, fought


it to its defeat after which, the House adjourned.
| On Monday, in The House, Rathburn, rising TO
what he called question of privilege, complained
that the Secretary OF the Treasury had failed TO
respond 10 call for information introduced by


R) and berated that officer 10 his hearts content.


Bayly of Virginia. after try ing for half hour to be


permitted to explain on behalf of tke Secretary
with whom he had communicated The subject,


al length received The necessary two-thiTds vote,


and went to say that press of similar calls had
occupied the time Of the Secretary, who intended


erng this particular demand al his first leisure


moment, as he had declared to B. This call, by
the by, was for information to the names, sala .


res and duties of secret inspectors of the
On Tuesday, the House spent the day in COM
mtee of the whole the bounty land bill, as re-
ported back from The select committee Of nine.
Mr.. Reid Of North Carolina, ever watchful of his
duty, Proposed an amendment, which became the


principal subject mailer of The days debate. This


was TO grant eighty acres Of bounty land to those
of the original six months (called out by Gen.


Gaines) who had served three months, and the full
quantity of one hundred and sixty to the


heirs of those of the same class who died in the
service. Messrs. Harmanson Of La, Linn Boyd,
and Wick of Ia, sustained it in vigorous speeches.


while no less person Than your own Mr. Graham


was found alone 10 speak against it. These troops,
you will recollect, were first 10 rush to the rescue
of TaY or Gas was then supposed necessarily They
made in6niIe more sacrifices than have others who
have gone since under much more favorable aus
Pices TO preparations, health, SC. We all reco-
lect we'll with what shout of applause the noble
patriotism displayed that occasion BY the people
of Louisiana was honored from Maine to Texas
and yet this North Carolina federalst essays prac
tIcaliy, 10 deny them the need of their countrys
gratitude TO be accorded 10 others under this bill


The whole day was spent In its discussion, and
on Wednesday morning it was passed with Mr..
Reid's amendment triumphant The federalists |
in caucus determined 10 defeat that if possible for
political effect. They wished TO have it to say in
Louisiana that democratic Congress had refused |
honest justice to her noble sons. Their expecta- |
tion was 10 do this in committee, where the yeas |
and nays are not called 10 show, they would |
have shown, that all the federaliss and few demo-
Gratis were disposed so 10 treat the Louisianians.


On Monday, in the Senate, Col. Benton covered |
himself with glory. He personal expla-
nation-to make clean breast upon the subject of
The Lieutenant Generalship, Of which he has ab.n-
doned all hopes. He made this expose of the con-
nection of his name with the project evidently to
relieve the Executive from the aspeF.ions of his
(Benton's) personal enemies, who, 10 spite him.
were endeavoring TO create the impression that
political rather than military end sought in the
creation OF the office. A plan a very plain and
straight story was that told by the Coonel-so
plain and straight as Al once TO force the acknow-
ledgnent from even the federalists that his plans
were right in the main, while his intentions were
but to sustain and defend his country with all the
energies Of his great mind as wer as by the ex-
posure OF his own person, at his advanced age, TO
the swords Of his country's enemies. ! shall not
S ketch his short speech, as presume you have il
already in type, full Of personal and military in
terest as it is. The loan bill from the House was
afterwards taken up, and was debated by Messrs
Lewis Speight, Niles, Westcott, Evans Cameron.
and Huntington, in speeches upon the various
amendments proposed. On Tuesday, this bill was
further debated by the same gentlemen, generally,
until P M at which hour, after rejecting all the
important amendments proposed, the bill was or
dered to be engrossed, without division and
then the Senate adjourned. On Wednesday, it
was passed with but the votes of Cy, the aboli-
lion federal member, and Corwin of Ohio in The
negative.


The vote of Corwin is considered remarkable
Tor he passes for a man of good common sense.
The truth is, he judged his fellows, the feds, by
their speeches, which, with very few exceptions,
were after the fashion of his vore-for Mexico.
He thought they intended to act as they had
spoken, to practice their Precepts. His name came
early on the list of yeas and nays, and when he
found himself standing the back Of the abolition
ISIS and no one at his back, he looked for all the
world as though he wished sink into the floor if
but to escape observation. Ohio has three reui-
ments no" in the field and Ohioans net in Con
gress, who are at the seat Of government, berate
their man roundly for thus deliberately voting tha,
6er clzen.soldiers shall no longer be clothed and
fed M while lighting their country's battles.


Ihe bill to increase the regular army was taken
up after the passage of the loan bill, and Messrs
Speight Alcheson, Dayton, and Jarnigan, each
made short and repeated speeches upon the differ
ent amendments over which the Senate were really
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