Show SENATORS ON THEWAR t Interesting Features of the Army Bill Debate + TILLMAN SMELLS BEEF t GOKMAIT FOU2n > A STTRPLTJS OF BBIGAPIEES Alger Appointed Enough Generals t Put Down a Eebellion Cockrell Supports the Compromise Measure Provides For a Permanent Increase crease of the Army + Washington Feb 25After two hours devoted to the consideration of bl s on the calendar today the senate at 1 oclock began the consideration of the compromise army reorganization li 1 Until a short time before the measure was taken up it was supposed it would b passed today without ser se-r < us difficulty but when it wa learned by some senators that the bill provided f r a permanent increase in the standing stand-ing army objections were heard and it became evident that the measure would have to run the gauntlet of n tiT Mr Gorman Dem Md declared that no authorization of a permanent increase in the army should be given gven and prepared an amendment as > follows fol-lows 2t34 hIn that each and every provision of this act shall continue in force until July 1 101 and on and after this date the oflicers and men including general fleers and staff officers shall be re stred to rank and numbers as pro ided for by law prior to April 1 1893 except the cadets appointed prior to JUly 1 101 and except as provided for in the act to authorize two additional regiments of artillery approved March i 1S9S Mr Hawley chairman of the military mili-tary affairs committee then called up the compromise army reorganization bill At the conclusion of the reading of the bill Mr Gorman of Maryland suggested t Mr Hawley the desirability desirabil-ity of permitting the bill to go over to Monday Mr Allison of Iowa suggested that a time for a vote early on Monday fchould be agreed upon at this time SOle effort was made to fix a hour Monday for a vote but without success suc-cess Cockrell of Missouri a member of the military affairs committee discussed dis-cussed at length the features of then the-n This measure said he has been examined very carefully I endorse it because it is right just 1 roper and necessary I settles for y js to come the standing army con t oversy Further along in his analysis of the I ul Mr Cockrell said the increase in Lw army provided for by the bill was rfectly justifiable and absolutely essential In response to a question ly Mr Vest he said that the army Her 1901 would be reduced to 28400 nd that number would be required to take care of the coast fortifications In ecnclusion Mr Cockrell said I I w e have a bill here which will c 3just the army controversfor years t > com we ought to accept it I is nt prodigal of the peoples money I I 1 ive been on several commissions and i mmittees for the reorganization of il army and I believe honestly and t nsi ipntiously that this is the very 1HL measure presented to congress forting for-ting the army question since I en t rel this chamber in 1875 I the bill ii s my judgment is that what will c i 1 hereafter will not be so good for tlu eountry I believe the bill is right d t he sight of God and man and Im L il I ing to take all responsibility for l Mi Hawley offered a amendment ir viding that no person who has rl tfhed the age of 45 years shall be ppolnted as a field officer in said f rce the volunteer force officers of the regular army excepted ATTACKED BY ALLEN Mr Allen of Nebraska addressed the s nate in opposition to the general features fea-tures of the bill He was surprised that Mr Cockrell could give his sac t un to such a measure If there was c hideous skeleton a monstrosity a deformity in legislation this bU is en he declared 1 is warped disjointed dis-jointed dislocated it lacks science it lctks coherence it lacks good sense hI am not concerned in this delightful delight-ful light now going on between the irctjry of war and the general commanding com-manding the army I honor General Miles in that fight Every intelligent mm in the country believes that our army was fed on trash and that a larfcL percentage of the sickness and mortality in the army wa due to the locxl gien to the soldiers losing from the army troubles Mr Alien adverted to some in the navy He regarded it as a glorious thing that Admiral Dewey had the presence of nand to cut the cable between hlm I hI and Washington and that it was fortunate for Dewey he was in a poi t r > n to sever connection with Washing Then to said Mr Allen we have the controversy over the two rear admrals in the navy Whether the man wire fought the battle resulting in the destruction of Cerv eras feet and won i snail have the laurels o victory vic-tory or whether they fcfjall go to a man who was ten miles away seems a subject of controversy by the navy department de-partment i The American people 70000000 of honest hearts and souls will always believe be-lieve that Schley was the hero of that battle and won that battle and I am not detracting anything from the service vice of Admiral Sampson who i he had been there would have acquitted hmself nobJy This seems to be age a-ge of battledore and sJiuttlecock and ver in the navy department they are shedding mere ink than blood GORMAXS POSITION hI shall ijot be saId of mc said 11 Gorman that I would hamper the administration ad-ministration in any respect I shall have all the men and all themoney to dispose o the conditions at hand that it may need Mr Gorman said that if one proviso pro-viso were contained in the bill to the effect that ai the expiration of two j < r the army should again be reduced duced ti a peace footing of 27000 men he would agree t it but whatever the conditions may be he continued wit the acceptance of the proviso I suggest you will have I an army o 100000 men until four m iths after the tem of President Mc Kinlev shall have expired The measure I ure will give him greuter power than app a-pp idet evir ha It is a tender of i rater power than was ever made in t similar circumstances M r Haviey has asked who was afraid of a large standing army r In reply air Gorman said that every i state 1 the I mon was arraid of it He Mr German wa afraid of it himself SUfh an institution was contrary to the fm tprit of our affa is He recalled the time when in 1876 t troops were sun moned to Washington p at tho time of he HayesTilden controversy con-troversy I remember the quiet Intimation Y mation of the presence of the troops S said Mr Gunman He had sid Guman hadgreat personal per-sonal respact for Mr McKInley and f had no criticjsm except that in his good nature he bad permitted weaknera k and inefficiency 5u the departments 4 WjakneoSi 1 say repeated the sena f Time alone could r sa tor rme reveal whethtr there had been anything else He was r asked to hive confidence in the chief r txfthp but he could not forgot that t human nature was wek He comput c that for next year the expenditure I on account of the army and navy would aggregate 369000000 greater than the total expenditures of the government for 1871 to 1876 Ho predicted 3 deficiency defi-ciency of 150000000 Then there must be an Increase of the direct taxation or more bond or certificates PEen now I hear that the secretary of the treasury treas-ury Is contemplating the issue of more government obligations SURPLUS OF SHOULDER STRAPS Continuing Mr Gorman said the only question was that of making a permanent perma-nent increase requiring the action of all branches of the government to discontinue dis-continue Mr Tillman asked if the I Phippn rebellion could not be putdown put-down by volunteers and Mr Gorman said he saw no reason why it should not 0 But this was not tho desire The wish was to have more shoulder straps and more men to wear them Insignificant as were the achievements o the army comparatively in the Spanish war there had been appointed as officers in the army more men than had received advancement during the first year of the rebellion with all the I south in arms Never were brigadier generals s thick in Washington There were a sufficient number of them alone to suppress a ordinary rebellion I Mr Gorman declared that under the present head of the army a proper organization or-ganization of the service could not be effected Mr Tillman interrupting Mr Gorman Gor-man Then there is nothing In the bill to prevent a recurrence of the embalmed em-balmed beef scandal Mr Gorman passed off the question lightly saying he knew little about it Mr Tillman None of us know anything any-thing about it perhaps but there is so much of it in the air we can smell it t DEFENSE OF ALGER I do know this replied Mr Gorman Gor-man the secretary of war is a much abused man He is not responsible for the department In which that scandal originated a department in which the oflicers are appointed for life I Mr Gorman in conclusion made an appeal to the senate to nx the number of men and the amount of money necessary nec-essary to meet present exigencies and both would be given them if only a time limit were placed on the call I this suggestion of his was refused and the bill forced through congress then let the responsibility be taken by those who advocate it Mr Carter a member of the military affairs committee replied to Mr Gorman Gor-man He said that every auditor of Mr Gorman a felicitous and eloquent oratoi must have been impressed with the pathetic solicitude of the Maryland senator for the present Republican national na-tional administration After discussing the cry of militarism militar-ism Mr Carter declared militarism comes to us as a necessity not as a desire The present conditions were evolved from the war with Spain That war was evolved from the sense of outraged humanity for an oppressed and stricken people who desired only freedom and a chance to breathe in Gods sunlight That war was not brought into existence as a grand crusade cru-sade of arms After discussing at length the result of the war with Spain fallowing how the Philippines fell into our hands he asked if it was desirable to leave those islands to float about the Pacific as political derelicts To do that he declared de-clared would be the national crime of the century Having accepted those I islands we had undertaken also the responsibility for law and order there I We will first perform said he the duty of the hour and there is not a man who breathes in this chamber tonight to-night who would be willing to surrender surren-der our flag and position to Aguinaldo and his followers In due course of time Mr Carter believed be-lieved on each of these hiberal J I islands the people would meet on their national holiday to celebrate the landing land-ing of American troops which brought them freedom Mr Carter estimated the number omen o-men required as 30000 for the Philippines Philip-pines 1JOOO for Cuba 33000 for coast defenses and 3000 for duty at the varIous var-Ious Indian posts in the west This would account for 82000 men nrovidec for in this bill and Mr Carter nointec out that quite onefifth of the total number of 100000 according to statistics statis-tics would be incapacitated for duty Mr Carter in conclusion said that the duty of the hour would be performed perform-ed in such a manner by the America government as to call down upon it the benedictions of history SUPPORTED BY SMITH Mr Smith Dem N J in stating his reasons for supporting the bill said that as a general and broad principle prin-ciple he was opposed to a large standing stand-ing army in ordinary circumstances In the hands of a less scrupulous man than President McKinley said he a large standing army may be used to repress freedom of speech and of the press I might be used to sustain large corporations in unlawful combinations combi-nations I will cause an immense expenditure ex-penditure of public money There is no necessity for a large standing army when viewed from the lessons of the past glorious battles of the volunteers I will not see the flag displaced or the country humiliated through any acton ac-ton of mine I am a Democrat and shall always remain so but I am an I American citizen ctzen He believed in giving the president while the war continued all the forces necessary for its successful prosecution The army bill was then laid aside for the day BILLS PASSED Bills were passed as follows Amending V Amend-ing a act entitled an act to allqw the return free of duty of certain articles exported from the United States for exhibition purposes a committee amendment providing that the law shall apply only to foreign born animals for circus purposes Mr Hansbrough of North Dakota offered of-fered an amendment which was agreed to providing that wheat imported by actual farmers for seed purposes be admitted free of customs duty not more than 500 bushels to be imported by one person providing for 3 building build-ing for the use of the postofllce of the superintendent of the Hot Springs reservation res-ervation and other civil offices in the city o Hot Springs Ark authorizing certain persons who have intermarried with Cherokees to sue for their Interest in certain moneys of the tribe from which they were excluded authorizing the construction of a bridge across the VaA Monongahela river at Morgantown W A joint resolution relative to the greater American exposition to be held at Omaha Neb 1899 and to encourage the same by providing without expense ex-pense to the government exhibits from Cuba Porto Rico the Ladrones and the Philippines was adopted as was also a joint resolution tiuthorizlnc foreign exhibitions at the commercial exposition exposi-tion to be held in Philadelphia Pa in 1S99 to bring to this country foreign I laborers frotn their respective countries for the iurpo of preparing for and making their exhibits under regulations regula-tions prescribed by the secretary of the interior The following bills were passed Appropriating Ap-propriating 250000 for the purchase of a He for the Carnegie library in the city of Washington enabling the city of Albuquerque N M to create certain cer-tain indebtedness the bill authorizing the funding of certain warrants in bonds at the rate of 5 per cent interest inter-est After passing fortyseven pension bills the senate at G33 p m adjourned |