Show MY His Ili tys Measure IN r e treaty I a Washington IX D C Dec i Th The house bouse devoted the day da to the Ml bright op Up under der a ft special order adopted at the opening of the which limited general debate to two hours on a aide General Miles and a number of army COs were In hi Interested spectators throughput the day Chairman HuH and Mr Barker of New Jersey of the military committee Re Republicans publicans supported the he bill and of Missouri Kleburg of Tex of New York and cox of ot Tennessee Democrats spoke briefly against it Mr of Mass Ma Rep Rp then aroused the only enthusiasm of the day against the measure Several times time during the last session noy on the Porto Porte Rican tariff bill he refused tb to follow his hia party Today he ho attacked the whole Philippine policy polky of the ad administration administration ministration Although temperate in language he was plate plain spoken In his warnings of the dangers which lay ahead of the government if i colonial policy was persisted in In concluding he likened the unconquerable spirit which opposed American sway away In the Philippine to that thai of Washington at Valey Pore orge Love Loye of Independence lie said waid was the noblest heritage of the human heart 3 McKinley Made a Gear Osar Mr McCall said mid he did not believe in hi inthe hithe the principle of giving the executive authority to multiply almost by two the the regular army although President would doubtless exercise that discretion patriotically and wisely The objection was wac one of principle Such a agrant grant of o power could not ne te paralleled in the constitutional monarchies It was not conferred with any limitations as asto asto to time The bill proposed a standing army of practically men Such Sucha a number lie ho said was sot not needed A temporary provision should fee b made tor or th and the character of the t bill ill made it important to discuss What the ultimate policy of the cone coun country try with reference to the ahe army should be The government should have de declared dared at the outset a policy in the Philippines to that ti it declared in Cuba The American system of government was manifestly for a colonial pol policy icy and that proposition has been so frequently discussed that he would consider the practical question whether ir i was for the interest of the United States to remain in the Philippines There was no community of Interest between the people of ot those islands and the United States and they were al ci almost most moat as far as the poles asunder No advocate of retaining the Philippines had been daring enough to maintain that they should be a part of the Amer Anier American Ica ican political system In fact fot the great argument Ln In favor of the principle of ot the Porto Rican tariff tarin was that If we not apply that principle In Porto Pico Hico we could not retaIn the Philip Philippines pines Upon what theory he asked are arev v w to remain in that country The motive that had been most widely put forth was that it was for forur forur ur advantage and especially our pe pecuniary advantage As a part of ost of this policy we are to include the great preat expense under this bill which is isI the he I firstborn and legitimate offspring of the policy Those Thone who compare our ur standing army with the standing armies of Eu Europe Europe rope usually are careful not to corn com compare pare the relative costs The French army costs coet a year the Ger Cen German man 13 the British and the Russian ea M The a aurea g urea include position and fo If this bill passes the war de do department will need There is another cost not cot included in the figures which to is a necessary in incident Incident to an army and tut as much a part oi Dl its cost cent as the pay of its soldiers That is the pension system We are appropriating for that purpose a year Our total charge charee there bere fore for military purposes are re coo per year an amount greater than thag the entire military expense of those two military rivals France and tier ninny many manyIn In conclusion Mr McCall pleaded that la In dealing with the Philippines this country pursue the American pro pre precedents and said The Tae time has come when we can frankly declare our purposes Let us give these people those assurances which our history inspires Let us tell them that we will aid these them for one year sear or five if It need be in Ic setting up upa a government of their own symbol symbolized symbolized by their own flag and will leave with these them that which is most glorious In the meaning of another flag liberty independence and self government In reply to Mr McCall Mr hun Hull de do declared dared that until congress acts to the contrary this nation must assert by force Its sovereignty over the Philippines Philip Philippines pines or itself before the world and it was tb the duty of congress t i j provide an army adequate d quate to put the rebellion Kleven of twentysix pages of the hill hi 11 were disposed of before adjourn adjournment merit ment Tomorrow the Grout oleomargarine bin bill under a special order made at the thelast thelast last session win displace the army Situ will go over until Friday In the debate on the army bill Mr Ki hardson said that his side of the louse recognized the necessity for some Jt but did not agree that this hill bill establishing a permanent standing should become a law If an emergency exists an emergency should i provided for it was proposed to tol l Sn n army which could be ex ox expanded at the will of one man from 00 MW to No matter good or how able that man might be he was nut whiling io to see one man given so much power It was In his opinion ab abdicating the functions function of congress Mr Richardson said he was ready at t all tim timia to vote to put down re hellion anywhere and everywhere that it existed but belt under the stress of an emergency be was not willing to establish lish Ia permanently a large standing it tiny Praises Praia Mr Grosvenor Onto Ohio in support of I the bill said that personally be was wat in tavor of a standing army of men Tb people he e said were not lightened when a demagogue said 3 t that hat the purpose in Increasing the army to station large regiment near large cities citha to la The were not l iy y th the cries that thir liberty was as t he subverted As Asfor Asfor for the tWe opposition tu to the scale rh the always ha i been supreme surce in the use of the army why should he not nfL in the use of his havi the power In time of neoT to ti exi eX nd rid the army H it was wasa a gl tribute to ti the American that had bad of ih the States to abuse his poi po ivo k 1 l I nt of r he magnificent acts of U rover Cleveland had bad been his assumption of his duty 1 to kp h peare cate in common by means of if States th lii state did not him luni to Vh hin n the hou an that he hefron fron reel tb ie family ur of I Maine his position a ts chair chairman man n Laii of the committee an vL af affairs fairs House bills and Mr ld Maine Va p the sale ci fire liT areas ar rants cants to aboriginal 3 v the e Pacific I mess aces m tn I hr a 9 I supreme for the of of Arizona New Mexico Meiko and Mt Ma Pro Providing viding a government ship to bring breg Boers Biters to the United States Sass to take nd td |