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Show ATTACK OB I MEASUREMjY HALE ; J Senator Ridicules Necessity of j m Appropriation Reaching Nearly $100,000,000. ' "WARS" EAT UP ALMOST 11 THREE-FOURTHS OF REVENUE - i Possession of Pliilippines De- ' j!j nonnced as "Pestilential ; J Curse" to the Nation. ; Wi WASHINGTON, April 7. The Sen ! j ate engaged for some time w the dis- cussion oC n repon printed in thp Washington Post today to Che effect; i thai; Secretary Taft contemplated the S increase of the army so as to bring the . M number up to .125,000 men. The sab- ' 1 M .icct was introduced by Senator Hale; - 3 who spoke of the enormous sum of $93,- 000,000 carried by the armv appropria- !l?f; tion bill passed yesterdav. . Ke snict k Lf1 that he did not know whether the an- l5' thor.of the article had inside inform.V 'fQ tion. but he added that it was under- stood to be the plan af tho chisf of ! ' .m staff of the army to double the present sire of that organization. In this con- r J j4 nection he mentioned the fact that thi3 4 Sa nflicer often acts as Secretary of War k 'M -n the prolonged, frequent aud neces- - M, sary absence of the Secretary." . J fWi War Oostg Too Mitch. -Mr. Hale expressed, the hope thai th& , 4ft.. j programme for such a vast increase, ; 'f -4 would not be carried into effect. He j ;il vj also pronounced against the. plan for 'v))'l four battleships anil called attention to r the fact that 70 per cent, of the Gov- r vi'll crnment's revenues were now being ex- t f t pended on past, present and future r&. wars, ' including expenditures for. pen- v 112. sions. . til Senator Hale traced the increase ill ift v military expenditures and the nocessitv jlUL for protecting the Philippines which ho If1 spoke of as ln pestilential curse." He ; S -j- made the prediction that the expense? r .-J would continue to pile up until thh ' 'J counlrv got rid of those Islands. . Senatpr Clapp. exposing himself ir , V-i sympathy with ScnatoV Haie, suggest "e: I f rf reconsideration of the army bill-with - a view to modifying its provisions, but ', Mr. Hale replied that the -naval bill, f which would come beforo the Sonate be; ; :, fore a great while, would afford ample f , opportunity for the Sepal e to show its f state of mind regarding military ex- . i i-j penditurcs, . ) ... , - L, Var Talk Nonsense. . irf rncidenfaliy'iMr. Hale expressed' th U ' opinion that the war talk between th i f -j L'hired States nnd nnj- 'other conntrv , , was "-nonsense:" ! V. Senator Warren agreed that there waa 1 no probability of war, but he contended ; ' that it. is necessary to prcpnre for enier- 1 ! .j gencies and said that we had not now i I f, suincieiit munitious to support a cam- ' ) It pnign.of an army for one mouth. L JN Senator Hale made a motion to re- I (j ,. ' consider the vote by which the militarv j I bill was passed, and Senator Burkor't . 1 attacked his move in doing so. saying I J 1 , 'i that, in his opinion, the motion "waj ' ; J j made "for the particular purpose "of ! .'4 criticising a particular man who is now ' , ' " ij : attracting attention throughout' llic ' ! '7 country." ,-." A This comment was taken as a direct . jj charge that, the debate had been en- A ' gineered to injure Secretary Taft. The f -N'obraBka Senator said the fact that i ' Sonator Hnlo had absented himself ' from the chamber after making the re-' j. If , .. mark was an indication that the motion ' V; r , had not been made in good faith. V. ' At the conclusion of Senator Burk. I t l, eft s remarks Senator Frye declared ;!'.,, that the criticism upon his collegia f '!,"''. was unjust. He then moved to lay the f ? i. . resolution for ro-consideration of the 'r ii vote ou the (able, " ' i ''," Not in a Hurry. L i 'j ' I; The Senate todav adiurned unlih ' ' JI Thursday, and on that dav will takf K ! YiKv another adjurnmeut until "Mondav o(. ). jj f k; next week. This programme was ar- i ranged today by the Republican lead- K sl1 ers for the reason that there are not iKll now on tho calendar any measures that . '. Cy ' are regarded as of a pressing character i ' j m! and which arc likely to be enacted thin I ' l session. . t 'r i a The 'unfinished business is a bill by f Si" Hi' .M"r. Gamble to regulate the settlement f i'H JL of the accounts between the United ' ?f States and the several Slates relative ' !l - K' to the disposition of public lands. It l i I' IK is understood that this bill will not be , -i passed at this session aud that the ! j VI other public hind bills on the calendar J- such as the one to provide an enlarged f 'i i1 homestead will also go over until next J H ' session, nt least. The Gamble bill, it ''. fj is declared, would cost the government 1 " IP 1 millions of dollars, the exact amount ba- 1 : ill ing indeterminable. 'JlSt1 President "Not In It." . -VL The indications are that there wil" i ! Jjf'i be little legislation from now on except, ' '111'! the appropriation bills, and it is not " ,hfl impossible that Congress will be read'-.- r 'h i to adjourn at some time between May & -li1' lo and Ilav :J0. The legislation urged - il I ft ! by the President, inclurliuir t,c 0n ll (! i ainendmg the .Sherman anti-trust law, ' .. I which is before Concress as the Xatiou- S ' Ymf I al Civic federation bill, is believed bv , cLpT j tho leaders to bo doomed- Tho fact SEP that organized labor does not appear to i l jm f be satisfied with the measure is tho ' ' ' Ml reagon given for t In lukewarm attitude W I of the Tiepublicnn members of Congress ' l nil toward the proposed legislation. The . ' , j majority leaders do not disguise the ; i '. I fact that debate solely for tho -purpose " : M- ; I ot making politicnl capital is a thiiir - HV I lo bo avoided. '' ZH: ' .n employers' liability bill is one of WW I tin. measures that stands a good chance i i. hi' for enact incut, it is believed, although ' J i'Vi-the i'Vi-the hill passed by the Houso is not sai- fi M-K, lsfuctorv to the Senate. Tt is I hough (A ' ' f I k'-1 jikely that this measure wil! be muter;- ;'- f Wfil' mllv amendeo, and u conference is Ue- . W U pcmlcd upon to harmonize the diffcrency . hi ''K.Jf ot the two bodies. i ... t i ,VDj, State of Aldrleh Bill, i 1 J-'fi , Many members of the Hoirae have dc'- ' ' ".'ll signs on the Alrlrich currency bill, and 1 1 ,r ' M Ijlan lo loud it down with amendments. 1) ' t 1 i il.,t;o,.irso wolL result, ;in throwin-r T V- JJ1 that bill liuulcdiatOl into conforeuce j 1 'trid'if" 316 iicrccnieuc could thcro be . ( icached snbstaii tin ly aloiiff the hues of tho "bill as it 'was when it left, the fionato, !iti would be permitted to dio in conference.. There 14 no doubt that the temper of the Sonato is such that if n financial bill is to bo passed it must mrab'ticaJlj' bo in tlio form npreod upon Ay. that body. It Is donr that no bill ?wuld bo accepted from the House bvvhioh attempts to go beyond the emcr-fepney emcr-fepney needs and 10 revise tho entire currency; system. :iiSTItfOT OF COLUMBIA I ' BILL OOOUPIES HOUSE VYA STirG TON, April 7. The whole of the session of the House today was : iriovotcd to'tho consideration of uie District", Dis-trict", of Columbia appropriation bill :Two amendments of more or less nu-tioual nu-tioual inleretjt wcro adopted, 0110 providing provid-ing for 75 cent pas for all District, establishments, es-tablishments, and the other . requiring iliat all outside, doors to public schools ghall,open outward and that new build-fnjiS build-fnjiS shall have four exits. 'An effort to secure the incorporation ! -ofa child labor provision applicable to the District failed, Tho bill which appropriates $0,515 1 &50 was passed, and thereupon tho Hoiiso at -1:06 p 111.. out of respect to fho memory of tho late Representative Abraham tt. Brick of Indiana, took n j Access until 11:30 o'clock tomorrow. ..Tho House was still on tho legislative day.' of Monday -when tho recess was t(iken. HEPBURN'S EESOLUTION ' j ! IS FAVORABLY REPORTED Ppeqfal to The Tribune. WASHINGTON, April 7. The Senate fcoinmittce on Pacific railroads made a favorable report to. tho Senato today on Senator Heyburn's resolution introduced intro-duced Fobruary 6 roquostiup the Pres-l Pres-l ' Jdcnk to furnish to the Senate all infor-jnatiqn. infor-jnatiqn. in tho departments of justice nud interior and interstate commerce commission regarding tho reorganization ' "nr tte Northern Pacific railroad "im- lor vhich the "Wisconsin corporation, known as the Northern Pacific Railway 4 Company, claims to have acquired the litle to the Northern Pacific estate." JL STRONG SENTIMENT IN l ' ' FAVOR FREE WOOD PULP. WASHINGTON, April 7. Herman er of the Now York Staatz Zeituug, '.i ,who represents tho Newspapers Publish- l, f i Wrs ' association in their demand for Creo v rjwood pulp so as to reduce the price of I Vhite paper, said today after confer- j ring with President Roosovelt that he vas sanguine Congress would not ad- Ijourn without passing such a measure, if ?d. Bidder niado the statement that he had tho written pledges of sixty-eight l -; l Jicpublican. members of the Kouso, vM vhie,h added to the Democratic vote, L:" j tnakes a large majority of the body fav- j prablo to it- Mr. Ri elder declnrcs that i the' Ways and Means oommittee of the jJ- J House "wns responsible for not reporting ' ' j 8, bil). Representatives Payne and Dal- ' j.' 1 jzell'of ihafc committee, he said, had told I3iini several weeks ago that thoy -would p . Ijnot vote for free wood pulp, but M.r. W ft " ffiidder expressed the opinion that they T- ." (would change their minds bef oro Con- 'v ijjress" adjourned in view of the strong . fiontiment In and out of Congross op- rjOBod to them. Mr. Riddor said that t 'there "would be no trouble about gct-JL- itrp-a free Wood pulp measure through Hi - ihe Senato. V . v pBENATE INOREASES THE V FORTTFIOATIONS FUND. 'H 'VASHINGTON, April 7. The forti- " lificntions appropriation bill was passed. :by- tho Senate todav, with appropria-;. appropria-;. 'trans of $12,110,187. As passed by the f ' ftlouso, tho "bill carried an aggregate of ! $3,210,611, tho Senate "adding $3,905,- ; 76. ; A11 amendment to tho bill was made , iiii-lhe Sonato appropriating .$500,000 V !cn. motion of Senator Flint of Calif or- ... "giaJ-for land and fortifications at Point tormen, Los Angeles. -During tho progress of the bill coni- wonts on the tendency of the Govern- iTneiit to increase its expenses were f jnado by Mr. Teller of Colorado, who , 1 'trud t,ho Secretary of War had nothing ; 4,0" Q6- with tho enlargement of the army Except to execute tho laws enacted by 3, - ;Corif2Tcss. So far as he was concerned, '- , Jw.'xlid not favor tho increase that had. (been made in the army. ; "I have heard," he added, "that ? eonie membors of tho administration . -' iTear'we will have a war with Japan. I Jd 'not think Japan is going to mako i - Kvar' against us, and I am quite sure y I H'Q are rot going to mako war against f ;. jjapan. If you double tho army you I fwillsimply mako an incentive for some n Jpeoplo to get up a disturbance in order o.et higher rank." |