Show ARMY BILL mccall creates sensation by vigorously opposing the measure two hours gian to each side and the close of the debate to be under five minute kule charter of national banks to be extended washington dec 5 when the house met today the speaker announced that he had a communication from the family of mr boutelle of maine resigning his position as chairman ot the committee on naval affairs representative bronslus ol 01 pennsyl vanla chairman of the banking and currency committee today introduced in the house a resolution to authorize the control ot the currency under the limitations of the act of july 12 1882 to extend tor a further period of 20 years the charter of any national banking association which shall desire to continue its existence after the expiration of its present charter mr dalzell pennsylvania from the committee on rules presented a special order tor the house to immediately begin he consideration of the army organization reorganization re bill no time was set tor the vote on the measure the resolution was adopted it was arranged that general debate should run for tour hours two hours on a side and then the bill should be considered under the alve minute rule mr hull opened the debate mr hull ridiculed the charges made during the recent campaign by the opposition to the effect that the republican party desired to foist upon the country a great standing army mr cochran missouri declared that no army that marched on the face of the earth could accomplish the subjugation of tae philippines mr kleberg texas and mr mcclellan N Y opposed the bill something of a sensation was created during the debate this afternoon on the army bill la the house by mr mccall of mass who delivered an hours speech in opposition to the bill he the bill charging technical features of piat the organization economical in that it contemplated the same number of officers for an army of fifty thousand as for an army of he was especially severe upon the proposition to lodge in the president for all time unless congress acted to the contrary the power to double the strength of the army at will but it was against the policy of retaining the philippines and the inauguration of a colonial policy that he opened all his batteries members streamed into the house from the cloak rooms when it became noised about that mr mccall was speaking and listened with great eagerness to his speech |