Arizona republican., 1898-02-23
Tbe Senate Passes a Bill IlCreaS-
 ing the Army
THE CHRONIC OBJECTIONS
Overrulxd In tho Face of Se-
 riOus Conditions
Only Four votes Wore Cast Against the Measure-The First Attack In the House Upon the HaWaiian Annexation Project.

Annexation Project.
 Washington, Feb. 22.-As soon as the reading of the farewell address of Washington was concluded by MT. Lodge of Massachusetts in the senate today, MT. Hawley of Connecticut, chairman of the military affairs com mittee, called up bill providing for the enlistment of two additional regi- ments of artillery for service in man. ming the heavy coast defense bat teries which congress has provided during the past two years. MT. Bate of Tennessee objected to the bill be- cause it tended to an increase of the army, to which he said he was unal- terably opposed. He thought that there were enough troops already un- der enlistment to man all guns now being provided for by the govern ment. He argued that it would be better to assign infantry regiments to the manning of these guns than to put them in charge of raw recruits.
 In reply MT. Hawley pointed out that the strength of the army was really decreasing in proportion to the inhabitants of the country. h addi- tion, he said congress had made a large appropriation in recent years for great guns for forts and coast defense sta tiOns. Of these guns, 139 Were of large caliber and delicate mechanism To those must be added 232 rifled steel mortars already placed or soon l to be placed in coast defense stations
 In order that these guns may be prop | erly handled, body of trained men is necessary. Each of these great war engines requires to handle it as much ! skill as it requires to run 8 locomo- tive or an ordinary river steamer. The l war department estimates that the 1,600 men which the bill calls for will
 be necessary to properly man these guns.
 l MT. Cockrell of Missouri said he
 was opposed to an increase in the in
 fantry or cavalry arms of the service
 But in this case the country was con- fronted by serious condition. He re- garded it as necessary that the guns
 provided by the government should
 be properly cared for and manned. For
 that reason he had consented, as a
 member of the committee, to have the
 bill favorably reported.
 The bill was then passed, 52 to 4.
 The negative votes were cast by
 Messrs. Bate of Tennessee Clay of
 George, Chiffon of Texas, and Vest of
 Missouri.
 MT. Morgan of Alabama secured the
 adoption of the following resolution:
 That the committee on naval affairs is instructed to inquire and report
 whether man-of-war equal at least
 to any warship in the world, to be named George Washington, can be built, armed and commissioned within
 period of twelve months by the use of the facilities of the ship yards, ma- chine shops, mines and forests of the United States, wherever the same are found, and that the committee have leave to report at any time by bill or
 otherwise" The resolution was adopt
 ed without debate.
 : IN THE HOUSE. Washington, Feb. 22.-Washington's $ birthday was celebrated in the house ! after a motion by MT. Bailey to ad- journ had been voted down, with g vast deal of political speechmaking and it was also signalized by the firing of the first gun in opposition to Ha- waiian annexation. MT. Johnson oi
 Indiana delivered a speech that cleo
 trified the house and galleries in de nunciation of what he termed an at : tempt to cut loose from the tradi. t tional policy of the house and father !, a scheme of colonization that haG > proved the ruin of empires and of na > tions. He declared while he had de nounced at time the statement that the Hawaiian monarchy had beer y overthrown by the aid of American /; citizens, that he now firmly believed it was true.
 The speech, coming entirely un
 heralded, produced a strong impres
 sion. The general debate on the sun : dry civil bill was concluded today, ant ; tomorrow the bill will be taken up fo $ amendment
 |. THE HOUSE WILL PASS IT. s Washington, Feb. 22-It seem D probable that the bill which passed thu x senate today to create two additiona n regiments of artillery will pass th 9t house without much opposition if i }; IS reported while the house is in 1t S, present temper
 Chairman Cannon is heartily il