The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-18
OUR ARNY INEFFICIENT
Representative kgC.e||Qn S9ys Il
Is IO)HeQVy, Clumsy 0Dd Obsolete.
DEFECTS IN The ORGANIZATION
Senator wOIcoIt TaTks on silvcr-lIo
Believes In lntcrnntionaI Bimet-
aiIism ms n PossibiIiiy-Tho Hope
ofthe Movcmcnt Lies III Conccrted
Action with France.

Washington, d. c., Jan. II, 1898.
This was District of Columbia day
a in the House, only three bills of local
Importance being passed. The remain
der of the session was devoted to fur
j ther consideration of the army appro-
priation bill The debate was parti-
cularly notable for q vigorous speech
by Mr. Mcclellan Dem.), Of New York,
son of Gen. George B. Mcclellan,
attacking the preGent army organiza-
A tion as obsolete and inefficient
The army to-day, Mr.. Mcclellan de-
] clared, was little better Than u clum-
! silly organized national police force, top.
heavy with the gold lace Of staff OIL
GERS, many OF whom had not seen
q mere active service than falls to the
lot of member Of the police force
Inc army should, he declared be en-
4 tlreiy rcorganiZed. He said this in no
spirit of j!ngo!sm. but. for the purpose
OF calling the attention Of the country
10 the fact that we were paying n large
! price FOR very inefficient army ut
teriy unprepared for war while q very
small additional expenditure, with pro-
Il per reorganization, would work Won
decs.
Mr.. Lewis (Dem), of Washington.
made 4 vigorous speech against any
increase OF the army. He charged that
the Il 'StJ were il control of the coun-
try ana constituted the mailed hand OF
power behind the DEGREES of the courts.
IL the army were Increased the peo-
Pie would, he said, be justified In ask
ing whether II was not TO he used to
barricade the courts and break down
everything that means the freedom Of
N1,. I
TELEGRAM which he said. Senator Han
IRA had received from Frankfort, Ger
NanJ, signed by y. Scl!gman, as fol-
lows
'-I congratulate you on your cleo
tior. II II NEST satisfactory to me-"
That message, lie said, came from
the man who helpcd to place 4 mort
gage on this Governments OF 100000 900
is insOlcnCo. he said. had no parallel
IL history cave in the message sent by
Pont:us Piiatc 10 the cxcautioner of
Jesus Christ. conEratu tulatIng him that
his work was we'll done.
Mr. Hull QtepD. of Iowa chairman
OF the Committee on. Military Affairs,
expressed concurrence in the views of
Mr.. Mcclellan to the extent that he
believed the army should be reorgan-
ICED, as the present organization was
Obsolete The discussion of the needs
OF the army was continued by Messrs
J.
QCemo. of Missouri; Cox (Dcm), Of
Tennessee; Marsh (Rcp), Of Illinois,
and others
Without completing the bill the COM
mittee rose and al $40 p. IN. the House
adjourned
SENATE.
The features Of to-day's proceedings
In the Senate were the speech delivered
Wn1rntt nf IN ,,i
man OF the B!metallic Commission.
',supon the negotiations Of the commit
tee with European countries relative
to International himetallism and the
$ passage Of the Lodge bill restricting i'm
migration into the United States The
proceedings We're the mos. interesting
and important that have charac erized
any single days work Of the Senate
during the present session.
Quite unexpectedly Senator Hanna
appeared at the opening of to-hay's
session. Mr.. Foraker, the senior Scna-
tor frcn Ohio, presented Mr.. Hanna ;;
& credentials for the remainder Of Mr..
& Sherman's term. which will expire on
March 4th, 1899. ana asked that the
EE oath Of Office be administered to him.
/: Mr.. Foraker escorted his colleague TO
the desk where Vice President uobar,
& administered the cath.
AT 1880 Mr.. Wolcntt was recognized.
BY this time the galleries and floor
s were crowded. Mr.. Wolcott was in fin
voice and spoke with only occasional
references 10 his manuscript which he
had before him. He was accorded the
+ closest attention by his auditors. among
whom wcr= many members OF the
House
MI. Wolcott introduced his subject
by saying that he was glad to make n
" Statement respecting certain phases Of
the work of the recent bimeialiic com
y mission, but that in doing so he sspok =
uE9f!!cally. not committing his asso-
ciNtes in the slightest degree either to
his opinion or deductions. Later in the
session." he said, we are certain to
have ample discussion on the subject
of silver and it will probably he acrid
ana bitter enough"
TIL" failure OF former international
conferences, he said, made 1t evident
that unless some prior understanding
was aTrived at with some of the com
merclal nations, another failure would
he the result OF IN international con-
ference al this timc and as France
Germany and Great Britain had within
the year made declarations favorable ia
silver it was decided to bring the sub
tact to the attention Of those various
countries and naturally the first turn
x was made to France. for many rpa
sIns. but above all because of Premier
Melincs belief in bimetall,sm Tn
trance, Re said, the question Of blmet