The herald., 1898-12-15
IN COMMITTEE
The Axe Must Be Used on the Ha-
waiian Bill


WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.--1he senate
committee on foreign relations today took
up the Hawaiian bill section by section and
worked upon it with the view OF putting
it in shape to be reported to the senate
There will be some amendments to the bill.
Another meeting will be held Friday fur
ther to consider the measure.
The house committee on territories also
began consideration of the bill to provide
territorial form of government for the
Hawaiian islands. On motion of Henry O.
Texas, the bill was referred to sub-com
mittee. There are some minor change.
which may be made, but the principal source
of opposition to the bill is the provision which
empowers the governor of Hawaii to appoint
the judges of the supreme court for life and
the circuit court judges for six years. In
the opinion of some members of the COM
mittee the governor by the terms of the bill
is given too much power. They think
the judges should not be appointed for a
longer period than four years, which is the
length of the term of judges in the other
territories. There will also be opposition
to the provisions relating to the quaIifca
tion of voters. The subcommittee will be-
gin the work on the bill Immediately
MILITARY MATTERS
Adjutant General Corbin appeared today
before the house committee on military at
fairs. His statements attracted unusual in
terest because of their direct reference to
conditions in Cuba Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines and the military requirements on
which the war department was acting. As
to the need of an increase in the army, he
said that was most serious proposition
He proceeded: 1.-The Cuban evacuation COM
mission, consisting of Generals Wade and
Butler and Admiral Sampson, has submitted
a statement that in order to preserve order
and restore order in Cuba it will require
the presence of an army of $4,000 men,
General Corbin said he would send his
recommendation to the committee, but
later it was arranged that it should be sub
mitted without confidential reservations
''It was on this recommendation, said Cen
eral Corbin, "that the plan of sending
troops to Cuba was based. 1t might be
found that the fifty thousand men would not
be requisite.
''But we are holding 5000 men in readi-
ness to go if required, said the general.
''As to the Philippines" he went on.
General Otis, in command there, has reg
OiIlUcIlutu tHdt I'I,oOu iieI are required
there In Porto Rico the officers in COM
mand say that the force is inadequate for
the requirements. The present force thsre
is 6lOO
THE ARMY DEFICIENCY
The senate committee on appropriations
continued it's hearing on the army deficiency
bill today, General Miles being before the
committee for more than an hour The
pending proposition is an amendment, sup.
ported by several members, providing for
the immediate mastering out of $4,000 vol
unteers. 1t is understood that Secretary
Alger and Assistant Secretary MeikIejohn
opposed such a provision, and Adjutant
General Corbin said that, in view of the rec
ommendation of the Cuban military commits
sion, it would be advisable
General Miles said today that he thought
250OO men would be enough for Cuba.
He said the island must be in time. and at an
early time, policed by natives which should
he recruited into the army under American
officers. Americans could not stand the
climate unless thov were immunes. He
thought the standing army should be IN
creased to $4,000 men and said at least some
of the volunteers should be continued in se--
vice until the increase was made.