The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-23

Washington, Jan. 22.--The fact tnat
the a~nti-scalping bill was made the
unfinished business of the senate by
Saturdays vote does not necessarily
insure its immediate consideration. The
general understanding is that this plll
Will wait upon the peace treaty and
the appropriation bills, and that the
Indian appropriation bill will be the
first measure 10 receive h OF
the senate during the week. The DID
1omatic and pension appropriation DIS,
also. may be considered during the
week.
Several speeches on the general sub
ject OF expansion are expected to DE
made. One of these, BY Senator White,
in opposition to the governments pol
icy. viii be made tomorrow, and Sena-
tor Lodge viii follow Tuesday with q
brief talk in support of the policy 2nd
II advocacy Of the early r-atincation Of
the peace treaty.
How much time viii be given to the
treaty in executive session VIII depend
upon whether the committee on forelGn
relations considers il in the interest OF
the treaty to press consideration. There
is an effort to arrange = compromise
which would permit speedy action upon
the. treaty. but if this is not successful
the indications are for considerable de-
lay Two compromises are suggested
One Of these is for d modification OF the
treaty. or the adoption of resolution
declaratory AGAINST the permanent
holding Of the Philippine archipelago,
and the ether is for e modification OK
the army reorganization bill on lines
desired by the treaty opponents. 1t Is
not yet possible to state whether either
course viii be pursued.
On Friday the senate viii listen to
-.T - It, II~n
Cook of Illinois.
ARMY REORGANIZATION.
The time of the house this week. ex-
cepting tomorrow, which has been set
aside for the consideration OF District
of Columbia business, viii be devoted
10 the army reorganization bill. The
consideration of this bill, which is re-
garded as D"re-eminently the most m
portant general measure TO come before
congres at this session, has been de-
layed by the illness of Chairman Hull
Of the military affairs committee. he
has recovered sufficiently TO pilot the
measure, however, and the house has
formally agreed to TAX VI its consider
alton on Tuesday. The general debate,
not including three night sessions, is
to continue fifteen hours. This is as far
as the agreement goes. It includes 10
provision for a final vote.
Inc OGDdLE DIOLllStS 10 DE DOLn IL
teresting and important, as 1t viii raise
ali the questions involved in increasing
our standing army 20 100000 men. as
DroDosed by the bill, together with Our
whole future policy relative TO the ter
ritoIy acquired in the recent war with
S1ain- g.
There exists a wide variety of opin-
ions uDon the proposition 10 increase
the standing army. 1t has a strong
majority of Republicans behind it, and
It cores into the house with the en-
dorSement OF the presidents message
practically as an administration meas
Ure. The Democrats and PCpuliStS are
intensely hostile to the whole DroDo-
sition, and intend to fight it to the last
ditch. They viii have some support
from the Republican side. The Opposi-
ton, however, do not desire 10 en-
barrass the government. and are Will
ing to provide FOR a temporary increase
in the army Of 50, eco men. in accord
ance with the provisions Of the sabsti-
tute bill offered by the minority Of the
committee. Or they are willing TO au-
thOrize the continuance, temporarily,
OF the present war strength of the
regular army (e2, 000)-anything. in fact.
20 prevent the creation Of a permanent
Increase. In this they have the SYN
oathy Of many Republicans. The fate
IF the bill is in grave doubt. The ate
ments made IN the floor OF the senate
TO the effect that it vas not the inJen-
ton OF the government to hold the Phil
ippines permanently. although their aU-
t~horitatiVe character was denied. have
p~laceda2 weapon in the hands Of the
opponents of the measure. who will use
the statement that there is doubt as to
the future of the Philippines as q
strong argument against a permanent
increase in the regular army. The bill
may not be completed this week, as the
order permits its consideration to be in
terrupted by appropriation bills and
conference reports. One of these. the
military academy, is on the calendar.
The river and harbor bill will be re-
ported tomorrow, and the naval bill
probably before the END Of the week.