The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-28

band replied Young man, I will not
/ take my hands from your shoulder.
am toiler and moiler and l intend to
do you good in spite of yourself
so" continued Mr.. Vest, lit is with
the president. He places a hand on the
shoulder of the Filipinos and says:
g I am a toiler and a mOiler and 1
! intend to save you in spite of your
self And he wants 100000 missionaries
with rifles to shoot his good resolutions
into them"
He said that all those who We're OPP
posed to the plans of the administration
were called traitors, but he repudiated
the charge with scOrn. IF spoken" he
said. lit is a SANDER; if written, a Ii
bell
Mr.. White (CaL) spoke against the
bin and against the present policy in
the Philippines.
An amendment of Mr.. Thurston strik-
ing out the paragraph relating to the
age limit for the appointment of officers
in the provisional regiments was agreed
to.
REIMBURSEMENT OF VOLUNTEERS
Mr.. Hawley offered as an amendment
a proviso of the fifteenth section, Gu-
thoTiZing the president to enlist tenn
pOrarlly in the service for absolute ne
esSary purposes in the Philippines, vol
unteers, officers and men, individually
or by organizations, now in those is
lands and about to be discharged, and
directing that they shall be counted as
part of the volunteer force authorized
by this act and that they shall not be
enlisted for more than six months, nor
beyond the time necessary to replace
them. It was adopted.
Mr.. German offered the following
amendment as provision of section Is:
That each and every provision of this
act shall continue in force until July
l, 1901, and on and after that date all
the general staff and line officers ap-
pointed to the army under this act shall
be discharged and the numbers restored
in each grade to those existing at the
passage of this act, and the enlisted
force of the line of the army shall be
reduced to the number as provided for
by law prior to April l, 1898, exclusive
of such additions as have been or may
be made under this act to the artillery,
and except the cadets provided for by
this act, who may be appointed prior
to July l, 1901; and provided, further,
that no officer who has been, or may
be, promoted under existing law, or I'M
der the rules of seniority, shall be dis
turbed in his rank.
Mr.. Warren, a member of the mill
tary affairs committee, opposed the
and could see no reason
for its adoption. The bill, he said, had
been pronounced by Mr.. Cockrell as a
good bill before God and man. He
agreed with that statement. but said
the adoption of the amendment would
make it a bad bill.
The amendment was adopted, sixty
eight voting in the affirmative and none
in the negative. Mr.. Warren was paired
against it.
\ fI,a .H 8
the German amendment simplified the /
situation materially. This bill would |
place an annual expenditure of $S5,- !
poo, 600 upon the country; but, notWith- /
standing the fact that the war in the !
was an unholy war, he felt /
it his duty to support the bill.
ROUGH RIDER AMENDMENT.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Carter
provided that three Of the provisional |
at the discretion of the |
president, should be cavalry, whose |
members should be particularly pro- /
icient in horsemanship and marksman-
ship, the regiments to serve mounted |
u dismounted. 1t was agreed TO.
In the course of a speech against the
general features OF the bill. Mr.. Allen
Neb.) made the statement that he had
received many letters from the volun-
GERS in Manila, protesting against be-
ng used TO shoot down those whom
hey had regarded as their friends
Those men, he maintained, ought to be
'ecalled.
Mr.. Hoar announced his intention
lot to support the bill. II was not a
iii for supplies, nor was it a bill for
he complete reorganization of the
lrny. II was, then, merely q bill to
provide an army to make war upon
he people of the Philippines. With
he exchange of notifications of the
,eace treaty, the war would then be
Il an end. 1t would be necessary to
determine whether there was to be
ivil war
Mr.. Pettigrew also announced his in
ention TO vote against the bill, saying
here was army enough now, and that
With the return of peace there could be
10 need for a greater army. He saw
10 reason for the increase, except to
oerce the people of the Philippines
nd deprive them of their liberty. He
redicted that the effort to destroy the
liberty and the lives of the Filipinos
would prove the blacklist chapter in
he history Of the United States. He
ad voted 10 support the president at
he beginning of the war, but the presi-
ent was no longer entitled to his con-
dence. I believe it the duty of con-
ress.' he said. Ito remain in session,
necessary. Indefinitely 20 prevent the \
from pursuing a course
oward these people that viii forever {
laeken the name of this great repub- ,
c."
The bill was then, at o'clock, put