The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-24
Nine-Tenths of the Members Pleased
at the@ Prospect of Getting
Away from Washington.
SENATE EMPLOYEES ALSO GLAD
FOR THEY WILL RETAIN THEIR PO-
sITIONs UNTIL NEXT FALL.
c. C. KOhlsaat Nominated to Succeed
the Late Judge GrOsscup-COIOneI
Jewett at the White House.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-The Republican
pha1aux surrendered to the Democrats to-
day on the army reorganization bill. The
Democrats agreed to vote all the men and
money the President asked for, but they
fused to consent to the passage of the bill
creating a permanent regular army on a
sixty thousand basis or any other basis call
ing for an increase over 5000 men. They
insisted that any war measure must be re-
garded as providing for a temporary emer-
gency to get their support. All elements
of permanency must be eliminated To that
proposition the Republican leaders in Con-
gress came to-day after a long conference
with the President. No definite understand
ing was arrived at as to the details of the
compromise bill, but members of the Senate
military committee were engaged this after
noon and evening in the preparation of a
measure which would command the prac-
tically unanimous support Of the two sides
of the chamber.
The Republican yielding was in Difference
to a crystallized sentiment in and out of
Congress against a special session. The
view presented to the President by the
leaders was that it was of minor conse-
quence what bill passed SO long as it armed
the President with weapons to meet any
emergency which might arise during the
next ten months The Republicans will have
complete control of both branches of the
next Congress and will have it in their
power to repeal, amend or modify any law
passed now. 1t was put to him strongly
that the country wanted a rest from Con-
gress and from Washington disturbance and
agitation and that repose was a greater
necessity than law for permanent mill
tary establishment at this time. The Presi-
dent acknowledged the force of the pre-
sentation and consented to the passage of a
measure with the permanency feature left
out That decision kills the bugaboo of a
special session of the Fifty-sixth Congress-
Nine-tenths of the members of both
branches of Congress are delighted tonight
over the prospect Of getting away from
Washington within the fortnight Senator
Fairbanks said tonight that he was happy
to be able to give his anxious friends at
home, who had been writing Kim and wir-
ing him about a special session, assurances
that in his Judgment danger of a special
session was averted. Indications strongly
point to the completion of urgent pending
business by the 4th of March," ne added
What the country needs now," he said
'1s rest and freedom from political agi-
tations."
An Associated Press dispatch says that
there is to be an adjustment of the differ
ences on the army reorganization bill in
the Senate, is the general understanding
among Senators tonight. Few, however,
will attempt to give details, if, indeed, these
have been arranged. The Democratic Sen
ators have contended for little more than
the fixing Of a time limit for the continu-
ance Of the existence Of the enlarged army
being willing, as they say, to give the adj
ministration all the men and all the money
necessary to it's purposes for the present
Accordingly, the time for the continuance
of the increase has been fixed Ut July l.
1901. There is a mutual understanding that
the new army shall not number to ex-
ceed 81 600 men, as provided in the Coekrell
bill, and that the staff provisions of the
Hull -Hawley bill shall ne retained IN sub
stantialy the same form rs reported from
the military commttee. Of the troops au-
thorized, $1,000 are to be raised subject to
the discretion of the President, and may
be natives of the new possessions Or other
wise, as he may determine.
The committee on military affairs has been
called to meet tomorrow, and the presump-
ton is that the new bill will receive atten-
ton at this meeting. The programme is to
tempt to take up the army bill in the Sen
ate before Saturday. 1t is hoped that the
new measure may then be reported and
passed, not without explanation and debate,
but after only reasonable delay. The pres
ent understanding is that the bill shall be a
new measure. not a substitute for the Hull
bill To make it substitute would leave
the matter open to a conference committee,
and the Democrats are not willing to take
their chances in conference. Hence after
the bill shall have passed the Senate it will
have to go to the House and be acted upon
there as if no army bill had passed that
body. The President this morning had a
conference with Senators Allison, Hawley
Platt OF Connecticut, Hanna. Spooner and
Carter on the compromise.
Il have been on the public pay rolls for
sixteen years" says Senator Wilson, of the
State of Washington, but formerly of IN
diana, "and 1 really begin to feel that am
glad to be turned out. / think it is time
for me to be hustling for myself on the out
side. l was member of the Indiana Legis-
lature for two years, then had four years
in the Land Office, four years in the lower
branch of Congress and six years in the
Senate l can come back to the Senate
probably before l ara as old as Senator
Pettus if 1 want to- The way l feel now
1 have had enough of public life. I see my
way clear to acquiring fortune by attend
ing strictly to my own private business. The
best thing that ever happened to me was
my failure to be reelected. am forty-nine
years old and / think / have done fairly
we'll" sss
One Of The elements which entered into
the compromise on the army reorganization