The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-13

Washington, Feb. 12.-The promised eff
fort on the part of the committee on mill
tal-y aairs to get immediate consideration
of the army reorganization bill promises
to be the most important feature of the
proceedings of the senate during the
present week.
Lines are divided very sharply on this
bill and the contest over its conSldera-
ton will unQues tionably be both nerce
and stubborn. The Republican members
of the committee manifest Il strong de-
termination to press the bill, regardless
OF all other measures, and their tirst eff
fort will be TO secure consent from the
committee on appropriations to set the
appropriation bills aside until the army
reorganization bill can be disposed or
| They argue that it is useless TO proceed
with the appropriations, especially those
| for the army, untlI they know now larse
the army Will be. They also urge that
there is far greater necessity for leglsla-
ton increasing the size of the army than
for the appropriation of money TO meet
the governments expenditures.
Senator Warren of the military commits
sion, in discussing this matter, says;
| The present appropriations hold good
until the 1St of next July, while the vol
unteer army will necessarily be disbanded
as soon as the peace treaty is signed by
the Spanish authorities. We will then
be in a ridiculous plight, with all our new
possessions on our hands and our forces
reduced TO such an extent that we Will
not be able TO even man our guns in this
country unless We get an increase OIL the
army. 1t is as absurd to say thaI any
temporary eXpedient would answer the
purpose You cannot find men TO enlist
in the regular army at Sl3 month I'M
less they are sure of steady employ
ment.P
The Democrats, not only on the military
committee, but throughout the senate,
will resist any effort to get the army bill
through. They say, however, they will
not try to prevent consideration Of the
T. 80 IT., -, At. ,-;4 c,o,,,+o- Tomas
of Arkansas, said: IF the Republicans
want to take the responsibility of filibus-
terinS against the appropriation bills and
of throwing them over to another session
of congress, l. for one, am willing that
they should do So
Continuing, he said that he did not be-
lieve the army bill could pass if it should
receive the exclusive attention of the SEN
ate for the remainder of the session. AS
look at it. he said. If the programme
for taking up the army bill to the exciu-
sion of the appropriation bills is pursued,
both the army bill and the appropriation
bills will have to fail. do not believe the
senate will agree to the passage or the
army bill this session. So far as L am
informed. we on this side are willing TO
grant the temporary increase of the army,
but l do not believe many Democrats
would consent to the permanent increase
of the standing army"
APPROPRIATION BILLS
1t is not absolutely decided that the
tarily retire in the interest of the army
bill. They may, however, step aside for
days in order to give the promoters OF
the military measure an opportunity TO
test the temper of its opponents. There
are at present only two appropriation
bills before the senate, so that the time
OF experiment is not unpropitiouS. There
are the agricultural and military academy
bills, and both can be disposed of in very
short order, unless there should be eX-
traneouS opposition to them. This is not
RXnepre0 6XDPdfGnt
stand on the army bill. Much of the
proceedings of the last two days of last
week was due to the expectation on the
part of some tnat there would be eXcep-
t1ondl pressure to get up the army bill.
and proceedings were intended to Indicate
to the friends of that measure what they
might expect in case they should attempt
10 put their programme into execution.
Other opportunities will doubtless he
seized in the future for the same purpose,
as long as the army bill threatens.
The army bill has not yet been reported
to the senate. but there will be an all
day session of the committee on military
affairs on Monday, with the hope of con-
Guiding the consideration of the bill in
com.ttee and OF having 1t ready 10 re-
port on Monday or Tuesday. The Droba-
blitieS are, however that it will not get
into the senate before Wednesday I ne
probability of an effort TO force its con-
sideratiOn will. however. make il almost
as much a basis of proceedings as if it
were in the senate itself, as everything
will be done with reference to this 2oint
so long as the purpose of pressing its
consideration is manifest.
MENERY RESOLUTION.
Another question which bids fair to
provoke considerable controversy is that
involved in Senator HaWley's notice of a
motion for the reconsideration of the
unanimous consent to Senator Mason'S
proposition TO vote on the A1cEnery resO-
luton at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday. Senator
Hawley had objected to the consideration
of this question when it came zip Satur-
day and he was absent when the agree
ment was reached. Several other senators
who also oppose the McEnery resolution
including Senator Platt of Connecticut,
were absent, and Senator Hawley's mo-
ton for a. reconsideration was made after
consulta don with them. There are very
few instances on record in which effort
had been made to deviate from an unan-
imous agreement and there is little doubt
that Senator Mason will strenuously re-
sist this attempt
An effort will probably be made Monday
to dispose of the contested nomination of
Mr.. Ewart to be judge of the western dis
trict OF North Carolina and ii is expected
that the senate will go into executive
session early in the day for that purpose.
Beginning al O'Clock on next Saturday
eulogies will be pronounced upon the late
Representative Simpkins of Massachu-