The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-28

hurt He had struck him in the Philip.
pines, and the echo of that blow would
ring through the coming ages. Until.
the treaty was ratified the President
must hold what he had taken.
But" said he. with elaboration, u
say frankly that I entertain grave
doubts as to the wisdom of holding the
Philippines against their will" Demo
cratic applause) While this was his
opinion, he added, when the time came
to determine this question he must
know what his duty 70 his country was.
Grow (R.) of Pennsylvania argued
that the future of the Philippines was
a question for the future. Neither the
Filipinos or the Porto Ricans, said he.
had the right to haul down the Ameri
can flag. 1t had been planted by the
American people, and it must stand I'M
til the American people replaced it.
Prince R.) of Illinois supported the
bill, and Robinson CD of Indiana OPP
posed it.
Cousins (R.) of Iowa, in support of the
bill, did not touch the Philippine ques-
ton. He said that the milk of the
cocoanut of the opposition to this hill
was it's increase In the manifestation
of Federal authority.
Cousins paid an eloquent tribute to
the past deeds of the United States
army, declaring that he had not lived
long enough to learn anything in the
history of the American soldiery to Jus
tify that suspicion or imputation that
the United States army might be used
DC fA he io5 >f A ar;
can citizenship. In this connection he
briefly referred to valorous deeds and
glorious victories of the revolution, the
war Of 1872, the Mexican war, the civil
war, to several Indian campaigns in
the West, and to the heroic struggle at
Santiago, and in conclusion he said:
In all the years of toll and strife and
victory that make the history of our
republic great, the regular army had
been it's shield and buckler.''
Fitzgerald CD of Massachusetts
closed the general debate in opposition
to the bill.
Hull, in charge of the bill, closed for
his side. The number of enlisted men
provided in the bill, he said, was based,
not upon the personal views of the
members of the committee, but the au-
thoritative expression of those who
We're on the ground. In Cuba the Evac-
uation Commission had declared that
$4,000 soldiers were necessary; not nee
essary to enforce order, but to insure
peace and tranquility. without blood
shed. In Manila the commanding Cen
eral thirty days ago had cabled that
1000 men would be enough, but with
in the last month hel had increased that
estimate to 10000. The knowledge
there that public opinion was divided
in this country, and the impression that
prevailed there that the army might
be turned down, had multiplied the
dangers there. The comparative maxi
mum should be placed at 100000, but
he was willing to agree, in view of the
opposition, that absolute provision
should only be made for $4,000, giving
the President discretion to increase the
army up to 100000. In his hands
should be placed the power to maintain
the sovereignty Of the. United States
wherever our flag had been carried I'M
til Congress should finally determine
what should be done.
This ended the general debate, and
the bill was read for amendment under
the five-minute rule.
Speaking to q pro- forma amendment,
Shafroth of Colorado argued that there
could be no Justification for authoriz-
ing a large permanent increase of the
army for what was admitted, certainly
so far as Cuba was concerned, to be a
temporary condition.
The first vote was taken on the COM
mittee amendment to increase the num-
Der of Chaplains from thirty to forty,
and it was carried-6S to So.
Hay CD of Virginia offered the fol-
lowing amendment:
Provided, that the increase of the
regular army beyond what it was be-
fore the war with Spain shall only be
used in Porto Rico, Cuba, the Philip
pines, the Hawaiian Islands and the
Ladrones; and, provided further, that
said increase, both officers and men,
shall be mustered out of the service
within two years, or sooner if the ext
gencies permit"
Williams CD of Mississippi criticised
the policy of forcibly exerting our SOW
ereignty and authority and of charac-
terizing the Fflipinos as rebels
Cannon R.) Of Illinois spoke for the
bill. The war with Spain brought re-
sponsibilities which had to be met and
could not be avoided. AS to the peace
treaty, Cannon made an indirect init
nation of an extra session by saying
February 9th, or else by March
10th. "And after the treaty is ratified
exclaimed Cannon, well hold the
Philippines until the Congress of the
United States has knowledge enough
and wisdom enough and patriotism
enough to say what we'll do with
them
Hays amendment was voted down
Mcclellan CD of New York then Of
fered an amendment to strike out the
Adjutant General and Inspector Cen
erals department, and create a general
staff. He said that if the amendment
prevailed it would give the army a
modern flexible general staff.
The amendment was lost without d.
vision.
Lacey moved to strike out the provi-
sion for a Lieutenant General, and af-
ter short debate the motion prevailed
Hull explained in answer to questions
that the reduction he would propose
to the bill would come from the enlisted
force by reduction of the size of the,
companies. If the President should
deem it proper to swell the army to the
maximum, 100000, the size of the COM
panies would be increased. Very few
additional forces would be required
Dockery CD of Missouri charged that
the fixing of a. minimum was a palpa-
bic trick to stay the mutterings of the
opnonentS of the bill ON the other side