Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-01-03
Current Topics.
Substitute for the Hull Bill. 30.
600 Men, Enough.
Shall the Negroes be Disenfran-
chised?

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The democrats in Congress may no
succeed in defeating the scheme to in
crease the regular army to 100000 mer
but they intend that the country shall b
thoroughly acquainted with the enor
nous and permanent taxation whicl
those who are behind the scheme are try
ing to put upon the people. The repor
of the minority of the House Comlnitis
ON Military affairs, signed by every dem
been filed with the Clerk of the House =
owing to the railroading of the Hull bil
through The Committee and reporting i
to the House befor the holiday receas
they had TO prepare it after Congress al
journed-and it Is an interesting doca-
ment. 1t points out that while an arm,
OF 100000 mon would be menace TO on
liberties in time OF peace, it would be
TOO weak TO cope with any hrst-class pow
er in war; that the cost OF the Hull bll
would be about SI50,0O0,000 yeef
which added to our pension payment
would bring our Military expenditure
up to nearly S300,0000 000-more than il
paid by any one of those great Europeat
nations which keep their armies prae
tically on war footing all the tima
Here is clause of the report, especially !
deserving consideration: ut is well un-
derstood that the great corporate inte
ests of the country demand this lare.
army for obvious reasons. A Presideii
with such force behind him, could i'll.
wade our liberties, suppress freedom oi
speech, and even desecrate the balloi
ITSELF The democrats on the commit
tee accompany their report with a biz
with which they will put the House O.
record, by Offering ii as a substitute for
the Hull bill. 1t provides for a regular
army of thirty thousand men, and foi
the enlistment for not more than two
years, of $1,000 volunteers, for service il
the new possessions of the United States
and in Cuba. There is no reason, at thi
time, to believe that we will have an.
actual need for an army OF more thar.
10000 men two years hence, as the isl
ands which we are now compelled to
garrison, are likely TO be either govern
ing themselves by that time, or ownee
by some other government
Professor BLAIR, OF y. c., who is il
Washington, said: THE purpose of the
North Carolinians to follow the examplo
OF Mississippi, South Carolina and Louis
lana, and accomplish the partial dis
reimbursement of the negroes, is worth.
and commendable Of all supporters O.
the institutions of this country. 1t i
quite in line with the most advanced
idea of the Mckinley administration.
represented by Senator Cullom's Hawaii.
an Commission, which, 10y the way, has
modelled splendid plan for tho distran
chisement OF the North Carolina negroes.
without intentionally doing such thing,
The bill he has reported, disfranchisine
The natives OF the Hawaiian islands. is 8
very good one, in that the natives OF the
islands are not fit 10 govern an American
territory. II this is true in Hawaii, it is
doubly true in North Carolina"
Gen Miles badly frightened number
II persons, and some of them hold L. s
Commissions, when he said that he was
making a personal investigation into the
sending of "embalmed" beef to our sold
iers in Cuba and Porto Rico. An invest
iration-a real inyestigation--is about
the last thing anybody connected with
hat "embalmed" beef wants to see, be-
cause. in the first place, it would show
hat those high in authority agreed To
making an experiment that endangered
the health and lives of thousands of sold
ers for no more apparent reason than
hat it would be very profitable for those
who sold the government the "embalmed'
)eef.
Senator Gray, the only democratic
member of the Peace Commission, which
aas lust returned from Paris. bringing
,f1icial copy of the Treaty of Peace, ex-
,ressed pleasure 10 learn that democratic
senators generally had accepted Col
/ 3ryan's ideh, that the question of expan-
ion was not in any way involved in the
reatv. and that consequently there
would be no party opposition to the rat.
heation OF the treaty. Failure TO ralify
he treaty might cause international com
plications, while its ratification will clear
he deck for domestic contest, "a to
whether we shall keep the Philippines
give them their Independence or dispose
of them to some other country. Senator
Gray declined to express an opinion OF
his matter further than 10 say that h,
was a democrat, which probably means
that he will oppose our keeping the
Philippines.
There is one thing connected with the
Treaty of Peace that may force an extra
session of the next Congress. That is
the $20,0O0.000, which we have got to
pay Spain. The treaty provides thai
this money shall be paid within sly
months after the interchange of ratifi
cation Of the treaty between the two gov
ernments; also that the treaty shall be
ratified within six months from the date
il was signel. II is expected that th,
Senate will ratify the treaty at this ses
sion, but both Senate and House vii
have to pass bill appropriating, th'
money. II the present House fails Il
PASS the appropriation, an extra session
OF the next Congress will have to b'
called to got within the time limit.
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