The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-28
ARMY BILL PASSES SENATE
SUPPORTERS FORGED TO ADOPT
 GORMAN AMENDMENT.
This Provides That the Increase In the Army Shall Not be Permanent or Beyond July 1, 19Ol-The Contest Will
 be Memorable i'm the History of the

be Memorable in the History of tn,
 Senate,
 Washington Feb. 27.-After contes
 that will be memorable in the history
 of the senate the compromise army re-
 organization bill was passed this even.
 ing at 7:10. When the senate convened
 at Il o'clock this morning it seemed
 more than likely that the bill might not
 be passed during the day. MT. German
 of Maryland insisted that his amend
 ment providing that the army should
 not be increased permanently, or be-
 yond July 1, 1901, be incorporated in
 peared probable that his insistence at length would throw the bill over until
 tomorrow and perhaps defeat it. An
 agreement was reached finally, how
 ever, and Mr. Germans amendment was
 unanimously accepted.
 | The German amendment in detail
 provides that every provision of the
 army bill shall continue in force until
 July l. 1901, and on and after that date
 all general staff officers shall be dis
 charged and 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 num-
 Der provided for by law priod to April
 1, 1898, exclusive of such additions as
 have been or may be made under this
 act to the artillery, and except the ca
 dets provided for by this act, who may
 be appointed prior to July 1, 1901 and | provided further, that no officer who i has been or may be promoted under ex- isting law or under the rules of senior ity shall be disturbed in his rank. l The vote on the bill was as follows | Yeas-Allen, Allison, Bacon. Burrows, Carter Chandler, Clark Cockrell, Gull lom, Deboe, Elkins, Fairbanks, Faulk- ner, Foraker Frye, Gallinger, Gear, German, Hanna, Hansbrough, Harris. Hawley, Heitfeld, Jones of Nevada, ! Lindsay, Lodge, Mcbride, McEnery, MeLaurin, Mallory, Mantle, Mitchell. Money Morgan, Murphy, Nelson, Pasco, Perkins, Pettis, Platt of Connecticut, Platt of New York, Pritchard, Proctor, Rawlins, Roach, Ross, Sewell, Shoup, Simon, Smith, Spooner, Stewart, Teller, Warren, Wellington-55
 Nays-Bate, Berry, Caffery, Chiffon, Clay, Daniel, Hoar, Martin, Pettigrew, Hurley, Vest Winslow-19.
 Some Opposition Arguments.
 MT. Vest fiercely antagonized the bill. He declared his belief that the war in the Philippines was not being conduct ed with the idea of giving the Philip pines government. "I believe" he said, that this government is to take the Philippines as an indemnity for the war with Spain. But ask now wheth- CT it is true that the president tele- graphed to our commissioners to take nothing less than the island of Luzon, as Porto Rico was worth only $40, ,000, GOO and would not be a proper indemnity for the war"
 Mr. Frye, one of the peace commits sioners, said that no dispatch to that effect had been sent by the president to the commissioners. The instructions of the president when the commission started out were to take LuZon. MT. Frye furthe said: "The senator has had read in executive session every tele- gram, cable and letter of instruction that passed between the president and the peace commissioners.
 For the purpose of my argument" continued MT. Vest, T content myself with the statement that we were to take nothing less than Luzon. If that be true, how is it that the president said in his Boston speech that this contin- gency has come upon us by the act of God? He said that there had been no disposition to exercise the power of con- quest If the island was to be taken, why does he tell us now that he Is an instrument of Providence?' MT. Vest said he knew of but one parallel of this scheme of Christian philanthropy. He then cited the scene in Dickens novel "Bleakhouse," where the Rev. MT. Chadband insists on doing good to an vagrant, and said: "So it is with the president He places his hands upon the shoulders of the Filipinos and says: I am a toiler and moiler, and intend to save you in spite of yourself. And he wants hundred thousand mis- sionaries with rifles to shoot his good | into effect"
 MT. Vest stated that all those who | were opposed to the plans of the admin" istration were denominated as traitors, | but he repudiated the charge with | scorn He said he might as we'll vote | for an army of one million as for one of | I hundred thousand. He could not vote for soldiers to be used for a purpose 1 to the country. The army | would never be less than the number provided for in the bill, for when the < policy of expansion was entered upon it meant the increase of the army, the navy and the number of men offered up 'or slaughter.
 MT. White spoke against tho bill and against the present policy in the Phil ppines. He said he could not contem- plate the situation In the Philippines with any other feeling than that of shame There was no possibility of as- ;imilating the Filipinos. The outlook vas very gloomy. He agreed witt, Mr. sewell that war was likely with Cuba. Why. if we were to give the Cubans heir freedom, were our armed soldiers anchored n that island? How vain and -isionary the theories of men when be- lind it all is the grim spectre of lucre," le exclaimed. He had felt from the be- ,inning that this country was on the -arge of ruin and he found in the pages