Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-02-21
Oppose Expansion.
SPIRITED DEBATE IN THE
SENATE.
Preparing Whitewash. .Testim ony.


/ Washington, Feb. 13, 1899
Democratic Senators have not lessened
their opposition to the Hull army bill
even little bit, on account of Mr.. Nc
Kinley's threats to call an extra session
Of the next Congress, If the bill is not
passed by the Senate. They are per
fectly willing that the present regular
army of 63,000 men shall be continued
for one. year from next July, in order
that we may have whatever troops that
may be needed while we temporarily
control the Philippines and Cuba, but
they will go no further in helping Mr..
Mckinley push along his imperialistic
programme. Senator Jones, of Ark,
said very emphatically: I'VE do not in
tend to allow large standing army to
be permanently fastened upon this coun-
try" and Senator Cockrell said. IF the
President will make the failure of the
Hull bill to pass the Senate, an excuse
for an extra session, he might just as
well prepare his proclamation now. We
do not fear an extra session. 1t would
compel the republicans to show their
hand and outline their policy, which is
now concealed" Nearly all Of the dem
ocratic Senators talk the same way,
which makes it reasonably certain that
the Army bill will not get through the
Senate.
Senator Mason, who talked against
the treaty, and then voted for it, may
have been somewhat pricked by his con-
silence. At any rate, he pricked some
of his colleagues quite heavily, in a
speech he made concerning their vio-
lation of an implied if not an actual
agreement, that the various resolutions
as to the Philippine policy of this gov
ernment, should be voted upon after the
treaty was disposed OF. He then took
the bit in his teeth and said that he in
tended to keep the floor until the Sen
ate agreed to vote upon the McEnery
resolution, which declares that this gov
ernment intends to follow the same pol
icy in the PhiliI pines as in Cuba. His
threat brought the Senate to time. and it
was unanimously agreed to vote on the
McEnery resolution tuesday, although
Senator Hawley afterwards tried to
change that action.
Representative DeArmond, of Mo-,
made strong anti-expansion speech, in
which be said of the item appropriating
S20,000,000 to pay Spain for the Philip
pines, which is in the Sundry Civil Ap-
preparation bill IF this $4,000, 900 is TO
be appropriated now, why ought not this
House to fix the bounds and limits? Do
you propose to take in these Philippine
islands as part and parcel of this govern
ment. part and parcel of the territory of
the United States, to endure and to con-
tinue as long as we can hold them as
part and parcel of it? If you do, say So
Ii you do not, say not. II you do not
know, then why the hot haste for such
legislation? Why the extraordinary de-
mand for a very large army? Why the
imperious spirit here and in the other
end of the Capitol which rejects all sug-
gestion of amendment, while at the same
time it proclaims that you know not
whether your policy is to be temporary
or permanent, that you know not wheth-
er you are to acquire this territory as a
permanent acquisition or for short
time, yet wants the army permanently
an army of 100000 men, wants the
huge expenditures that are made directly
and the huger expenditures that will fol-
low in their wake, through the extrav-
agance and recklessness and general
demoralization which certainly must at
tend this kind of loose legislation. You
want these things permanently, but what
you will do with them, how long you
will use them, oh, excuse You from say
lug anything about thatr'
Representative Lentz, Of Ohio, in a
short speech denounced Mr.. Mckinley
for committing the sentence of Gen.
Eagan to suspension for six years, under
full pay. He said that Eagan had called
Miles liar for simply telling the truth
truth to which $4,000 private soldiers
could testify the troops had been
fed with rotten beef. And that Mr.. Nc
Kinleys action really amounted to re
warding Eagan for attacking Miles.
Secretary Alger did not recommend
the order for Military Court of In
quiry to assemble in Washington on
Wednesday of this week, to investigate
the embalmed beef charges made by
Gen. Miles, issued by Mr.. Mckinley, but
he had to smile and appear to like it, be
cause Mr. Mckinley hid been convinced
by more levsl-headed advisers that Il
was the only thing left for him to do, Il
he hoped to escape being charged Will
guilty knowledge of embalmed beef solt
to the government. Gen. Eagan is act
ing as Alger's right bower in preparing
testimony to be produced before th'
Court of Inquiry in behalf of the bee
contractors, which old-fashioned foil
are inclined TO regard as scandal OF it
self, under the circumstances
The statement of Representative Can
non that there would be deficit Of no
less than $780, 1000 at the end OF tn
next fiscal year. if Congress didn't econ