The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-26

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zen srd III shs nse<y TO dispose % fAs
conditions at hard tsas 81 nsF nsen-
gormsu said shas n ore prosass we're
contained d the bill 70 the eAecs that 81
the exptys.son ~ gro yeass the army
saauh axntu be resioeea - 4 pesee foot
ing Of Z. ~ men. he would axres 70 Il
..s4us wns.<ver tsse rpndssscn~ may b.
H. rrrtsrrsxes- s.rsth tsse acceptance O. t3s
rsov4so ssxsxe&ss yoa viii have an asWy
Of f99Goo Hn<n until foar months a1sfs sssF
term Of Presscens MeKsnley shsss hase sr-
pred. The measure VIII gsss asa -
rover thar u preysdsns essr sssc- IL -
tender OF greater power THAI ~4s esss
made IN e:usar eiv<unastaness
un~hev ask1d rssa WAS afraid OF tie
Lara Standing army.
&. r~ul. ssorru2n ssss6 that every state
In sshe r,ssox, waS AFRAID o. Is. lie 9sor-
man, xae afraid 81 IL himself. sSrf es
sr,.s.s,s.an wigs contrary 70 TIE spirit OF
..,, .nasrx. lie recalled siss fSme rssen.
In ISIS. tgoors were Summoned 10 Washing
,oa as the tine of ting HaysssTt.3esa eafi-
tr0verry. II remember flse quiet frs&fnssia-
ton OF The provence Of sp@ tfosfs' a@s'
German.
German sa.d be had great personal r.
sx,ecs for Mr. Ncktpssys aEss bad 10 sfaas-
cl@ns except that Ii bis goos nature ae
bad permitted weakness and insIifatfAsy
In the departments. Weakness. RAJ
r<p~ased the senator. Time aAosas ssa
reveal whistler these had t.sa ssyiHisaS
else
He was asked % have eoafassnes tFa the
chief executive, bat hs could Bn} 'orsT1
that human nature mas NeaSs ne cpsa~
petes that for next gear tiss szpeEss's6Tf
ON account of the army and navy ~Sssa
sxxregzte sses G.ns greater than the foSa'
expenditures ~ the government ffons AA'&
a ls7s He predicted deficiency OF tls.bsig-
On. There must be an Increase OF she
direct taxation OF more nSss1ss OF esrtsss-
Gates.
.Ev@n pov ( hear thai the secretary oil
the treasury g. contemplating the ksas 81
moro government obflraiaasss
p.te,r.ptSsns ~ Tfiisas.
German sah The uasy question ~a1 tiast
az making a permanent increase requir az
fss action Of ali branches of Ire govern
rn~ns ~ discontinue.
11slman asked u The Philippine rs.s'esison
could not be put down by volunteers. sssa
l;orman sad he sag 30 reas@Hs way u
should not be. Bat this was not the dsssre'
srsha wisf was 10 have more shOiisser straps
and more men 70 ~sar them. insignificant
a were Inc achievements uf the army,
comnarz.iys.y. In the Spansgh var. there
Rad been appointed AZ officers Ia the army
mora men than had reee.sed vueh advance
r,spt aussns the first year of THE se:ses.Sofs.
with all the South In arms Never wsf5
trinxdisr generals 10 thick in Washington
There was Il sufficient amsnber Of them
a,,r~ /, auppresg an ordinary rebellion
German declared that under iss present
head Of The army, pfvper ORGANIZATION
sf the service could not bs eheotsa.
Ttliman interrupted German zen
there IL nothing In the olit 10 prevent
recurrence of tbs efnhalusei beef Eesh-
DALI
German passed off The qpsstlom hsh'iys
saying he kncT little about "
1allman-~SoaA OF us kn,w anythins
about IL. PERHAPS, but there - 10 maeh
az ii III the air We can smell ~
II do know this. replied German, IN.
secretary OF war IL a much.apussd man.
lie /. not responsible for the department.
In which that scandal originated. de-
partment In which the officers are APP
pointed for life"
fyorrsaau In conclusion made an appeal
20 the senate To fix the number of men
and The amount of money necessary to
meet present exixeneies and both would
b. given hem II only time limit were
placed os the call. II this suggestion OF
HIS was refused ard tho bill forced
through congress. then LEI the RESPONSE
t,isty be taken by those who advocate II.
MfIttism~n = Neeesstty.
Carter. a member of the military ag-
fairs committee. replied TO German. he
saia that every auditor ef German. fell
c;tOus and eloquent orator. must have
been impressed with the pathetic solicit.
tude OF the Maryland senator for the ~ a
ent Republican national administration,
After discussing the cry OF miiitarssm.
Carter declared miistarism COMES to us a.
= necessity not as a desire.
."1'se present conditions were evolved
from the war with spain. thai was evolved
from the sense az outraged humanity for
an oppressed and stricken psapis who de-
sired only freedom and a chance ia
breathe IN COTS aualighs. That war was
not brought Into ex.aten.s a. a grand
crusade ~ arms
After discussing ST length the result
81 the wnr with Spain. showing how .he
n II was desirable IL leave these islands
to tsoat about the Pacific as political der
eiiots To- do that. he declared. would b,
tho national crime Of the century tfay~
Ing accepted those islands. We had un-
dertaksn also the responsibility for Law
and order there
I'VE viii frs, rsrform,' sad he. ~shs
duty Of the hour. and there IN nof a man
who hreathes In this chamber tonight ssess,
waUid he willing % surrender our nag
and position IT, Aguinaldo and hia goliew-
efs."
In due course OF time Carter believed
on each nj these liberated isianaa the p..s.~
Pile would meet on their national holiday
to celebrate the landing % American
troops which brought them freedom
Carter estimated the Number of mwn re-
qsiiresi as 40 FOE The Philippines II 40
for Cuba. 5000 for caast stef~ns~s and
r.sn for duty at the various tnsi.a posts
In the West ThIs would ass.ean, fAf s.
CO.. mrn. provided far in the hiu and
Carter pointed our that quite ore afgh ~
the total number os iaaan according tn
statistics, would he snesrAestasei fer derry
Carter, tn conclusion, said thas ths. ,tufv
OF the haer wsuia he pcvfnrssea, h such
a manner BIZ che American government a.
Ia call dewa upon Il she hsnedscticns Of
History
Democrat supports Mekfai~y.
Smith Of New Jersey. ia stating his rea.
sans fer supporting the hiit said thar a.
general and bread principle ne MAS OPP
posed 10 a large standing army ia erssi.,~
ry circumstances.
I'm the hands az a less Sseapslnus fsaAn
than President Mckinney said he -
large standing army snRy ae aaeef T.. Yss~
rssss ffeesaete ot spseeh and 80 shs press
II might be assd 20 Sustain large corpora