The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-02-17
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
(Conmunicated.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 1899.

Hull army bill, even a little bit,
on account of Mr.. McKinley's
threats to call an extra session of
the next Congress, if the bill is
Lot passed by the Senate. They
are perfectly willing that the pres
ent regular army of 62000mensh all
he continued for one year from
next July, in order that we may
have whatever troops that may be
needed while we temporarily con-
troll the Philippines and Cuba,
but they will go no further in
helping Mr.. Mckinley push along
his imperialistic program. Sen
ator Jones, of Arkansas, said
very emphatically: "We do not
intend to allow large standing
army TO be permanently fastened
upon this county," and Senator
Cockrell said: eff 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 proclama-
ton now. We do not fear an ex-
ira session. 1t would compel the
Republicans to show their hand
and outline their policy, which is
now concealed" Nearly all of
the Democrat Senators talk the
same way, which makes it reason :
ably 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 conscience. At
any rate, lie pricked some Of his
colleagues quite heavily, in a
speech he made concerning their
violation of an implied if not an
actual agreement, that the various
resolutions as to the Philippine
policy of this government, should
be voted upon after the treaty
was disposed of. He then took
the bit III his teeth and said that
he intended to keep the floor un-
til the Senate agreed to vote upon
the McEnery resolution, which
declares that this government in
tends to follow the same policy
i'll the Philippines as in Cuba.
His threat brought the Senate
to time. and it was unanimously
agreed to vote OH the McEnery
resolution Tuesday. although
Senator Hawley afterwards tried
to change that action.
Representative DeArmond, of
Missouri, made a strong anti-ex-
pansion speech, in which he said
of the item appropriation $40, :
600, 900 to pay Spain for the Phil
ippines, which is in the Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill: elf this
$50, 900, 900 is to he appropriated
now, why ought not this House
to fix the bounds and limits? Do
You propose to take in these Phil
ippine Islands as part and parcel
of this government, part and par
Gel of the territory of the United
States, to endure and to continue
as long as we can hold them as
part and parcel Of it, If you do.
say so. If you do not, say not.
Ii you do not know, then why the
hot haste for such legislation?
Why the extraordinary demand
for a very large army7 Why the
imperious spirit here and in the
other end of the Capitol, which
rejects all suggestion of amend
ment, while at the same time it
proclaims that you know not
whether your policy is to be tenn
porary or permanent, that you
know not whether you are to ac-
quire this territory as a perma-
nent acquisition or for a short
time, yet wants the army perma-
nently, wants an army of 100, 900
men, wants the huge expendi-
lures that are made directly and
the huger expenditures that will
follow in their wake, through the
extravaganza and recklessness
and general decentralization which
certainly must attend this kind
of loose legislation. You want
these things permanently, but
what you will do with them, how
long you will use them-Oh! ex.
cuse you from saying anything
about thatw
Representative Lentz, of Ohio,
in a short speech denounced Mr..
Mckinley for committing the SEN
tence of Gen. Eagan to suspension
for six years, under full pay. He
said that Eagan had called Miles
a liar for simply telling the truth,
truth to which so, 900 private sol.
diers could testify-that the
troops had been fed with rotten
beef, and that Mr.. McKinley's
action really amounted to reward.
ing Eagan for attacking Miles.
Secretary Alger did not recon-
mend the order for a Military