The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-01-27
GRoSVENO2
Defends the Administration ald
Tells What 1t Wants in
the Far East.

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the debate upon the bin for the re-or.
ganizauon and Increase OF the regular
army passed without notable Incident.
It's feature was an hours sr,a-u by Mr..
Grosvenor. OF Ohio, whose uiterlncos.
rightly ur wrongly. ara rre1u.n.lv sun-
posed % reflect the views of the prsei-
dent. Mr.. Grosvcnof dee lreI mos, ca-
phaucally that the present stutum in
thePhllippiues was due 90 the opposition
in this country 90 the ratification of the
tho peace treaty
Mr. Marsh opened the debate i'm the
committee he had reserved the right 20
oppose these features. He was not pre-
pared TO say that tho regular army should
be Increased to 100000 men but heNwas
willing to leave the size OF tho arms. 10
the discretion OF the president. and N,
sand he should offer an amendment glvina
him that discretion. Continuing Mr..
Marsh said he violated no confidence.
when he said that the president was ga
sympathy with his proposed amendment
The President had told him that he
would not enlist a man or commission an
officer more than he thought necessary.
He should, at the proper time. he said
offer en- amendment. providing that staff
officers should be detailed from the Inc
for four years duty. They should RETURN
the line and be ineligible for stan durv
again until they had served four years
in the line
General Miles was in favor of a detail
ed staff
lie was i'm favor Of the annexation OF
the Ph Appnes whether the natives ,re
willing or not For four years we hel
forgot this countrv 10 enforce Ne
southern people to submit TO the CON
stitution against ,helr will. II was ab-
surd TO say tha We could not employ
force TO take oId hold the Philippines.
Mr.. Dinsmore, democrat Of Arkansas
opposed the bill A standing army niebt
lead to disaster he said.
In the course OF his remarks. Mr.. Dins-
more raised laugh az the expense of Mr.
Dolliver, republican OF Iowa by re,tll.
ing a statement made by the latter I'm 4
speech during the 5lst congress, IN whlcn
he predicted the free coinage OF shysr
before the close OF President Harrison
Mr. Dolllver called attention to the
TACT that the speech was made Ia oppo.
siuon to free coinage.
Mr. DInsmore opposed the annexation ot
the Philippines
GROsVENoR SPEAKS.
Mr.. Grosvenor. republican of Ohio .1-
lowed Mr.. Dinsmore. lie said me vyouia
approach with due solcmnity tho lneas-
uro fraught with so far reaching cop,s-
quences. lie should simply aim TO 10 D.
out his own position, distinctly disclain-
ing that he spoke for some one else I4o
did not wonder that there was a wide.
distinct. antpodal difference upon The
question said to be involved in this I'm
Those who imagined II threatened an ,s
sault upon their liberties naturally ot-
posed IL vigorously. Despite this alleged
horror "a the prospect Of mntar.sm hut
twice In the history Of the country hac
the army hnd been used save IN y,,-,
lie recalled the action Of President Gle %
land during the Chicago riots I'm sending
troops there upon the advice of sscrctaty
Oluey, saying that that act commenced
itself TO him more than any other during
the cleveland administration Thu sdea
that Tho army might be invoked 20 sub-
vert our liberties was a man OF straw
which gentlemen set up. II was a sand p
upon the American people lie char,c-
,ori2ed Mr. Johnson's speech yesterdav
ls the hercest and most vindIctivs nj
tack upon the administration he haf
heard on the 1oor Of the house. Tho
trouble was that tho foundation upon
which the whole magnificent structure
as built, was false. Tho argument he
lad made answered itself as soon az he
intelligent mind recapitulated the hist nv
Of the past few months Mr Grosvenor
,ontended that the purpose Of the ad
ministration had never devated from he
Time the declaration Of war was adopted
with the absurd proposition in it that
no one here would support now. From
.nat day 70 this, this government. undor
the guiding hand Of the admins. .ailYn.
had never devated from its purpose and
stood today simply executing the orders
and DEGREES Of congress. Of civilization
and almighty God.
Does the gentleman mean the Teller
provision as the absurd provision in tho
declaration Of war2" asked Mr Dlns-
more.
II mean the provision that the pe5-
pll os Cuba wereandofrlght ought q be
frc' and independent" replied NJ, Gits
veror.
KNEW NOT PHILIPPINES.
Proceeding MI Grossenor declared t0at
the foundation Of an our trouble 1risi-
ated May l. 1898. Incidentally. az this
point, he mentioned the desutory discus
sion In tho press Of Admiral Dewey as -he
democratic candidate for president DO
1900. And yet, he said &c was Dewey that
had got the country into an this trouble.
time he said there was not
thought Of the philippines; there was
not one on this floor who knew within
a thousand how many Islands there were
In the archipelago.
Al that time when we had no .hour't
OF the Philippines, continued Mr. Gr0s-
yenor, Dewey was Instructed 20 hnd 'he
Spanish feet and destroy or capture it.
The most brilliant page IN our history
was the answer that splendid officer and
his men gave % those Instructions. rut
when he had executed his orders he
found himself powerless 10 get ont 3f
a bay. Was there. he asked. amy
one who would undo Manila and tear
those shining pages from the history Of
this country?
AT this point Mr. Grosvenor paid on
eloquent tribute TO our soldiers ana sail
ors, officers and men, and said that no
one should stain with his consent their
honor until proofs were produced. not Of
mistakes but of dernlctions OF duty. He