The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1899-01-31

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uee 10 Admiral Dewey. and hro,. - =.
renewed volume when he daclo,od al, ~
the course of some members Of la, Ia.
ENDS OF the capitol was s.aInooSt 49," 49,
son. But the highest pitch Of ovni+a
hlent was reached when Mr. Tobnso,,
ono VII. DoillVer were brought to close
quarters toward the end of tha 10 +tor,s,
epeecH. MI. johnson pressed the de-
AeHuef OF the administration 70 do.
care the presidents ultimate intention
IeSardlng the Philippines. but Mr.
DolilVer Tor some time adroitly eyaded
ulrect response. AT length he de-
cared This was not the point at issue
tnat the first thing was to end the war
py ratlfying the treaty. The future of
the Philippines was a question for the
future. 1t was in every rpsnect ro.
hlaFkaDle debate. The other speeches
were completely oversbadowed nv
those OF Mr.. Dolliver and Mr.. John
son.
In the Senate.
only brief time was occupied bv
the senate in open session. A few
Dllls on the calendar were passed. but
no other business of Importance was
transacted
washington. Jan. 27.-As the senate
seemingly was about to conclude con-
slderatlon of the pension appropria-
tlon Dill late yesterday afternoon Mr..
Butler, Pop, n. c., offered his amend
ment, announced some time ago, pro-
viding for the pensioning of ex-Con-
federate soldiers. Upon this he took
the floor and delivered a speech which.
as he proceeded developed into most
unexpected utterance. While his col
leagues on both sides of the chamber
listened with interest Mr.. Butler de-
Tended the position taken by the
South during the great Civil conflict
OF a third Of a century ago. He de-
clared that the South was right and
history would so record; and that
every shot fired by a Southern soldier
was fired in defense of the rights of
his state conferred by the constitu-
ton, in self-defense and in defense of
his home and fireside.
Mr.. Bate Of Tennessee, himself dis
tihguished Confederate officer, de-
clared that while the South believed it
was right the occasion was not OPP
perfume for the proposition which Mr..
Butler had made and that the South
ern soldiers, as a body, did not desire
pensions from the general govern
ment, and he expressed his satisfac-
ton that Mr.. Butler had withdrawn
his amendment Earlier in the session
Mr.. Mallory Of Florida delivered a
constitutional argument in support OF
the Vest resolution.
In the House.
The third day of the debate upon
the bill for the reorganization and in
crease of the regular army passed
without interest. Its feature was an
hours speech by Mr. GrOsvenor of
Ohio, whose utterances, rightly or
wrongly, are frequently supposed to
reflect the views of the president. Mr..
GrOSvenor declared most emphatically
that the present situation in the Phil
ippineS was due to the opposition in
this country to the ratification of the
peace treaty. He announced that the
future of the islands was a matter for
congress to decide, and that for the
president to announce a policy would
be for him to usurp the authority of
congress. The other speakers were
Messrs. Bromwell of Ohio, Stewart of
New Jersey. Tongue of Oregon in sup
port of the bill; Dinsmore Of Arkansas,
Jett of Illinois, McRae of Arkansas,
Sims of Tennessee in opposition to it,
and Mr.. Marsh of Illinois in favor of
the bill with certain notifications.
Washington, Jan. 2S-The opposition
to the army reorganization bill on the
Republican side of the house has be-
come SO strong that yesterday Chair
man Hull, after Mr.. Henderson Of
Iowa, one of the floor leaders of the
majority, had threatened to vote to re-
commit the bill, decided it would be
wise. in order to secure its passage, to
abardon their aim of providing direct
ly for a regular army of 100000 He
announced on the floor that the COM
mittee would offer amendments to re-
duce the number of enlisted men to
about 100000 but lodge in the presi-
dents discretion the authority to in
crease the army to maximum OF
100000. These amendments have
been prepared.
Mr.. Johnson of Indiana, who took a
prominent part in the fight, after the
general debate closed declared that
the purpose of the bill was to have an
army of 100000 either by direct all-
thority or the exercise of the pres
idents discretion, and he declared his
purpose to fight to the bitter end the
which was being forged for
a colonial system. Mr.. Henderson, III
the course of the debate declared his
belief in the unwisdom of annexing
the Philippines. Mr.. johnson said the