Evening star., 1900-12-05


that he was unable 70 vote for the bill be-
cause as a reorganization measure it was
the best army bill proposed II 1t had
stopped at reorga fi2s t:ou he might have
supported it, but he could not bring aim
self to vote for a standing army OF 100000
men. -,
MIR. Parker tN. J.). a rneToer OF .ne "-l-
itary committee. = So ppSrt OF the Dill ue-
clared that lodg:n- 81. fetion in the Presi-
dent to expand IT, r.. was not an inao-
walton, and cited Ssy--l historic occasions
notably during 81 al ons OF WASH,
States and Fra .:srr on the verge of
President discre T. -t-aEY power TO eXpaho
the army. ,,.-.. x, -,, ee,,,uo.
70 show that the ~af,,,ion Of the Philip
pines. for which Cd 'arge in
crease in the standing army was to be
MADE must prove ' "a - as ihvestIiiei.. n
tha Tnited State = ,,., . o.,o vear tn earn
s135. 1000 for Amer manufacturers and
exporters.
Interest in ME. s,~' airs Speech.
Something of a < IN was created by
Mr.. Mccall (Mass. Who delivered an
hours spec, h IN ,Ii.s ~, IL to the bill. He
criticised some of -ua technical features
of the bill. char IA q At the organization
proposed was n,t .S,U raiCal, in that 1t
contemplated the same number of officers
for an army Of 5S t.N as for an army of
100 600
He was especially severe upon the propo-
sition TO lodge in the resident for all time,
unless Congress ac-ei t. he contrary the
mower TO double the s-seng,h of the army
at will But it w. sla.nst the policy of
retaining the Phi II pi-les and the inaugura-
ton of a colonia p 3llcy that he opened
all his batteries.
Members streamed INTO 'he liouse IRON, from
shout tba+ Mr. NcraI vas sneakine and
listened with great eagerness to his speech
,,,, .,,o co ,,oaa ,oa., AR
.Sua-os,.os 49, ,aout;,,s ~
~ ~, 80. ,.s a. 60
e:t. 80. - 80;
'he STATE vi ho"iSio'o i'i 'eii " ~
years from March 4. 1873
Mr.. McEnery then himself presented the
credentials of Murphy T. Foster elected a
. -. ,t - , 80 civ
'e4"'oi iioiii h1oo7ie' " " ~ "
years beginning March 4, l5"l. 6otn se'S
of credentials were fled.
Mr. Bacon reported from the committee
on foreipn relations hills nermittinp Cant
r. H McCala and Commander w. c. Wise
of the United States navy to accept dec
orations from the Emperor of Germany.
and they were passed
Mr. Aldrich presented the credentials of
elected senator rom 1thoue lsianu LOT ,n,i
ri, ri. III VI sN "eee ~ - ~
rTL aao,,,tion ,,.-oa,,oo3 ,os+,r5ou hy
pt,;oar =, ,1iin, 60 ;nforuat;nn ~
~ tho nosts1 frauds in Cuba vas referred
" IL .tie p.... US ~ ,tin ~ C,,ha
IT, $50 49,. -. 100 ~ ,,,o,;o, or
NJ oIsIa - w. a. .veo,,';,,e " sassinn
"0i' ''i'o
miscellaneous Bills.
Among the bills introduced In the Senate
~.
~ ,.,,
pS 'e''o nc o''i' ~
Wy 'i'e commission appo''iteu Wy 'ho
oeh. pioIiuihs re'isioiis Vi TIE patent a'''
Aaueni"i law
bS oeha'oi Iaie-io revive 'he sraue VI
D. St ~ ,rh,r,t"' 10 c.; sa,
tiona1 judicial cfrcuit to he designated as
the tenth and to include the states of Kan
sas. Nebraska, Colorado. Wyoming, Utah
and Montana and creating a court of ap-
peals for the circuit.
BY Senator Notwithstanding the free
admission OF honorab-y discharged soldiers
and sailors into any hospital of the United
States for medical or surgical treatment.
Mr. Iodpe Urpes Ratification
..
i"e tAe'u'iHe sessioh vi 'he senate was
devoted TO the consideration OF the Hay
Pauncefote treaty The treaty and the
amendment to It suggested nv the COM
,,itt,, ~, f,ra;,,, .,,',io,,,.,,, -,os 80 .ho
80 @-N''''-- '>" ->' O. 80
instance OF Senator Lodge, who took
charge of the treaty on behalf of the COM
mittee He then made speech in ex-
planation of the treaty and urged it's
speedy ratification as a necessary prelim-
mary to the consideration of the Ncar-
aqua canal bill.
The Senate confirmed VIM. M. Johnson
of New Jersey to be first assistant post
master general.
AT O'Clock the Senate resumed the
transaction of business in legislative seS-
sion.
Mr.. Frye Resumes.
Mr.. Frye resumed his speech in favor of
tho sbinni,o s,hs,a,, rim eri,in,, ao,au, -,
'ie ShiPpiHS suDSluy Dill giving "DETAILS as
10 the cost Oh pullolng shlps IN the United
States.
Resuming his discussion of the cost to
IT, I-;,o. CT. =. -. :. ~
" i' .'os III eiie even. oi the pass
age OF the DILL MT Frye said the amount
of the subsidy could be no more than 81
oOo.0W year That limit, he said was
fixed definitely in the bill.
so far the cost to the government is
concerned. he added. 'ft will be really no
more than $500. .0OJ, as the subsidized ships
are required to carry the United States
mails free of cost to the government The
amount paid now for he carrying of these
foreign mails is about 81 500 900 a year.
,.IrL-t p. ct.