The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-06
He Also Fears the Reorganization Bill
Will Place Too Much Power i'm
the President's Hands.
CHAIRMAN HULL's SPEECH
HE POINTS OUT THE NECESSITY OF
AN EFFECTIVE CAVALRY FORCE
Crosvenor and Parker Also Speak In
Favor OF the Measure-No Vote
Until Friday.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 5.-The House de-
voted the day TO the army reorganization
bill. which was brought up under a special
order. adopted at the opening Of the ses-
SION. which limited general debate TO two
hours on a side. Lieutenant General Miles
and a number of army officers were in
teresting spectators throughout the day.
Chairman Hull and Mr.. Parker. OF New
Jersey, OF the military committee, Repub-
licans, supported the BILL and Messrs.
Cochran. of Missouri; Kleberg. OF Texas;
Mcclellan, of New York; Shafroth. OF
Colorado; Cummings, Of New York. and
Cox. of Tennessee. Democrats. spoke brief
ly against it.
Mr. Mccall, OF Massachusetts,. Republic
an. aroused the only enthusiasm OF the
day against the measure. Several times
during the last session. notably on the
Porto Rican tariff bill. he refused to follow
his party. To-day he attacked the whole
Philippine policy of the administration
Although temperate in language. he was
plain spoken in his warnings of the dam
gers which lay ahead OF the government
If a colonial policy was persisted In He
also criticised technically several features
of the dill, especially that lodging in the
President the discretion to expand or re-
duce the size Of the army at will. In con-
cluding he likened the unconquerable spirit
which opposed our sway In the philippines
to that OF Washington at Valley Forge.
Love OF independence, he said. was the
'noblest heritage of the human heart :"
He declared that the United States should
Immediately give the Filipino people hon.
orable assurance that they should have a
government Of their own.
In replying to Mr.. Mccall. Mr.. Hull de-
clared that until Congress acted TO the
contrary we must assert and enforce our
sovereignty over the Philippines or dis
grace ourselves before the world. and It
was the duty of Congress TO provide an
army adequate to put down the rebellion.
Eleven Of the twenty-six pages CT the bill
were disposed OF before adjournment. To-
morrow the Grout oleomargarine bill un-
Ger special order made at the last ses-
sion will displace the army bill. which
will go over until Friday.
BoUTELLE RESIGNS GUARDIANSHIP.
When the House met the speaker an
nounced that he had a communication from
the family OF Mr.. BouteIle. OF Maine. re-
signing his position as chairman OF the
committee on naval affairs.
Mr.. Dalzell. OF Pennsylvania. from the
committee on rules. then presented a spe-
cial order for the immediate consideration
of the army BILL the rule not TO interfere
with other special orders Mr.. Dalzell said
tina. legislation OF some character was I'm
perative. as 1T would take time to recruit
and organize the new army which must re-
place the old on July l. 1901.
Mr.. Richardson. Of Tennessee, said that
his side of the House recognized the neces-
sity for some legislation. but did not agree
that this bill. establishing a permanent
standing army, should become a law IL an
emergency exists, an emergency should be
provided for. II was proposed 10 provide
an army which could be expanded at the
will of one man from 5000 to 10000 No
matter how good or able that man might
be, he was not willing TO see one man given
such power IL was. In his opinion. abdicat-
ing the functions OF Congress Mr.. Rich
ardson said he was ready at all times TO
vote to put down rebellion anywhere and
everywhere that IL existed, but under the
stress of an emergency he was not willing
to establish permanently a large standing
army.
Mr.. Underwood, OF Alabama. also In
weighed against clothing the President with
discretionary power 10 expand or contract
the army at will.
Mr.. Grosvenor. OF Ohio. In support OF the
bill, said that personally he was I'm favor OF
a standing army OF 10000 men, The people.
he said, were not frightened when a dema-
gogue said that the purpose In increasing
the army was TO station large regiments
near large cities TO Cypress labor. They
were not alarmed by the cries that thelr lib-
erty was 10 be snbverted. AS for the oppo-
sition 10 the sliding scale" the President
always had practically been supreme in the
use OF the army; why should ne not In the
use OF his discretion have the power In
time OF necessity 10 expand the army? IL
was a glorious tribute to our system that
never had the President OF the United
States attempted 10 abuse his power over
the army. One OF the magnificent acts OF
Grover Cleveland had been his assumption
OF his duty 20 keep the peace IN a great
commonwealth by means OF the United