The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-06
REPUBLICAN
HITS ARMY BILL
WcCall Attacks His Party 5
Measure.
SCORES COURSE
IN PHILIPPINES
Senate Discusses Hay-Paunce-
f0te Treaty.

ization bill, brought up under a SpecIdi
order adopted at the opening of the
session. which limited general debate TO
two hours on a side. General Miles
and a number of army officers were in
terested spectators throughout the day
Chairman Hull and Mr.. Parker OF New
Jersey. of the military committee. Re
publicans, supported the bin, and
Nessrs. Cochran of Missouri, Kleburg
OF Texas, Mcclellan of New York and
Cox of Tennessee, Democrats, spoke
briefly against it.
Mr.. Mccall of Mass CRep.) then
aroused the only enthusiasm of the day
against the measure. Several times
during the last session, notably on the
Porto Rican tariff bilI. he refused TO
follow his party. Today he attacked
the whole Philippine policy OF the ad-
ministratiCu. Although temperate in
language, he was plain Spoken IN his
warnings of the dangers which lay
ahead of the government if l. colonial
policy was persisted in In concluding,
ne ikened the unc0nqUeTable spirit
which opposed American sway In the
Philippines 10 thai of Washington at
Valley Forge. Love of Independence, !
he said, was the nOblest heritage Of
the human heart" j
Mckinley Made a Gear.
Mr.. Mccall said he did not believe in
the principle OF giving the executive
authority 10 multiply almost b. Two the
the regular army, although President
Mckinley would doubtless exercise that
discretion periodically anG wisely The
objection was one OF principle. such
grant of power could not ne paralleled
in the constitutional mOnarchies. 1t was
not conferred with any limitations as
to time The bill proposed a standing
army OF practically 100000 men. such
a number, he said, was not needed a
temporary provision should be made
for the Philippines. and the character
of the bill made it important to discuss
what the ultimate policy Of the cOun-
try with reference to the army should
be. The government should have de
clared at the outset policy in the
Philippines similar 10 that declared IN
Cuba
The American system Of government
was manifestly unfit for a colonial poll
icy, and that proposition has been 50
frequently discussed that he would
consider the practical question whether
l. was for the interest of the United
States TO remain in the Philippines.
There was no community of interest
between the people of those islands and
the United States, and they We're al
most as faT as the poles asunder. No
advocate of retaining the Philippines
had been daring enough to maintain
that they should be a part of the Amer
lean political system. In fact, the great
argument il favor of the principle OF
the Porto Rican tariff was that if we
could not apply that principle in Porto
hico, We could not retain the Philip
pines.
Upon what theory" he asked. ARE
We 10 remain in that country
The motive that had been most
widely put forth was that il was for
our advantage, and especially our pc
cUnlary advantage As a part Of the
cost of this policy we are 10 include the
great expense under this bill. which is
the nrst-born and legitimate offspring
of the policy
Those who compare our standing
army with the standing armies Of Eu-
rope usually are careful not To COM
pare the relative costs. The French
army costs Sl25. COO, 900 a year. the Ger
man $3.50, o10,O00s the British 500. 600 000
ana the Russian S153. 000 600. The fig
ures include positions ana fOrtihca-
tons Il this bill passes the war de-
pdrtment viii need Sis, 600 000
There Is another cost not included
IN me HguTeS which is a necessary in
cIdent 10 an army ana as much a part
Oh us cosF as the pay of its soldiers
That Is the pension system. We are
appropriaung for that purpose SI45. 00G.-
600 d year. our total charges there
fore, for military purposes are $3.50. 600
600 per year-au amount greater than
the entire military expense Of those
two military rivals, France and Ger
many"
In conclusion Mr. Mccall pleaded
that In dealing with the Philippines
this country pursue the American pre-
CedeuTs, and said
The time has come when we can
frankly declare our purposes. Let US
give these people those assurances
which our history inspires. Let us tell
them that we viii aid them for one
year OF tve, if need be, in setting up
government 81 their own symbol
lied by their own flag. and viii leave
with them that which is most glorious
I'm the meaning OF another 6aE-Iiberty.
independence and self government"
IN reply 10 Nj Mccall. Dir. Hull de-
clared that until congress acts to the
contrary this nation must assert by
force its sovereignty over the Philip
pines or disgrace itself before che
world and it was thu duty of congress
20 provide an army adequate 70 put
down the rebellion
Eleven OF tyyeuty-six pages of the
bin were disposed OF before adjourn
meuU.
Tomorrow the Grout oIeoma~garine
bin, under q special order made at the
last session win displace the army BILL
which VIII 60 over until Friday.
In the debate on the army bill Mr.
Richardson said that his side of the
house recognized the necessity for some
legislation. BUT did not agree that this
bill, establishing a permanent standing
Jgny. should become law. II an
emergency exists an emergency should
bee provided for. 1t was proposed 20
provide Ru army which could be ex-
banded at the VIII OF one man from 5S-
600 10 100000 No matter now good or
how able that man might be. he was
not willing to see one man given so
much power. Il was I'm his opinion abb
dicaUing the functions of. congress
Mr.. Richardson said he was ready
al all times 90 vote 10 pUt down re-
beIlion anywhere and every where that
il existed but under the stress of an
emergency he was not willing to- estab-
HsH permanently large standing
army.
Grosveuor Praises Cleveland.
Mr.. Grosveuor. Ohio. in support of
the bill. said that personally he was in
favor OF "a standing army OF 100 O00
men The people ne said. We're not
frightened. when "a demagogue said
that the purpose in increasing the army
was TO station large regiments near
large cities so Cypress labCf. The.
were not alarmed 10y the cries that
their liberty was to be subverted. As
for the opposition 10 the sliding scale "
the president always had practically
been supreme in the use of the army
why should he not. in the use OF his
discretion. have the power ia time 81
necessity 10 expand the armye 10 was