Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-12-13

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Washington, Dec. 6.-The house de-
voted the day to the army reorganiza-
ton bill, which was brought up under
special order adopted at the opening
ef-tate ,sessiosfi Which liiiited general
debate to.two hours ia, side. Lieut..
Gen. Miles and d ss-tiunYbef of army Of
tiee rs w were Interested fhectatofss: dur
ing the day. Chairman Hull and Mr..
Parker of New Jersey OFT the. military
committee oa, Republicans supported the
oil, ana Messrs. 'Cochrane' of Missouri,
klleperg OF Texas, Mcclellan of New
York, shaforth OF Colorado Cummings
OF New: Yor5 tand. Cox cot rTennsssee.
Democrats, spoke briefly against it.
Mr. Mccall. of l.HtassadhWsetts, Repub-
llcan, then aroused the only enthusi-
assn of the day against the measure.
Several times during the session, nota-
bly, ON the Porto Ricah Tariff ibin, he
refused to fells,y his party, Yesterday
he attacked the whole .PhflippInes policy
Of the. administration. ! Although. tenn
peratein language he was. plain spoken
in his warnings 'of the dangers which
lay. ahead Of the, -,government- if a
colonial policy vas rergisted IN. He
also 9, :; eritieiseF gSh1ic4tlS several
lodging in the president the discretion
to expand Or reduce the. size, df the
army at will, IN, replying to Mr.. Nc
Call. Mr.. Hull declared that until con-
gress acted to the contrary we must
assert by force our SOVEREIGNTY In the
Philippines or disgrace ourselves be-
fore 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 of the bill were
disposed of before advancement. To-
day the Grout oleon1argarine bill under
a special order made at the last ses-
sion will displace the army bill, which
will so over until Friday:
In the Senate.
Senator Frye concluded his speech
on the ship subsidy bill. He devoted
his attention principally tera technical
explanation Of the various provisions
of the measure, explaining with espe-
cial care that provision which would
admit to American registry foreign
built ships. From several sources his
attention was directed to this provis-
ion, and it is evidently one upon which
much of the forthcoming debate will
rest. Aside from the speech of Mr.
Frye no business of Importance was
transacted in legislative session. When
the session was opened the credentials
of Samuel D. McEnery and Murphy j.
Foster, as senators from Louisiana and
George P. Wetmore of Rhode Island
We're received. Bills were passed per-
hitting Capt. B. H. McCalla and Com
mander w. c. Wise, of the United
States navy, to accept decorations
from the emperor of Germany. The
resolution introduced by Mr.. Petit
grew calling for information as to the
postal frauds in Cuba was referred to
the committee on relations with Cuba
The senate at 1925, on motion of Mr..
Lodge, went into executive session, re-
naming behind closed doors until
o'clock. The house bill for the cele-
bration. of the establishment of the
seat of national government in the city
of Washington was passed without dis
cussion.
In the House.
Washington, Dec. z. - The house Of
representatives at the end of long
sitting passed the army reorganization
bill by a vote of 166 to 1873. Three
Democrats, Messrs. Hall of Pennsyl
vania and Underhill and Dayton Of
New York, voted with the Republicans
for the bill and Mr., Mccall, Rep,
Mass, with the Democrats against it.
Otherwise it was a strict party vote.
The provision which some Of the Dem.
ocrats tried to commit their side to in
caucus, an extension of the present,
temporary army until July 1, 1903.
which was voted on indirectly on a.
motion to recommit, commanded the
votes of only about half the opposi-
ton and of two Republicans, Mr.. Me-
Call and Mr.. Mann. Many of, the,
Democrats, however, voted against
the motion because they were opposed
not only to the reorganization bill, but
also to continuing the temporary army
at it's present strength.
Quite a number of amendments were,
placed upon the bill before it was
passed. The liveliest fight was made
upon a substitute offered by Mr.. Lit
tlefield of Maine for the canteen sec-
ton. The substitute absolutely pros
hibited the sale of intoxicants at mill
itary posts. When the vote was taken
the amendment carried by an over-I
whelming rnajority-159 to 81. The
sections designed to retire Gen. Shat
ter as major general, and Generals
Fitzhugk Lee and James H. Wilson as
brigadier generals, were stricken out.
The oleomargarine bill which was
postponed yesterday will come up for
consideration to-day.
In the Senate.
The senate transacted no business
of Importance in open session.
Throughout almost the entire after-
noon it was in. executive session. The
ship subsidy bill therefore received no
consideration.