The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-12
The Republicans Oenand Large
Standirg Amy.
HOT CEsArEIW CONGRESS.
The intoducricn Ct Amy Bii! in
the House Causes liveiy
Scenes. Is Attacked
by & publ.cans.

nessee, OF bcb.lf OF the roincrity, said
those on BIS >i3e Of she ( Yuso rscog-
nize6 the necessity for SOM, 'tgi-la'i9p
but they DID 1ot agree thar ebis bi:l
establishing permanent stan3-- aTDE
should bec, ne l;,v If sn energ ncy
exists an emergency should be p,ovidld
for, lsr>e siaEdiug amy should net
be established Oae obroxi9us feature
was fuudapenta!. Il was proposed to
provide so arny which could be expand
ed St the will o. oGe man FROM 5S COS
to 1G0, 900, No matter how good OF
able that uaa u.:gat De, be was Dot
willing to see oae man given such
power. II vss, in lis opinion, sbdicat-
ing the functions CT Congress.
Mr.. GIosvenc-, cf Oaic, in support
Of the resolution. said that personally
he WAS IN favor Ct q standing army Of
100 900 The people, he said, were
not alarmed hy the cries that their
liberty was to be subver,ed. 1t was a
glorious tribute TO our system that
never hsd the ?. es;dent of the Uniteo
States at.emose'l 70 abuse his power
over the army Ooe Of the magnificent
acts of Grover Cleveland had been his
assumption Of his duty to keep the
pesce in sreat Commonwealth by
nesrs Of the Uuited S: afes army when
the G9verrcr Of that S,a'e did not want
hi0 to interfere Mr.. Grosveuor said
that if there had beeo a standing army
of fifty Thousand loyal men at the bat.
tie Of Bull Run the rebellion would
have ended in thiriy days. Mr. Gros
veror and Mr. Underwood INDUCED IN
some sharp croseGriny, after which the
yesolu,i 70 was AGO. ted without division.
Mr.. Hull explained the details of the
bill, which, he said, followed practical
ly the scheme already twice endorsed
by the House. Tie msin Of otj-ct;on he
had heard to the organizasion pro
posed wss to the alleged pEepouaerst
ing irfueDce Of the cavalry. This, he
sald, was necessary because Of lie OF.
fecrveness Of cavalry in operations in
the Philippines. Mr. Hull riGicuied
the charges made duriog the recent
campaign By the opposition to the effect
that the Republican party desired to
foist upon the country great standing
army. Replying 10 Mr.. Hepburn, OF
Iowa, Mr.. Hull sad that 20 appoint
volunteer officers TO the srsie Of N j r
would do great injustice 10 regular
army officers who have saved twenty or
nc
MIR. Cochran. Of Missouri, who fol
lowed MIR. Hull, introduced The politi.
cal phase of the question He charged
that the avowed purpose OF tn" Admin,
istration, to use al army Of 80 QUO to
enforce it's mandates in the Philippines.
was the very essence Of Imperialism
No army that marched upon the face of
the earth could accomplish the subjec
tion Of the Philippines Their geo.
graphical position made them practi-
cally iudcperdent Of outside cootrol.
MIR. KIebe1g, Of Texas, announced
bis unaiterable opposition to an II
crease of the standing army. lis only
use could be the establishment CT 3 mill
sary government in the Philippines aud
he appe aled to bis colleagues to stapd
unaincningly against the sub7erslon Of
the Constitution.
Mr.. Shafroth, Ct Colorado, ofsre3
some figures to show t':s' he retention
Of the Philippines, for which this PRO
proposed large increase IN the standing
army was to be adopted, must prove 3
disastrous investment. He stated that
it would costthe people Of the United
States sixty million of dollars ear to
earn Sl35 600 for American msnufa :tur-
ers and exporters.
The seDsalion of the day occurred
when MIR. Shafro,h took his seat. Mr..
Hull, in charge Of tie II ne on the r.:
publican side, stated that no one 90
his side desired to speak further.
Thereupcn MIR. Su zer, who had charge
of the tune on The Democratic side,
Welded Sd hour to Mr. Mccall, Repub
iicsn. of Massachusetts. This was the
first intinatiou the House had that the
Massachusetts member was to oppose
the bill
Mr.. Mccall declared that be did not
believe in the principle of giving the
Executive authority to multiply aluos;
by two the regular army, although
President Mckinley would doubtless
exercise that discretion patIloccally
The objection was one Of principle
Such grant Of power could not b.
narslleleG in the constitutions! mon
archies. 1t was not conferred viii
any Limitation as to time. The Gov
ernnent should have declared at tht
outset a policv in the Philippines SIM
lar 10 that declared in Cuba. Our sys
tenn of government Was Danlfesiy un
fit for q colonial policy, but that posi-
tiop had been so frequently discussed
that he would consider the prsctlcs
oneetion whether 1t was for our lnteres
~ remain in the Philippines. Their
was no community Of interest between
the people of those Islands and the Oalt
ed States. and they were almost as lar a
the poles asuuder. No advocate OF reia
ing the Philippines had been dsr;n'
enough to MAINTAIN tla5tbey should be
part of our p5lltics! system. Iufa't IN
erest argument il favor of the priuclpl
of the Porto REQ tariff Was that If VI
could not apply ttat principle to Port
Rico we could not retain the Phlilp
pines.
Upon whs: theory, he asked, are W
IN remain in that country? The trencI
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