The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-14
IN the Houisss.


Washington. Dec. b.The house. de-
voted the day 70 he,army reorgani.a-
ton; bill. which, was brought up under
q SPECIAL order adopted at the opening
OF the. session, which limited general
deDate, to two. hours "a. side! Lieut..
yen. Miles and a number of army Of.
ncers We're interested spectators dur
ing the day.-,.Cha4rman Hull and MI.
Parker Of New Jersey. Of the militarvs
committees Republicans, supported the,
Oil. and Messrs. Cochrane.o Of Miasouri.
kleoerg of Texas, Mcclellan of. New,
1oEk. shaforth of Colorado, Cummings,
OF new York and Cox of Tennesseeii
democrats, spoke briefly against, It;
:! MT Mccall Of Massachusetts, Repub.
ncan', then aroused the. only enthust-r
asm or the day against the measure.
SeVeral times during the session, nota-
oily on the Porto Rican tariff bfll, he
refused to follow his party. Yesterday
ne attacked the whole Philippine policy
OF the administration. Although. tenn.
perate In language~heWa Was plain spoken
IN mig warnings of the dangers. which
lay ahead of the government If a.
colonial policy was persisted in. He
also criticised technically several
features of the bill especially that
lodging In the president the discretion
to expand, or, reduce the size OF 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 1t was the duty of
congress, to provide an army adequate
to put down the rebellion. Eleven Of
the twenty-six pages of the bin were
disposed of before announcement. To-
day the Circuit oleomargarine bill under
a special order made at the last ses-
sion will displace-,th the. array bill" which
will go over until Friday. /.c
In the Senate.
Senator, Frye concluded his speech
on. the ship subsidy bill. He devoted
his attention principally to a 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 ].
Foster, as senators from Louisiana and
George p. Wetmore of Rhode Island
were received. Bills We're. 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 2
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