The National tribune., 1900-12-13

] Lhe lne'iSuTe bQl. hepDufH, Oh loWd, ar
| gued for Sme- amendments to the bill.
and in conhsctiopS with provisions for the
| Quartcrmaster's department engaged iii
| some keen criticism of the American cam
paiGn beforn SaHtiAgo. Mccall was one
of the Republican boilers against the
Porto Rican tariff bill. II attacked the en-
tire Philippine policy OF the Government,
| as well as the bill for n large standing
| army. Although temperate in language
he was plain spoken in his warnings of
| the dangers which were ahead of the Gov
| eminent if n colonial policy We're per-
| sisted in. The bill proposed standing
| army of practically 100000 men. Such a
| number, he said, was not needed. \ tenn
porary provision should be made for the
Philippines, and the character of the bill
made 1t important to discuss what the
ultimate policy of the country with ref
erence to the army should be. The Gov
| eminent should have declared at the out
set policy in the Philippines similar to
that declared in Cuba
| Our system of Government was mani
| festly unfit for a colonial policy, and that
| proposition had been so frequently dis
| cuSScd that he would consider the prac-
teal question whether it was for our in
tercst to remain in the Philippines. There
was no community of interest between
| the people of those islands and the United
| States, ana they were almost as far as
the poles asunder. No advocate of re-
| tanning the Philippines had been daring
| enough to maintain that they should be
| Il part of our political system In con-
clusion, MIR. Mccall pleaded that in deal
| ing with the Philippines We pursue the
American precedents, and said:
The time has come when We can frank
| ly declare our purposes. Let us give
those people those assurances which our
| history inspires. Let us tell them TINT
we will aid them for one year. or for FIVE
if need be, in setting up Il Government
| of their own, symbOlized by their own
! flag, and we will leave them all that is
most glorious in the meaning of another
nag, liberty, independence and self-go
eminent"
There were no demonstrations through
out Mr.. McCalrs speech. but when he fin
| lshed the Democrats gave him a rous ng
round of applause
The subject of Imperialism was threshed
over by several speakers. Mr.. Cochran
of Missouri. charged that the avowed pur-
pose of the Administration to use an army
of 6o.OOO to enforce its mandates i'm the
Philippines was the very essence of i'm
perialism. He declared it to be his opin-
ion that no army that marched on the face
of the earth could accomplish the subicc-
ton of the Philippines. Their geographic
cal position made them practically indie
pendent of outside control
Mr. Kleberg, of Texas, announced his
unaiterable opposition to an increase of
the standing army, and Mr.. Mcclellan,
of New York, said he regretted that he
was unable to vote for the BILL because as
reorganization feature it was the best
army bill ever proposed. If it had stopped
at reorganization he might have supported
IT, but he could not bring himself to vote
for standing army Of 100000 men.
Mr. Parker, of New Jersey, a member
of the Military Committee. in support of
the bill, declared that lodging discretion
III the President to expand the army was
not an innovation, and cited several his
toric occasions, notably during the Adj
ministrations of Washington and .Jeffer-
son, while the United States and France
were on the yerge-Of war, when Congress
conferred upon the President discretionary
power to expand the army
Mr.. Hull, IN closing the general debate.
declared that MIR. Mccall had misappre-
hended the purpose of the bill The Pres
ldent under the treaty of Paris must as
sert the sovereignty of the United States
over the Philippine Islands. As long as
the islands We're ours we must enforce our
authority or disgrace ourselves in The eve.
of the world. The people of the United
States must decide how long our authority
there shall exist. So far as he personally
was concerned he believed that our SOW
ereisnty over the Philippines would con
time as long as the Republic endured
why do You seek to provide for n per
manent army" asked Mr.. Williams. of
Mississippi. why do you not limit its
existence to the Philippine war;
Because we desire the army of the
United States to do whatever NECESSITY
may require" replied Mr.. Hull
Honestly, now, persisted Mr.. Will
Jams, independently of the Philippine
question, do you not want a permanent
army of $4,000 men for other purposes?'
No, most emphatically no." answered
Mr.. Hull.
In the Senate ON Thursday routine mat
tiers were considered.
The Senate Commerce Committee nc
cepted two amendments to the Shin Sub
sidy bill. One of these compels a vesse,
to carry at least so per cent. of its ton
mage in cargo on leaving a United States
port, or no subsidy will be paid for the
trip. The second amendment relates to
the admittance Of foreign-built vessels to
the benefits of the subsidy and proyides
that every vessel having Il foreign bot
tom, before being paid one cent in sub
sidy, must be represented by vessel of
similar sped and tonnage built in an
American yard. No foreign-built vessel
not coming within the limits of the bill
| can be admitted to American registry. Al
foreign-built vessels admitted to the sub
| sidy must be classed as A 1, and can only
| receive 30 per cent. of the bounty pro
yided for American vessels
In the House there was political STAN
| pede against the army cantcen. during
| consideration of the Army bill There was
Il splendid flow of oratory, and statesmen
WED with each other for opportunity to
| deliver imprisoned utterances Gen
| GrosvenOr led the way with narrative of
| his conviction that the abolition of the
cantcen was wrong, but that he she
| vote the other way because the country
| wanted it. A few Republicans and also
a few Democrats faced the music boldly
| and pleaded the benefits of the canteen
system and the almost universal approval
Of it by army officers and others in au-
| thority.
Shortly after the adoption OF the anti
canteen amendment the Army Reorgani
zation bill was passed by vote of 1866 t.
| LIB. Three Dem1crats-Ncssrs. Hall, of
| Pennsylvania. and Underhil and CLAYTON
| of New Iork-yOted with the Rcpubi
cans for the BILL and Mr.. Mccall, of Mas
sachusetts, with the Democrats against il.
Otherwise it was strict party vote
| The canteen section absolutely prohibits
the sale of intoxicants at military posts.
and was adopted by a vote of 159 to 81.
| In the House, on Friday the Grout
| bill TO tax oIeOmnrgarine passed by
| an overwhelming vote of 1856 to 81 1t is
said that while the vote does not really
represent the actual sentiment of the
/ House, the pressure from dairy interests