Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-01-25
A DEFENDER
OF REBELS.
Senator Towne Moves That Hostili-
ties Be Suspended Immediately
in the Philippine Island
ARMY REORGANIZATION
A Sharp Debate Over the Conference Re
port in the Army Bill, But 1t Finally
Passes the House by Good
Majority.
SENATE.

Washington, January 25.-SGrlat ol
ToWme offered the following joint reso-
hltion: "Tha Justice, the public Welfare
and the national honor demand the i'm
mediate cessation of hostihtie's in the
Philippine islands upon terms fecog-
nizing the Independence of the Ftlipno
people, conserving and guaranteeing
the interests of the United States Mr..
Towme asked that the resolution should
lie on the table, and gave notice that
on Monday next he would address the
SENATE on it.
When 2 O'Clock arrived, under unfln-
ished busi nests, the ship subsidy bill
was taken up. Mr.. Depew addressed
the senate in favor of the bill.
HOUSE.
Washington, January 25.-Mr. Hull
chairman of the committee on military
affahrs, submitted the report of the
army reorganization bill. Mr. Richard
son of Tennessee, the minority leader
requested that the report be allowed to
lie over until to-morrow. The report
had NOT been printed, he said, and the
members should have an opportunity to
examine it.
Mr.. Hull would not agree to tlhis, bat
said that the conference had been full
and fair in the presence of the minor
ity repraserlta tives, and while they did
not agree to the principle of increasing
the standing army they had agreed to
the reealllt The army bill, he said,
e4,,,0,,11 l,oxyf boeLn 10 wv tbh,nn Uaplxc
ago.
ut has not been held up here" OBJ
served Mr.. Richardson.
mot here" replied Mr. Hull, "but it
has been outra geously delayed in the
congress of the United States. Thirty
five Thousand volunteers are ready to
be shipped home, and they must be -
placed by July by soldiers of the reg
ular estta bli shment unless we are will
ing to do grdat injustice to them by
holding them there Mr.. HULL explain
ed in detail the concessI ons of the two
houses on the various items. In thu
course of his sta tement he had a sharp
exchange with Mr.. Richardson. He
made "a STRONG appeal to both sides OF
the house in favor of the provisions de-
signed to retire General Shafter as ma
jor general, and Generals Is Lee and Will
son as brigadier generals, which the
house had stricken out. He paid high
tribute to Generals Lee and Wilson, and
passed glowing eulogy upon Shafter,
whose Santiago campaign, he declared,
would pass unto history as one of the
greatest planned and fought at any aga.
Mr.. Rfcha rdgon said several ques
tfons upon which the house solemnly
declared itself had been yielded by tn
house conferrees, and to vote for the
report NOW would mean a vote to III
crease the list of officers upon the re-
tired list, to which he was malterabig
opposed.
The conference report of the army
reorganization btiM has been agreed to
by the house, THE vote being 1873 to 100
The house passed the naval appre
pnation bill.
THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT.
Washington, January 25.-The house
committee ON foreign affairs to-day
acted favorably on the bin of Repre-
sentative Jenkins of Wisconsin to reg
ulate the coming of Chinese into this
country, and making more effective the
present exclusion laws. The bill makes
stringent provisions to prevent the
bringing of Chinese across the border.
One of the provisions of the bill is that
if any Chinese person shall enter the
limited StataS ria ndaatina1v or Ufthnut
permission he shall be deported to Chi
ma, even though he might have applied
for such privilege as provided by law.