The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-19
AFTER TWO WEEKS, DEBATE T9tc
SENATE DIsP0sEs OF THE
MEASURE
NEARLY A STRICT PARTY VOTE
FOUR DEMOCRATS AND ONE RE-
PUBLICAN KICKED OVER
THE TRACES
NOW GOES TO A CONFERENCE
Excepting for thheoA Adoption of the
Anti-Canteenn amendment, Bill
Is Practically I'm
changed

| WASHINGTON, jan 18-Just before
/ O'Clock this evening the senate finally
disposed of the army reorganization bill
The measure having originated in the
| senate, the final question was not upon
its passage, but upon agreeing to the
| senate amendments These were agreed
| to by vote Of 43 to %. While party
! lines were drawn on the measure four
Democrats voted for it, Senators Lind
say, of Kentucky; McLaurin, of South
| Carolina; Morgan. Of Alabama, and Sui
| Ivan, Of Mississippi, Senator Hoar, of
Massachusetts, who was detained at his
home by illness, was paired against the
bill with Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin.
The bill has occupied practically the
entire attention of the senate since the
Sd of January, when 1t was made the
| unfinished business. While the opposi-
ton to it at all stages was vigorous, it
never was bitter Numerous amendments
were made to it, but in general the COM
mittee was sustained, and the measure,
with the exception of the elimination Of
the canteen clauses is not widely different
from that reported to the senate.
A determined effort was made today to
amend the bill so as to provide against
the sale of liquor in the Philippines, and
to prohibit the importation of any kind
of intoxicants into the islands, but it
was defeated
A notable speeeh3was delivered during
the day by Mr.. Hale, of Maine, who.
while opposing the increase in the
strength of the arTis stated cogently
his reasons for supporting the bill.
Every effort to prevent the increase In
the strength of the army was defeated
by decisive majority.
AS the bill Originated in the senate. 1t
now will go diredtiy'7to the conference
committees appointed by the two
branches of congress:
PASSED
The following hills sawere passed:
Authorizing. the Ifos4master general to
lease premises for. the use of the rural
free delivery divigic47'of the rostyffice
department.; extending the time for tie
commencement to tJaf9. 49, 1902, and the
completion to Jan-02Sa 1904, of a bridge
across the Missouri river at Oacoma, 5.
D.; authorizing the appointment of j. A
Hutton to a capt31nCyr OF infantry In the
United States army.
When the consideration of the army re-
organization was resumed, Mr.. Gali1nger
On. H.) addressed the senate in support
of his amendments providing for "a prop
er and adequate rank for the vet
erinarians of the army and for a chief
veterinarian who, should have the rank
of major. He also vigorously advocated
his amendment providing for. the revoca-
ton Of all. licenses granted to. American
saloons in the Philippines and providing
against the manufacture sale or importa-
ton of beer. wines or distilled liquors in
|, the Philippines s:afi9s .,.S.e7- =
Ias gs.,g SALOONS INgDa&NdIAA.. 2tt
MrsgI4odge,I chairman tof-tlle Philippine
committee, said that with American oc-
cupation of. the Philippines 400 or btu
American barroofns had been established
IL IN, Nov done
and were doing Infinite harn1-more harm
in his opinion to the army and the navy
than to the inhabitants, as the Filipinos'
| like other tropical people were temperate.
Mr.. Perkins ICal.) urged that the whole
matter be left to the Taft commission,
sand Mr. Carter (Mont) said the PROPOSE
| ton presented was lone simply to inter-
| fere with town council In Mania, ana
/ was not consistent with the Importance
| of the great Philippine problem.
| 1t was unwise inopportune and I'M
! prudent in his opinion. since 1t was
/ evident that congress had not reached
| conclusion as to-tffe extent 1t would
exercise legislative authority over the
| Philippines
TONNES OPINION OF CONGRESS.
Mr.. Towne CMfnn.) interrupted to say
/ that ldr. Carter, with his customary CO.
! geney had demonstrated the incapacity,
| inaptuude and unreadihess' of the Amer
| lean congress to deal with the Philippine
proble m.
| Mr. Carter replied that the best posi-
] bic evidence of the capacity of congress
to legisIate wisely for the Philippines was
| the fact that it refused to legisiate at
| all in the absence of full and complete
! information after order and peace had
been restored in the islands
Mr.. Hale (Me) then, in a brief but
| forcefnl and earnest speech, enumerated
| some Of the reasons, why he Should vote
| for the pending bill There ought to be
| no doubt, he said, as to the obJe2ts for
which the proposed large army was to
be used.
TO FIGHT FILIPINOS. :.
/ s'It is well KNOWN" said he, that tie
army raised under this bill is to be
| fighting army; one to fight in the Pa1lip-
| pines. If it were not for the fact thae
this army is to conduct this war in the
Philippines, no committee of this body
| would present here proposition for tie
creation of a permanent standing army
! of 100000 men"
Mr.. Hale said that the only question
| involved in the discussion was whctner
I the proposed army was needed. He wish
| ed all the advocates of the bill had heen
| as frank in their utterances as Mr..
! SeweH IN j., who had admitted that
probably 1900 men would be needed in
the Philippines for several years.
Mr.. Hale said he would be glad If the
form of negotiation with the Philippines
could have adopted asa means of set
Ting the pending conflict. but senators
did not approve of, it. He believed, too,
il would be better to attach a temporary
force to the: Notwithstanding army, but
the senate would not hea rto that. He
pointed out that unless this bill was
passed there would be in the Philippines
after July next only about 10000 Amert-
can soldiers. Pressed by the Filipino
forces, they would ebez 'shemmed in Ma
Mia and would be- TIucky if they were
not driven into. tl1ez sea-,
He added: Norma mo party-could
stano upon such a condition; therefore ]