The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-02-07
army REORGANIZATION.
Volunteers to De Brought Home
and New Recruits to Take
Th cir Places.
SOVEREIGNTY IN THE PHILIPPINES.
House and Senate Commit ittees Del
uged with BiIis-The shipping
Bill Now in Hand-What That
Measure VIII Insure to the Amer
ican Producer.
Especial Correspondence.1
Washington. ID. c.. Jan

Washington, ID. e., Jan. 81.
The army reorganization bill will be care
fully considered in conference, within few
days, and immediate action will probably be
taken by each branch of congress to con
firm the action of the conferees. The ad
ministration has been very greatly EN-
barrassed by the delay in the perfection OF
this measure. and time is the most important
Of all the factors at tins time. The volun-
teers are to be brought home and newly re-
cruited regulars enlisted in their places, and
the transfer to occur before the middle OF
the present year. This being so there is not
a moment to lose, and 1t is gratifying that
matters are reaching point of fnality. As
was expected from the start, the plan of
the administration is upheld, and the pres.
ident's hands will be free to do as he deems
best to crush the insurrection in the Philip
pines and establish law and order
The senate has disposed of the treaty with
Spain, whereby the latter nat ION relinqushe Is
to the United States sovereignty over The
islands of Sibutu and Cagayan. which are
really part of the Philippine group. hu
which, through an unfortunate geographic.
designation in the first treaty describing T.
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the shipping bill. this Is b.. "..i,tu
certain amendmen,, have bean ufr,r a'
and submitted, il is said by Senate, Mo ..
Ian acting for three or four o,h,f.r.rr,
an senator's dauapI;,, tl,,,.,roc ,,,...
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"'' 70 !" ue'e' e'ee !" '"e ''"h'o' 'u' H''N
cargo-carrying steamships ana TO '"e op
position to nigh speed steamships, which the
opposition to the shipping bill has very care,
fully fostered.
Nothing so clearly proves the influence
of the FOREIGN shining interests in tbe shan.
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s a. ltl
'on'ess'on " 'he e.ah'or us agents nave
raised. Inc opposition TO the penang snip
ping bil! mas been concentrated upon the
only line under the American flag in the
ans-Atlantic trade, and this concentration
is due to the fact that the opposition lines,
under foreign flags. are most anxious to
cripple if not ruin their only rival under the
American aac in tho CARRYING Of American
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.np'its ~, 'Nu 80 ny 'nlNs
.ha' 'ne peopie oi the country must never
.oise', III ms .onnee'ion' anu tn". Is 'ha'
.he assured pro'rac'eu reuuetion III I ocean
lre'en' rates whenever the snipp!hs oii' pe'
comes ,a"' anu oecause oi the increase III
Tue huii'per Vi sn'ps oneiing LOT caisoes
VIII pe Oh the greatest u,rect pehent to
'nose VINO produce the tnihgs the surplus
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