The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-01
ARMY Bill CONES FIRST
PETTIGREw'S THREAT TO TILL
BUSTER INDEFINITELY HAS
HAD ITS EFFECT
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL MUST WAIT
Volunteer Troops Must Be Brought
Home From the Philippines, and
New Army Is Needed
In a Hurry.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-The compact
of Senators Allen, Pettigrew and Butler
to fllibuster and prevent any legislation
until there is an agreement not to press
the ship subsidy bill has alarmed the war
department, and Secretary Root has
written to the senate leaders urging the
immediate passage of the army reorgani-
cation bill when congress reassemb.es
Thursday. The subsidy bill is the I'M
finished business before the senate and
can be displaced only be a majority vote.
Secretary Root has much concern over
any further delay to the army bill, and
he and the president will urge Senator
Hanna that his subsidy-bi be temporar-
lily lail aside that there may be nothing
to hinder the passage of the army bill.
The orders to Gen. Macarthur to begin
sending home troops in the Philippines
have not been countermanded and can
not be with justice to those soldiers, as
their time of service expires June 80, and
the government is bound in honor to
have them back in this country by that
date. But the secretary fears the results
of withdrawing troops without having
others ready to take their places, as Gen.
Macarthur reports that force of &c, coo
men will be necessary in the islands for
the senators that the government will
is not passed early this year. to enable
him to enlist and transport fresh troops
to the Philippines.
Under the circumstances the Republic
an steering committee in the senate
when 1t meets Thursday will probably
decide to make the army bill the first Or
der of business and urge Senator Hanna
Ill,
laid aside. If the Populists, Allen, Petit
grew and Butler, then try to organize a
flibuster they will be suppressed, for
Democratic leaders like Cockrell will not
give any recognition to such action, but
will cooperate with the Republicans to
put through legislation for the reorgani-
cation of the army that there may be no
embarrassment about bringing home the
soldiers now in the Philippines.
MOVES CASE SHELVED.
Congressman Brick, of Indiana,
has practically announced that he
has been called OFF, by Speaker
Henderson and will not press his
resolutions demanding an investi-
cation of Judge Arthur H. Moves the
federal judge at Cape Nome. Mr. Brick
intimates that. perhaps, President Nc
Kinley is back of Henderson.
II. conversation Brick had with Hen
derson a few days ago the speaker sug-
gested that the house resolution ought not
to be pushed. but that the department
of justice ought to he given an oppor-
tunity to transfer Moves and Judge
brown, pending thorough investigation
to be held, perhaps next year. Hen
derson called attention to the fact that
the present congress will adjourn sine
die in sixty days, which would prevent
Noyes from being present to testify in
his own defense. 1t would be much bet
ter, he said, to postpone the Investigation
until the next congress, and meanwhile
permit the attorney general to make
transfer of the judges
This transfer is urged by Governor
Brady, of Alaska who says positively
that If Noyes remains in Nome after bust
ness operations arc put under way in
the spring he will be murdered Brady
says it would be impossible to exagger-
ate regarding the condition of excitement
and indignation into which the Cape
Nome miners have been thrown as re-
suit of Noyes' decisions and rulings.
President Mckinley has had several
conferences with Governor Grady and
Attorney General GIiggs and he is In
possession of ell the facts in the case
SO far available at this end of the line.