The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-22
THE ARMY BILL IS UP
Tariff the Principal Theme of the Speakers.
The Democratic Leader Takss "stand Pat. as His Text and Breaches the Funeral of
 the Opposition.

Washington, Jan. 21.-The army apprc~ priation bill was under consideration fin committee of the whole to-day for i've hours. most of which time was devoted to general discussion of the tariff qu6s- tions.
 Mir. Hull Qowa,. chairman of the Com mittee on Military Affairs. explained tho provisions of the army bin, and Messrs. Parker Rep.. N. J.). and Prince CRep.s ganized.
 MT. Williams. minority leader taking the phrase stand pat" for his text. made a general arraignmeut of Republican poll icies and declared that the Republican party had become one of negation.
 Mir. Williams CMiss.). discussed for an hour the stand pat'' policy of the msb. Jority party and talked at length on his pending bill repeating the duty on coal He read from the testimony before the House Committee of Investigation of the last session of Congress on the coal ques- ton to show that coal was ezc less q ton during the year the tarin was re- pealed.
 Mir. Payne (N. Y.), asserted that ths, price of coal was not less to the con suner during this period.
 Stand Pat on Whatf
 Mir. Williams combatted this statement and asked Mir. Payne why his party dia not stand pat'' for free coal. He deciar- ed that 1t was impossible to find out what the Republican party was ''staudsng pat's on.
 Tt was only few days ago." he con- tlnued. "that the great I am of the Republican party delivered a speach ip which he said We hold the ace.s Now had private and confidential conver- sation with a gentleman of this Houss this morning and he told me he dld not know a single game of cards in which the ace winsss
 E "I'lI tell you what we have Rot thai wins" inter1ected Mir. Palmer tPa.). Ne have a straight dush.'s
 sa p<al3 Te1oined ME. XIlfIlaus s1 angs,< know what a straight hush' lz but yo.a have not got quite as much df q flush &s you are said to have. Things are not ao flushed as they were a while back F A Few Thorna.
 MT Williams asked if the Rennhlicana were going to stand pat on the currency question and on the trust duestiou. ana calling attention to his bill declaring over capitalization public swindle. he asked If they were going to stand pat on the postofice investigation and asked why they had not permitted an inveats- gation by a committed of the house. Fta asked If they were going to stand pat on the public land business and if they purposed to stand pat on the ship sub. sidy question or let that drift along untll after the election. He charged that the Republicans are becoming a party of I,a- gation.
 MT. Lind (Minn.). spoke for rsciproclty with Canada and pleaded for freer trade relations with that country.
 MT. Baker (N. Y.)s opposed the army bill on the ground that he was opposed to war and would not vote to appropriate money for preparations for war. AIt should be designed as bill" he said, st0i appropriate NOse000OO to put 1t into the power of one strenuous man to wet Shla country into possible conflict with every other civilized nation of the earth"
 At b;l2 p. m.. The House adjourned until tomorrow.