The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-01
MANY BILLS INTRODUCED
TO INCREASE THE ARMY
Warm Conferences as to Mat
ters on the Canal Zone in
the Committees.
By Arthur W. Dunno


made right up TO the night before tho
election. Some of these elaine Inv,
been honestly made and the ody.rse ro-
suits no doubt surprised the claimants
similar claims are mado In connection
win the Statehood bill Just why Il I.
nara TO ascertain. For instance. no one has
been able TO Ienrn what bencnt there vo.
IN the Claims made In the House that IN,
opponents or joint Statehood would win
- Was OBVIOUS as soon as Il was known
III III. INC Hoise managers were going L.
~ IHS inc matter TO a vote that they had
programme. ~
Dut the lessons OF the House have been
lost on the Senate and the same claim
arc made In connection with the hin no
were made In the House ClaIma ar,
ai.apS py Doth sides with equal confidence,
on Gnu ,L !, IS easy TO get positive information.
on ooth sides and to suit both views The
mon men VINO are vitality Interested in the
passaSe OF the bin without material
nn.ehanent nn.. are confident that It will
ppt ppuss substantially as IT camo from the
house-whle the opponents declare that
, ,hc Dill VIII never pass without the Fora
ne Ser amendment which gives the people
OF each Territory-Arizona and Now
MeXlco-an opportunity TO say whether
they shall be Joined. 1t Ia not expected
tnat either Side will abate its claims for
SiuiTe bnt rs are al that one OF them can have.
out the purpose of these few lines Is to
snow that claims are not facts: that ono
Side or the other must be mistaken II
10 wei 10 give them credit, however for
hot cunning The earth. for they are fig
uring on only two or three majority
either way when the SENATE votes.
Strong Statehood Card.
The proposition to allow the people TO
decide for themselves is one which ap-
Penls quite strongly TO the average mind
mus IL happens that the Foraker amond.
mont to the Statehood bin, an amend
ment that Will give the people of Art-
zona the right TO say whether or not
they VIII accept union with New Maxico
opposing the joint Statehood plan Fair
play, are appealing words. equal. per-
maps. TO the square deal" The right or
American citizens to say what they think
is best for them is the apparent csscnc,
OF the Foraker amendment. II the peo-
pie OF Arizona prefer TO remain in
territorial condition rather than come In
as q State joined to New Mexico. thev
are given the right to express that pref
erence under the Foraker amendment IL
Is a hard proposition TO get around
These Arizona people are not little
brown men of the Philippines. Kama
kas OF the Hawaiian Islands or Span
lards md negroes or Porto Rico. but men
or the same class and character as Other
Americans living in like regions The in
telllgenco OF the West Is theirs and to
say that they do not know what they
peach the right OF suffrage. These arc
the strong cards which the friends OF the
Foraker amendment are playing They
are the reasons which appeal to many
men. The opponents of the Foraker
amendment say that in case the people
are given on opportunity 10 vote tho bio
corporations. the mining concerns and
other large interests Will control the
voters and perhaps secure a majority
against union with New Mexico And so
the merry war goes on Considerable In
tcrest has been manifested In Washing
ton over the Statehood bill. but II 10
doubtful II the people outside Of the Ter.
ritories and Congress are giving the sub
ject much attention.
To Increase the Army
Many bills have been introduced in Con-
gIesS TO increase the number OF Offices
and the enlisted men OF the army. but
they have not received very serious con-
sideratlon. In fact, there la no tendency
toward spending any moro money than
possible on the army anything clsc
but there has been talk among somo
members OF Congress about cutting down
the number OF general officers even going
so far as to abolish the Office OF Lleutcn-
snt-Generul after the office has been
filled by men OF high rank who served
During tho Civil war The fact that
the United States has been divided Into
four divisions, each with two or more de-
DartmentS. In order to make places for
the Major Generals and the Brgudler-
Generals, has caused some ConSrcssmen
interested I'm military affairs TO look into |
the situation and ask II a less number OF
general officers would not be benencia. 10 |
the service and save tho Government con
siderable expense. But all talk5e6fIj 1Hs
kind IS gossip merely. for there IL not |
likely TO DO legislation either to increase
the army or reduce the number OF officers
Hill and Taft Confer,
Holding radically different ylows on
many subjects is IL not strange that VIII
liam IL Taft and James J. Hin should |
politics Taft is u Republican and Hill A |
Democrat. TAFT Is firm believer in rail- |
road rate legislation and Hill is not,
Taft is an enthusiast about the Panama |
canal, Hill IL pessimist, doubling It's
adylsa bnity and utility when completed.
But they discuss the great affairs. this |
OF tho Government and this head OF
great railroad corporation. They talk |
plainly. earnestly and without reserve
and no doubt both are better Informed |
after getting the others point OF view !
Taft says he likes to talk with Hill be- |
cause he wants to know the weak
to get them from the railroad maXnnte
and hnancier Hin gives the best ad- |
Vice he cnn. IL Is HIN who tells tho
Secretary what he wants TO know about |
men. No doubt Hill had moro TO do with |
the selection OF John +. Stevens as chief |
engineer OF the cnnal than any other man. |
III you want a man who Will do the work |
there Is none better than Stevens" Hi |
said TO Taft. And then he went on TO tell |
him n great deal about Stevens his ability |
as an engineer, his persistencc hts |
methods of handling men and his zeal for
honest work and honesty in every walk |
OF life. particularly in business. And Taft |
has found Stevens TO be all that Hin |!
claimed for him.
James j. Hnl has told a Congressional
committee what he has told every person |
with whom he has seriously discussed the |
subject that he does not fear competition |
OF the canal for his transcontinental and |
Oriental traffic. lie illustrated on map |
showing a distance which freight from n |
central point. like Pi,tsburE. would have |
to be hauled. going first to the Atlantic |
sea board, thence by vessel down TO |
Panama md north on the Pacific to reach |
the great circle. when you are abreast
Of Puget Sound" he said, we will have
hauled the goods by the lakes and rail
loaded our steamers and VIII be at YolSo-
hama from two to three weeks ahead of
the best time you can make by way OF
Panama" He also said that continual
irr movements I'm railroads will maI6r