Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-12-21
Believes In Granting All the Rights
OF Ciiiz-nship to FilipinOs II
TIey Are Worthy.
DEWEY SAYS THEY
CAN BE CONTROLLED.
Mr. Proctor Read Parts Of n Letter
Prom The Hero Of Manila Bar. In
Which That statement
Vas Made.


ing oi rhe session %. the house today
Mr Cannon called uD the conference rc.
port u the army and navy deficiency
llL Ho moved the adoption
Mr. Diamond asked whether
ths appropriation balance of sjO,O0O,OO0
o. b. expended under tine direction
o. the pres dent would 10 any way sanc.
ton or authorize the payment out Of
thar fund o.. siO0OOJ each 20 Mr Reid
ami Judr Day Tor services on tne peace
commission. Mr Cannon said be knew
uo.hing ab .u' ii and on hts statement
OF this reapuroprat.on mide no change
authorizing such an expenditure. Tbs
report vas adopted
The nouss tnen took up the agricu.tur.
al appropriation BILL
The house resolution. providing fof
the adjournment % congress from Dec
81 20 Jan. was adopted without diyiy
Ton by the senate.
Mr Teller. IN the course oi his re-.
MARKS IN toe senate. sad the purchase OF
territory from Mexico after the Mexican
war was panllel with the recent puf.
chase from spain. In that case Mexicd
was PROSTATE AZ our feet and we said We
want some of your territory and we will
uay you for it. We held if first oy con
quest and then by per base. mo mat.
ter what was the provocauon. Tor that
/ was the case. IL was a great. grand SC
/ quisition." be- said, secondly the Louis
lana purchase which made American
/ purchase uo-,Idle This D. what we pro
posed 90 do with Spain We had con
/ quered her and now proposed 90 pur
chase some of her territory and and pay
her 60. .ODO .OOO a mere hagatel.e Mr
| Teller .aid He would ask the people o
the Philippines what they wanted IN tn
way N government and give u 20 them
The sooner the ueoule governed them
selves the uetter lie believed the peo
PIE of Luzon were capable Of self.gov
eminent In answer 90 the question by
| Mr Tillman be said we would not per
NIT revolutions Ike those which oc
CURED Ia South Americi.
Mr. Proctor read letter from Ad
m raj Dewey saying the people OF thi
Philippines can be easily governed. III
also read portion Uf letter rom Al
army officer 10 the same eject Al
m.ral Dcwey's letter said he had not-th
slightest difficulty in dealing with th,
| Fup.lot
Mr.. Teller said that he would have
the people given nil the encouragement
possible. and 10 they developed qualitie
Of statehood he would grant them that
Mr Ga.iinger OF New Hampshire "a
vorably reported Mr. Proctor's resolu
tion providing for a committee OF senAi
or 20 visit Cuba and Porto REQ, with
Wow oi ascortaining the condition q
the islands. but on Mr. Hales objection
for present consideration. the rcsolutlo
was placed ON the calendar
The bill authorizing General A. i
, Bates, OF the United States army, 20 aC
cept the decoration OF the Legion q
Honor. conferred upon him by the pres
dent of the French republic was passed
In the house yesterday several bil
were passed, the most important A.,
' which was the bill approprIaung $3.50
600 for the Philadelphia exposition ,
lspa. Tho vote was exceedingly clos
lt had but two votes more than III
necessary two.thirds.
Bills were also passsd 20 authorize n
disiribution Of the assots OF the Frees
/ mans bank, 90 enlarge the scope of q
fish commission 80 as 20 include gan
birds and for the relief ot the Four
mounted Arkansas infantry
Mr. Bailey Of Texas, introduced
resolution in open house directing q
Judiciary committee 20 investigate a.
report on the question as TO whether q
members OF the house who aocopt'
commissions In the army had forfeiu
their seats Ia tine house. lie made q
resolution the text Ter some remarks,
the course of which no took occasion
bitterly denounce newspaper stat
ment to the effect that IN his attitu
upon this question he had been made
cats paw OF by certain prominent X