Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-07

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Noc"'e' -. an,aqonistic TO ii. / have
/ eoen statesmen who were wiz WIN VI
| ,ho,,gbt of the free coinage Of silver, anu
Vet who. on every OCCASION Iou'l"
! strength and a resting-piace In the re
| publican party. and with those tha' pc
| licve in a single STANDARD Vi ""ot''0'
metal. 49, co,,tor's
mind Of the false impression he seems
/ IA have and those who follow him. On
tho al Of March next il / shall be spared
| 60 long ] will have served on TINS moor
eiqbteen wears During that whole term
I do not believe / have ever uttered
word that could have wounded the leel-
inqs Of brother senator. do not pc
love that I could have been capable al
any time Of attempting 20 arect pupHC
questions bv criticism Of the personal
| conduct or views Of any senator.
HIS AMBITION SATISFIED
zone thing more. Now is the best ana
I the only. opportunity, probably, sHdi
ever have for stating it 50 that 10 man
may misunderstood me. nave -
had but one aspiration. ana that me- -
| has been filed by the people win Nloni
| have been born and reared nS 800 ~.
me three terms in this body. Ihal mas
! hacp and that is. the height OF my am
| hilton and | leave the field by thei ce-
/ cree n another who differs from me III
nolitice1 sentiment. II Is not In the moule
! NJ any man truthfully TO say that l
| have sought 10 obtain any other OF hlshei
favors by an act of mine. HAD oeslreu
| alone political promotion. had desIeu
| "a advance myself against the interests
of NV country, / might have done 50 Dy
'crooking the pregnant hinges OF the knee
that thrift might follow fawning. put !
did not do So and now, away beyond any
personal desire. stands the great question:
which we are facing-the disposition oil
the treaty"
THE FIGHT At MANILA
Mr.. German then referred 10 the news
which had been flashed over the cable
from the Philippines during the past few
bours and demanded to know who be-
Heved. if we had made such declaration
regarding sthe Philippines as we maze
regarding Cuba. that the deplorable fight
at Manila would have occurred.
He expressed the opinion that II the
treaty were ratified it would be the be-
ginning Of war which would cost US
thousands of lives and millions upon mil
lions of treasure.
CARE OF CONFEDERATE GRAVES.
In conclusion, Mr.. German paid beau-
tiful tribute TO the President for his Ut
terance with reference to the care by
the nation of the graves Of Confederate
soldiers. He said IL was "a noble,
splendid. magnificent utteTance, which re-
nected undying credit upon William Nc
kinney. but he could not reconcile with
IL the Presidents demand for so great
an increase in the standing army Of the
country. Such action on the part OF
Congress would be more disastrous IN
the end than the war of '6l-'65.'
The Senate then went into executive
session. and at 3:45 p NJ. resumed legis-
lative business in open session.
MENERY RESOLUTION AGAIN
Mr.. AIdrich moved that the Senate take
up for consideration the resolution Of
Tered earlier in the day by Mr.. McEnery.
The motion prevailed
Mr.. Hoar proposed an amendment pro
viding that the proposed government in
the Philippines should be with the con-
sent of the people thereof" The amend
ment WAS laid on the tablets 10 80.
At the instance Of Mr.. Aldrich the reso-
luton was amended in two or three YER
bal particulars.
Mr.. Bacon offered a portion Of his reso-
luton as an addition TO the McEnery
resolution. The debate which followed
was participated in by Mr.. Caffery, Mr..
Spooner. and Mr. 8}acon. The fighting at
Manila was referred TO and the action OF
the Filipinos severely condemned.
Without any further remarks upon the
McEnery resolution the Senate at 5:S5
p. NJ, adjourned
HOUSE PASSES CENSUS BILL
This was suspension day in the House,
and quite a number of bills were passed,
several of them of importance. The
census bill prepared by the House Com
mittee went through by a vote Of li7 10 Y.
The bill differs in several essential tea-
lures from the Senate bill particularly in
the fact that IL makes the census bureau
entirely independent of any existing de-
partment, ana Chairman Hopkins stated
on the floor the expectation was That the
Senate would accept the House bill.
A bill was passed to extend the anti
! contract-labor laws over the Hawaiian
Islands and another bill was passed to
| refer fortv-four war claims for stores
| and supplies TO the Court Of Claims They
are the claims reported from the War
| Claims Committee. and aggregate S2l2,OoO.
| NATIONAL PARK AT NICKSBURG.
bill was passed to create a national
military park on the site of the battle OF
| Vicksburg; also. to grant $1,000 acres OF
land in Alabama to the Girls Incustrlal
| School Of that State
An attempt was made TO pass the Dill
providing for women nurses in the army,
| nut the necessary two-thirds vote neces-
sary to take up the bill was not secured.
| At 5Is the House adjourned.
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