The record-union., 1899-01-31
Which Occupies All the Time Of The Open
Session Of That Body.
Jones Of Arkansas Leads the Oppo-
sition to the Treaty, While
Carter of Montana Replies in
an Impassioned Speech in De-
Tense Of the Governments
Policy.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30-An effort
on the part of Allison to obtain consid-
GRAFTON in the Senate to-day of the In
dian appropriation bill precipitated a
running debate which occupied all the
time until the Senate at 2 o'clock went
into executive session on the Peace
Treaty.
Jones of Arkansas, leading the oppo-
sition to the treaty, opened the debate
by insisting that time should be taken
for the discussion of pending resolu-
tions having collateral bearing upon
the treaty before the treaty itself was
disposed of, and Bacon's resolutions
finally were laid before the Senate.
After some parliamentary sparringl
the resolutions were made the text of
strong speech by Carter Of Montana.
Ordinarily calm and deliberate in his
utterances, Carter to-day spoke with
imprisoned earnestness, warning his
colleagues that favorable vote on any
of the pending resolutions would be
vote of lack of confidence in the Amer
lean people. He declared that the adop-
ton of the resolutions would be a
pledge to those who were defying the
authority of this country in the Philip
pines, and that when the treaty had
been ratified, this government would in
quire in those islands who were in re-
bellion against our authority, and if
necessary to maintain our authority,
we would whip them to death.
A House joint resolution authorizing
the Secretary of War to admit to West
Point Military Academy as a student
Andres Poute Ruego of Venezuela was
adopted
A bill was passed authorizing the
Missouri and Kansas Telephone Com
pany to construct and maintain lines
and offices in the Ponia, Oteo and Mis-
souri, reservations, in Oklahoma.
Mason of Illinois called up his reso-
luton offered Saturday afternoon, and
presented a resolution in an amended
form as follows:
Whereas, A large number of the sail
ors and soldiers of the United States
are in the Philippines or on their way
there; and,
Whereas, There are different news
paper reports as to the condition of the
health of the soldiers and sailors; and,
Whereas, 1t is reported by the press
that there is a large percentage of those
who are made sick by reason of the
climate of said islands; and,
Whereas, 1t is stated upon good
medical authority that during the late
years as high as 80 per cent Of the SOL
diers unaccustomed to the climate have
died by reason of the said climate;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Secretary of War
be directed to furnish for the infor
nation of the Senate a statement as to
the percentage of our soldiers who are
sick and have been sick, and the num-
Der of deaths in our army by reason
of sickness caused by the climate in
said islands, and to set forth when, ac
cording to the general accepted terms,
the sickly season begins in the said ISL
ands.''
Hawley of Connecticut did not see the
usefulness of the resolution. 1t could
only furnish food for the sensational
press. While he would make no objec-
ton to it, he had no respect for it.
The resolution was adopted.
A bill to declare the proper construc-
ton of the Act entitled An Act to pro-
vide for adjudication and payment of
claims arising from Indian depreda-
TONS was passed.
Allison of Iowa called up the pend
ing Indian appropriation bill, and ask
ed the Senate to proceed to it's consid-
Grafton.
Jones of Arkansas said that when he
and ether Senators made an agreement
to vote next Monday on the peace
treaty, it was their understanding that
an opportunity would be afforded to
vote first upon certain pending resolu-
lions which are pertinent to the main
question.
Bacon, who was anxious to obtain ac-
ton upon his resolutions, said that un-
less action should be taken before the
vote upon the treaty was taken, all of
the cognate resolutions would be dis
placed and rendered nil.
Again Jones urged that vote be
taken ait once.
Allison replied that Jones knew no
vote was possible to-day, but that if it
was the wish of the Senate to take up
the resolution, he had no objection
At the request of Bacon, the resolu-
ton was then laid before the Senate
Instantly Chandler entered a motion
to refer the resolutions to the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations.
Bacon thought this scarcely fair, as
the motion of Chandler, he said, meant
indisputably that the resolutions should
die. Bacon said his desire was to OBJ
tain early action upon the resolutions,
in that the House may also have an
to pass upon them before
the expiration of the present Congress
by limitation.
Carter of Montana, discussing not
only the resolutions offered by Bacon,
but also the situation as it was pre-
scented to the Senate, declared that no
public interest and no sound public
policy required a vote upon the resolu-
tons at this session of Congress. The
treaty did not bind Congress to do any
thing that was not in consonance with
the enlightened sense of the American
people. For what purpose, therefore,
he asked, do the gentlemen who are
urging the adoption of these resolutions
seek to bind the action of the next Con-
gress? He pointed out that information
the Philippines and their in
habitants was very meager, and he de-
sired ample time to consider what was