The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-31
CARRIERS STRONG WORDS
Makes an Impassioned Plea for
Ratification.
HE SOUNDED A WARNING
A Vote for the Bacon Resolution Would
Be One of Lack of Confidence in the
American People-A Pledge
to the Rebels

Washington, Jan. 30.-An effort on
the part of Mr.. Allison to obtain con-
sideration in the senate to-day for the
Indian appropriation bill precipitated a
running debate which occupied all the
time until the senate. at o'clock. went
into executive session on the peace
treaty. Mr. Jones of Arkansas, lead
ing the opponents of the treaty, opened
the debate by insisting that time should
be, taken for the discussion of pending
resolutions having a collateral bearing
upon the treaty before the treaty itself
was disposed of, and Mr. Bacon's reso-
buttons finally were laid before the sem
ate.
After some parliamentary sparring.
the resolutions We're made the text of
q strong speech by Mr. Carter of Mon
tana- Ordiarily calm and deliberate in
his utterances. Mr. Carter to-day spoke
with impassioned earnestness. warning
his colleagues that a favorable vote on
any Of the pending resolutions would be
a vote of lack of confidence in the
American people. He declared that the
adoption of the amendments would be
a pledge to those who We're defying the
authority of this country in the Phil
ippines and that when the treaty had
been ratified this government could
Enquire In those islands who were in
rebellion against our authority and if
necessary to maintain our authority,
we would whip them to DEATH"
The house joint resolution authoriz-
ing the secretary of war to admit to
West Point as a student Andres Pou-
tereugo of Venezuela was adopted.
Mason called up his resolution offer
ed Saturday and presented it in amend
ed form. The resolution. which was
adopted, provides that the secretary of
war be directed to furnish for inforna-
tion of the senate a statement as to the
percentage of our soldiers who are sick
and have been sick, and the number
of deaths in our army by reason of
sickness caused by the climate in the
Philippine islands and to set forth
when, according to the generally ac-
cepted terms, the sickly season begins
in said islands.
The bill to declare the proper con-
struction Of the act entitled AN act
to provide for adjudication and pay
rnent of claims arising from Indian
depredations," was passed.
Mr.. Allison of Iowa called up the
pending Indian appropriation bill and
asked the senate to proceed to it's con-
sfderation. Mr.. Jones of Arkansas said
that when he and other senators agreed
to vote next Monday on the peace
an opportunity would be afforded to
vote first upon certain pending resolu-
tions which are pertinent to the main
question Mr.. Bacon, who was anx-
ious to obtain action upon his resolu-
tions. said that unless action should
be taken before the vote upon the treaty
was taken. all of the cognate resolu-
tions would be displaced and rendered
nil
Again Mr.. Jones urged that vote
be taken at once. Mr.. Allison replied
that Mr.. Jones knew no vote was pos
sible to-day, but if it was the wish
of the senate to take up the resolution
he had no objection. At the request
of Mr.. Bacon the resolution was then
laid before the senate.
Instantly Mr.. Chandler entered a mo-
tion to refer the resolution to the COM
mittee on foreign relations. Mr. Ba-
con thought this scarcely fair. as the
motion of Mr.. Chandler, he said, meant
indisputably that the resolutions should
die. Mr.. Bacon said his desire was to
obtain early action upon the resolutions
in order that the house might also
have an opportunity to pass upon them
before the expiration of the present
congress by limitation.
Mr.. Carter of Montana discussing
not only the resolutions offered by Mr.
Bacon. but also the situation as it was
presented to the senate, declared that
no public interest and no sound public
policy required vote upon the reso-
buttons at this session of congress. A
favorable vote upon any of the pending
resolutions before the conclusion of
work on the treaty of peace would be a
lack of confidence in the American peo-
pie. The treaty now under considera-
ton did not render it either desrabl or
proper that this congress should rass
upon the future of the Philippines He