The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-01
RIGID CENSORSHIP.


Mr.. Jones joined with Mr.. Rawlins
| in his objection to the rigid censorship.
you can only fear the TRUTH, he said,
"you need not fear falsehood, for you
| have in the officers on the ground fun
| means of asoertaininG what IS true and
| what is false"
Mr.. Sewell, of New Jersey, referred to
| the fact that he had opposed the ac-
| QUESTION of the Philippines, but he said
| that so soon as the Paris treaty was rat
| ifed he had sunk his private views and
| acuuesced in the result. Il saw the
| flag attacked h. said. land after that
| with me it was the country and the flag,
right or wrong He referred to the fact
| that he had a son On Lawton's staff, and
! said his sympaJthes We're naturally with
the soldier in the field
"I dcprecate beyond measure, he went
| on, "the action of the Senator from South
| Dakota He then declared that under
| the circumstances he declared Mr.. Petit
| grew traitor to his country. It was
| beyond comprehension. and outrageous In
| the extreme. that a man clothed with the
dignity of a Senator OF the United States,
representing a sovereign State of the
| Union. should attempt to furnish here q
| forum to such an arbitrator as was
Aglinaldo. In conclusion. he said that
General Lawton himself told him Sew
elD that he held that tho continuance
Of the was due to those who had
not accepted the result of tho peace treaty,
as he rad done. naming. notably, Mr..
| Pettigrew.
PACIFIOATORY SPEECH.
NJ. Teller made a pacificatory speech.
He agreed with Mr.. Jones that there had
been too much suppression Of facts and
not with Mr.. Sewell, in his denunciation
OF Senators who were not supporting the
/ :. ~. n
ippine campaign.
Every Senator had right to ex-
press his views in this Chamber. whether
for or against the government.
Mr. PettiSrew spoke briefly in reply to
the accusations against him. Il won't
attempt to make reply to the personal
attacks upon myself he said, cor 70 the
charges made against me of Icing trail
tor. 1 yield to no man in ny ocvot'cn
to the country or to the flag. No one
is moro jealous of the country's honor,
but 7 have my own opinion rs 20 how
its honor should be best main lincd.
During the progress of the financial de-
bate, Mr. Morgan. of Alabama. offered
. substitute for the Senates Financial
bill, providing that the fixed policy Of
the United States is to pay off The ma
tional debt as rapidly as possible; that
the specie basis, consisting of gold or
silver, or both, is the only true basis OF
bank bills: that it is unjust to change
the present financial system.
Il, the House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S1.-Under the
latitude allowed in general debate upon
appropriation bills, the Indian appro-
priation bill in the House to-day was
made the occasion for the discussion of a
wide range OF public questions. Our
policy in the Philippine. Islands: TIE gov
eminent OF Porto Rico; the leasing of
our arid lands. and election methods
in the South. We're in turn brought into
the arena.
The most interesting debate occurred
over the latter subject Mr.. Linney, of
North Carolina, former Democrat. who
joined the Republican party in 1854. and
who is one of the breezy takers of the
House, used as a text for the introduc-
ton of the subject the amendment to
the Constitution of his State. which he
claimed was designed to disfranchise the
negro.
Quite number of members We're drawn
into the discussion. and Mr.. Linney's
statements provoked an eloquent reply
from Mr.. Williams, of Mississippi. who
justified to the fullest extent the action
of certain Southern States on the ground
that the non-rarticipatton of the igno-
rant and illiterate was necessary to pre-
vent the submergence of civilization.