The age-herald., 1900-05-23
ISPOONER SPOKE ] ON PHILIPPINES Made Notable Address in Sup
 port of His Bill. DEFENDED PRESENT POLICY Senator Garter Presented the Creden- -tials of Senator Clark of Montana,
 and They Will for the Pres
 ent Lie on the Table
DEFENDED PRESENT POLICY

l ent Lle on the 1dDle
 Washington, May 22.-In the senate to-
 day MT. Spooner of Wisconsin made a | notable speech in favor of his bill provid- | ing that upon the suppression of the in-
 surrection in the Philippines the govern
 ment of the islands shall devolve upon the | president until such time as congress | might direct otherwise. MT Spooner de-
 tended with characteristic vigor and elo- 1 quence the policy of the administration in
 the Philippines, maintaining that no other | policy, in the circumstances, was possible, and that none other could have been adopt | ed without dishonor to the country. Later l in the afternoon Senator Carter of Mon 1 tana presented the credentials of Senator | Clark of that state. They will lie on the
 table for the present.
 MT. Wellington of Maryland presented
 the resolution adopted by the meeting held
 in this city on Sunday evening last to wei
 come the envoys from the South African
 republics. He gave notice that on Monday
 he would speak on the suoject.
 MT. Platt of New York, chairman of the committee on printing, presented a report on it's investigation of the private publi l cation of the message and papers of the | president"
 MT. Gallnger inquired of MT. Platt if his | committee had taken any action upon
 resolution he had introduced providing for
 the publication of 3O0OO sets of the work. | MT. Platt replied that no action had been l taken, as the adoption of the resolution
 would involve an expenditure on the part
 of the government of more than $20O,0O0. Cost S5 a Set
 MT, Gallinger said the cost of the work to l the government was about $7 a set, while | the private concern which was printing it sold it to the public at S34 a set. He thought an arrangement ought to be made to print the work and sell it at cost
 MT. Allen offered a resolution, which was adopted, requesting the president to trans
 init to the senate translations of the con stitutions of the South African Republic
 and Orange Free State.
 The resolution introduced yesterday by
 MT. Kenny of Delaware calling upon the secretary of war for certain information regarding the situation of our affairs in the Philippines and the military operations in
 those islands was laid before the seante, and after some colloquy, objection being
 made to matters of phraseology, a similar resolution introduced by MT. Allen and ported favorably from the committee military affairs was substituted for MT.
 kenny's resolution, and after being slightly amended was passed.
 MT. Kenny read as part of his remarks the Associated Press dispatch from Manila, published today.
 The resolution of MT. Jones of Arkansas l directing the secretary of war to make a | thorough investigation of the operations of l the North American Trust company in Ha- Vana, its organization and it's relations to 1 tnS government was adODted l Spooner the Philippines l Mr. Spooner of Wisconsin then addressed | the senate on his bill, the unfinished busi-
 ness, in relation to the suppression of in.
 surrection in the Philippines. It provides | that when insurrection shall have been
 completely suppressed by the military and | naval forces of the united States all mili-
 tary, civil and judicial powers necessary to govern the said islands shall, until otherwise provided by congress, be vested l in such person and persons and shall be l exercised in such manner as the president l of the United States shall direct for main- | taining and protecting the inhabitants of | said islands in the free enjoyment of their | liberty, property and religion" No people," said MT. Spooner, "can give l more convincing evidence of the highest devotion to liberty than was given by l American people when they demanded the | withdrawal of Spain from Cuba. I did not | take kindly to the acquisition of the Phil | ippines by the treaty of Paris and at one | time I think I might have voted against | the treaty's ratification But I have never | been able to see whether could have con- | sented to treaty with Spain that did not | include cession of the Philippine islands. | That sentiment, the sentiment for acqui- | sition of those islands, pervaded our en- | tire people,
 I a 0nr,fo 6ad hot t, | have demanded that Spain relinquish to us
 the sovereignty of the Philippines" said | he, "and then left to be governed by their
 own inhabitants but this could not have
 been done. We could not quit-claim them | to the world in the interest of philan- | throphy.
 l MT. Spooner suspended his remarks un-
 til tomorrow and MT. Carter took advan- | tage of the lull to present the credentials
 of MT. Clark as a senator from Montana | under the appointment of Acting Governor | Spriggs of that state. MT. Carter simply l asked that the certificate be read and laid
 on the table. This was done.
 l After a brief executive session the sem | ate at D. m. adjourned
 | THE HOUSE
 1 Washington, May 22-The house devoted
 the entire day to the Alaskan civil gov l ernment bill Slow progress was made, | only twenty-four pages being disposed of. | On assembling a senate bill was passed l to reserve certain lands in Hawaii for cem- | etery purposes. MT. Knox of Massachu- 1 setts in explaining the bill said:
 | Tn this cemetery the old kings and roy | al families of the islands lie sleeping, un- | conscious that they have been annexed to the United States"
 | q trust that there will-b be no objection
 on this side to the passage of the bill," | interrupted MT Wheeler of Kentucky. "A | few kings, dead or alive, are all that is | necessary to complete the policy of the | present administration" Gaughter).
 There was a long contest over an amend | ment to reduce the number of judges in | Alaska from three to two.
 | It was finally defeated.