Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-02-22
PHILIPPINE DEBATE.
The Discussion Of the Question Re.
sumed In the Senate.
The PROCEEDINGS IN The HOUSE.
The Annual Joke INDUCED in--( onsider-
able Temper shown In the DiscusslOn
Of Mr.. Sims figures of the
Pension Ofilce.

| Washington. Feb. Reconsideration
OF the financial measure having been
concluded, discussion of the Philip
pine question was resumed in the
senate yesterday. Senator McEn6ry
(dem.), of Louisiana, strongly OPP
posed the permanent acquisition of
the islands and believed the United
States ought to relnquish them as
soon as the authority Of this country
had been asserted, Senator Stewart
took pronounced position in favor
of the admission Of the products Of
any Of the island possessions of the
United States free Of duty.
The bill providing form Of gov
eminent for the territory of Hawai-
was read, but beyond that formality
nothing was done with it. The dis
agreement Of the house to the senate
amendments TO the financial bill was
reported and Senators AMrich, Al
lison and Jones. OF Arkansas, were
appointed conferees. The appoint
ment of Senator McMilin, of Mich-
gan. as a member Of the committee
on celebration of the establishment
OF the District OF Columbia was an
nounced. The senate then, at 1920
p. m, adjourned
This PrOcssd,ngs In tho House,
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE house
yesterday INDUCED in its annual joke
by striking from the Legislative APP
preparation bill all provision for the
civil service commission. This action
is taken each year in committee of
the whole, where the members do
not go on record, and the provision is
then invariably restored when the
bill gets back in the house, where
members have to respond to their
names upon u roll call. The vote yes
terday TO strike out was Is to 81.
To-day the house will reverse this ac-
ton Us usual on an aye and no vote.
Most of the time of the house yester-
day, beyond that occupied in the dis
cussion of the civil service law, was
devoted to attacks upon the speech
made by Mr.. Sims (dem.), of Tennes.
see, on Wednesday, in which he fur
nished some figures Of the pension
office showing the number of appl-
cations for pensions filed by soldiers
Of the volunteer regiments engaged
in the Spanish war TO show that the
northern soldiers were much more
clamorous in that regard than the
southern ones and aitributing this
to the debauching of public sentiment
IN the north on the pension question.
Mr.. Pearre (rep), Of Maryland,
raised the storm by Il reference to
those figures and the statement that
nuIluINuN VI nuNNuNllHStl|S NOiuItTN |
who never smelled powder had APP
piled for pensions, This brought |
ou' an indignant reply from Mr.. Fitz-
gerald (dem.), of Massachusetts, who
detailed the record of the Massachu-
sets volunteers in the late war. He
was followed by others who defend
I'd the records of the soldiers from
their several states. Considerable
temper was shown.
When the session opened announce
ment of the receipt Of the currency
bill from the senate was made and
IN motion of Mr., 0verstreet, of In
diana, by unanimous consent the
senate amendments were disagreed
to. The house then went into com
nittee of the whole on the legisla-
live appropriation bill. After rs
,ages of the bill had been disposed Of
he committee rose.
The night session for pensions was
postponed until Monday night.