The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-04
And Herein of a Row Betty"
Chandler and Stew
CUSS WORDS OF SOLDIERS
PettigreW Wants Put in the
Record pensions Passed.

| elections, declaring that Mr.. Clark of
Montana was not duly elected to the SEN
ate, and then postponed consideration Of
the question for a week. The army APP
preparation bill, after a rather spirited de-
bate. was passed without division. The
| day closed with the passage of a num-
Der Of private pension bills, including bills
to pension Mrs. Julia Henry, widow Of
the late General Guy V. Henry; General
James Longstreet, Mrs Margaret NJ
| Badger, widow of the late Commodore
Badger, and Mrs. Harriet Gridley, widow
of the late Captain Gridley of the navy.
Before the agreement to take UP the
Clark case was reached there was a
spirited controversy over some remarks
made by Mr.. Chandler yesterday, Mr..
Bacon took exception to the fact that
Mr.. Chandler said he had heard it stated
that there was a purpose to sdelay the
consideration of the resolution in order to
prevent the governor of Montana making
an appointment Of senator to succeed
MI Clark in case the seat now occupied
by him should be declared vacant AS
for himself, he could not say what his
own action would be on the Clark reso-
luton. He regarded himself as a Judge
sitting in that case and he would. he
added claim the right to investigate it
Thoroughly before entering Judgment.
Mr.. Chandler said that his remark re-
garding a desire to delay the considera-
ton of the resolution had not been called
out by anything that Mr.. Bacon had said.
ba "a had OIL
Mr.. Stewards threat ''to read in the sem
ate, if Mt given time to read out of it.
the testimony taken by the committee"
Threat" said Mr.. Stewart. Threat
ened to do what?"
Threatened" Mr.. Chandler replied.
that if any attempt was made to rush
the Clark resolution the three volums
would be read for the purpose of delay"
Mr.. Stewart said he had made no such
statement as a threat; but he had said.
and he would repeat that if time was
not given to read the testimony outside
the senate chamber, time would be taken
to read it in the chamber. The case
should be considered deliberately and de-
Gently, and especially in view of the fact |
that much Of the testimony was irrelev-.
ant, it was not unreasonable to ask for \
time for estigation. 81 don't propose
to be siectured," he continued "I don't |
like it, and I particularly don't like If
from the man who has gathered I'D all
sorts of hearsay matter and printed It as |
testim ony."
''Whten the senator attacks me or the
committee over which preside" retort- /
ed Mr. Chandler, ''he will get a lecture |
from me-
To this Mr.. Stewart replied: 'Wen, !
you'll get a lecture from me on the ir- |
relevant sea ndal you've put into the tes /
timony presented here
This closed the incident.
The senate then passed the house bill |
for the amendment of the census law.
The bill was amended so as to provide for
$3.50 additional compensation for super /
visors
The army appropriation bill being taken
up, Mr.. Pettigrew continued his criticisms
Of the treatment of the volunteer SOL
diers in the Philippines. He read a num-
Der of letters from members of the
South Dakota regiment, complaining of
their treatment there. Some of these con-
tanned profane expressions, which fact
caused Mr. Gallinger to enter protest
against their being printed in the rec
ords. Such language should, he said, be
obnoxious to any man occupying a seat
in the senate. To this Mr.. Pettigrew re-
piled that the letters were from men who !
had been consCripted to fight in a cause
in which they did not believe, and placed
in circumstances which were generally
Objectionable. These conditions were he
saidf calculated to make men swear but
While the South Dakotans occasionally
dropped this bad habit, it was still true
that the religious sentiment was as
strognly developed in them as in the SEN
ator from New Hampshire, Mr.. Hawlev
referred to the letters as blasphemous.
and gave notice of his inetntion to move
to have stricken out of the permanent
record a letter from Mr. Pettigrew to the
president which the former had read YES
terday.
Mr. Tillman and Mr.. Pettigrew had a
discussion as to affairs in the Philippines.
Mr. Pettigrew contended that no mere
fragment OF a tribe was opposed to the
United States in the Philippines, but that
the entire population was antagonistic.
Only a small circle of the country around
Manila had been conquered by our forces
and he asserted that a standing army OF
10000 men would be necessary to main
tain order in the island
Mr.. Teller advocated the amendment for
travel pays saying that we could main
tain an army in the Philippines only by
pursuing a liberal policy. Suppose it did
cost 100000 that was mere bagatelle
compared with the entire cost Of the war
Mr.. Teller said he had been assured by
an army officer who had but recently re-
turned from the Philippines that we did
not actually hold district in the island
Of Luzon bigger than the District OF
Columbia. This was no more territory
than was held Z year ago. He did not /
he said. mention this fact as a crimina-
ton against the government on this ac-
count, but, on the other hand. it was
puerile to say that the money due the
troops should be withheld for mere no
uves OF economies.
Mr.. Proctor read extracts from the re-
port OF the adjUtsnt general. explaining
the circumstances under which travel nav
had been allowed 10 some OF the troons
and withheld from others He said thar
no military organization. as such. had
received travel pay from Manila. but thai
such allowance had been made in many
individual cases. The Astor battery was
composed largely. NJ Proctor said. OF
men in the regular army and upon h
whole they had not Jared 50 well as soma
Of the purely volunteer organizations
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