The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-09
SENATE WANTS
A STATEMENT
Ofthe E;xpenditu ofs5o,-
100000 Defense Fund.
ATTACKED T AN ALLY ;.
Mr.. Pettigrew Thinks We Have Been
Guilty of Gross Treachery.
THE PRITCHARD RESOLUTIONS
Morgan, Of Alabama, Spoke Against It
and Described the Negro Question
in General, Maintaining that
There is II Natural Supe-
r:ority i'll the
Whites.
The PRITCHARD RESOLUTIONS

WASHINGTON, Jan. SIN the Senate
to-day, a resolution offered by Mr.. Allen,
of Nebraska, calling upon each Cabinet
officer for an itemized statement Of the
amount OF the $50,0o9.0oO defence fund
each department expended. was adopted.
\ resolution calling upon the Secretary
Of the Navy for Admiral Dcwey's report,
in which he made the statement that ne
could take Manila at any time offered
by Mr.. Pettigrew, Of South Dakota, was
adopted.
4 resolution offered some time ago, by
AIr. Pcttigrew, calling upon the secretary
of War for information as to an adjourned
interview between General Torres. OF tie
Filipino army, and General Otis. vas
called up.
Mr.. Lodge. OF Massachusetts,, offered
substitute. for the pending resolution
calling upon the President. If not 'ncoln-
patable with public interests, 10 1urh.sn
general information regarding the Filipino
insurrection contained in cii!cial doeu-
mcnts and dispatches.
Mr.. Pcttisrew said he thought Congress
entitled TO all information regarding the
action OF our forces III the Philippines.
ATTACKED AN ALLY.
If we have attacked an ally, said
Mr. Pettigrew, lit is important that the
Representatives OF the people in Congress
should know the facts and at once. l be-
lieve We have attacked an ally l be-
lieve we have been guilty of gross treach-
cry. 1 believe we have gone further i'll
dishonor toward and ally fighting With
us Than any ether nation ever went.
Il do not believe we attacked an ally,
S.t1ts we, .
recognized the Filipino government. They
had no government except the goEec:i-
ment of q dictator, set up by himself 10
impose his authority upon other tribes.
The President has acted thoroughly i'll
conformity to the law. and the facts will
uphold his course These facts am
informed, will be placed in the hands OF
all Senators. They will strengthen the
hands of the administrations.
At Mr.. Pettigrew's request the resoli,-
ton went over till Wednesday.
The resolution heretofore offered by Mr..
Pritchard, of North Carolina, on racial
restrictions on suffrage was modified by
him so as to provide that any State en-
aciment comforting the right to vote Of
those descendant from certain persons or
classes of persons, is in violation of the
18th and 18th amendments OF the con-
stituton. and repugnant to Republican
institutions.
Mr.. Morgan. of Alabama, spoke against
the resolution. He referred to the far
reaching Importance OF the issue on suf-
frage as related to the coming Presiden-
tial and Congressional elections, and said
it was imperative that some course be
adopted which would prevent a repetition
of the Hayes-Tilden controversy. He dis
cuSsed at length the legal aspect of the
14th and 18th amendments as affecting
negro suffrage.
AT 2 o'clock the financial bill became the
regular order, but finally went over until
Thursday.
\ THORN IN THE FLESH.
Mr. Morgan, continuing, described the
negro question in general, maintaining
that there is Il natural supremacy in the
whites and n natural deficiency in the
blacks, morally. socially, and Intellectual
~. To force this lower stratum into a
position Of political equality with the
highest is only 10 clog the progress OF all
in its march toward the highest
planes of human aspirations.
Mr.. Morgan said that no great body of
white people in the world could be eN-
pecied to quietly accept situation SO
distressing and de1noralizns as is created
by negro suffrage in the South. 1t is Il
thorn in the flesh, and will irrtate and
ranklc in the body polite until it is re-
moved from the body polite. He declared
that negro suffrage in Louisiana and
other Southern States had been an I'm
broken line of obstruction TO progress.
Mr. Morgan declared that in many
places in the South, thousands OF negro
votes, in doubtful countless with little
were bought for 81 each.
IF Southern white men," said he. .have
falsiticd election returns they have the
stronger if not better reason that they are
acting upon the same law OF self-defence
that insulted and outraged human nature
resorts to. for the protection of homes
and families. from a race that sets 1T
defiance all moral restraints upon their
brutal desires
NATURE AGAINST II
This evil. he thought, would end only
when the United States had provided a
home for the negro race suited to their
traits He pointed out some Of the efforts
that had been made to force the negro
into political and social equality with
the white man and had failed.
'.Nature is against it. he declared
land the sentiments of the white people
were against it.
In conclusion, Mr.. Morgan said: 1.-The
party has always been a
white mans party, and when the appeal
Of the people of Louisiana and North
Carolina. supported by the Democrats i'll
all the Southern States is made to them,
they. and vast. body OF white men all
,ver the country, Who have not acted with
them in the past, will unite In a demand
that these sovereign States shall not be
Destroyed for taking care of the lives and
happiness of their people = 81
At the conclusion of Mr.. M6rgan's
speech, Mr.. Pritchard gave notice that he
would address the Senate on the resolu-s
lion on January I'D. 53
After protracted discussion of general
pension questions brought out by amend
ments made to the dependent pension ac-
.ount Of June q, 1880 the Senate ad-ll
journed.
Iii the H onse
s=WAsHINGToS..sIc Jan, ss.The House tor
day ord Tered TWO invest legations as re7
suit OF revolutions introduced by Repre-