The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-02-07
In CONGRESS-.


WASHINGTON, jan. 30.-For more
Il an three hours today Mr.. Bacon of
Georgia talked on the Philippine
question. He maintained that the
United Safes owed as much to the
Fiipinos as it does to he Cubans, to
whom by resolution of Congress, self
government had been promised and he
strongly urged that his resolution de-
claring it to be the int ntion of this
government to confer the right of gov
eminent upon the FIlipinos be
adopted.
Among the pension bills passed by
he Sera,e was one for $50 per month
to Annie E. Brumby, mo.her of the
late Liz tenant Brumhy.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3l.-Great ex-
cite ment exists in the Senate to-day
over Pettigre~'s renewed tempt to
get Aguinald rs paper on the Philip
pine situation into the Record. A
point Of order was made against it ard
sustained. In the debate Gen. Hawley
declared if Peltigrew read The paper he
would obj ct to it as treason.
WASHINGTON, Feb. IAN unex-
pec'e discussion arose in the Senate
to day, which rapidly changed from
calm and dignlied ujteranccs to pas
eionate, bitter determinations.
Mr.. Pcttigrew sought to have read
( resolution embodying a document writ
ten by Emilio AgUinaldo upon the Fill
Pine iusurr ction and containing bis
version of The alleged recognition Of the
Filipino republic by Admiral Dewey.
Senator Lodge pro es ed against
printing the document in any form and
II ad letter from Admiral Dewey in
"hich that portion of Agu; naldo's
| statement relating to the Admiral was
denounced as "a issue of falsehoods."
Mr.. Lodge preferred to accept Dew
ey's word to that of Aguinaldo and
was salif fed the American people
would Flso.
Mr., Pet'igrew declared that Admiral
Dewey had recognized the Filipino
republic, aud, although afforded an OPP.
por;uniiy heretofore to dspy Aguin.
aldo's statements, had not done 50. In
moment half a dozen Senators were
on their feet. Mr.. Hawley, the veneer
able Senator from Connecticut, de.
nounced Mr.. Pettigrt WIS action as
treason. Ia rapid succession Senator
Pettigrew was made the target of
singing Arrangements by Senators
Spooner, Hawley, Sewell aud Calling, r.
That the feeling was at pitch SELDOM
noted in the Senate was evidenced by
the psle faces Of the men who spoke.
WASHINGTON, Feb. LIN the Ser
ate Allen of Nebraska, attacked Secre-
tary Gage for his transactions with the
Na,ional City Bank of New York.
"You may underta TO bully this
! ot1E lat do - (.
you cannot laugh it down and you will
not be able to persuade the Anne rcan
pr ople that there was not undue init
macy between the treasury and the
National City Bank"
Mr. Daniel, DEM, of Virginia, spoke
on the pending financial measure. He
opposed the proposition that the coun-
try should go 10 the gold standard.
In the House, Represe NATIVE Joseph
Slbley of Penn sylvania. Democrat, who
attained great prominence in the Fifty
fourth Congress by bis earn est cham
pionship of free silver, assailed his
Democratic colleagues for their oppo-
sition to expansion. His speech made
the floor and galleries roar. Mr.. Slb-
ley has recanted his views on free sill
yer and is now generally out of line
with his colleagues on the Democratic
side. He insisted today that expansion
was an original Democratic measure,
promulgated by Jefferson and adhered
to by Madison, Jackson, Tyler, Polk
and Buchanan. He pictured the des-
tiny of the United States carrying the
arts of peace and the story of the cross
to the remotest corners of the globe.
Mr.. Slbey received an impressive dem
onstration when he closed.