The age-herald., 1900-02-07
CURRENCY BILL
 AGAIN DISCUSSED Senate Also Takes Up the Phil ippine Question. THE SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT Butler of North Carolina Made an Elah- crate Argument Against the
 Amendment, Claiming it to
 Be Unconstitutional
THE SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT I

Washington, February 6.-Until the finan- cial measure now pending before the sen- ate shall have been disposed of finally it will be considered by the senate every legislative day to the exclusion of all ex- cept purely routine business. This agree ment will have the effect of cutting off all debate on the Philippine question of other matters except by unanimous con- sent of the senate, unless senators choose to discuss other questions in the time they devote to the financial bill
 MT. Caffery, of Louisiana, concluded h.s speech on the Philippine question, holding that the United States ought to restore In the islands the status quo and then confer Independence upon the Filipinos.
 MT. Butler, of North Carolina, discussed at length the proposed amendment to the constitution of North Carolina in answer to speeches delivered by Senators Morgan, McEnery and Money.
 Mi-. Pettus, of Alabama, offered an amendment to the financial bill providing that the bill shall be construed to affect the present legal tender quality of silver dol lars coined by the United States
 To the same bill MT. Chandler proposed an amendment providing that the gold dol lar is 25.S grains and the silver dollar of 412 half grains shall be the unit of value, and that all forms of money issued coined by the United States shall be main- ta.ned at that parity of value; and that the United States notes and treasury notes when presented at the treasury for re- demption shall be redeemed in gold or silver coin of such standard.
 Mr of an amendment to the same bill provid- ing for an urgency fund" of $50, 900 900 in treasury notes.
 Public Building at Selma
 bill was passed authorizing the erection of public building at Selma Ala, at a cost of s10O,OO0.
 MT. Caffery, of Louisiana, then resumed his speech on the Philippine question. He quoted from eminent authorities on the constitutional law in support of his position that the Filipinos by the extension of the constitution over them became citizens of the UnitedsS States.
 MT. Caffery maintained that the United States through Admiral Dewey had re- ceived the Filipino flag.
 What are we going to do with them? Are we to permit for all time a despotic rule of them-a rule that was intolerable to the great men of the past? Can the constitu- tion of the United States embrace within it's holy arms such people-head-hunters and savages-and make them forever citizens of the United States. If they are incapable of reaching our standard of government and civilization, then We ought to get rid of them as soon as we can.
 "Of course there are certain responsibli- ties resting upon us. We must see that peace is restored in the islands, and that 1aat t0 tn1x1 1za1 t1anra When once the status quo is restored, how ever, We should let them go their way and not innoculate our citizenship with the poison of theirs.
 The Suffrage Amendment
 The proposed suffrage amendment to the constitution of North Carolina was made the text of an elaborate speech by MT. But Ter, of North Carolina, who made a legal argument against the proposed amendment maintaining that it was clearly unconstitu- tional. He said the section attempting to instruc the court how to construe the amendment will not fool the voters of the state in supporting such a dangerous scheme.
 The voters of North Carolina are intelli- gent enough to know that there is grave, if not certain, danger to 0,000 white voters in this amendment. These 6O,OO0 illiterate white voters are intelligent enough to know that when once disfranchised they would have no vote to help change the Amendment and help wipe out the wrong. They know that the average politician only fears the people so long as they have vote.
 This whole scheme is not only fraught with danger, but it is unnecessary. It puts the south in a false and unenviable position to attempt to deal with suffrage in this manner"
 An agreement was reached that from the present time until after the final vote on the financial bill that the measure be taken up each day after routine morning business to the exclusion of everything else. MT Foraker gave notice as soon as the financial bill was disposed of that he would ask the senate to take up the bill providing a civil government for Puerto Rico.
 Mir. Cullum expressed the hope that this notice would not interfere with the con. sideration of the measure providing civll government for Hawaii.
 The conference report on the urgent de- ficiency bill was agreed to, thus passing the measure.
 BOYLE RELEASED