Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-06
New Section to Currency Bill Re-
ported to the Senate.
DEFER TO INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT
Amendments Proposed by Messrs.
Pettus, Chandler and Jones.
THE PHILIPPINES DISCUSSED

In the Senate today Mr.. Aldrich, chair
man of the finance committee. offered an
amendment to the pending financial bill
providing that nothing in the bill shall in
terfere with efforts to, secure International
bimetalism with the concurrence of the
leading nations of the world
Mr.. Pettus tAla.) offered an amendment
to the financial bill providing that the bill
shall notsbe construed to affect the present
legal tender quality of silver dollars coined
by the United States
10 the same bill Mr. Chandler proposed
an amendment providing that the gold
dollar of 25.s grains and the silver dollar
OF 4l2s grains shall be the unit of value
and that all forms of money issued or
coined by the United States shall be main
talnea 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 sill
yer coin OF such standard.
Mr. Jones of Arkansas introduced an
amendment directing the Secretary Of the
treasury to constantly keep on hand an
emergency fund amounting to $4,000 O(.0
or United States treasury notes, which NAV
De issued to any citizen of the United States
AZ discount OF 10 per cent in exchange FOR
onted states bonds, the bonds to be held
Tor not to exceed a year, and the holder to
pay per cent interest.
Joint resolution authorizing the Presi-
cent to appoint one woman commissioner
TO represent the United States and the Ma
tional Society Of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution at the unwilling of
the statue of Lafayette at the exposition
at Paris was passed.
Bills were passed as follows: To author-
lie the construction of a bridge across the
Red River of the North at Drayton, N. D.:
and to erect a public building at Selma,
Ala, at a cost of 100000
Mr. Caffery then resumed his speech on
the Philippine question.
Mr.. Canery quoted from eminent author
ities on the constitutional law in support of
ms position that the Fflipinos. by the ex-
came citizens of the United States. He then
said: You have America Adorn it. Let
US not encircie the brow of Columbia with
a bloody wrath. Let us encircle with roses
the brow of the Goddess of Liberty
Referring. later to Mr.. Hoar, he said. 81
am glad that Massachusetts has on this
moor a worthy successor of Webster and
sumner. and that he stands forth as the
guardian or constitutional right and consti-
tGtional law
Mr.: Caffery, discussing the situation in
me philippines at the beginning of hos
tilties with the insurgents maintained that
I ne United States, through Admiral Dewey
mad recogniz I'd the Filipino flag.
what are we going to do with them?
Are we to permit for all time despctic
RUE or theT-a rule that, was intolerabIe
N-d
Constitution of the United States embrace
within Its holy arms such people-head
hunters and savages-and make them for
ever citizens of the United States? If thew
are incapable of reaching our standard of
government and civilization, then We ought
10 get rid of them soon as we can [ do
not want them and the American people do
not want them
"Of course, there are certain resnonsj
bIltles resting upon us. We must see that
peace Is restored in the Islands and that
some government is established there.
When once the status quo is restored, how
ever, we should let them go their way and
not lnoculate our citizenship with the poi
son of theirs
At the conclusion of Mr. Caffery's speech
a Din increasing the limit of cost Of the
PUBLIC building at Salt Lake City $500, 600
was passed.
MIR. Butler on Southern Suffrage.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Caffery's speech
Mr. Butler On. c. spoke on the proposed
suffrage amendment to the North Carolina
constitution