The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-17
SO SAYS SENATOR VEST, REFER.
RING TO DISCUSSION OF PHIL
IPPINE QUESTION
FACTS CONFRONT THE SENATE
THEY MUST BE MET AND DISPOSED
OF, BUT NOT IN IDLE, USE
LESS DISCUSSION
MR.. VEST GROWS ELOQUENT

Asserts the Right of Senator's to
mtnistration Of the Affairs of the
Country Without Being Branded
oIutfon TabIed-Currency Bill UP.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The senate is
still in the throes of discussion of the
Philippine question, and apparently there
is no near approach to a deliverance upon
the subject. Mr.. Vest (Mo) today voiced
the opinion of many senators when he
said that such discussion as was now in
progress was of no consequence, as the
country was confronted by state of
facts that could not be changed by talk.
Mr.. Pettigrew's resolution Of inquiry
and Mr. Lodges substitute for it were
laid on the table today, and Mr.. Hoar's
general resolution of inquiry as to the
facts in the Philippines was taken up
A motion Of Mr.. Pettigrew to amend 1t
so as to call for the presidents first in
structions to the Paris peace commission
ers led to a prolonged debate. After the
senate had considered the matter be-
hind closed doors, the amendment was re-
jected, Al 10 20.
The debate was commenced today by
Mr.. Vest. who made a strong speech In
opposition to the assumption in some
quarters that every man who does not
agree with the policy Of the administra-
ton is a traitor to his country. Mr.. Vest
threw into his utterances all the nervous
force and energy and the accomplished
oratorical ability for which he is famed,
and commanded the attention of the SEN
ate throughout.
Mr. Pettigrew offered a resolution,
which went over calling upon the Sec
retary of war for an itemized statement
of the expenses of our occupation of
Cuba since the close of the war and the
salaries of all officials.
Mr.. Culberson (Tex) withdrew as
! member Of the census committee, and Mr..
Cockrell presented an order making the
following additions to the standing COM
mittees of the senate: Census, Mr. Tai.
iaferro; civil service, Mr.. Turley, Mr..
! Heitfeld and Mr.. Culberson; irrigation,
| Mr. Chiffon and Mr.. Allen; education and
labor Mr.. Daniel; fisheries, Mr.. Kenny;
mines and mining, Mr.. Butler; patents,
| Mr.. Heitfeld; transportation routes to the
seaboard, Mr.. McLaurin; Potomac river
front Mr.. Bacon; national quarantine,
| Mr.. Culberson.
The resolution OF Mr.. Pettigrew calling
for information regarding the conduct OF
the war in the Philippines was laid be-
fore the senate and the resolution in
| ~, -
4 with an amendment offered by Mr..
Lodge 1t was about to be passed when
Mr.. Pettigrew offered an amendment cali
ing for information as to all the in>
| structions which the president had given
the commissioners who had negotiated
the treaty of Paris together with the cor
respondence that had passed between the
president and the commissioners.
MR.. DAVIS OBJECTS.
Mr. Davis, chairman Of the foreign re-
-lations committee, and one OF the COM
missioners, made the point of order
against the amendment that it was ex-
ecutive business.
President pro Tenn. Frye, who was him
self one of the commissioners, overruled
the point because he said 1t was within
the discretion of the president whether
he should send the information to the
senate or not.
Then said Mr.. Davis, with much
feeling, Il desire to protest, in the strong
est possible manner, to public discus
sion of this amendment. 1 may say thai
nothing passed between the president
and the commissioners to which should
raise objection to publication, but there
are matters which ought not to be made
public at this time
On his motion the senate went int;
execlIIiva session Ten ,YofnlItea LATER thf
doors were opened, and Mr. Davis moved
that the amendment offered by Mr.
Pettigrew be laid on the table. The me
ton was carried, Al to 20. Following Il
the vote in detail:
Yeas-Aldrich Allison, Baker. Burrows
Carter, Chandler, Cullom, Davis, Depew
Fairbanks, Foster, Frye. Galhnger, Hale
Hansbrough, Hawley, Kean, Kyle. Lind
say, Lodge, Mcbride. McLanrin, McMil
Ian, Nelson, BS, p Perkins Pe5tuss Plat Plat
tor, Quarles. Ross, Scott, sewell, shour
Simon, Spooner, Stewart, Thurston, Wet
more. Wolcott-4l.
Nays-Bacon, Berry, Butler, Caffery
Chiffon, Clay, Cockrell, Culberson, Heit
field, Hoar, Jones (Ark), Martin, Money
Pettigrew, Taliaferro, Teller, Tillmar
Turley, Vest, -Wellington-20 -
After the announcement of the vote
Mr.. Teller (Col) explained that he ha
voted against the motion because tn
president had power to send any commu
nication to the senate in secret and be
cause he believed that all attempts t
keep from the public information of tn
, kind asked for by the resolution was like
ly to create suspicion.
, Mr.. Hoar regarded the action Of tn
majority as a most remarkable proceed
ing
Mr.. Spooner CWis) said: 'The presi
dent has been perfectly frank with u
, on this matter, and all of US know jus
what was done in respect to the Pari
treaty"
Mr. Hale CMe.) followed with brie
) statement, in which he said: 'The resul
, of the negotiations of the Paris treat
was, to my mind, calamitous.
MR.. VESTS ELOQUENCE.
The debate on the resolution was cor
+ cluded by an earnest but brief speec
by Mr. Vest Oen., MOI. He regarde
1t as very unfortunate that nothing coul
l. be said by the opponents of the admin.
: tration's policy in the Philippines withor
calling forth an imputation Of imprope
: motives
v 1.-THE friends of the president" said M
Vest, land I am not his enemy, assun
! that any remarks made about the Par
treaty or it's negotiation is an attack upo
the administration. This is an unWal
ranted assumption. On his Western tot
the president said the whole archipelag
e had fallen like a ripe apple into our la
and we were bound to meet our new dl
r ties as they were presented to us. Wei
: we to leave them, or were we, as tt
e junior senator from Indiana (Mr. Be-
: eridge) so eloquently told us the otht
day, truAtees under God to hold them {