The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-02-22
|UVHY DAY N CONGRESS.
Senator MeEnery Discusses the
Philippine Question, Depreeating
Acquisition Of the Islands.
THEIR PRODUCTS WOULD HURT SOUTH.
Cotton and Rice from Lssop. Be ArsseS.
Would Come In Csmpestttos with sad
1njsre Industries Of the Csited states
House Witnesses . Lively Tiit Over
the Civil service Las.

Washington. Feb. 17.-Witiiont the
usual invocation th. senate began it's
session Friday. IL was decided that
when the senate adjourned II be until
Monday next. Mr.. Bacon's resolution
declaring the policy Of the Cnited
States toward the Philippine islands
was laid before the senate AMI Mr..
McEnery tdem. Ia.D addressed the
serate thereon. Mr.. McED.ry said
the question presented Ia congress
was a difficult one and time alone
could solve IL. The Filipinos. d" said.
had no conception of liberty guided
by law. Order established onr day
on the islands would bc succeeded the
next by disorder and anarchy. lie
deprecated the acquisition Of lands
whose productions in the very nature
Of things were similar to mary ar
ticles produced in parts Of this cotn-
try. On these fields of Lulon. d, said.
cotton and rice as fine as grown in
any part OF the south could bc pro-
duccd. These products would bc
brought 10 this country in conpcii-
ton with those grown here. The
growth OF cotton in Lulon by the
cheap and degraded labor 90 be had
there, would interfere with the rstab-
lishmcnt of cotton mills in the south
and New England. lie declared IL
would have been well IL admiral
Dewey had sailed away from Manila
after his famous victory. and left the
filipinos and sp1Diaris TO fight ont
their differences.
Mr.. McEnery said the sums We are
cxpeBding in the Philippines would
easily reclaim the arid Iands Of the
west and the now useless lands of the
Mississippi valley. lie opposed ex-
pansion and said he believed that God
will solve the problem by destroying
the inferior races. lie thought. how
ever. the government should establish
It's authority there before withdraw
ing. McEnery complimcnied the ef-
forts of the president 60 establish
civil government on the island.
The senate agreed 10 the conference
asked for by the house on iic hnan-
cial bill and Senators ilricb. Allison
and Jones (irk.) were appointed as
lhfa W. wv hs,''s
At the opening of the session of the
house Mr.. Bennett. the secretary of
The senate. announced 10 the house
the passage Of the currency bill Icy the.
senate. Mr.. Oyerstreet Und.D. who
had charge Of the house bill. asked
unanimous consent that the senate
amendments bc disagreed To and that
ia. house agree 10 conference.
| There was no objection and il aIs ~
| ordered.
When the provision of the dip!o-
matte and consular bill relating Ia the
civil service commission WIS reached.
Mr.. Prarrc (rrp. Md announced his
unequi,ocai opposition 10 III. law and
reiterated the charg. made several
days ago. that the departments were
| full of inromprt.nts. \ lively tilt fol
| lowed between P.arre aud Fitzgerald
,dcm. Mnss.D. ia. latter defending ia"
law. Mr.. Fitzgerald said hr knew ~"
law was not lived up To her" in Wash
| ingion and other sections of the coun-
try. II had b""n grossly violated dur.
ing the last campaign in Ohio. u"
| said. when federal ofiicehOld"rs all
over the country were appealed "a
Tor funds for that campaign.
The speaker appointed oT"rs'r"r'
lind). Erosius n'a,D and Cox ldcm
T.nn.) confcrees ON the currency bill