The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-25
FILIPINOS
Are Roasted BY Senator Spoon
or.

WASHINGTON, MAY 24.-The duty Of
the United States towards its island /
possessions as the subject Of heated |
discussion in the senate again today. |
Soon after the senate convened, Mr.. Ba- |
con began extended reply to the |
speech of Mr.. Piatt, delivered yesterday. |
His speech was largely supplemental to
that which ne delivered sever al days ago, |
demanding on investigation of Cuban
financial affairs. Ills resolution, to which
there is little or 40 opposition, under the
rules went to the committee on conting-
ent expenses.
The remainder of the aftelI oon was oc-
cupied by Mr. Spooner in concluding his
speech on the l hlippine question The
debate w uch he eroused took a turn de-
cidedly political. He charged the So
called anti .Imperialists witt creating an
issue when was not legitimate. Many of
his statements were contrON crted by Mr..
Allen and Mi. P,ttigrew, and the con-
troversy at times became almost per-
sonal
Mr.. Bacon saii in his speech his pur-
pose was to ascertain whether these mil
lions had rten expended honestly, econ
omicaIly and properly, even though the
books mi yht balance and might show no
discrepancies. He called attention to the
large expenditures made by the officials
in Cuba for pc, Ulem,' miscellaneous,
Salaries Carriages and equipment and
declared thcS2subjects never had been in
vestigated, aIth3uS hthe post office de-
partment' attention had been directed to
them. He decia7cd that 1.-The most enor-
NOUS salary lists were shown that any
body ever saw.
The civil salar ylist alone for 1899 was
over SO, 900 coo, which he thought was un-
parallele1.
Mr Bacon declared tina: the American
people regardless OF party were deter
mined that the Cu',an scandal should be
sfted to the bottan and he said that the
investigation wCujG not be limited to the
extent suggested by Mr.. Patt in Ms
speech of yesterday
AdvertiEg to the construction OF the
military railroad along tn" Havana mar
Dor, Mr.. Bacon sad he had learned tha'
the road had cost $342, GIL. This, me be-
lieved was an eVoit.tant sum DEMANDING
rigid iny,sug Al ton. He sharply criticised
too. the payment OF Robert P. Porter as
tariff eApert. of $500 a month for five
months besides :3,lOO as expense money
He desired also to direct attention to the
cate had been orsunlzed with capital OF
S5Oo OOO and that Mr.. Porter had gone tC
t,,rone in the intere st Of this syndicate
Inasmuch as the tariff on machinery anC
ac,inrnent of iali ads had been recon
nended to b, reGaced from 40 to 10 pc
cent nv Nj. Tortct he believed that tn
matter required kCen and jealous scru
my. - '"sB' IA aF - ~
In conclusion, MI Bacon sad; L woui'
like. bef re adjouI nment, 20 see acuoi
taken that will u;.ow the nation to re
deem it's pledge ami to leave the lslahu o
Cuba in th1 presence of free and lnue
pendent gov NeTrment'
The res button rfPardng the MoHtaih
senatorial case was postponed UNI
wednesday. the 3Oth inst.
At the instance of Mr. Platt, Connect
cutt. the resolution Of Mr.. Bacon was re
ferred to the c,:' mittee on conungen
expenses.
Mr.. spooner then resumed his speec
ON the Philippine question lie mali
tanned that TIE fac,s had proven that tn
attack upon The United States troops wa
not only made hY Aguinaldo but ma
been premcditated'
Mr. Spooner declc ed that nobody p'
an anti-imnerialist who by ms wore
and actions desi I'D the dsbonor or
country and the making OF campaign mi
terial in a presidential year could nay
SO little Of -ooc fsith as tc make II
brutal ch Ige against the president
the United Sta.es that ne had been r'
snonstble foI th' precipitation OF host
ities."
Gen. OTIS infcr"ed him that the SUI
sestion OF the es'st hshmen' OF neutr
xope or "a frmisliCe In the e'rcumstanc