Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08
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washington. Jan. Ex-senator Mason
or Illinois arose yesterday soon after
the senate convened to a question of
privilege and sharply attacked the
BRUSH vice consul at New Orleans
Decause OF an interview in which the
vice consul had assailed Mr.. Mason
Tor the position he had taken i'm behalf
or the T~ransvaal republic in it's war
WIN Great Britain. Mr.. Mason at.
tacked not only the consul but the
pohcy Of Great Britain in levying war
upon an inferior nation. Mr.. Hoar of
massachusetts thought the consul's
purported remarks co serious that il
ought TO be investigated by the govern
hneht but at the same time he depre.
Gated any attack upon Great Britain
-. with the people with which the
american people ought not only to live
IN peace, out as loving and devoted
Iriehds. Mr.. Lodge of Massachusetts
SHARPLY arraigned the British consul
10 MS utteranc3s against a United
states senator, and believed 1t ought
not lightly to be passed.
MI Iillman of South Carolina deliv.
r n fCrceful and quite c~haracteris-
TIC speech on the Philippine question
In which he maintained that this gov
eminent ought to extend to the Philip
pines the right to govern themselves.
h United States guarding them
against the aggression Of other ma
tons.
no late, in executive session YES
IerGay' directed. by a vote OF 81 to SO,
not 10 reconsider the vote by which the
oalI a treaty was ratified, and then
removed the injunction of secrecy from
the vote.
The House.
The bill for the reorganization ana
Improvement of the weather bureau.
which includes provisions for pension.
Ing disabled and aged employees. re-
ceived attention in the house. The bin
was bitterly fought by the opponents
or CIVIL service rules on account OF the
life tenure provisions 1t contained, and
IL was Sldetracked on a test vote of 81
to 73. Although the speaker ruled that
1t remained unfinished business when
h house was again in committee Of
the whole. the opponents of the meas
ure believe the action yesterday kills
1t. The earlier part of the day was
devoted to a lively scrimmage over the
SulAer resolution to investigate Secre-
tary Gage, which the committee on
rules said should be sent to the ways
and lean committee, as that latter
committee has the response Of the Sec
rotary in its possession. There was no
opposition to the proposed action, but
Mr.. Richardson Of Tennessee and Mr..
Sulzer Of New York used Il as a text
for renewing their attacks upon the
secretary. Mr.. Gage was defended by
Mr.. Hopkins OF Illinois, Mr.. Hill Of
Connecticut and Mr.. Dalzell Of Penn
sylvania.
A bill to require pilots and officials OF
steam vessels TO make oath of their
applications for license was passed.
Washington. Jan. 31.-For more than
three hours yesterday Mr.. Bacon of
Georgia occupied the attention Of the
senate with Il discussion Of the Philip
pine question. His argument. which
had for its basis his own resolution de-
claratory of the governments policy
toward the Philippines, was listened
to carefully by his fellow senators and
by a large gallery. He maintained
that the United States owed as much
to the Fillpinos as it does to the Gu
bans, TO whom. by resolution of con-
gress, self~government had been prom
ised. and he strongly urged that his
resolutions declaring it to be the inten-
ton of this government to grant the
right of self government upon the Fill
ipinos, be adopted, not only as a NEAR
Of terminating the war, but for extend
ing to n struggling people justice n
freedom.
The House.
The bCuse was in session n little over
one hour yesterday and only business
of minor Importance was transacted.
Washington, Feb. debate In the
senate. ordinarily calm and dignlfied.
burst yesterday into passionate n
hitter rccrininations. Senators hurled
d~enurciation at one another until the
auditors quivered with eXcgitement.
The debate grew out Of a phase OF the
Philippine question, and no scene has
been witnessed since the bringing in OF
the war resolutions In the last con-
gress which, in sensational features,
compared with that Of yesterday. Mr.
Pettigrew, who has precipitated nearly
all of the debate upon the Philippine
question during the present session.,
sought to have read n resolution EN-
bodylng "A document written by Emilio
Aguinaldo upon the Filipino insurres-
ton and containing his version of the
alleged recognition of the Filipino re-
public by Admiral Dewey. Senator
lodge of Massachusetts, protested
against publishing the document In
any form. and read a letter from Ad.
miraI Dewey In which the portion OF
Aguinaldo's statement relating to Ad-
miraI Dewey was stamped as false:
Mr.. Lodge said he preferred Admiral