The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-07
WILL GIVE 1T RIGHT OF WAY
FINANCIAL MEASURE MUST FIRST
BE DISPOSED of.

Senate Has Concluded to Hurry That
Bill ThrOugh-SOme Important
Amendments offered for the Pro-
lection of Silver-Caffery Says
American People Do Not Want the
PhiIippines-That North Carolina
Amendment.
Washington, Feb. 6.-Until the financial
measure now pending before the Senate
shall have been disposed of finally, it vial
be considered by the Senate every legisla-
tive day to the exclusion of all except
purely routine business.
This agreement will have the effect of
cutting off adj debate on the Philippine
question or other matters except by unan-
imous consent of the Senate, unless sem
ators choose to discuss other questions in
the time they devote to the financial bill
Mr.. Aldrich chairman of the Finance
Committee, offered an amendment to the
pending financial bin providing that moth
ing in the bill shall interfere with efforts
to secure international bimetallism with
the concurrence of the leading nations of
the world.
Mr.. Pettus of Alabama offered another
amendment providing that the bill shall
not be construed to affect the present le-
gal tender quality of silver dollars coined
by the United States.
Both Gold and silver.
To the same bill Mr.. Chandler proposed
an amendment providing that the gold
dollar of 258 grains and the silver dol
lar of 4l212 grains shall be the unit or
value and that all forms of money issued
or coined by the United States shall be
maintained at that parity of value; and
that the United States notes and treasury
notes when presented to the treasury for
redemption shall be redeemed in g5ld or
silver coin of such standard.
Mr.. Jones of Arkansas also gave notice
of an amendment to the same bill pro-
viding for an emergency fund" of $780,
600 900 in treasury notes.
A Joint resolution authorizing the Pres
ident to appoint one woman commission
er to represent the United States and the
National Society of the Daughters of the
American Revolution at the unwilling Of
the statue of Lafayette at the exposition
at Paris, was passed.
A bill was passed to erect public build
ing at Selma, Ala, at cost of 100000.
CaiFery on Philippines.
Mr.. Caffery of Louisiana then resumed
his speech on the Philippine question.
Can the constitution of the United
States" he asked, embrace within its
holy arms such people-head hunters and
of the United States? The American peo-
pie do not want them.
"Of course there are certain response
bilities 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,
however, we should let them go their way
and not inocuate our citizenship with the
poison of theirs.
North Carolina Amendment.
Mr.. Butler of North Carolina replied 20
speeches of Messrs. Morgan, McEnery
and Money on the proposed amendments to
the constitution of North Carolina. He
maintained that the proposed amendment
was clearly unconstitutional.
In conclusion, he said:
The section attempting to instruct the
court how to construe the amendment will
not fool the voters of the state into sup
porting such dangerous scheme. The
voters of North Carolina are intelligent
enough to know that there is not only
grave If not certain danger, to 60 900 white
voters in this amendment, but they also
know that If this amendment were adopt
ed and section eliminated, no power I'M
der heaven could restore to those voters
their ballot except by again amending the
constitution. These $1,000 ilHterate white
voters are intelligent enough to know that
when once DISTINGUISHED they would have
no vote to help change the amendment
and help wipe out the wrong. They
know that the average politician only
fears the people 50 long as they have
vote.
This whole scheme is not only fraught
with danger, but 1t Is unnecessary. 1T
puts the South in a false and unenviable
position to attempt to deal with suffrage
in this uncandd manner"
Agreement ON Financial Bill.
An agreement was reached that from
the present time until after the final vote
on the financial bill, that measure DE
taken up each day after routine morning
business to the exclusion of everything
else.
MIR Foraker gave notice that as soon
as the financial bill was disposed of he
would ask the Senate to take up the bill
providing a civil government for Porto
Rico
Mr. Cullom expressed the hope that this
notice would not interfere with the con-
sideration Of the measure providing a
government for Hawaii
Mr. Shoup of Idaho announced the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections would
press the consideration OF the case of