Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-09
(By Telegraph to Yirginian-puot,

(By Telegraph to Virginian-Pnot)
Washington, Jan. SIN the Senate
to-day a resolution offered by Mr.. AL
len (NebraslSa). calling upon each Cab
met officer for an itemized statement
OF the amount of the $50, oOo, 900 defence
fund each department expended was
adopted.
resolution calling upon the Secrc-
tary of the Navy for Admiral Dewey'e
report. in which he made the state
ment that he could take Manila at
any time. offered by Mr. Pettigrcw
(South Dakota). was adopted.
ANOTHER INQUIRY.
A resolution offered some time ago
by Mr.. Pettigrew, calling upon the
Secretary OF War for informal as to
an alleged interview between General
Torres. Of the Filipino army, and Gen
eral Otis, was called up. Mr. Lodge
(Massachusetts) offered a substitute
for the pending resolution. calling up
on the President. il not incompatible
with public interests, to furnish general
information regarding the Philippine
instruction contained in official docu-
ments and dispatches.
HAVE WE ATTACKED AN ALLY
Mr.. Pettigrew said he thought Con-
gress was entitled to all Information
regarding the action Of our forces in
the Philippines. "If we have attacked
an ally" said Mr.. Pettlgrew, cit Is i'm
portant that the representatives of the
people In Congress should know the
Facts and at once. believe we have
attacked an ally. I believe we have
been guilty of gross treachery. 1 be-
lieve We have gone further in dishonor
toward an ally fighting with us than
any other nation ever went"
Il do not believe we attacked an al
ly," replied Mr.. Lodge. "I am sure we
never recognized the Filipino govern
ment. They had no government except
the government of q dictator set up
by himself to impose his authority upon
other tribes. The President has acted
throughout in conformity to the law,
and the facts will uphold his course.
These facts I aminfaNnr- OF having
placed In the hands OF all Senator's
They will strengthen the hands of the
administration"
At Mr.. Pettigrew's request the res
olution went over until Wednesday.
RACIAL RESTRICTIONS.
The resolution heretofore offered by
Mr.. Prtchard, OF North Carolina. con-
corning racial restrictions on suffrage,
was modified by him so as to provide
that any State enactment comforting
the right to vote OF those descendant
from certain persons, or classes of per-
sons, is in violation of the 18th and
18th amendments to the constitution.
and repugnant to Republican institu-
tons.
ATTACKED By MIR MORGAN.
Mr.. Morgan (Alebama) spoke against
the resolution. He referred to the far
reaching Importance OF the issues on
suffrage as related to the coming presi-
Dental and congressional elections.
and said 1t was Imperative that some
course he adopted which would prevent
repetition OF the Hayes-Tilden con-
troversy. He discussed at length the le-
gal aspect of the nth and 18th amend
ments as affecting negro suffrage.
4 THORN IN THE FLESH.
Mr.. Morgan. continuing, discussed the
negro question In general, maintaining
that there is q natural supremacy in
the whites and a natural deficiency In
the blacks. morally. socially and intel
lcctually To force this lower stratum
into n position of political equality with
the highest would clog the progress of
all mankind In Its march toward the
highest planes of human aspirations.
Mr. Morgan said that no great body OF
white people in the world could be ex-
pected to quietly accept situation SO
distressing and demoraliZing as is
created by negro suffrage in the South.
1t is thorn in the flesh and will irri-
tate and rankle in the body polite un-
til 1t is removed from the body polite.
He declared that negro suffrage in
Louisiana and other Southern States
had been an unbroken line of obstruc-
ton to progress.
LAW OF SELF-DEFENCE.
Mr. Morgan declared that in many
places in the South thousands of negro
voters, in doubtful counties. with little
concealment. were bought for 81 each
.If Southern white men," said he
have falsified election returns, they
have the stronger, IL not better, reason
that they are acting upon the same law
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