Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-09
s6th CONGRESS.
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l believe we have been guilty or gross
treachery. | believe we have gone
further i'm dishonor toward an ally
fighting with us than any other nation
ever went" said Pettigrew.
Stewart thought this was past the
time for a discussion of how the insur-
rection began. 1T has begun, said he.
.It is now my country's cause and |
do not propose to admit 1t is wicked
cause"
Lodge said he could not even by silence
admit that the statements OF Pettigrew
were accurate. II do not believe we at
tackled an ally" said he. II am sure We
never recognized the Filipino govern
ment. They had no government except
the government of a dictator set up bY
himself to impose his authority upon
other tribes. The President has acted
throughout in conformity to the laws ana
the facts will uphold his course. Inese
facts | am in favor of having placed IN
the hands of all senators. They VIII
strengthen the hands of the admlnistra-
ton ,.
AT Pettigrew's request the resolution
went over.
Pritchard \. G.. concerning racial r.
strictions in suffrage, was modified by
himself as to provide that any state
enactment combining the right TO vote 10
those descendant from certain persons OF
classes OF persons is in violation OF NE
18th and 18th amendments to the constr
tuition and repugnant to republican lnsti-
tutions ,.
He referred to the far-reaching import
ance of the issue on suffrage as related 10
the coming Presidential and Congress
sional election. and sald II was iinpssit a,
tive that some course be adopted Whlcn
would prevent a repetition OF the Hayes
Tllden controversy.
At 2 o'clock the financial Dill became
the regular order. and Aldrlcn SAID ne
hoped some general understanding could
be reached as to the disposition of the
bill Jones. Ark. replied that there was
no disposition on the Democratic SIDE 10
delay the bill. Aldrich thereupon asked
that the bill go over for the day. Stew
art gave notice that he would speak
Thursday. on the bill
Morgan discussed the negro question in
general, maintaining that there Is nat
ural supremacy in the whites ana nat
ural deficiency in the blacks. morally, So
cially and intellectually. To force TINS
lower stratum into a position OF political
equality with the highest is only TO clog
progress Of all mankind in lts marcn 70
ward the highest planes of human aspira-
lions. Morgan declared that negro SUI
frage in Louisiana and other southern
states had been an unbroken me OF Cd
struction to progress
IF Southern white men, said he,
have falsified election returns. they nave
the stronger il not better reason that
self-defence that inSulted and outraged
human nature resorts TO. for the protec-
ton of homes and families, from race
that sets at defiance all moral restraints
upon It's brutal desires.
This evil. he thought. would end only
when the United States had provided
home for the negro race suited 70 their
traits.
In conclusion. Morgan said: The Dem
ocratic party has always been white
mans party. and when the appeal OF the
n N
supported by Democrats in all the South
ern states. is made to them. they and
vast body of white men all over the coun-
try who have not acted with them in the
past will unite in demand that these
sovereign states shall not be destroyed
for taking care of the lives and happiness
of their people.
At the conclusion Of MOrgan's speech.
Pritchard gave notice that he would adj
dress the Senate on the resolution
Jan. p.
act Of June y. 1890. was called up and
explained by GIlinger. y. H. The two
amendments proposed by the bill wtrr
that widows who have an income OF >-5o
in excess of daily wages should be PEN
sionablc under the act. ana authorizing
the commissioner of pensions t. assrr-
gate the disabilities Of an applicant in
liking his reasonable status.
Teller Col. said he was not appalled, by
the fact that sl40,ooo.0o0 annually was paid
by the government to pensioners: II
was certain that more men We're off the
pension rolls who ought to be on, than
were on and ought to be off No political
party, he thought, could afford 70 hySi-
tate to do ample justice 10 those who had
fought tor the country.
The bill was amended SO as to provide
that in case the widow should have rs
instead Of an income from winch
$3.50 a year is derived or deriv9ble' she
should be pensionahle. and further that
the bill does not apply TO widows VINO
have married former soldiers since Jun
"a 1890.
The bill as amended was passed.
4 bill was also passed providing that 4
widows pension shall commtnr" with the
application and not with the date Of
soldiers death; and constituting a section
of the dependent pension act.
At 3 30 l.. NJ. the Senate went into cN
ecutive session and ut o'clock adjourned
until tomorrow.