St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-01-17
Senator Ross Views on the Philip
pines.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

deRt-ResigmRtiOn of DIR. Whitman
lily Experiment at the White HOus
ate Washingten's Mystery.
=. From our regular correspondent
of Admiral Dewey has recently be,
ho the recipient of beautiful silver 10
ma ing cup, made from 10000 dimes ar
nc Senator Chauncey Depew made Il
a. presentation address at his Rhot
q Island house, in the presence of tt
y. distinguished committee, He sal
"a this token of esteem is different froi
&c other gifts, coming from women an
6. children, the latter largely, and a
70 "the Admiral nor the cup were il
g politics, there could be no reason TO
. the charge that the Admiral was il
favor of silver" The Admiral ex
j, pressed his thanks in delicious term,
and they drank to his health in the
future.
, Senator Frye has introduced a
Joint resolution into the Senate that
the Society of the D. A. R. NAV put
up a Memorial Hall on Reservation
Is, between 18th and 10th streets.
N. W., and also that one woman
commissioner be appointed to repre-.
sent them at the Paris Exposition
at the unwilling of the statue of Gen.
Lafayette.
1t is not usually customary for the
new and younger members of the
Senate to take a prominent part
upon their advent to that BODY.
hence the announcement of an ad.
dress by the youthful Republican SEN
ator Beveridge, the successor of Sen.
ator Turpie, Democrat, of Indiana,
attracted much attention, especially
as he has recently returned from a |
visit to the Philippine Islands.
Throngs crowded the Senate and the
halls outside in order to hear him.
Some ladies after standing one hour,
were rewarded by gaining admission.
He is earnest and eloquent. Like
many Others, he regards the Filipinos
as children not capable of self
government and he felt that the
policy of the United States govern.
ment should be to crush out all insur-
rection and wage war for humanitv's
sake until all submitted to our flag.
he believes in the retention of the
Islands. Senator Hoar, who is also
Yery honest and sincere in his belief
% the contrary, brought out his
news and reasons for them. He :
links that we should treat them as =,
We intend to do with Cuba; he would
lot deprive them of liberties but
would gradually allow them ito
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ONE supervision or inspection, until y
hey can maintain their government
eacefully and then make a treaty "
nth them, lending them our aid to ="
laintain order and law" "
1t would be impossible to do JUS "
zee to the many able and touching
ibutes paid to the late Vice Presi- W
1t in the Senate, by both Republic =,
IS and Democrats. Among them
ere Senators Sewell of New York. 81
aniels of Virginia, Davis of Mime. ~
ia, Morgan of Alabama, Lodge of ~
massachusetts,, Godfrey of Louisiana. ~ ~
'ckrell of Missouri, Keene of New -
rsey, Allen of Nebraska, and Chand. ",
OF New Hampshire; but the one -
nlch brought out the large attend p
&c was Senator Depew, who was -
make his first address in the WV
TIED States Senate. There was a r"
Road of the Vice Presidents friends L
d of Depew's, who came over from >"'
w York to hear him and attend "a
brilliant wedding of the daughter N
Gen, Nelson A. Miles, which occur. '''
Lon the same day. Every word of ,
pew's able address could be dis
city heard in all parts of the
use; even the tender and most q
mpathetlc passages, of his finely ~,
'dulated tones of voice, which +ro
r'IIed one with his oratory. SEN inc
or Chandler of New Hampshire Gce
the joint congressional committee 49,,
S been appointed to make the as u,h
for the reception of the nn;
ltue OF Daniel Webster to the gov. e.
lment on Jan. Is at the LAFAYETTE 49,
era House. Secretary Long has has
IN appointed to receive it. ~,
resolution has been introduced r.,
o the House of Congress that Eve ~;
mbers, ex-union soldiers, exam s+o
the Pension Bureau, to ascertain oL,
here is just trea tment made to the -
dlers. Librarian Putnam of the O.
ngressional Library, favors using 80
nj II