The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-01-12
PLEA.
The Senator Declares That We At
tackled Our Allies, the Filipinos.
THE RACE QUESTION IN THE SOUTH.
Senator Morgan Defends the Consultations
of Louisiana and North Caroiina-Pen-
sions DIscussed-The House orders
InvestIgations-Oleo Law.

Washington, Jan. 0.-During dis
inquiry offered by Mr.. Pettigrew, of
South Dakota, some sensational
statements were made in the senate
regarding the attitude of the United
States toward the Filipino insurgents.
Mr.. Pettigrew declared that the gov
eminent had attacked its allies and
thereby had been guilty of the gross
est treachery. This statement was
resented warmly by Mr.. Hodge, of
Massachusetts, who declared that this
government had done nothing of the
kind and that, not even remotely
had it recognized the so-called gov
eminent of the Filipinos.
Mr.. Morgan, of Alabama, discussed
at length the race question in the
south, basing his remarks upon res
olution offered by Mr.. Pritchard, of
North Carolina. He deemed it inn
perative that some course should be
adopted which would prevent a rep
etition of the Hayes-Tilden controver-
sy and discussed fully the fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments to the
constitution. He maintained that to
attempt to force the black race into
a social and political equality with the
white race was only to clog the prog
ress of all mankind. The speech was
a strong appeal for action that would
benefit both races and a defense of
the constitutions of Louisiana and
North Carolina.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Morgan's
speech Mr.. Pritchard gave notice
that he would address the senate on
the resolution on January %. A bill
amending the dependent act of June
81, 1890, was called up and explained
by Mr.. Gallinger of New Hampshire.
The two amendments proposed by
the bill were that widows who have
an income OF $3.50 in excess of daily
wages should be pensioned under the
act and authorizing the commissioner
of pensions to aggregate the disable
tiles of an applicant in fixing his pen
sionable status.
The bill was amended so as to pro-
vide that i'm case the widow should
have resources" instead of an 'in-
come" from which $3.50 year is de-
rived or derivable she should be pen
sionable and further that the bill
does not apply to widows who have
married former soldiers since June
81, 1900. The bill as amended was
passed. A bill was also passed provid-
ing that a widows pension shall com
mence with the application and not
at the date of the soldiers death;
and constituting a section of the de-
pendent pension act.
At 1855, p. IN. the senate went into
executive session and at five o'clock
adjourned.
The House Orders Two Investigations.
Washington, Jan. 9.-The house
yesterday ordered two Investigations
as "a result of the resolutions intro
! duced by Representative Lentz, of
| Ohio. The first is to be an investi-
CATION by the committee on post
Offices and postroads into the charge
that two federal appointees of the
president, Postmaster John c. Ora
ham, of Provo City, Utah, and Post
master Orson Smith, of Logan, Utah
are under indictment as polygamists
and whether aflidavits to that effect
were on file at the time of their APP
pointmcnt. The other is n general
investigation of the military com.
mittee into the conduct of Gen. Mer'
riam and the United States army
officers during the Wardner, Idaho
riots and subsequent thereto. The
house adjourned until Wednesday.
As a result of the meeting of the
National Dairymen's union, held az
Chicago last week, Representative,
Tawney, of Minnesota, introduced
the following resolution in the house
"Whereas, there was manufactured
in the United States during the iisca
year ending June 30, 1899, S3,l41,OSl
pounds, or Al, $50 tons of oleomarga
rine, being an increase in production
over the fiscal year ending June 80
1898, of 25,634,445 pounds, and
Whereas, the manufacture anC
sale of oleomargarine, colored as but
ter, is prohibited by law in 80 states
of the union, now, therefore,
''Be il resolved, that the secretary
of the treasury be, and is hereby re
quested to furnish to the house o
representatives information as to thu
particular states in which said oleo
margarine is shipped and distributed
by the producers; the amount il
pounds shipped or distributed in eacl
state and, also, the number of licenses
issued to persons in the several state
for the manufacture and sale, eithe
by wholesale or retail of oleomarga
rine, stating the number of such Ii
censes issued to persons in eacl
state"
The information called for by TIL
resolution is desired by the dairymel
as a preparation for their struggl
for modification of the oleomarga
rine law.
Dire Effects of the Famine In India.