Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-08
WILL NOT DELAY IT
Democratic Announcement Regarding
Financial Bill.
PBTTIGREW RESOLUTION GOES over
Mr. Lodge Says Administration Has
Nothing to Hide
MIR. MORGAN ON THE SOUTH

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Mr.. Gallinger On H.) was the recipient to.
| day OF many elaborate and beautiful fora
offerings When the Senate convened his
desk, chair and the area surrounding them
We're filled with exquisite products of the
florists art, the display being ACCOMPANIED
| by congratulations from friends upon tn,
| fact that the charge against him of yiolat
| ing the civil service law, after official in
VestlSation had not been sustained
| Mr.. McLaurin IS. c. gave notice of an
| amendment to the pending financial bill
! repeating the tax on the circulation of state
| banks
| The Census.
| Mr.. Carter (Mont) reported from the
| census committee a bill comforting upon the
| director of the census power to employ a
! purchasing agent a salary Of 81 800 two
| chlefs of division at salaries of $1,000 five
| clerks of the fourth class six of class
| three and eight of class two. and special
| agents not to exceed thirty-five to gather
| special information relating to agriculture.
! fie asked immediate considera ton for the
| pt' t"t ii went TO the calendar on obi"c-
| A.r. II ,r Nass.) gave notice Of ~.
! at"cr-'7ent to the proposed bill. pgor.d -u.,
| thai ststStics be gathered by TIE c,,--s'5
| force relating to the water power OF he
| country. He pointed out that manufac-
| turers throughout the country were inter-
| ested in this matter and We're seeking re-
| liable information upon it from every
source.
! Mr.. Pettigrew announced that he would
| o1rer an amendment providing for the
| gathering and tabulation of statistics in re-
| gard to the distribution of wealth. He re-
garded it as particularly important to as
| certain who reaps the benefit Of the toll
| OF labor
| committee. said it had been the effort of
| the committee TO provide for quick CEN
| sus as to enumeration. vital statistics, etc,
and expressed the hope that the Senate
would not load down the bill with extra
neous subjects pointing out that informa-
| ton relating to them could be gathered
later on by special agents of the census
bureau which was now a continuing de-
partment.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Allen CNebD.
calling upon each cabinet officer for an
iternized statement of the amount of the
SJopouOho defense fund each department
expended, was adopted.
Information as to Philippines.
\ resolution calling upon the Secretary
of the Navy for Admiral Dewey's report
in which he made the statement that he
s. could take Manila at any time, offered by
Mr. Pettigrew IS. d.. was adopted.
resolution offered some time ago by Mr..
Pettigrew, calling upon the Secretary of
view between General Torres of the Fill
pino army and General Otis, was called up.
Mr.. Lodge NIassD offered a substitute
fer the pending resolution calling upon the
President, If not incompatible with public
interests, to furnish general information
regarding the Philippine insurrection con-
tanned in official documents and dispatches.
Mr.. Lodge dlSclaimed any desire to sup
press information regarding the insurrec-
ton, but thought it ought to be asked for in
proper form. The resolution which he had
offered a substitute he thought, covered
every point desired by Mr.. Pettigrew.
To this Mr.. Pettigrew essented, saying
he believed the resolution of Mr.. Lodge
could be put into satisfactory form. Ha
thought Congress was entitled to all infor-
nation regarding the action of our forces
in the Philippines.
IF we have attacked ally" said Mr..
Pettigrew, lit is important that the repre-
sentativeS of the people in Congress should
know the facts and at once. l believe We
have attacked an ally. believe we have been
guilty of gross treachery. l believe we
have gone further in diskonor toward an
ally fighting with US than any other nation
ever went
Mr.. Stewart thought this was past the
time for a discussion of how the insurrec-
ton began.
1T has begun" said he. 1T is now my
country's cause, and I do not propose to
admit it is a wicked cause
Mr.. Lod * said he could not even by
silence admit that the statements of Mr.
PettigreW We're accurate.
Il do not believe we attacked an ally"
said he. Il am sure We never recognized
the Filipino government. They had 70 gov
ernment except the government of a dicta
tor set up by himself to impose his author
ity upon other tribes. The President has
acted throughout in conformity to the
law, and the facts will uphold his course.
These facts l am in favor of having placed
in the hands of all senators. They will
strengthen the hands of the adminstra-
ton
AT Mr.. Pettigrews request the resolution
went over until Wednesday.
Elective Franchise in the South.
The resolution heretofore offered by Mr..
Pritchard On. c. concerning racial restric-
tions on suffrage was modified by him
to provide that any state enactment con-
timing the right to vote to those descendant
from certain persons or classes of persons
is in violation of the fourteenth and If
teenth amendments to the Constitution. and
repuSnant to republican institutions.
Mr.. Morgan spoke against the resolution.
He referred to the far-reaching importance
of the issue on suffrage, as relating to the
coming presidential and congressional cleo
tons. and said ii was imperative that some
course be adopted which would prevent q
repetition Of the Hayes-Tilden controversy.
He discussed at length the legal aspect of
the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
as affecting negro suffrage.
AT o'clock the financial bill became the
regular order. and Mr.. Aldrich said he
hoped some general understanding could be
reached as to the disposition of the bill
Mr.. Jones (Ark.) replied that there was
no disposition on the democratic side to de-
lay the bill.
I'VE recognize" said he that you have
the majority, and can pass the bill"
Mr.. Jones asked, however that there be
no pressing action, as senators were not
yet ready to speak.
Mr.. Aldrich thereupon asked that the bill
go over for the day.
Mr.. Stewart gave notice that he would
speak on Thursday the bill.
Mr.. Morgan continuing, discussed the ne
gro question in general, maintaining that
there IS a natural supremacy in the whites
and natural deficiency in the blacks, NOR
ally, socially and intellectually. To force
this lower stratum into a position of polit-
ical equality with the highest is only to
clog progress Of all mankind in its march
toward the highest planes Of human aspi-
rattons. Mr.. Morgan said that no great
body of white people in the world could be
expected to quietly accept a situation SO
distressing and demoralizing as is created
by negro suffrage in the south 1t is a
thorn in the flesh and will irrftate and
rankle until 1t is removed from the body
polite. He declared that negro suffrage
in Louisiana and other southern states had
been an unbroken line Of obs