Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-01-11
PETTIGREW'S 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 Csrolina-Pen.
siOns Discuaaed-T House Orders
nvsstigstiOns-Oie law.

Washington, Jan. 9.-During dis
cussion yesterday Of a resolution o
inquiry offered by Mr.. Pettigrew, o
South Dakota, some sensational
statements were made in the senate
regarding the attitude Of the Unitet
States toward the Filipino insurgents
Mr. Pettigrew declared that the gov
eminent had attacked its allies ant
thereby had been guilty of the gross
est treaebery. This statement was
resented warmly by Mr.. Hodge, o.
Massachusetts, who declared that this
government had done nothing Of The
kind and that, not even remotely
had il recognized the so-callcd gov
eminent of the l'ilipinos.
Mr.. Morgan, Of Alabama, discussed
at length the rage question in the
south, basing his remarks upon res.
olution offered by Mr.. lritchard, Of
North Carolina. He deemed ii i'm
peratiye that some course should be
adopted which would prevent a rep
etiiion of the lInyes-1'ilden controver-
sy and discussed fully the fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments to the
constitution. lie maintained that to
attempt to force the black race into
social and political equality with the
white race was only to clog the prog
ress Of all mankind. The speech was
strong appeal for action that would
benefit both races and 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
n, 1900, 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 disabil-
tiles Of an applicant in fixing his pen
sionable status.
The bill was amended so as to pro-
vide that in case the widow should
have resources" instead of an Gin
come" from which $3.50 a year is de-
rived or deriyable she should be pen
sonable and further that the bill
does not apply to widows who have
married former soldiers since June
", 1900. The bill as amended was
passed. A bill was also passed prodd-
ing that a widows pension shall com
mence with the application and not
ut the date of the soldiers death;
and constituting section OF the de-
pendent pension act,
AT 1855, p, M. the senate went into
executive session md at five O'Clock
adjourned.
The House Orders Two Investigations.
Washington, Jan. 0.-1'hc house
yesterday ordered two Investigations
as a result of the resolutions intro
duced by Representative Lent, of
Ohio. The first is to be AN invest-
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 allidavits to that effect
were on file at the time OF their APP
pointment. 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 Dairymens union, held at
Chicago last week, Representative
Tawney, of Minnesota, introduced
the following resolution in the house;
"Whereas, there was manufactured
In the United States during the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1890, Ss,l4lOSl
pounds, or ALSO tons of oleomarga-
rine, being an increase In production
over the fiscal year ending June 80,
1898, of s5,63l,ii5 pounds, and
"Whercas, the manufacture and
sale Of oleomargarine, colored as but
ter, is prohibited by law in 80 states
Of the union, now, therefore,
'Be It resolved, that the secretary
Of the treasury be, and is hereby re-
quested to furnish TO the house of
representatives information as to the
particular states in which said cleo
margarine is shipped and distributed
by the producers; the amount in
pounds shipped or distributed in each
state and, also, the number of licenses
issued to persons in the several states
for the manufacture and sale, either
by wholesale or retail of oleomarga-
rine. stating the number of such IL
censes issued to persons in each
state"
The information called for by the
resolution is desired by the dairymen
as a preparation for their struggle
for a modification of the oleomarga-
rine law.