Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-08
AT NATIONS CAPITAL
Puerto Rlcan Affairs Occupy At
tention Of Congress.
HOUSE APPROPRIATES S2,OOO,OOO
Senator Davis Offers An Amendment
TO Puerto RIcan ISiIi-Caricr Talks
nQuayCaso-'The President SUBJ
nIIts Correspondence.

Washington, March G,---'rhe chief
interest of the past week hus center
cd In Puerto RicQn affairs, The pas
sage of the amended bill by the house
was followed last Friday by the pus-
sage of u second ill placing in nc
hands Of the president all the moneys
collected upon Puerto RicHn goods
since the Spanish evacuation Of the
island, TO he used for the relief OF
the Puerto liicans, the total sum be-
ing over S2,O00,0O0. This was in re-
spouse to n special message from the
president requesting such action,
In the senate yesterdOy,Mr Davis,
Of Minnesota, offered an amendment
to the Puerto Rican bill, Its effect
tls to have the tariff laws of the
United States applied to Puerto Rico
upon foreign imports, but allow abso-
lutte free trade between the United
Suites and Puerto Rico.
Mr. Carter, of Montana, dealt vigor-
ously with the Quay case, in the
course Of I'M explanation as to why
he will vote for the senator from
Pennsylvania, notwithstanding he
voted against the seating of Mr., Cor
bett In the last congress- The near
nppronch to the time for voting on
the conference report on the iinun-
cial bill brought out two speeches on
that measure, one by Mr.. Fairbanks,
of Indiana, and the other by Mr., But
Ter, of North Car. ina. Mr., Teller,
of Colorado, also concluded hisspeech
Opposing its adoption. The proposed
legislation, he believed, would be I,s-
nstrous to the country and was the
elimination of an effort begun soon
latter the civil war to make money
dearcr by destroying one-half the me-
tallic money OF the world. Under II
great fortunes would be acquired by
the rich, while the poor would be
made poorer.
| The pension appropriation bill,
which appropriates $ll5,245,230, was
passed and then Mr.. Carter addressed
the senate in favor Of seating MIR,
IQuay as senator from Pennsylvania
He argued that the constitution con
templnted that the seats in the Sent e
always should be ,ept full.
The president sent to the senate
yesterday the correspondence called
for by the resolution Of Senator
lloar, asking for information rea.
tive to our course in the Philippines.
1t is very voIuminous record, con-
tanning much that has already been
made public, and contains instruc-
tons by the president, proclamations
by the Philippine commission and by
General Otis; reports Of officers in tho
philippines, all communications re-
ceived from Aglinnldo or his assist
ants or proclamations issued by
them; information concerning TIE
treatment Of prisoners or other l.
habitants of the islands by the in
surgents, aud also such information
las has been received "as TO aid or en-
courugemcnt received by Aguinnldo
md his followers from persons in the
United States, MS 10 what pamphlets,
speeches or olh'r documents ema,
mating from the lnlted states ana
adverse to ITS authority were clrcu-
lated IN whole or III pnrt among inc
IIilipinos in arms against the United
states, or among other inhabitants OF
lhe lsIanuS' or among inc so'ulerS Oh
the United States"
referring to General GUS procIa-
nation, the president says
mo disapproval of said proclama-
ton was expressed by my authority
Ior OF the war department II was
in fact, approved by me- although no
formal communication to that effect
was sent to General OTIS
Included in the correspondence OF
last October between General Near
thur and Aguinaldo's representative,
General Ambrosio r,ores, in regard
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