The Indianapolis world., 1900-01-27
56TH CONGRESS-.

Secretary Gage. Mr.. SibIey commended
Cages course. A debate of three hours
followed. Mr.. Grosvenor, of Ohio, ex-
planned that the committee on rules, to
which the Sulzer resolution had gone, had
not acted because no evidence had been
produced before the committee to war
rant the ordering of such a tar-reaching
investigation. Mr. Hepburn assailed Mr.
Sulzer for some of his statements. and de-
clared there ought to be some way to re-
buke q member for slandering honored
officials. Later in the day. during the
discussion of the appropriation for the
army, Mr. Cannon challenged any men,
Der to move to strike it out. Mr.. Will
liams replied to Mr.. Cannon in an eIo-
quent speech, in which he affirmed the
loyalty of every American citizen to the
flag and charged Mr. Cannon with
shrewdly issuing a challenge that he
knew would not be accepted. The urgency
deficiency bill was passed with only one
unimportant amendment.
An agreement was reached in the Sen
ate Wednesday to take the final vote on
the pending bill fixing gold as the stand
ard of value on February 10. After sew
eral days of debate the dragnet resolution
of inquiry regarding the conduct of the
Philippine war was adopted. 1t was In
troduced by Mr.. Hoar, and practically
was adopted as a general substitute for
resolutions of similar. but less extended
character offered by Mr.. Pettigrew and
Mr.. Lodge. The resolution offered by Mr..
Hale (Maine) as to the seizure of flour by
the British authorities was adopted.
ha HI 70
bill to extend the powers of the Director
of the Census, after striking out the com
mittee amendment to, authorize the Di-
rector to contract for extra printing with
private contractors.
For an hour Thursday Mr.. wellington
occupied the attention of the Senate, con-
tinuing the debate on the Philippine ques-
tion. He took as his text the resolution
he introduced last Tuesday, declaring
that the United States should not take
permanent possession of the archipelago
but, after subduing the insurrection-
which he sincerely deplored-should con-
fer on the FilipinOs the right to govern
| themselves. affording them such protec-
ton as they might need. Mr.. Allen Of
fered a resolution directing the Secretary
of State to inform the Senate If any per-
| son had been accredited from the Trans
vaal to the United States government IN
any capacity and if such person were Of
| ficially accepted and recognized, and If
| not. why not
The pension appropriation bill, carry
ing s145, PAS. .250, was passed by the House
| Friday. 1t was made the vehicle of an
attack on the Commissioner of Pensions
hi Iinor TKyb n
was succeeded by Mr.. Lentz and Mr.. Nor
| ton, of Ohio, and Mr. Robinson, Of Indl-
ana. and other Northern Democrats. All
| lnveghed against the lack of liberality in
/ the administration of the pension laws.
The Commissioner was ably defended by
| a score of members from both sides Of
| the House. Mr. Mahon charged that the
assault on him had been instigated by
| sharks of this city who were robb!ng the
| old soldiers. AS O. result of the latter S
| disclosure a clause was put in the bill by
| unanimous consent empowering the Com
| missioner. in his discretion, to withhold
| the fees of attorneys of record in pension
| cases where he was satisfied that the at
| torneys had not prepared the cases under
| their personal supervision.
| The House was in session only forty
| minutes Monday and nothing of public
| Importance was done except to refer to
| the Speaker for settlement a DISPUTE be-
tween the appropriations and military af-
| fairs committees over jurisdiction of the
estimates for the appropriations for the
manufacture of small arms at the Rock
Island and Springfield arsenals. A few
District of Columbia bills of minor i'm
portance were passed.
| In the Senate, Monday, Mr.. Pritchard,
| Of North Carolina, delivered q long ad-
dress on the race question in the South,
his remarks being addressed particularly
| against the proposed amendment to the
| Constitution of North Carolina, which, if
enacted, he said, would disfranchise a
large class of voters, both white and
black Mr.. Prtchard was followed by
Mr.. Turner Cf Washington, in a speech
on the Philippine question, in which he
arraigned the administrations policy as
set out in the Presidents message and in
| the speech of Mr.. BeveridGe. Mr.. Turner
| was given close attention by his col
| leagues Referring to the speech of Mr..
Beveridge as q rhapsody, Mr.. Turner
said: "It lacked the majestic harmony
which can be evoked only when the no
bier chords are struck" He maintained
! that the Filipinos knew that the function
| Of a government was to preserve life lib
| trty and property, and believed that they
were abundantly able to maintain such
| n government.
The House. Tuesday. considered the
Roberts case. Mr.. Taylor chairman of
| the special committee. led off in the de-
bate. He was followed by Mr.. Littlefeld,
| of Maine successor of the late Nelson
DingIey, in a two hours speech in sup
port Of the minority report of the COM
mittee that Roberts be seated and then
| expelled if the House regards him as
fit subject for that drastic course. He
| I'm turn was followed by Mr.. Roberts
himself in a speech of an hour and a half
| in his own behalf. Mr.. Roberts said he
had been in public life for twenty years
and was not driven to the defense OF his
moral character. He was not here repre-
| senting the Mormon Church. He had
received a greater number of votes from
| Gcntiles than Mormons. "Ycu can neith-
er exclude nor expel me, said Mr.. Rob
erts. in conclusion II viii cling so hard
| TO the pillars of liberty that you shall
not drag me down from them without
bringing down the whole temple. Gap
plausa and hisses) 1 have lived with a
! good conscience until this day and am
sensible of no act of shame on my part.