Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-12-19
'SCHLBY RESOLUTIONS.
Several Introduced In the House Of
Representatives.
ONE CALLS FOR NEW INQUIRY
Another Tenders the Thanks Of Con.
gress and People to the Adj
miral-Debate On the PHIL
ipplne Tariff Debate,

from the time he took command of til,
flying squadron up to and includin.
the destruction Of the Spanish fee
July 3, 1898. The resolution recites til,
action of the court of inquiry and de
clares the American people desire al
investigation by citizens not connected
with the navy department.
Representative Muda <Md.) also in
troduced a resolution relative to Ad
miral Schley as follows:
"Resolved, That the thanks of con
gress and of the American people are
hereby rendered to Rear Admiral Win
field Scott Schley and the officers and
men under his command for their vic
tory over the Spanish forces and the
destruction Of the Spanish fleet in the
naval battle off Santiago de Cuba on
July 3. 1885,
Mr.. Mudd says the resolution is not
the result Of any concerted action by
the Maryland delegation and repre-
sents his individual views.
Representative Norton co. introduc-
ed a resolution proposing the restora
ton Of Admiral Schley to the active
| list.
First Debate of the Session.
The first debate of the session in the
house began on the bill to provide tenn
porary revenues for the Philippine Is
lands. Mr.. Payne. the floor leader of
the majority, opened for his side. and,
owing to the indisposition Of Mr.. Rich
ardson, the floor leader Of the minority,
who is suffering from an attack of the
grip, the task of opening for the Demo-
cratic side devolved upon Mr.. Swanson
(Va.).
After the routine business had been
disposed of Mr. Payne moved that the
house 60 into committee Of the whole
for the consideration Of the Philippine
revenue bill Two Democrats. Messrs.
Vandiver (Mo) and Cooper CTex), at
tempted to interrupt the motion with
requests for unanimous consent to
consider two Schley resolutions. but
Mr.. Payne declined to yield the floor
and his motion prevailed.
Mr. Cooper's resolution declared
Schley in command and entitled to
credit for the victory at Santiago and
directed that he be placed on the active
list with the rank he held before re-
tirement.
Mr.. Nandiver's resolution recites that
the language Of the court of inquiry re-
Elected upon Admiral Schley and calls
for an investigation by seven members
of the house. which shall investigate
what injustice has been done and
whether envy, jealousy, rivalry or other
fractional feelings exist among naval
officers and what remedy should be ap-
piled.
Mt. Payne Opens Debate.
Mr. Payne, in opening the tariff de
bate, carefully explained the purpose of
the bill which already has been set
forth in his report. He reviewed at
some length the events leading up to
the formulation of the tariff. He con-
trasted the Spanish rates with those
fixed by the commission. On flour, for
instance, he said, the rate had been re-
duced from $1.SS to so cents, on rice
from 50 cents to 40 and on hams and
smoked meats from 1913 to SIS. Pro-
portionate reductions had been made
on other articles.
Mr.. Payne explained that the COM
mission also had deemed it wise to con-
tinue Il portion of the old Spanish ex.
port tax on hemp, sugar and tobacco
owing to the difficulty of levying and
collecting a land tax. Personally, he
said, he did not like the idea of an ex.
port tax, but there seemed no other
way at present. There was necessity
for immediate action to meet the sit
uation created by the decision of the
supreme court.
Mr.. Payne also explained the feature
of the bill providing for the extension
of the navigation laws of the United
States to the islands and the permits
sion it granted to foreign vessels to
ply between Philippine and American
ports until January, 1905.
Mr.. Payne's statement that by that
time 1t was hoped American ships
would be able to take care of this bust
ness aroused scattering applause on his
side of the house.
A Tilt With Gaines.
During Mr.. Paynes speech there was
quite n colloquy between Mr.. Gaines
(Tenn), who visited the islands last
summer, and Mr.. Payne. The latter
described the success of the Philippine
commission and asserted that the Re.
publicans We're trying to lift the Fill
plnos to American citizenship. Mr..
Gaines declared the constitution and
flag should be carried to the Philip
pines.
Mr.. Payne said he was surprised that
Mr. Gaines had not carried the flag and
constitution to the islands. ''You have
done that covertly," said Mr. Gaines,
Il propose to show you up"
Mr.. Payne sarcastically replied that
he supposed Mr. Gaines had learned
more in Il brief visit than all the Off
Gals Of the United States in two years
and half of investigation.
Mr.. Payne also had . brief contro.
verSy with Mr. Wheeler (Ky.) in wbicl,