The age-herald., 1901-02-26

| they are as ff1ueh entitled to the pro tection of the constitution and laws of the United States as afe any one else.
 In the course of his discussion of the Philippine question, MT. Morgan referred in terms of high praise to the work of | the Taft commission and to the govern | ment which had been established In the islands. He declared that no law enacted by the Taft commission was unjust or hsurpatofy, and he had never heard of any fnofe successful government in any territory of the United States.
 Without completing hls speech MT. Morgan yielded at 5:3O in order that the Senate might take recess until 8 o'clock, When the Senate resumed it's ssssoh. MT. Morgan resumed his speech. He declared that the Philippine amend ment was in effect an abdicatiofi of pow CT by Congress and a turning over to the executive branch of complete and final authority over the Philippines. Since 1 this power was possessed by the Presi- deht, Congress could never again ge1 1 possession of 1t without a two-thirds | vote to oVerrule his veto. 1t was such d transfer of power as the British Parli- ament would never dream of corferring upon King Edward. The hazard and rashness of this proceeding, he declared, was never equaled in a country having Il parliamentary government.
 What it Meant.
 MT. Morgan said that under the pro | posed legislation speculators and trusts would lick up the S3.00o, ,0c0 acres of land In the Philippines, with their mines and 1 forests of untold richness, without the Preservation of single homestead for the l people. The Senator expressed the belief that the real motive of the measure was to give authority under which the mil Hons of acres in the Philippines could be "gobbled up by great speculative enter | prises.
 MT. Morgan spoke for two hours and said tomorrow he would take up the question of the right of Congress to dele gate or abdicate it's powers, and after that would discuss the Cuban branch of the subject
 At 10:15 clock MT. Pettus moved an adjournment, but on a yea and nay vote was defeated The refusal to adjourn compelled MT. Morgan to go on with his speech As he resumed he referred with some feeling to the apparent effort to l dragoon this measure through despite l all proprity
 After an arduous and lengthy session, beginning at Il o'clock this morning, MT Morgan said the Senate was determined 10 iorce an old man to go on with his ] speech and in effect had served him with notice that he must go on till he closed
 
 pressive deliberatlon, "1 would rather leave this chamber dead man than to | leave 1t a coward
 It would be d plain abandonment of duty, he said if he should sulk be- cause of his age or because of the late ness of the hour.
 MT. Spooner tried to gain recognition to ask MT. Morgan as to his plans. MT, Morgan waved him off and caustically | declined to yield
 At Il 20 D. m. MT. Morgan yielded to | MT. Spooner for a motion to adjourn, and the long session came to close.
 THE HOUSE.
 The House today jettisoned the author izations for two battleships and two crui- sers, which were in the naval appropria- | tion bill as 1t passed that body. The Senate had rejected the proposition and against the appeals of the House con l ferees the House voted by a big major | ity to agree to the Senate amendment striking out the authorizations. partial conference report on the naval l bill was agreed to and the bill went back to conference. The House also agreed to the conference report on the bill to ere ate a committee of five to adjudicate the claims of the United States citizens against Spain, assumed by the United States under the treaty of Paris.
 MT Rixey said the ship yards through out the country were already full of work on warships
 Mir Dayton answered that he had in his pocket telegram from the great ship yards in MT. Rlxeys own State saying they could build four more ships, while dispatch from the Union iron works stated they could build several more yes | sells.
 Mr Hopkins of Illinois supported MT | Rixey's motion. He said the mooted ques- | tions as to armor and guns should be | settled before new ships costing millions were authorized. He said experiments were about to be made with gun which 1t was claimed could blow great war ship to atoms with a single shot. If those claims were substantiated, MT. Hopkins declared that the last battleship had been built.
 After some further debate by Messrs. Vandiver of Missouri, Kitchen of North Carolina, King of Utah and Driggs of New York in favor of the motion. and Messrs. Mudd of Maryland Brown of Ohio, Adams of Pennsylvania, Wheeler of Kentucky, Cummings of New York, who came on the floor on crutches to speak and Watson of Indiana against it, MT Cannon closed the debate In support of the motion. He said the real question was whether from the standpoint Of the treasury of the public defense and of | sound business principles 1t was not time to call a halt for the authorization of new ships. There were in the navy he said, 254 warships and 56 auxiliary yes | sels There were still to be paid upon ships building and authorized $66, ,GoOo0. | When our navy was completed, he said, | America would have the greatest navy Tn the world, save that of England. Eng | land was no menace, because Canada, with 5000 miles of territory on our north | n e with Great Britain. (Applause.) | MT Dayton closed the debate, charg- l ing Mr Cannon with inconsistency In l being for the House proposition when | it was before the House and now attack | ing it. The Rixey motion was carried The bill was then sent back to confer | ence.
 Mir. Haugen of Iowa. called up the conference report upon the bill to create | a commission of five members to adjudi- | cate the claims of the United States citi- | zens against Spain assumed by the United States under the terms of the ] treaty of Paris, and it was agreed to- | 1s4 to S4-notwithstanding considerable opposition and the fact that the House had twice voted that their claims should be adjudicated by the court of claims l Instead of a commission as agreed to by | the conferees.
 Messrs. Hemenway. of Indiana; Pugh | of Kentucky. and McRae, of Arkansas | were appointed conferees on the fortifi- | cation appropriation bill.
 Just before the adjournment MT. Taw-