Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-02-28
ON INSULAR MATTERS
Senate Debated Philippine and Gu
ban Amendments to Army Bill.
An EXCITING TINE IN The HOUSE.
n. Lentz Alleged That Speech lie Had
Turned Over to the Public Printer Had
Been withheld from the Record
Conference Reports.

Been withheld from the Record
Conference Reports
Washington, Feb. 27-An important
amendment to the Philippine amend
ment to the army appropriation oil
was agreed to in the senate yesterday,
II was an application OF the amend
ment previously offered by Senator
Hoar, laying restrictions upon the sale
Of public lands and the granting OF
franchises and concessions in the Phil
ippines. II was accepted by the COM
mittee in charge of the measure and
10 now a part Of the committee amend
ment. Senator Morgan, OF Alabama,
continued his speech begun Monday
snd occupied the floor during the
greater part Of the day. lie con-
cluded his address just before the
afternoon recess, after having dis
cussed comprchensively both the Phil
ippine question and Cuban amend
ments. lie appealed to the committee
TO withdraw both propositions, main
tanning that congress was treading
upon dangerous ground and trifling
with edged tools in acting upon them
without ample information.
During the afternoon Senator Allen
obtained the floor from Senator Nor
gan and severely arraigned Rear Adj
miral Sampson for some Endorsements
he Is alleged to have made upon an
application of Chief Gunner Charles
Morgan, Of the navy, for promotion
to the grade of commissioned officer
Senator Aliens denunciation OF Ad-
miral Sampson was sensational. Dur
ing the day the conference report
Npon the District of Columbia appro-
priation bill was agreed to, as was
also o partial report Of the confer
ence on the post office appropriation
bill.
A bill was passed for the relief Of
parties for property taken from them
by military forces Of the United
States. The bill provides for the pay
uent for horses taken from confed-
crate soldiers after the surrender Of
Gen. Lee.
A house bill to supplement the ex-
isting law as to the disposition OF pub
lie lands was passed. 1t provides for
the division of lands in the Wichita
and Kiowa reservations into counties
for the establishment Of county seats,
for the erection Of courthouses and
for the appointment OF temporary
county officials,
Conference reports on bills to ratify
agreements with the Muscogee and
Creek Indians and with the Cherokee
Indians were agreed to.
At five o'clock Senator Gallinger
called up the resolutions upon the
death of Frank g. Clark, late rep
resentntive from New Hampshire
Those who paid tribute to the memory
OF Mr.. Clark were Senators Gallinger
Clay, lIetfed, Kean, Depew, Thurs
ton and Chandler, and then, at 6.2g
p. m, as n further mark of respect
the senate took u recess until eight
o'clock, when the debate on the in
sular amendments was continued
The house was the scene of sensa-
tional incident late yesterday after
noon which threw that body into q
violent state Of excitement. For an
hour the storm ragged, ending abrupt
~ when an adjournment was taken,
upon motion of Mr., Payne, the floor
leader of the majority. Mr., Lent, an
Ohio democrat, who has created many
sensations during his service in the
house, stirred the democrats to a
fever pitch by rising to question OF
privilege and alleging that speech
he had turned over to the public
printer, under general leave TO print
had been withheld from the Record
end had been turned over to Gen
Grosvenor, of Ohio, by the speaker
The nature Of the speech was not de.
veloped during the events that fol,
lowed, but it was learned that it was
IN attack upon Senator Hanna and
the methods by which he was elected
- the senate. The speaker explained
that it had been represented to him
that the speech violated the privileges
Of the house and he had directed that
II should be withheld until he could
look over il. Pressure Of bushes,
had prevented him from doing so
however, and only 30 minutes before
he said. he had directed that tn,
speech go into the Record, believing
that II It contained anything cffensiv,
u could be stricken out of the RECORD
BY the house later. Intense excite
ment followed, when further pro
ceedings were cut off by an adjourn
ment taken on motion OF Mr.. Payne
Tho controversy probably will be re
sumed to-day.
Earlier in the day partial confer
ence report on the Indian appropria
ton bill was agreed to and the bill
WAS sent back to conference. Tn
western members made an ineifectua
effort to accept the senate amend
ment appropriaing 100000 for irri
CATION experiments on the ella rive
In Arizona, but they were defeate,
--5S-97. The conference report on tn
naval bill was beaten on account o
the item creating assistant chiefs o
bureau in the navy department an
. motion to accept the senate amend
ment authorizing the construction @