The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-24
THE SENATE DEBATE.
Dubois Attacked Government Policy
on Economic Grounds.
ISLANDS WILL NEVER PAY
If Retained the LabOrerS Of the United
States Will Suffer.
SHOULD NOT AWAKE THE DRAGON
Millionaire Syndicates Would Reap an
Illegal Profit
CONFERENCE ON ARMY APPROPRIATION
Item Concerning Construction OF Bar
racks at Manila May Cause Deadlock
Between House and Senate.
SHOULD NOT AWAKE THE DRAGON
Millionaire Syndicates Would Reap an
Illegal Profit
CONFERENCE ON ARMY APPROPRIATION

Washington, May ga temperate -
carefully prepared speech was delivered in
the senate today on the Philippine bill b
Mr.. Dubois Udahol. He confined hins,l
almost entirely to discussion OF tho com
merclal and industrial aspects OF the Phillip.
pine question his purpose being 60 show
that 1t would be disadvantage to the
people Of this country to retain the is
lands
A reply to Mr. Dubois was made by Mr..
Beyerldee undJ who conleudel that the
development of Chinas resources would be
Of advantage in trade aud commerce to the
United States as the industr al develop
mcnt OF other nations had been.
Soon after the senatc convened, Mr.
Stewart CNev) chairman Of TIL Indian af
fairs committee, offered a Joint solution
which he said met some objections o. the
president 60 the Indian appropriation Il II
The resolution provided for the modh
tlon Of certain provisions OF the In Ian
appropriation bill and 10 the settlement
Of the Indian lands The resolution WIS
passed
The army appropriation bnl with tn
message from the house asking for a con
ference with instructions to IT'S coutcrees
not to agree to the senate am"ndm nts r..
latiug to the construction OK h1rra ks AID
quarters at established military posts thus
striking out the appropriation for such
| buildings In Manila. was laid before the
senate.
Mr. Proctor moved that the senate ngres
TO the conference asked.
Nr Snopncr thought thq urocpdurc of
the house was inndmisslbe, and II the
senate acQulesced now In the proposition
made there would be no end to the trouble
which would arise.
MIR Teller regarded the action o. the
house as dlscourtcons and disrespecttui.
MIR Lodge Insisted the situation would
| breed deadlocks aud controversies u the
question was not met .s
| The conference report vGs MT disposed
| OF
The senate agreed 10 conference with
| tbc house on the omnibus public buildings
! hill and Nlcssrs Fairbanks Warren and
! RowIIns were named us ronferces
! Al O'Clock the Philippine government
blu was taken up and Mr.. Dubois Gdahol,
one of The minority members of the com.
mittcc. addressed the ,cuate in opposition
in the present Motley of the government in
! tbr pbilippipos
| Mr. DuboIs said he was satisfied that
there WAS great danger to the white labor
Of thc United states attendant upon the
dcyelupmept of industrial activity by this
| government iu the pblItpplnes. ana declared
that the United States could not compete
with Japan for the Oriental trade.
The large expectation Of -four from the
United States to the Orient he thought
had mlsled people into believing that we
could establish there a large trade. This
was an Idle dream lie believed IL would
| be but Il short time until all the wheat
needed In China would be raised by the
Chinese.
The dragon is sleeping quietly now"
said Mr. Dubois. The monster Is inert,
surrounded with the conservatism OF CEN
turtles. Looking to the Interest of the
white laboriug race, are We pursuing wise
course in awakening this sleeping drngonT'
If the islands were managed aud exploit
ed as contemplated in the pending bill, he
said, few individuals might reap profit,
but 1t would be at an enormous expense to
the United States aud especially to the
iulorers' the manufacturers an" tne iaiu''
ers.
Mr.. Dubois tnll 'nat unucr tHe c'"use OF
the Dill WhicA pe'mltl," corporations 10
take up 'oVo acres Oh l'no !" lne rn'l'p'
pine ISLANDS lot 'S''y p'' 'n1
richest intimately "ou'u Ian ''i'o 'ue n''iiS
OF sFeut Synuiea''s' 'eus s''you'" S'ns .
tremendous prouuc''oi u ''''e Sus''' 'O''O"
"na toDaeGo' .s. ,.,.o, s..... to-
me 'olol 'I"ue "a NV 80 va
me Fnlilpp'ne iS'anuS, ~ su'U "us oDo ,e.