The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-06
OPPOSES ADMINISTRATIONS
PHILIPPINE POLICY
LIBERTY FOR FILIPINOS
To obtain this He Voted for Ratif-
cation of the Treaty of Paris-A
Dras i'm the Discussion of the Phil
IPpine - the Fifteen
Minute RuIe-House PASSES Vote of
to Secretary Hay for His
Euiogy on neutrality-suspicious.
Of Two Missouri Congressmen.

Washington, June 2.-LittIe interest,
either on the floor or in the galleries,
was manifested in the senate debate on
the Philippine government bill today
under the fifteen-minute rule. At two
or three stages it almost died of mani
ton Senators seemed little inclined to
avail themselves Of the opportunity to
discuss the measure thus briefly and
there were few u~tteTances Of special
note.
Senator Mason, OF Illinois, In a Wig
'orous speech differed from the major
ity in the treatment proposed for the
F%jlipinos. He urged that no reason ex-
listed for according TO them a treat
nent different from that accorded to
the Cubans and strongly advised that
they be afforded the right to exercise
the right to govern themselves. He
said he woul not have voted for the
Paris treaty, but for the open under
standing among senators that the Fill
pinos were to be gwen their indie
pendence as soon as they were ready
for it
Il have faith in the ultimate liberty
of mankind" concluded Senator Mason.
1T may not come in your day or mine,
but some day not only the people in the
mother republic but all over the world,
in Cuba. South Africa. aye IN the Phil
ippines, will be free"
Other senators who spoke today were
Hoar. Foraker. Cullom. Bacon,
Patterson. Teller, Carmack and Proctor.
Senator Bacon. of Georgia, spoke
against the bill. After e%xhausting
thirty minutes of time by unanimous
nn-onnf nhfodu fa Hnri-- --@I Hoo,
ments and extracts from books, Sena-
tor Bacon yielded the floor. An awk-
ward pause ensued, nobody being ready
to proceed with the discussion. A sug
gestion that some oIhcr business be
taken up met with objection, and after
further delay, Senator Bacon resumed
his remarks.
sation in the Philippines and referring
to the outrages which had been COM
mitted, said: II don't charge these
things pom n army. l charge them
upon Imperialism"
Early in the session some amend
ments were made TO the bill by the
Philippine committee, The most impOr-
tant of which related TO tho disposition
Of the public lands IN the islands.
House of Representative
The house today by vote of 129 to 46.
suspended the rules and adopted the
joint resolution extending the thanks
of congress to Secretary of State John
Hay for his address upon the occasion
of the Mckinley TENOR exercises last
February. Unanimous consent for the
consideration of this resolution was OBJ
jected to by Mr.. DeArmond. Of Mis-
souri,, some time ago and today Mr..
Clark. of Missouri, made n twnety min
ute speech in opposition to its adoption
on the ground that Mr.. Hay had abused
the occasion by injecting 4 republican
stump speech into the address. Gen.
eral Hooker, OF Mississippi, Il one
armed confederate veteran delivered an
eloquent defense of MI. Hays address,
denying that it contained anything
that was objectionable from a political
standpoint, and Mr.. Grosvenor, Of
Ohio, who was IN charge of the resolu-
ton. argued that Mr.. Hay in eulogizinG
the martyred president could not d.
V0rce the man from his achievements
and his record as n manly partisan
Only forty-siX democrats voted with
Mr.. Clark against the resolution.
Special orders Were adopted for the
consideration of the ~anti-anarchy bill
and the bill to transfer certain forest
reserves to the agricultural department..
The senate bill to retire Sergeon Cen
eral Sternberg and the house bill TO en-
courage salmon culture in Alaska were
defeated On motions TO pass them under
suspension of the rule