The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-03
WHAT TO Do
WITH THE ISLANDS
4-
Disposition of the Philippines
Argued by Senators.
RED SHIRTS OF CAROLINA
PURPOSE OF BAND EXPLAINED
BY SIMMONS.
RED SHIRTS OF CAROLINA

] L 4 I ADLA44NNLLC ANf my ~ AllE EDli
| Wv clusion Of routine business il
the senate today the resolution
offered by Mr.. Patterson of Colorado
requesting the president to cause tho
secretary Of war to cable to Major
/ Gardner in the Philippines to come t.
Washington Immediately. to appear be
fore the Philippines committee. was
laid before the senate, but as the mat
| ter is pending before the Philippine
! committee of the senate the resolution
went over.
The bill to ratify an agreement with
/ the Sioux Indians of the Rosebud res
/ ervat1on in South Dakota was ther
! taken up, and the discussion continued
/ The discussion was Interrupted b,
/ Mr. Stewart with the conference re
| port on the Indian appropriation bill
/ The report was agreed to.
! A letter from the secretary of state
was read, suggesting a pOstponement
/ Of the opening of the St. Louis exposi.
/ tion from 1903 to 1904. In this connec-
I ton Mr.. CoclreH Of Missouri offered
] an amendment TO the sundry civil ap.
/ preparation providing that the exposi
/ tion be opened to visitors on May ]
! 1904.
I The Philippine government bill was
/ laid before the senate, and Mr.. Pritch-
/ ard of North Carolina addressed the
/ senate in support Of the measure.
/ He declared that a majority OF the
| people Of North Carolina and Of the
| south were in favor of the proposition
/ of the majority of the Philippine com
| mittee. and he quoted the Charlotte
! Observer as a leading Democratic pa
] per of the south in support Of the re-
J tention Of the Philippines.
Attitude Of a Newspaper.
Does not the senator know" inter
! rupted Mr.. Simmons (Dem., n. c.
1 that the Charlotte Observer opposed
the election of William j. Bryan to the
/ presidency"
THAT is true, replied Mr.. Pritch-
ard, but the paper opposed him pure
1 ly on the issue of free silver
Mr.. Pritchard said he was in favor
of the prompt and speedy punishment
Of those guilty Of cruelty in the Phil
/ ippines, but the charges had nothing
! to do with this measure. which pro-
vided merely for civil administration
/ in the Philippines.
IF we retain the Philippine islands.
said he. "as we will, the southern states
will retain the bulk of the trade with
/ the Philippines. and the south viii be
/ the chief beneficiary Of the extension
of the cotton goods trade in the ORR
/ emit
Mr.. Pritchard declared frankly his
belief thar the United States ought tC
retain the islands permanently.
/ Mr.. Prft~A vrd asserted that the
sand cure vas used by Democrats in
/ T.
/ said that a Republican voter was taker
/ from his home at night and beaten. his
/ face being crushed into the sand t.
stife his cries. 19
( Mr.. Simmons declared that this was
! the first time he ever had heard Of the
sand cure"
Mr.. Pritchard inquired If it were not
fact that organized bands Of RED
/ Shirts rode over the stage OF North
/ Carolina for the purpose Of terrorizing
! the Republican voters.
THAT organization" (the Red Shirts)
| replied Mr.. Simmons. never had for
: its object any bellicose or belligerent
! purpose toward any part Of the voters
/ of North Carolina. It Is merely an or
ganization for more effectually organ
/ izing the voters Of the state" pro
! Ionged laughter on the floor and in the
| galleries).
Red Shirt outrages.
Does my colleague say" inquired
! Mr.. Pritchard, that the Red Shirts
/ did not run through the state and
terrorize voters?"
L state" declared Mr.. Simmons
upon my authority as a senator and
! as chairman Of the Democratic execu-
! tive committee, that the stories Of out
RACES committed by Red Shirts are
absolutely and utterly without FONDA
ton. I know of no outrage that can be
traced 70 that organization
As an instance of the political meth
DDS employed in North Carolina, Mr.
Pritchard asserted that an emissary OF
the Democratic party from the state
had approached him, promising that il
he CPritchard) would have entered .
nolle prosequi in certain cases of cleo
ton frauds the proceedings Of i'm
parchment Of Republican judges by tbs
Democratic legislature would b.
dropped.
Mr. Pritchard said he Indignantly de-
clined the proposition and that sUbse-
quently the brave and patriotic mem.
bers Of the legislature, Democrats anC
Republicans, by their votes had pre-
vented the unjust impeachment "a III
judges.
In reply Mr. Simmons asserted tha
the man who approached Mr.. PritcharC
with the proposition to drop the i'm
parchment proceedings was not in thu
remotest an emissary of the Demo
cratic party.
Consideration Of the sundry civil bill
was resumed. An amendment wa
agreed to appropriating 100000 for TIT
construction of a revenue cutter of TIT
first class for service in Hawaiian
waters. the total cost Of the vessel no
to exceed 500, 900.
The senate then, the reading Of tn
bill having been concluded, at SIS wen
into executive session, and at $50 p. m
adjourned.
Cyclones in Iowa.