Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-18
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

Danish lslhnus, y. w. huoA VI oN"N's,
Maryland. whose name was mentioned
i'm tie Christmas report. told OF meet
ing Christmas, whom he considered
cultivated man, who had become entan-
gled with sharpers. The witness said
he never bribed any one. and nothing
OF the kind was ever contemplated no
never received any money from Christ
mas In response to questions from
members OF the committee. Mr. Knox
specifically denied that he had intro
duced Christmas to w. j. bryan, or
that he had claimed To Christmas thnt
he was an Intimate friend OF Senator
Hanna.
The report Of the testimony given be-
fore the Senate committee ON military
affairs. by General Schotieid. formerly
the commanding general OF the army,
Gu the hill TO create u general stan.
has been made public. lie en-.
dorsed the bill. saying that he
hnd long since come to the conclusion
that there Is no room under our cQnsti.
tuition for two commanders. ana that
the President. whom the constitution
makes the supreme commander, must
act through the secretary OF war. lie
added: ."rhe very exalted Individual
office. so-cniie,i. OF commanding general
| OF the army. must disappear. There In
no room for II In this government. no
matter who occupies II: Il IL not ques-
tion OF personality at NIL. or the chnfac-
ter OF the Individual. 50 far as this
great question IL concerned. lie must
he what other nations OF the earth
have. chief OF stan. not command
Ing general"
by strict party vote the insulnr
committee OF the House voted down
substitute proposed by the Democratic
III. nj
tonomoux government In the Philip
pincs." and then 10y u like party vote
ordered favorable report on the meas.
urc prepared by the Republican mem.
hers establishing u complete form OF
civil government for the islands Tie
chief interest was In tho substitute
proposed by the Democratic members
and prepared by Representative Jones
Of Virginia. II proposed eventual in-
dependence to the Philippines. the
islands to remain under the Philippine
commission until July :. 1893. then
eight years OF qualified Independence.
then complete Independence: the ins,r-
rcctIon meanwhile To cease. The Un.
Itc,l States To have three coaiing sta
lions and two naval stations. There
Were twcniy.siN sections In the substi.
tuic.
Senator Teller has introduced n rcso-
| luton directing the postmaster general
To report to the Senate the amount or
| salary due Colorado postnnstcrs FOR
services required OF them under the
postal regulations OF 1866 and unsettled
by the government. The aEgrcsat"
claims OF Colorado pos,Inas'crs for SER
| vices rendered and unpaid amounts to
Si5.OO0. In claims running from $50 to
SO. Similar claims are held by post
masters In NIL the Western states
where the rapid growth of mining In
/ the years between the years 1SS and
| 1881 made II necessary for the post
masters To employ extra clerical help
for which the department later refused
to pay. When the resolution was in-
troduccd objection to Its immediate
! consideration was made by Senator Al
| lison. who said the allowance OF the
/ Colorado claims would open the way
| for claims OF other states and would
involve nn outlay OF several millions OF
dollars. The resolution was finally rc-
fcrrcd to the postofiicc AMI postioads
/ committee.
At Its session April 10Th the Senate
committee on the Philippines began Its
proceedings by adopting n resolution
! calling upon the secretary Of war for
| nil the orders. circulars and official re-
ports received from commanders AMI
their subordinntes In the provinces OF
/ Tayabas. Bntnngns. Snmnr and La
Grna. In his testimony before the
committee General Macarthur stated
that there are facts which show that
the cooperation OF Aguinaido's army
in the attack ON Manila was not vol.
\ untary one on our part. General Mae
Arthur then related that Shc evening
previous to the attack on Ma
niia, after General Merritt had issued
his order OF battle. he tN1acArthur) was
in consultation with GcneSal Anderson
| when the latter received a conlmunlca-
tion from General Merritt directing
him to inform Aguinaldo that the bat
tie which was to- take place the next
day was to be between the Americans
and the Spaniards. and that he must
not participate under any circum-
stances. Aguinaldo was at that time.
General Macarthur said. five miles
away. and the message was sent to
him by wire. He knew. however. that
the Filipino leader had received 1t. be-
cause he had declined to accept the
suggestion. and he and his native
forces participated in the engagement
next day.
In his testimony before the Senate
committee OH the Philippines General
Macarthur took up and discussed econ
omic conditions In the archipelago, say
ing that they are the finest group Of
islands In the world. occupying n STRAIT
egic position absolutely unexcellcd.
Continuing. he said that the archipela-
go must necessarily exert an active
and political influence upon the affairs
OF the entire East, both in political
and military way. The China sea. only
| 15O miles wide, he considered n safety
moat. The islands would therefore
stand to protect our interests In the
Orient without the exertion of much
physical power on our part. Hence.
he concluded that our presence in the
Philippines will always insure all the
protection needed In the East, and no
one can now say how great those needs
may be. Their position is such, he
said. that from these islands we may
observe whatever passes along the
coast Of Asia, as 1t must pass under
the shadow of our flag. Therefore. lie
concluded that "the possession, the per-
mancnt possession of the Philippine
archipelago. is not only of prime i'm
portance. but absolutely essential to
American interests" He believed. he
added, that when the Philippine people
come to realize the mission OF the
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