Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-05-01

Soon after the Senate convened
Burton, kas., from the committee on
public lands reported back the bill
granting to the Central Arizona Rail-
way 90. right of way for railway
purposes through the San Francisco
mountain forest reserve in Arizona
with a recommendation that it pass.
Notwithstanding the objections of the
President expressed in veto message.
Mr.. Burton asked immediate consid-
Grafton for the bill, but Wellington,
Md, objected and the measure went
to the calendar.
AZ the conclusion of routine business
consideration Of bill to ratify an agree
ment with the Sioux tribe of Indians
Of the Rosebud reservation. in South
Dakota. was resumed.
Consideration of the Philippine bill
was resumed and Patterson, Colo.
offered a resolution. for which he asked
Immediate consideration, directing the
secretary of war to cable Major Garde-
ner, formerly civil governor of the
province of Tayabas, to return to the
United States to appear as witness
before the Philippine committee. III
the preamble to the resolution, Patter-
son declared that the Philippine com
mittee had decided by a partisan
vote to refuse to ask that Major Gar
dener be cabled to appear as soon as
he could come to the United States.
McCOmas raised the question that it
was not proper to say that the COM
mittee had divided upon partisan
lines.
Allison. a member of the Philippine
committR, objected to the use of the
word partisan and said that it was
the misfortune of the ma jority Of the
Philippine committee not to be able to
bring the partisan minority into con-
fornity with its views.
Patterson said it was the desire of
the minority of the committee to get
Major Gardener as a witness as soon
as possible. The effort was made in
good faith. as he was regarded as a
valuable witness.
Allison said he was satisfied that Ma
jor Gardener would reach Washington
long before Congress adjourned and
there would be ample time to get his
testimony. in the regular course Of
events. without calling on the author
tiles to cable him to come at once.
Tillman indicated his belief that in
formation was being "smothered," and
he demanded to know from Lodge
whether he proposed 'to dragon the
Senate into a vote upon this measure"
Lodge. replied, laughipgly, that he
wished he could dragoon the Senate
into a vote on the measure. but Till
ho Il
kind. He believed it would be prepos-
ferrous for the Senate to wait on a sin
gle witness.
of course" said TilIman. every
thing can go along leisurely If the Phil
ippine committee is to smother infor-
nation.
Allison pointed out that nobody OBJ
jected to. the testimony of Major Gar
dener. His regiment would soon leave
the Philippines. He intimated that Ma
jor Gardener was particularly anxious
to be witness and personally he was
not in favor of decorating him by or
Gering him by ordering him by cable
gram to come to this country in adj
vance of his regiment. If one witness
were to be called from the Philippines
it might be necessary to get the views
of the other 80 odd provincial gov
ernors. which, ne suggested. might be
as valuable as those Of Major Gar
dener
Carmack, Tenn, declared that the re-
port made by Major Gardener was SO
startling and important that the secre-
tary of war had endeavore9 to keep it
from the Senate and from the Ameri-
can people. He insisted that unless the
the proposed resolution was adopted.
Major Gardener surely would not get
to Washington before Congress ad-
journed.
Culberson, Tex, explained that the
minority of the Philippine committee
especially desired Major Gardeners
testimony. because his statements had
been challenged by Governor Taft and
General Macarthur.
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