The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-27
BAILEY MAKES OBJECTION
Patterson Still Discussing the
 Philippine Question.
says The Denver News Has Ad- vocatsd Independence of the
 Archipelago Since December,
 lsee-Toraksr Not Frank.

(Colo.) one of the minority members of the Philippine Committee of the Senate occupied the floor most of the day in a discussion of the Philippines question. He quoted from the utterance of his news paper The Denver News to show that 1t consistently had advocated the independ- ence of the Filipinos since December. 1ses He said the editorials quoted by Mir. Foraker not long aso had been writ ten prior to that time.
 Soon after the Senate convened today Mir. Gaiiinser (N H.) offered a resolution providing that the Judiciary Committee of the Senate should make an investisa- tion into the subject of lynchings in the United States with view of ascertainins whether there is any remedy for them.
 Mir. Gallinger said he introduced the resolution in full view of the fact that he might be charged with precipitating . sectional controversy though nothing was further from his thoughts. He said lyncings were not confined to the South. Horrible cases had occurred in the North and white men as we'll as black had been the victims. Throughout the country. intense interest was manifested in the subject. He thought 1t imperative that the Judiciary Committee should take some action upon the subject.
 During the past ten years 2,65S lynchings had occurred in the United States. If the strong arm of the law could reach out to prevent such occurrences. he deem- ed it desirable that # do SO. Burning of Texas Negro.
 He had read the Associated Press ac- count of the burning of a negro in Texas 2 few days ago He said history. did not furnish more fiendish instance of mob wrath; and Fox's Book of Martyrs was tame In comparison. The whole wretchcd business. he ssIds, was dls- grace 10 American manhood and in the light of which the alleged atrocities In the Philippines paled into insisrihcance. The Spanish ifiqtiisition did not furnish a case excecdif.E that one In inhffnafity. He apprchended that 1t would be said that the Federal Government was power less and that the States had exclusive jurisdiction. If so the American people desired to know IL. Public sentiment should be aroused to prevent such in- human atrocities.
 MT. Bailey tTex.) said he had no idea of being drawn into any sectional contro- yersy by the Senator from New Hamp- shire, and he would be willing to have the people judge the men who perpetrated such outrages He desired, however. to discuss the question whether the Govern ment had a right to go into the several States and take charge of the peace and good order. He asked. therefore. that the resolution go over.
 'There can be no objection" said MT. Bailey, ito a report from the Judiciary | ~ thos a,fhf hacalIan ther1 can be but one conclusion reached by that committee But if in the course of It's investigation, it should undertake to pa- rade before the country all the lynchings and purnings that have occurred In any section over a nameless offence and all the murders of women and children ana all the abductions which have occurred in any other section of the country, the only result, 1t seems to me. would be to make us think less of ourselves as peo- ple and as a nation. and have little dis position to indulge in that pastime my self"
 Burning in Kansas.
 The resolution went over. Subsequently Mir. Culberson (Tex,) had read the story of the burning of negro near Leaven- worth. Kas. in January. 1901. saying he wanted the fact shown that these crimes occurred in other States than Texas. He hoped the New Hampshire Senator. when reciting examples of these atrocities in the future he would not confine himself to one State.
 Mir. Hoar. chairman of the Judiciar; Committee, said his committee had had inc subject under consideration. and thu bill had been reported by him adversely ] The matter had been considered as ques ton of constitutional law and duty.
 The conference report on the fortifica lions appropriation bill was agreed tt without debate.
 The Philippine bill then was taken up and Mr. Patterson of Colorado made a speech in opposition to it.
 In beginning. Mir. Patterson read ex' tracts from a report of a minister's meet ing held recently in Boston in the course of which the minister stated that the American flag had been disgraced in the Philippines by the commission of trage' dies and horrors in the island although no special attack was made upon the President and Secretary of war.
 MT. Patterson referred to the editorials from The Denver News, which Mir. Fora ker had read in the course of his speech These editorials strongly urged the re- tention of the Philippiie Islands and ad- vocated the governments policy as to the islands. MT. Patterson said he was re- sponsible for the utterances of The Den- yer News then and now. He asid he was a tyne of hundreds of thousands of Amer icau people who had held views similar to those expressed in The Denver News editorials and subsequently, had changed those views.
 MT. Patterson declared that after the capture of Manila. "a censored press. de- liberately guided by the powers in Wash ington. had misrepresented the sitpation in the Philippines"
 Mir. Foraker Not Frank. He read some extracts from editorials in The Denver News since the time re- ferred to-. declaring that the most "sub- Timely grand and national deed" which the United States could perform would be to extend independence to the Filipinos He urged that Mir Foraker had not been frank and candid in his quotation from The Denver News"
 Mir Foraker resented the inputaticn 0! a lack of fairness.
 MT. Patterson insisted that Mir. Forakel