Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-06-05


The amendment was pending when
the house adjourned.
Washington, May Ex-senator
Lodge Of Massachusetts, in charge of
the Philippine bill, offered on behalf
of the committee several amend
ments, the most important being the
one extending to the Philippines the
provision in the bill of rights of the
constitution of the United States, eX-
cepting only the right to bear arms
AID to trial by jury. All amendments
were agreed to. Senator Morgan of
Alabama delivered an extended
speech in which he supported, in the
main, the bill as presented by the
committee. He said it looked to-
! peaceful government in the islands.
| Some changes were necessary, in his
| opinion, but these he thought would
be made. He declared there never
| had been a pretense of an organized
| Filipino government in the islands,
| anu ne Sulu tIdIj luN DS"FS lGNOS-
nized Aguinaldo's claims, he would
have given aid and comfort to the de
| clared enemies of the United States.
| He took sharply to task those in and
! out of the senate who had eXtOlled
AguinaldO and asserted the Filipinos
we're not fighting for liberty but sim
ply as savage tools of the HOngkong
| iunta. Senator Clay of Georgia re
garded the action of the United
! States since the ratification of the
treaty of Paris as great mistake and
urged that this government ought tC
declare its purpose in the Philippines
Such action would put an end to the
trouble in the islands. He main
tanned the bill ought not to be passed
as it would confer greater power or
the Philippine commission than eyel
had been possessed by king or poten
tate Senator Spooner of Wisconsin
began a speech in support of the bill
which is to conclude the general de
bate on the measure by the republi
can side. He reviewd the situation
in the islands and said the RESPONSE
bility of it rested not on any ont
party but on all alike. 1t appeared
strange to him that a measure intend
ed to eXalt the government and subor
dinate the military power shoul'
create such adverse criticism; AM
he declared that on the Democrat
side nothing was heard but pess
mism; the gospel of despair, sus
picion, distrust, and imputation of tn
motives of republican senators. II
declared that never in the annals O
. time had an army carried to a peopl
so much of amelioration, so muc
kindness and tenderness as the Amel
lean army had carried to the Filipino
by direction of President Mckinley
The house passed the bill to il
crease the subsidiary silver coinage
The democrats directed the tigl
, chiefly against the provision TO recoi
, the standard silver dollars into subs
diary coin as public necessities migf
!. require. Some New York democrat
voted for the previous question, bl
o voted with their colleagues on
' motion to recommit, with instru
!. lions to strike out the provisions rel
Y tive to the recoinage of silver dollar
Conference reports on the omnibu
q public building and Notifications a
preparation bills were adopted and Il
q house adjourned until Monday I'll
:. text of the subsidiary coinage bill fC
). lows: The secretary Of the treasur
r be authorized to coin the silver b.
n lion in the treasury purchased und
the act Of July "A, 1890, into such d
Y nominations of subsidiary coin as
\. may deem necessary to meet publ
10 requirements and thereafter a. pu
n. lie necessities may demand to reco
&c silver dollars into subsidiary coli
and SO much Of any act as fixes