The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-02-26
CONGRESS.

Washington, Feb. LIT was agreed
by the Senate on Tuesday that final
vote on the Philippine tariff bill and
the pending amendments should be
taken next Monday afternoon at four
O'Clock. The only stipulation made
by the minority was that the last
days debate should be devoted to
speeches not exceeding fifteen minutes
in duration. Senator Wellington of
Maryland spoke in opposition to the
pending bill and Senator Stewart of
Nevada in support of the measure
Mr. Wellington's address covered the
Philippine question generally. He
set forth his well known views force
fully. He always had been Republi-
can, he said, believer in the system
OF protection and supporter of gold
standard of currency but he had come
to the parting of the ways with his
party in 1898, when it developed "its
imperialistic tendency He opposed
the pending tariff bill because he did
not think Congress had the right to
enact legislation by which peopel
are taxed without representation and
governed without their consent.
The speech of Mr. Wheeler of Ken
lucky in the House last Friday when
he bitterly assailed Secretary Hay and
Lord Pauncefote and criticised the
| official preparation for the reception
of Prince Henry had sequel in the
House on Tuesday during the debate
on the Indian appropriation bill. Mr..
Gillett of Massachusetts in q half
hours speech declared that the intern.
perance of Mr., Wheeler's language
| carried its own condemnation. New
ertheless he (Gillett) grievously de-
| plored such an affront to a foreign
country. During the course of the
| speech two emocrats-Robinson of
Indiana and Thayer of Massachusetts,
-disclaimed any sympathy with Mr..
Wheeler's utterances. These disclaim-
| ers drew from Mr. Talbert of South
| Carolina, the statement that he desir-
ed to share in the responsibility of the
| speech, every word of which he said
he endorsed. Mr.. Wheeler himself
subsequently replied to Mr.. Gillett,
re-aftirming what he had said and de-
clarlng that he would stand by his
words whether they were discreet or
not. he read number of letters,
kilograms and cablegrams from Lon
don commencing his utterances. The
| incident was the feature of the day.
w h6oOii, w. LIC D6ndUt
continued the consideration of the
Philippine tariff bill on Wednesday,
the main speeches being made by Mr..
Burrows of Michigan for the bill and
Mr.. Money of Mississippi against it,,
although Mr.. Mitchell of Oregon, Mr..
Foraker of Ohio, Mr.. Mallory of Flor
ida and Mr.. Tillman of South Caro-
lima, all took more or less part in the
general debate ON the subject. Mr..
Burrows maintained that Congress
was dealing with the question as it
was today and not with any reference
to what took place in the past or
might take place in the future. He
maintained that the United States &C.
cupancy of the islands was with due
regard to international obligations.
He gave a review of the beginning
of the war in the Philippines, his
effort being to show that the United
States proposed to make it's occupation
OF the islands as gentle as possible.
While the Michigan Senator was
reading the proclamation of President
Mckinley known as the benevolent
assimilation" proclamation Mr.. Till.