Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-06-04
WORK OF CONGRESS-.

In the senate on the 27th Senator Pat
terson (Col) discussed the Philippine
bill, particularly its provisions regarding
the holding of lands. He declared that
it was monstrous and never should be
enacted into law. He urged that the
Filipinos be granted their independence.
He quoted newspaper stories of the al
legged torturing of native priests by
American troops in order to extort in
formation and he also referred to what
he considered the large proportion of
Filipinos killed In battle to those
wounded, in one instance the proportion
being 20 killed and one wounded. These
startling figures he said, 'give room
for thought-for reflection. Are they not
the result of the kind of war urged by
Gen. Be1l?" A fruitless effort was made
to get an agreement on a time for a
vote on the bill. The house passed the
Shattuc immigration biz. The feature
of the day was a lively debate on the
question of prohibiting the sale of intox--
icattng liquors at immigrant stations. It
was precipitated by an amendment Of
fered by Mr. BOwersock (Kan.) to pro-
hibit such sale, which was carried, So to
Is. Mr.. Lands 0nd.) followed this vic
tory with an amendment to prohibit the
sale of intoxicants in the capitol and it
prevailed by still larger majority, 10S
to 10. The bill brings together into one
act all the scattered legislation hereto
fore enacted in regard to the immigra-
ton of aliens into the United States.
rule was presented to make the bill for
coming subsidiary silver a continuing
| order until disposed of.
An agreement was reached in the SEN
| ate on the 2Sth by which a final vote
| the pending Philippine government bill
and all amendments will be taken up
June at four o'clock p. Senator
Burrows CMich) explained the bill at
| length and urged its enactment, main
| tanning that it would advance the inter-
| eStS Of he
| islands. In his judgment it would be a
| mistake to accord to the Filipinos now
| self-gOvernment and independence. Such
| a proceeding could result, he said, only
| in disaster to the inhabitants and posi-
BILE anarchy in the islands. Senator Hoar
| (AIass.) offered a substitute for the reso-
luton of Senator Wellington (AId.), dis
| charging the senate committee on priv
ileges and elections from consideration
of the house joint resolution for the cleo
| ton of senators by direct vote of the
people. It asks the committee to report
all about the resolution and the wisdom
| of passing it....The house debated the
bill to increase the subsidiary coinage
| by coming the silver bullion in the treas
ury and to retain standard silver dol
| lars the public necessities may require.
The debate drifted into general dis
cuSsion of the silver question. Mr.. New
lands CNev.) finally offered an amend
ment to make subsidiary silver a legal
tender. Mr.. Cochran (Mo.) supported
the NeWlands amendment, at the same
time denouncing the bill. He warned
the members of the majority that the
time would come in their defense of the
proposed legislation when they would be
as Jack rabbits before the hounds"
Without action the amendment the
house at 1850 adjourned.
Senator Lodge (A1assA; in charge of the
Philippine bill, offered in the senate on
the 18th several amendments to the meas
ure, the most important one extending to
the Philippines the provision of the bill
of rights of the constitution of the
United States, excepting only the right
to bear arms and the right to a trial by
jury. All of them were agreed to.
Senator Morgan (Ala.) delivered an ex-
tended speech in which he supported in
the main the bill as presented by the
committee. He took sharply to task
those in and out of the senate who
had extolled Aguinaldo and asserted
that the FilipinOs were not fighting for
liberty, but simply as the savage tools
of the Hong Kong junta. Senator Clay
(Ga.) opposed the pending measure. He
regarded the action of the United States
since the ratification of the treaty of
Paris as a great mistake and urged that
this government ought to declare its
purposes in the Philippines. He MAIN
tanned that the bill ought not to be
passed, as it would confer greater power
on the Philippine commission than ever
had been possessed by king OF potentate
Late in the afternoon Senator Spooner
CWis.) began a speech In support of the
bill. He declared that never in the an
nails of time had an army carried to a
people so much of amelioration, so much
of upbuildfng, so much of kindness and
tenderness, as the American army had
carried to the Filipinos by direction of
Mckinley An adjournment was then
taken till the 31st. The house passed
the bill to increase the subsidiary silver
coinage The democrats directed their
fight chiefly against the provision to re-.
coin the standard silver dollars into sub
sidiary coin as public necessities might
require. A half dozen roll calls were
forced. The conference reports on the
omnibus public building and fortif1ca-
tions appropriation bills were adopted
and the house adjourned until the I'd.