Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-06-06
WEEKS D0|NCs
IN CONGRESS
Business Transacted by the
House and Senate in the
National Capital.
PHILIPPINE BILL HAS PASSED
HOar, Mason and wellington, Republic
cans, Vote Against 1t, While McLaurin'
Democrat, Voted for It-Amendments by
Minority Were All Voted Down.

ing in the senate is no unusual that
when it occurred in the course OF the
Philippine debate today it created
sensation. Spooner, of Wisconsin, was
speaking. and referred incidentally to
the story that thousand Filipinos
had been put to death by American
troops in trenches which they were
compelled to dig. Lodge. of Massa-
chusetts, SAID that the story had been
denied by the father of the soldier
who started it, and that the war de-
partment has cabled to General Chat
fee to ascertain the facts. Carmack.
of Tennessee, interrupted to say that
no doubt the soldiers would deny the
story. as all the soldiers in the Philip
pinos had been require. to do. His re-
marks were greeted with Kisses from
the galleries, and demonstrations OF
disapproval calling out a sharp rap
ping of the gavel from the chair.
Spooner occupied nearly five hours OF
tOday'S session in concluding his
speech begun on thursday. His earn
estness and elOquence attracted the
attention of all senators and hundreds
of occupants of the crowded galleries.
He maintained that the United States
could not leave the Philippines like
coward" and abandon people who
had come under our protection, thus
surrendering them to tyranny and
chaos" He did not believe in the adj
mission of the Philippines to the Union
as states, but in the conduct of the
islands nothing savoring of imperial
ism had been suggested except for
party purposes He charged that an
incessant effort had been made by
the minority to put this country in
the wrong and to stain the country
with dishonor. In the course Of his
speech, Spooner became involved in
spirited colloquy with Hoar. of Mas
sachusetts, during which Spooner read
statute of the state of Massachu-
sets. which offered reward OF 500
for the scalps OF male Indians over
the age of twelve years. Hoar de-
clared that it was a cruel and barbar-
Gus law. and Spooner himself did not
attempt to justify it. simply citing t
as an instance of cruelty in the fight
ing of savage natives. Pettus, of Ala
bama. discussed some of the legal
phases of the Philippine question. and
McLaurin of Mississippi, insisted that
the democrats in the senate had not
slandered the army. as had been
charged Carmack, of Tennessee, oc-
cupied the floor at the night session.
In the course of his remarks he declar-
ed that it was evident from the tone
of President Roosevelt's Memorial
Day address that the cry of lynchings
in the south was to be the admins
tration's defense of the outrages in the
Philippines.
Washington, June 2.-Senate.-Lit-
tie interest. either on the floor or in the
galleries, was manifested in the senate
debate on the Philippine government
bill today under the fifteen minute
rule. At two or three stages it almost
died of hamilton. Mason. of Illinois.
in a vigorous speech differed from the
majority in the treatment proposed for
the Philippines. He urged that no
reason existed for according to them
treatment different from that accorded
to the Cubans and strongly advised
that they be afforded the right to gov
ern themselves. He said he would not
have voted for the Paris treaty but for
the open understanding among SEN
ators that the Filipinos were to be
given their independence as soon as
they were ready for it. Other senator's
who spoke today were Hoar, Foraker,
Cullom, Carmack and Proctor.
House-The house by vote of 129
to 46. suspended the rules and adopted
the joint resolutions extending the
thanks of congress to Secretary or
State John Hay for his address on the
occasion of the Mckinley memorial ex-
ercises last February. A unanimous
consent for the consideration of this
resolution was objected to by De-
Almond. of Missouri. some time ago,
and today Clark. of Missouri, made
twenty-minute speech in opposition to
it's adoption on the ground that Hay
mad abused the occasion by injecting
Republican stump speech" into the
address. General Hooker. of Mississip.
pi a one-armed confederate veteran,
delivered an eloquent defense OF Hays
address, denying tnat it contained any
thing that was Objectionable from
political standpoint. Reports were
considered of the anti-anarchy bill and
the bill to transfer certain forest reser-
vations to the agricultural department.
The senate bill to retire Surgeon Cen
eral Sternberg and the house bill to
encourage salmon culture in Alaska
were defeated on motion to pass them
under suspension of the rules.
Washington, June 3.-Senate.-
Shortly after o'clock this afternoon
the senate passed the Lodge Philip
pine government bill by a vote Of AZ
to 80. Three republicans, Hoar of
Massachusetts. Mason of Illinois, and
Wellington of Maryland. voted against
the measure. and one democrat. Nc
Laurin, of South Carolina, voted for it
All amendments offered by the minor
ity were rejected. The debate on the
measure has been in progress seven
weeks and two days. Lodge. of Mas
sachusetts. chairman of the Philip.
pine committee. who has been unre.
hitting of his advocacy of the meas
ure. was the recipient of many cor
dial congratulations on his successful
conduct of the bill Just at the close
of the discussion today sharp eX-
change occurred between Dietrich, OF
Nebraska, and Patterson, Of Colorado,
in the course of which the former re-
fected caustically upon the Colorado
senator. He was called to order, his
remarks were read and he was de-
clared to have been out OF order In
them. He withdrew his state
ment. thus ending the controversy.
During much of the time today the
senate was in recess, no senator caring
Not All Satisfied With Terms.
London, June ga very serious
of discomfort probably is
responsible for the fact that London
has not shown the same evidences OF
rejoicing as were to be seen on MAZE
king night. In some quarters the COM
ment on this peace with honor end