Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-08

senate today by Pritchard, OF North
Carolina, by some remarks he made on
political methods in North Carolina, in
the course of discussion on the Phil,
ippine bill. He suggested that some
of the methods employed by the op-
ponents of the bill in this country
ought to be reformed. and told of what
is called the sand cure" in North
Carolina, the victim having his face
crushed into the sand to stifie his
cries while he was being beaten to
intimidate him politically. Simmons.
of North Carolina, declared that he
never heard of such practice, and
the debate concerning North Carolina
politics was fully launched. Pritch,
ard charged that the red shirts" rode
over the state to terrorize republican
voters. Simmons denied that state,
-ment and insisted that the "red shirts"
never had committed any unlawful
act. and as a matter of fact intended
only to organize the voters of the
state. The debate waxed warm,
Pritchard declaring that he has been
approached by an emissary of the
democratic party with a proposition
to drop the Impeachment proceedings
against republican judges in North
Carolina il he would nolle prosequi
the cases pending in the courts against
certain democrats for election frauds.
Simmons unquahfedly denied that
such proposition had been made by
authority OF the democratic party.
House.-The house passed the anti
conspiracy bill reported from the judi.
ciary committee without a word of
debate. II came up rather unexpect.
eddy and Littlefeld, of Maine, who
had filed a minority report on the bill
and had intended to offer some amend.
ments, came in just as it was put upon
its passage and the vote was taken
before he understood what was go.
ing on.
Washington, May 5.-Senate.-Dis
cussion of the Philippine question be-
came heated in the senate today. Thus
far the minority has had a clear field
in the debate, the policy of the ma.
jority being to permit the criticism of
the democratic members OF the body
to proceed without interruption.
Today it was different. Spooner of
Wisconsin, Lodge of Massachusetts
and Foraker of Ohio became arous-
ed. They made defense of the ad-
ministration, of the army, of Gov.
ernor Taft, and then spoke holly, al
most unrestrainedly. The result was
one of the most spirited debates that
mas yet occurred on the Philippine
question. While the debate took wide
range, it revolved around the reso-
luton calling for Major Cornelius Gar
dener. In the Philippines. to appear
as soon as possible before the Philip
pine commission as a witness. A
cablegram from Chaffee was read by
Lodge saying that it was impracti-
cable for Gardener to leave the is
lands at present, as he was special
ngure In court of inquiry which was
investigating the conditions in the
province of which he was provisional
governor. Both Morgan and Pettus in
..cated that they could see no good
to come from a pursuit of the discus
sion, and the latter urged the with
drawal of the resolution. No action
had been taken on the resolution when
the senate adjourned on account of the
death of Representative Amos J. Cum
mings of New York. -.-.-.-----------
House. he death of Representa-
tive Amos J. Cummings of New York
IN Baltimore last night caused general
regret and sorrow in the house to-
day. The blind chaplain, Rev. DR.. Cou-
den, in his invocation, made a touch
ing reference to Mr.. Cummings death,
his great service to his country as
a journalist anS statesman and he
prayed for those who had been near
and dear to him by the ties of kin
ship. Resolutions expressing the sor-
row with which the house heard of
the death were adopted and II was
decided to hold appropriate services
in the hall of the house tomorrow
The public funeral ceremony in the
house of representatives is an unusu-
al tribute to the deceased member
and 1t has been given in recent years
only in the cases of Representatives
Dingley of Maine and Kelly of Penn
sylyania. both veterans of congrega-
tional service.