The Dolores star., 1902-02-07
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

ine senate committee on public
MINUS mas ordered a favorable rcport
"n 'he irrigation bill recently agreed
upon py the senators and members of
me mouse or Representatives from this
se"i-hrid states. There was no obiec-
.ioh IN the committee and the motion
10 report the bill was unanimous.
| In the United States Supreme Court
MONDAY Attorney General Douglass of
,i'iiiesota renewed his motion for
,eave TO iile bill of complaint on be-
nan nan OF the state against the Northern
securities Company In the matter of
the merger of the Northern Pacific
Ihiiroad with other railroads, saying
'lat lie had given notice to the defend
ants. as required by the courts. Per.
mission was granted and Mr.. Douglass
presented the matter. Attorneys for
me railroads replied and the court took
the question under advisement.
Kissing to question of privilege ear.
ly In the session, Mr. Dubois of Idaho
Iiau read an Associated Press dispatch
from MANILA in which General Whea.
ton was quoted as criticising some ut
'erances of Professor Schurmann in n
speech delivered in Boston. Mr.. Du-
Dois thought the President in the cir.
cuinstances. would be warranted In
reprimanding General Wheaton for his
utterances. He declared that such
comment upon the action of the Sem
ate was Outrageous and indecent"
ana that the minority had had quite
enough of threats and blackmail The
debate thus precipitated took a wide
range, covering the entire Philippine
problem.
Senators Clark OF Montana and
Clapp of Minnesota as a sub-commit
tee of the regular committee on Indian
affairs are drafting bill to entirely
abolish the tribal relations of Indians.
II is proposed to have all moneys in
the United States treasury credited to
the tribes divided per capita and in
dlvidual accounts kept with each In
dlan. Allotments are to be treated
the same way. The property of de-
ceased Indians is to go to heirs, in
| stead of revert to the tribe. The whole
idea of the bill is to treat the Indian
as an individual, instead of an unrec-
ogniZed part of n tribe, in all govern
mcnt transactions. The plan is sup
ported by the Indian commissioner and
favored in the Senate and House.
An extended speech on the pending
Philippine tariff bill was delivered in
the Senate Friday by Mr.. Morgan of
Alabama. Speaking of the claims
which had been made that there was
no lawful government in the Philip
pines. Mr.. Morgan. with earnestness.
said there Is n government there and
hn yxr.rS lad .,
ernment, suitable to the character of
these people and the circumstances in
which we found them 1t would ad-
vance the esteem of the F'ilipinos for
the United States if they could have
delegate in Congress, as in the case of
Hawaii, said Mr.. Morgan. This, he
thought, would be no violation of the
constitution. Referring to the work OF
the Philippine Commission, their per-
sonality and their ability, he paid
tribute to the late President Mckinley,
who. he said, was the happiest man in
the world in making selections of men
for responsible position, who always
could be relied upon to do the right
thing at the right time and in the right
way.
The bill creating n Department of
Commerce, which passed the Senate
Tuesday, was amended in various par.
ticulars. The most important amend
ment was on changing the title to read
Department of Commerce and La
bor." 1t provides for secretary, who
is to be n member of the Cabinet: an
assistant secretary and other officials
and clerks necessary. The proposed
department is especially charged with
the collection and distribution of sta
tistical information and with the de-
velopment and fostering of foreign
and domestic commerce. In the de-
partment there is to be a new bureau
of manufactures, and many bureaus
now included in other departments are
transferred to 1t, including the life
saving. light house, marine hospital
and steamboat inspection service, the
bureaus of navigation, shipping and
immigration, as well as control of the
fisheries and the Chinese exclusion
questions. all now within the jurisdic-
ton Of the Treasury Department; the
Fish Commission and the census bu-
rcau. The department is also given
jurisdiction over the consular service
SO far as it pertains to commerce.
1t has been years since there has
been such a hurricane of bitter vitup-
Grafton. of personal tnunt, of ugly
charges and of unmodified criticism as
was witnessed Tuesday in the Senate.
Not since the discussion of the resolu-
tions leading up to the Spansh-Ameri-
can war has any scene occurred in the
Senate chamber comparable with
Tuesdays. Even that debate lacked
the personal bitterness manifested at
times to-day. Irritation was aroused
on both sides of the chamber, and once
or twice personal encounters between
senators seemed imminent. Once,
when Senator Teller taunted the Re
publican senators by declaring that
they knew the statements made in a
recent dispatch from Manila, In which
Genertal Wheaton was represented as
criticising the opponents of the govern
ment's policy in the Philippines, were
true, a half dozen Republicans were
on their feet in an instant Senator
Lodge, Mt whom the taunts seemed to
be aimed particularly, hurrledly
crossed from his seat in the center of
.tI,, ponuhlican side to the main aisle