Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-03
SOME HOT
DEBATES COMING
Discussion Of Philippine Affairs by
No Means Ended
FEDERAL BILL TO REVlVElI
south Carolina Senators Not the only
Ones who Are AZ Odds-A
Crank BilI.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Washington, Feb. Is, The bitter feel
Ing Of partsanship which was engen-
dered by the debate on the Philippine
tariff bin still hovers about the senate
and, although at times 1t may appear
to be dlssipated, yet there viii be OUT
breaks occasionally As long os the
South Carolina senators are under the
senate's displeasure there VIII be echoes
in the senate chamber of the cir
cumstances which led up to the alter.
cation and the subsequent order Of the
senate declaring them to be In con-
tempt There are number OF mea-
sures to be considered yet which will
bring out party dlsagreements, and
later the Philippine government Dill
VIII cause q renewal OF the discussion
concerning those Islands. As the de-
bate grew warmer In the senate many
senators became intensely Interested,
and In the last few days they did not
get an opportunity TO say all they
wished This was especially the case
the last day, when the senate operated
under the fifteen minute order a num-
Der OF Philippine speeches were bot
tied up, so to speak, for future ocoa-
slOns. And so we may expect some
rather bitter party discussions during
The coming weeks.
WHERE COLLEAGUES DIFFER.
II Is an interesting fact that when
men from state are elected by OPP
poslte parties their differences are new
er 80 personal as II elected by the same
party and one OF them afterwards
changes his position, Take Mcl.ourin
and Tlllman as an example The feel
ing between them Is more bitter than
between either and party opponent
The same Is true az 10 McComas and
Wellington There have been other In
stances in the past Of a similar nature,
though It did not become so pronounced
as exhibited by the Maryland and
South Carolina senator's. Teller's With
drawa from the Republican party
caused GOODNESS between himself aud
Wolcott The same was true with
Dubois and shoup of Idaho In these
cases Il never cropped out openly, all
though generally understood by those
who knew them we'll
UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
When the agreement IL reached In
the house by "unnlmous CONSENT
that u.s. without any objection by any
member II is like an order or rule OF
the house. The speaker enforces It az
rlgidly as he does any other rule no
matter what II may do In the senate
these agreements are frequently made,
specially as 10 fixing a time to vote,
and almost universally they are adj
hered TO by everybody, even by those
who were not present when the agree
ment was made. Once on twice these
agreements have been broken TO the
extent OF discussion, but usually such
discussion is upon point OF order or
q question Of privilege, which presiding
officers hold can be discussed In fact,
President Pro TEN. Frye holds that an
agreement by unanimous consent
must be obeyed By all senator's Them
selves and not enforced by the presd-
Ing officer.
PHYSICAL CULTURE DEPART
MENT
Senator Mason is good natured man
and willing 20 accommodate almost
my one, therefore he has introduced u
bill "by request to establish depart
inent of physical culture, with a secre-
tary in the cabinet, II Is one Of the
crank propositions that find their way
into Congress, but II is interesting Ia
zee what this particular bin would
have the government do Under the
bin the Secretary Of physical culture
shall "do everything that he can with
III the limits of good common sense Ia
advance the cause Of physical culture,
10 the individual Improvement Of the
human race as well as to the improve
ment Of the general conditions under
which people live, prosper aud prolong
their usefulness aiming 10 secure es-
pecially Saturday half holidays and
shorter hours throughout the entire
year for all public workers, establish
ing public outing PERIODICALS, public
fountains Of pure drinking water, pub
lie Fairgrounds. public parks, public
gymnasiums. public theaters, public
baths, public laundries, ana so forth
as object lessons IN patriotism and
public spirit for all the people who
may come within the reach Of their
ennoblng and elcyating influences
LIKES A FIGHT.
Gen. Grosyenor enjoys nothing quite
20 much as a real good, lively parla-
mentary bout with the best that
any antagonist can give. lie likes IL
Rive and take blows, and there is not a
man in the house with whom he is not
perfectly willing to cross swords lie
has enough humor TO enjoy a Joke at
his own expense and enough wit 70
make reply. He generally comes out
OF every encounter with the best Of H.
CAPITOL NOTES.
A member Of any foreign parliament
or legislature Is entitled to admission
~ the floor Of the senate or the house
That was why Prince Henry was adj
mitted 10 the floor Of the senate. The
prince Is a member Of the upper coun-
ell OF the German reiChstag
what every senator needs" says
Senator Clay Of Georgia, rs a first
class clerk TO take care Of hs cor
respondence. | am not one Of those
men who tear up their letters. bul
answer every one, and Il takes the best
part OF my time"
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