The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-04
With a Smile He Dismissed Discus
sion of His Forced Encounter
with nate Bailey.
WORK ON PHILIPPINE BILL
THE SENATOR OUTLINES T THOR
OUGHNEss IN DETAIL.
Representative Overstreet IL Town
for a short Time After Return
ing from Washington.


dianapolis yesterday. and will be here about
a week before going TO some remote place
in the Hockey mountains to spend a few
weeks vacation. He will return to Indiana
in time for the campaign. Senator Beve-
ridge does not speak authoritatively on
the matter. but is Of opinion that Senator
Hanna will accept the invitation u take
some part in the Indiana compaign. After
leaving Washington Senator Beveridge
spent a day or two in Philadelphia and
New York.
The senator does not wish TO discuss the
Bailey encounter which took place in the
Senate a few days ago. He simply smiled
pleasantly last night when asked about it.
and replied: Please excuse me from dis
cussing that"
The work OF Congress has been busy
and exacting to a very high degree the
senator said. I'm addition to the general
legislation which occupies necessarily every
session, the Congress has repealed the war
tax and relieved the entire country of
every item of that burden. This is the
elimination Of a financial management
which has been most admirable. When
the country reflects that we have paid
every dollar of the expenses of the war
Win 0R0Ah gnu al CNCl way dhSC Oy IL
aand also all the ordinary expenses of the
government and at the same time reduced
the national debt more than $4,000, 600 and
also refunded the remainder of the debt so
that the country pays 100000 less interest
every year than it did before the war with
Spain began. and finally when in addition
TO all this the entire war tax has been
taken of by Congress. a record of financial
kit z-
American may well be proud. The treas
ury has never been in better condition than
it is to-day.
PHILIPPINE BILL.
The passage by Congress of the Philip
pine civil government bill is historical. 1t
is the first measure of the kind ever en-
acted by our Congress with reference to
a similar situation. The bill is long and
very comprehensive. II was considered in
committee almost daily for many weeks.
subcommittee were appointed to deal with
special subjects. such as mining, coming,
banking and the like. The whole bill was
considered line by line in full committee.
The country Is familiar, of course, with
the long-drawn-out debate that followed
the committees report to the Senate. The
debate, as everybody knows, covered every
phase OF general policy involved in the
Philippine question and was not confined
by any manner or means TO the bill itself.
The bill. which has now become a law,
deals exclusively with a large number of
practical subjects, such as the disposition
of the public lands, the management of
forests and other practical subjects. 1t is
thought even by Democratic members that
the mining code is the most perfect in the
world. The laws of British Columbia.
Mexico. the United States and the Spanish
laws were all carefully examined and the
best features utilized in framing the Phil
ippine mining code. The land provisions
/ Of the hill were NrOrka6 nupr and raxfGnd
time and again. and in the not distant fu-
ture there will be no necessity for any
Filipino being without his home and a
farm OF his own.
The question of franchises Of all kinds
is gone into carefully, and the amount of
lands which corporations may occupy is
carefully limited and guarded. The inves-
tigation of the conduct of the war in the
Philippines occupied the committee for sew
eral months daily. and with only few inter
ruptions. The testimony covers several
thousand pages. A large number OF pri-
vate soldiers were called by the opposition.
Governor Taft and Generals Otis, MacAr-
hur and Hughes and Bishop Thoburn. of
the Methodist Church. cover every possible
phase of the case. The hearing of wit
nesses was concluded with the notable tes-
timony of Admiral Dewey.
SUMMARY OF TESTIMONY.
"a summary Of the testimony prior to
his, covering the conduct Of the army, re-
concentrate camps. conditions in the prov
inces, capacity of the F1lipinos for self
government and the effect OF American
withdrawal from the islands, together with
the opinion of foreigners, was put into the
record by myself. This compilation of tcs-
timony was made into a public document
by the Senate on the motion of Senator
Kean, Of New Jersey. The full testimony
is so voluminous and bulky that il is i'm
possible for any one without the greatest
labor TO go through IL.
THE Republicans feel we'll satisfied with
their work on the Philippine bill and the
results OF the investigation. and we shall
be delighted to present any and all issues
based on the entire Philippine question to
the people in the coming campaign.
1.-THE other work of historic interest is
the passage OF the canal act. This has
been the dream OF the American people for
fact. The work is so vast, the expenditure
of money TO do II will be so great and the
practical problems involved so delicate that
the enterprise will be prosecuted with the
utmost care and consideration. When COM
pleted II will be the greatest single physi-
cal work in the world. While much credit
is due Senator Morgan for his long battle
for a canal, very high praise indeed is also
due Senator Hanna, who was the foremost
champion o. the Panama route, which was
finally selected. Senator Spooner's substi-
tute for the Nicaraguan bill was what was
finally adopted. and is the latest example
of the Wisconsin senator's constructive
craftsmanship.
Indiana has at last got her war claim.
with those of other States. Representa-
tive Hemenway, together with other In
diana congressman and Senator Fairbanks.
worked earnestly and effectively for this.
In short. every one has worked steadily