The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-28

 it was known over there that he proposed that the Filipinos ultimately should have their independence.
 Anybody" he asserted, "who will criti- else the utterances in that speech would criticise the declaration of independence if he dared to do so."
 Mir. Lodge said Mir. Teller's statement concerning the declaration of independ- ence was silly" What President Schu- man said in Boston did not, in his opinion, concern the Senate. The only point was whether a general of the United States army had criticised the Senate. It did not appear from the dispatch that Gen. eral Wheaton had referred to the Senate at all. He had a perfect right to com ment upon Professor Schuman's utter ances if he wished to. It would be a most unusual proceeding to assume that General Wheaton was guilty of any in- discretion until he had been heard from.
 In response to inquiries of MT. RawlIns.
 Utah) Mir. Lodge said he did not know whether newspaper dispatches sent from Manila were censored or not and he did not know whether the War Department had or not taken steps to ascertain whether General Wheaton had made the statements credited to him.
 MT. Carmack CTenn.) questioned the right of any officer of the United States aTHiy tO CTlUCiSe cttIleT InG dCtlOHS or utterances of any private citizen.
 MT. Tillman 6. O. interrupted to say that the general commanding the army had been reprimanded by the President for agreeing with the Admiral of the navy upon a question which "all the people of the United States were abso- lutely agreed"
 MT. Carmack did not think that MT. Tillman's interjection was entirely relevant.
 MT. Hoar (Mass.) contended that no unsupported newspaper report on a mat ter of this kind enough to be accepted by the Senate. He therefore deprecated the introduction of the Manila dispatch into the Senate proceedings. He thought the whole matter ought to be eliminated from consideration, as he believed it entirely likely that General Wheaton would be reproved if he had made any statements he ought not to have made.
 For the time this closed the incident.
 Mir. Nelson, in charge of the Depart ment of Commerce bill had read a long letter from John w. Hays, General Sec retary-Treasurer of the Knights of Labor, in support of the bill
 Mir. Jones (Ark.) read a protest on the part of the railroad engineers, fremen and other employees against the transfer of the department of labor to the new Department of Commerce.
 MT. Lodge said he desired to apologize for referring to anything MT. Teller may have said as silly" and pointed out that the statement of General Wheaton did not criticize the minority of the Senate, but simply Professor Schurman. He in- sisted there was no disposition on the part of anybody to suppress news or views. He instanced the circulation of a letter urging the soldiers in the army of the Philippines not to continue to | service.
 Who sent out that circular?' inquired Mir. Jones (Ark.)
 Tt was sent out think" replIed Mir. Lodge, by MT. Edward Atkinson. It | urged soldiers not to serve in the Philip | pine war. The letter was widely circu- lated and attracted attention"
 MT. Rawlins insisted that the suppress sion of opinions and information was so notorious that one could not depend on the statements coming to the United States from the Philippines. The Philip pine Commission, he asserted had arro- gated to itself the functions of Con- Iress; indeed, the commission had done many things which Congress never would lave done. The dispatch under con- alteration indicated. he said. that the authorities in the Philippines were pre- 'ared even to define and punish what hey considered reasonable acts and Itterances.
 MT. Dubois insisted that the dlspatcb Ie had presented bore evidence on its ace of accuracy. we have been threatened and blackmailed," he sskl as long as we ought to endure it. Such Itterances as have been instanced are nensive to us and they ought not +o e permitted to pass without a reprimand y this house. They are, coming from fncers of the army. in exceedingly bad aste." Mir. Tillman (s. co interrupted to in- uire who would furnish the proof that he dispatch'read had not been inspired. MT. Spooner replied he did not believe was either inspired or censored, but cit that the Senate ought to await dea- lite information. General Wheaton, he added, was fine ficer of high character and notable 
 "Ye5,' interjected Mir. Tillman, The is brilliant officer. doing some very dirty york That is my opinion"
 Well, 1t is not mine," replied MT. ;pooner. 'I have the word of the Sena- or from Indiana (Beveridge) that the censorship of news dispatches. in the Philippines was abolished some time Lgo." Mir Money made an extended speech in .rftiefsm of the Governments policy in he Philippines, declaring. "We are com nitted to it. suppose. until We have a ucid interval. and We are not likely soon o have that" ,.