Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-24
CONGRESS.

| in the senate tomorrow. On DenalI
| Of the majority Of the committee On
| the Philippines, Chairman Lodge to-
| day reported the measure and gave Ho.
tice that he would call IT up al
| o'clock tomorrow. Rawllns, Of Otan'
] acting for the minority OF the commlt.
| tee. offered a substitute for the Dill 81
the majority and announced that he
would submit some remarks on IL az
| the conclusion Of Lodges statement
| in support of the majority report.
During the greater part of today's ses-
sion the measure providing for the es-
| tablishment of department OF Cola
merce was under consideration. An
effort was made by Nelson, OF Min
nesota, to secure vote, but the OPP
position to many Of its provisions pc
came so strong that the effort had 10
| be abandoned.
House.-The time of the house OF
! representatives was occupied TO-DAY
| in general debate on the urgent de-
| ficiency appropriation bill. An item In
the bill carrying 100000 for mill
| tary post at Manila precipitated long
debate, in which some of the ablest
debaters on both sides of the house
| took part. A semi-humorOus speech
| by Clark, Of Missouri, elected reply
| from Cannon, of Illinois, which
| in turn drew the fire of De Almond.
| of Missouri. Others who participated
were Richardson, of Tennessee; Gros-
| venor, of Ohio; Alexander, of New
| York; Grow, Of Pennsylvania; Will
| Jams. Of Illinois, and Underwood, OF
| Alabama.
| Washington. Jan. 21.-Senate.-For
nearly three hours today the senate
| had under consideration the Philip
/ 49,, 1,;1 '1,a ol,1C
| made the unfinished business and
probably will hold that position OF
preference until it shall have been
| voted on finally. The debate was
! opened by Lodge, of Massachusetts,,
chairman of the committee on Philip
| pines. He sketcned in a free-hand
way the reasons which had actuated
| the majority in presenting the meas
ure and urged strongly its enactment
! into law at an early date. He ex-
planned with some minuteness the
necessity for the legislation embodl-
ed in the bin and concluded with an
appeal to the senate and to congress
| to deal with .Ae questions relating
| to the Philippines as they might arise,
and to keep GEAR of vague words
and vague promises, which We're
likely to be misnterpreted and to
raise false hopes in the minds OF the
Filipinos. In an impassioned per-
grafton he besought congress not to
give mortgages on an unknown future.
Rawsins, Of Utah, delivered yigor-
Gus speech in support of the minority
substitute, in which independence
was promised to the Filipinos SO soon
as a stable government could be es-
tablished in the Philippines. His dis
cussien of the general Philippine
uuesL1on covered much of the ground
tLat has been gone over during the
past two years. Throughout he was
accorded careful attention. AS con-
clusion to the debate for the day
Bacon, of Georgia, sharply criticised
the secretary OF war for an alleged
violation Of the law in issuing an
order permitting vessels flying a for
eign flag to participate in the COM
MERGE between the United States and
the Philippines.
| House.-In the absence of other
pressing business, the house manag-
ers are allowing the widest latitude
in the debate on the urgent deficiency
| bill now before the house. The lrrl-
ga,.on of arid lands in the west and
| the advisability or retaining control
| o. the Philippines were the main
! topics under discussion today. The
speakers were Sibley, of Pennsyl-
/
| lands, of Nevada; Mondell. of Wyom-
| ing; Robinson, of Indiana; Kerns, of
| Illinois; Gaines, of Tennessee; Van
| Diver, of Missouri and Green, of
Pennsylvania.
Washington, Jan. 22.-Senate:-De-
bate on the Philippine tariff bill was
not continued in the senate today, no
member of the body being prepared
| to proceed with the discussion. The
bill providing for the establishment
| Of a department of commerce was
| under discussion for nearly two hours.
Little progress was made with 1T, as,
| while the debate disclosed no objec-
| lions to the main features of the bill,
| there was disposition on the part
! oil the senate to give it careful con-
| sheraton
| House.-So1ae of the old partisan
FIRE was injected into the proceedings
o. the house today when the item in
! the urgent deficiency bill appropriat-
ing 100000 for military post at
| Manila, which the democrats have been
using as text for speeches In oppo-
| sition to the Philippine policy of the
| administrator for the last three days,
was reached. Cannon, in charge of
| the bill, confessed that the appropria-
| ton was subject to a point OF order
and it went out. In lieu thereof he
! offered an amendment to appropriate
| the same sum for shelter and protec-
ton of the officers and enlisted men
| of the army on duty in the Philip
pines. This the chair held to be in
order and it at once became the sub
ject of very spirited debate in which
Richardson, the minority leader, Will
liams OF Mississippi and De Almond
Of Missouri were pitted against the
chairman of the appropriations COM
mittee.
Partisan applause rang out on each
side to cheer the respective champions
and there seemed to be solid line
up on each side of the political aisle.
But when the vote came to be taken
Cummings, "a New York democrat,
voted with the republicans, turning