The Lamar register., 1902-04-16

| ing Christmas, whom he considered
cultivated man, who had become entan-
gled with sharpers. The witness said
lie never bribed any one. and nothing
of the kind was ever cOntemplated; he
never received any money from Christ
mas. In response to questions from
members of the committee, Mr. Knox
specifically denied that he had intro
duced Christmas to w. ]. Bryan, or
that he had claimed to Christmas that
he was an intimate friend of Senator
! Hanna.
The report of the testimony given be-
fore the Senate committee on military
affairs by General Schofield. formerly
the commanding general of the army,
on the bill to create general staff,
has been made public. He ell
dorscd the bill. saying that he
had long since come to the conclusion
that there is no room under our consti-
tuition for two commanders. and that
the President, whom the constitution
makes the supreme commander, must
act through the secretary of war. He
added: ''The very exalted individual
office, so-called, of commanding general
of the army, must disappear. There Is
no room for it in this government no
matter who occupies it: 1t Is not n ques-
ton of personality at all, or the charac-
ter of the individual. so far as this
great question is concerned. He must
be what other nations of the earth
have, IL chief of staff not a command
Ing general"
BY strict party vote the insular
committee of the House voted down
substitute proposed by the Democratic
members, ''to establish n stable and au-
tonOmous government In the Philip
pines" and then by like party vote
ordered favorable report OH the meas
ure prepared by the Republican MEM
bers establishing complete form of
civil government for the islands The
chief interest was in the substitute
proposed by the Democratic members
and prepared by Representative Jones
of Virginin. 1t proposed eventual in
dependence to the Philippines. the
Islands to remain under the Philippine
commission until July 4. 1903. then
eight years of qualified Independence.
then complete independence: the insur-
rection meanwhile to cease. The I'm
tied States to have three coalng sta
tions and two naval stations. There
were twenty-six sections in the subsu-
tute.
Senator Teller has introduced reso-
luton directing the postmaster general
to report to the Senate the amount of
Z
services required of them under the
postal regulations of 1866 and unsettled
by the government. The aggregate
claims of Colorado postmnsters for SER
vices rendered and unpaid amounts to
S15.OOO. in claims running from $50 to
$50 Similar claims are held by post
| masters in all the Western states
where the rapid growth of mining in
the years between the years 1866 and
. for. N
masters to employ extra clerical help
for which the department later refused
to pay. When the resolution was in
| troduced objection to It's immediate
consideration was made by Senator Al
llson, who said the allowance of the
Colorado claims would open the way
| for claims of other states and would
involve an outlay of several millions of
| dollars. The resolution was finally re
ferred to the postotfice and postroais
! committee.
At its session April 10Th the Senate
committee on the Philippines began its
proceedings by adopting a resolution
calling upon the secretary of war for
! all the orders. circulars and official re-
ports received from commanders and
| their subordinates in the provinces of
Tayabas. Batangas. Samar and la
Guna. In his testimony before the
committee General Macarthur stated
that there are facts which show that
the cooperation of Aguinaldo's army
in the attack on Manila was not a vol
untary one on our part. General Mac
Arthur then related that the evening
| previous to the attack on Ma
nila, after General Merritt had issued
his order of battle. he MacArthur) was
in consultation with General Anderson
| when the latter received Il comnunica-
tion from General Merritt directing
him to inform Aguinaldo that the bat
tie which was to take place the next
| day was to be between the Americans
and the Spaniards. and that he must
not participate under any circum-
stances. Aguinnldo was at that time.
General Macarthur said, five miles
away. and the message was sent to
| him by wire. He knew, however, that
the Filipino leader had received it, be-
cause he had declined to accept the
suggestion. and he and his native
forces participated in the engagement
next day.
In his testimony before the Senate
committee on the Philippines General
Macarthur took up and discussed econ
omic conditions in the archipelago, say
ing that they are the finest group of
islands in the world, occupying STRAIT
egic position absolutely uneNcelled.
Continuing, he said that the archipela-
go must necessarily exert an active
and political influence upon the affairs
! of the entire East, both in political
and military way. The China sea, only
$50 miles wide. he considered safety
moat. The Islands would therefore
stand to protect our interests in the
Orient without the exertion of much
physical power on our part. Hence.
he concluded that our presence in the