The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-05

PAAASo A0ul pcSu required 10 10. f1lS re-
marks We're greeted with Kisses from
the galleries. and demonstrations of
d1sapproval calling or. a sharp rap
ping Of the gavel from the chair.
Spooner occupied nearly FIVE hours Of
today's session in concluding his
speech begun on Thursday. His earn
estnessv and eloquence attracted the
attention Of all senators and hundreds
OF occupants of the crowded galleries.
He maintained that the United States
could not leave the Philippines like
coward" and abandon people who
had come under our protection, THUG
surrendering them to tyranny and
chaos" He. did not believe in the ad,
mission of the Philippines to the Union
as states, but in the conduct of the
islands nothing savoring OF imperial.
lsm had been suggested except for
party purposes. He charged that an
incessant effort had been made by
the minority to put this country in
the wrong and to stain the country
with dishonor. In the course Of his
speech, Spooner became involved in
spirited colloquy with Hoar. of Mas.
sachusetts, during which Spooner read
statute of the state of Massachu-
sets, which offered reward of 500
for the scalps of male Indians over
the age of twelve years. Hoar de-
clared that it was cruel and barbar
Gus law, and Spooner himself did not
attempt to justify it, simply citing !,
as an instance of cruelty in the fight.
Ing OF savage natives. Pettus, of Ala
bama, discussed some of the legal
phases of the Philippine question, and
McLaurin, of Mississippi, insisted that
the democrats in the senate had not
slandered the army, as had been
charged. Carmack, of Tennessee, &C.
cupied the floor at the night session.
In the course of his remarks he declar-
ed that it was evident from the tone
Gay address that the cry of lynchings
in the south was to be the admins.
tration's defense of the outrages in the
Philippines.
Washington, June 2.-Senate.-Lit-
tie interest, either on the floor or in the
galleries, was manifested in the senate
debate on the Philippine government
bill today under the fifteen minute
rule. At two or three stages it almost
died of hamilton. Mason, of Illinois,
In vigorous speech differed from the
majority in the treatment proposed for
the Philippines. He urged that no
reason existed for according to them a
treatment different from that accorded
to the Cubans and strongly advised
that they be afforded the right to gov
ern themselves. He said he would not
have voted for the Paris treaty but for
the open understanding among Sen,
ators that the Filipinos were to be
given their independence as soon as
they were ready for it. Other senators
who spoke today were Hoar, Foraker,
Cullom, Carmack and Proctor.
House-The house by vote of 129
to 46, suspended the rules and adopted
the joint resolutions extending the
thanks of congress to Secretary of
State John Hay for his address on the
occasion of the Mckinley memorial ex-
ercises last February. A unanimous
consent for the consideration of this
resolution was objected to by De-
Almond, of Missouri, some time ago,
and today Clark. of Missouri, made
twenty minute speech in opposition to
its adoption on the ground that Hay
mad abused the occasion by injecting
Republican stump speech" into the
address. General Hooker, of MISSISSIPPI
pi, one-armed confederate veteran,
delivered an eloquent defense of Hays
address, denying that it contained any
thing that was Objectionable from a
political standpoint Reports were
considered of the anti-anarchy bill and
the bill to transfer certain forest reser-
vations to the agricultural department.
The senate bill to retire Surgeon Gen
eral Sternberg and the house bill to
encourage salmon culture in Alaska
were defeated on motion to pass them
under suspension of the rules.