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PHILIPPINE TARIFF.
The Senate Begins Consideration
of the Subject.
an IMPASSIONED APPEAL BY LODGE.
Urges That No False Hopes he Raised
in Minds of Filipinos-House
Discusses Scheme for
Investigation.


Discusses Scheme for
Investigation.
Washington, Jan. 22.-For nearl,
three hours Tuesday the senate hae
under consideration the Philippin,
tariff bill. The measure was made thu
unfinished business and probably vii
hold that position of preference unit
1T shall have been voted on finally
The debate was opened by Senator
Lodge (Mass.), chairman of the com
mittee on Philippines. He sketchet
in free-hand way the reasons which
had actuated the majority in present
ing the measure and urged strongly
its enactment into law at an early
date. He explained with some mi
nuteness the necessity for the legis
Ration embodied in the bill, and con
cluded with an appeal to the senate
and to congress to deal with ques.
tions relating to the Philippines as
they might arise and to keep clear
of vague words and wagner promises,
which were likely to be misinterpret-
ed and to raise false hopes in the
minds of the Filipinos. In an impas-
eioned peroration he besought con-
Hress not to give mortgages on an I'M
known future.
Senator Rawlins Q1tah) delivered a
vigorous speech in support of the
minority substitute, in which indie
pendence was promised to the Fill
pinos SO soon as stable government
could be established in the, Philip
pines. His discussion of the general
Philippine question covered much of
the ground that has been gone over
during the past two years. Through
out he was accorded careful atten-
Zion.
AS conclusion Of the debate for
the day Senator Bacon (Ga.) sharply
criticised the secretary of war for an
alleged violation of the law in issuing
an order permitting vessels flying a
foreign flag to participate in the COM
merce between the United States and
the Philippines.
House.
Washington, Jan. 22.-The house
without preliminary business Tuesday,
went into committee of the whole and
resumed the general debate upon the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill.
Mr.. Sibley (Pa.) made general speech
An opposition to the government enter
ing at this time upon a scheme for the
irrigation of the arid lands in the
west.
/ Mr.. Newlands (Nev.), an earnest ad-
Hocate of the irrigation or arid lands,
replied to Mr.. Sibley. He explained the
provisions of the bill, which it was pro-
posed to present to the house, to
show that it would not create a charge
ON the public treasury but would en-
ploy only the fund raised from the
sale OF arid lands for the work of re-
clamation. He argued that the irriga,
fion of western arid lands would not
constitute threat against the farm
krs of the older states. While there
were 600, 100000 acres of arid land in
the west, he said there was not water
enough to reclaim more than 70,000,000
acres, an area twice as large as Iowa
and generations would be required to
bring all these lands under irrigation.
Other speakers were Mr.. Dinsmore
NArk,), Mr.. Mondell (Wyo), Mr.. Rob
fnson (Ind.), Mr.. Kerns Gll), Mr.,
Gaines (Tenn.), Mr.. Vandiver (Mo.)
and Mr.. Greene Qa.).
Boer Resolution in House.
Washington, Jan. 22.-Representa-
Rive William Alden Smith, of Michi-
gan, Tuesday introduced resolu.
Zion in the house reciting the re-
Dort that the British military au-
khorities have passed sentence OF
death upon Commandant Scheepers;
also that the world suffers because
pf the war waged between any family
,of nations" and that the people of
the United States are moved in be-
half of the sufferers from terrible
warfare being conducted in South
Africa" and then proposing resolve
nv the senate and house that the
British government be requested to
set aside the death sentence on
Scheepers.
+ Favors Direct Vote.
Z Washington, Jan. 2S.-Ihe commit
lee on the election of president and
vice president of the house made a
favorable report on the bill for the
election of United States senator's by
nirect vote of the people. The report
follows literally that of last year and
presents the advantages of popular
selection of senators. In the senate
committee on privileges and cleo.
lions there was an informal discussion
OF the same proposition. There are
before the senate committee petitions
from six different states calling on
congress to convene national conven.
tion to amend the federal constitution
90 as to make this change in the meth
cd of choosing senators. Thirty
such petitions are necessary to insure
such a convention, and the discussion
Tuesday turned upon the point as t.
whether all the 80 necessary petition
should be addressed to one congress
or whether petition once mad
stands for all time. No decision wa
reached.
Democratic Policy.
Washington, Jan. 22.-The commit
tee of 10 appointed by direction Of tn
concus of house democrats 10 consid