La Junta tribune., 1902-03-01
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

4 Harry 8. New has been ohefeo inc
position Of first assistant posfmastef
general, 10 succeed w. N. Johnson of
] New Jersey. Mr.. New has NOS yeI
given his final answer. He - = me
| ber OF the Republican committee froM
| Indiana and Is editor Of the lndianapo
| lis Journal. The change VIII Occur
within two months.
I Another lively discussion Of the
philippine of Mr.. Wheeler Of kenfuckp'
| took place a few days ago in the house.
Mr.. Bromwell. an Ohio Repubhcan.
Mr.. Kern, an Illinois Democrat. ana
Mr.. Fleming. . Georgia Democrat.
added their views to the literature on
| the subject, but II was Mr.. Bouteu, an
| Illinois Republican, who entertaineo
the house most. He was well fortiness
with material, and with exceeding gootF
| temper, and a trenchant display OF
| wit. he traced the history OF what Mr..
| Wheeler had called ''truculent syco-
phany," as he said. from the day when
| the first Democratic president pur-
chased bogus coat OF arms to the en-
tertainment OF Queen Liliuokalani, by
| the last Democratic president He
finally dismissed the whole subject by
saying it should be accepted abroad n
one OF the erratic and sporadic phases
Of American humor.
The most important development 4
Tuesday to the Tiilman-McLaurin cpl
sode was the act of Senator Frye. pres
| ident pro TEN. of the Senate, in order
(! ing the clerk of the Senate to restore
| the names OF the two South Carolina
senators to the roll. II this plan IL
carried out, this act Will be followed
| by the adoption by the Senate OF .
resolution before vote on any other
subject taken suspending the two SEN
ators for some definite time. The order
OF Senator Frye for the restoration OfS
the names to the rolls was issued al
most Immediately after the Senate con-
vened to-day, and WINS the result OF .
general conference among the Republic
can leaders of the Senate. When
asked for an explanation Of this order. .
Senator Frye said: I'm my rulings
yesterday believe that was strictly
within parliamentary laws; that sena-
tors In contempt are not entitled to rec
ognition either to speak or to vote.
and that logically their names should
not be called still adhere to that
opinion but, desirous OF shifting the
responsibility from the chair to me
Senate, have directed the clerk t., re-
| store to the roll the names OF the two
senators from South Carolina" ~ tne
conference OF the Republican leaders
Senator Frye's ruling was exharsuvesy
discussed, the construction being tnae
the action OF the president pro tenn.
In striking the names of the eoutn Sa!-
olina senators from the rolls anu n,s
refusal Of a request - nave Ineh
names called was beyond prccedent IN
the Senate, and not entirely 1usuned.
On this account It wac deciued tnat
this particular phase IT the question
should be Immediately taken mp Dy me
committee ON privileges ana elections.
The Philippine tnrln bill, as passed
Monday. provides ttat articles import
ed into the PhIuppine archipelago !
from the United States shall be re-
ouired 10 nav the duties levied against
them BY the philippine Commission.
and paid upon like articles imported
into the archip slago from foreign coun-
tries: that asticles imported into the
ITnIted Stats from the Philippines
shali nav 4 duty of seventy-five per
cent. Of I'VE rates hxed by the Dingley
law. less any export taxes paid upon
the articles sent from the Philippine
archipelago, as required by the Philip
nine Commission. All articles now inn
r,orted free into the United States shall
be hereafter exempt from export duty
Imposed in the Philippines. The bill
exempts the commerce passing be-
tween the United States and the Phil
Ippines from the operation Of the nayi-
CATION laws OF the United 6tates untK
July j, 1904, and authorizes the Phil
ipplne Commission to issue licenses to !,
craft now engaged In lighterage or ex-
cIusiyely harbor business, provided
such craft are built in the United
States or the Philippines, or owned by
citizens OF the United States or BY In
habitants OF the Philippines. The du-
Hes and taxes collected In pursuance OF
this act shall be paid into the treasury
Of the Philippine islands and used for
their benefit All articles manufAc-
tured In bonded warehouses Of import
ed materials, or Of materials subject t0N
internal revenue tax, when shipped
from the Uniked Gtstes to the Philip
pines shall u exempt from the inter-
nal revenue, and NIL taxes paid upon al
articles shipped TO the Philippine y
lands since November I, 1901, shall be
refunded.
senator Patterson Of Colorado. one
of the minority members OF the Philip
pine committee, delivered his nrst ex-
tended speech In the senate ON the 1fh
inst, taking mp nearly the who'll day'ss
session. ana was given most atten-
tive hearing. He discussed principally
the seaition laws enacted By the Pnil-
ippine commission. vigOruusiy attack
/ ing the authority Of the commtssiou 70
enact and enforce such lawe. He
maintained that cougress alone bad tne !
power to put IN force enactment1 e
| that character. He compared Informs
| fion furnished by the executive a.
| partmenfs of tie eovexnment with
some a. the statements OF Governor
Taft In his teatipnouy before the Phil
ippdne eommittez with respect 70 the
capabilities ~ the Philippine peopSA
| and declared with some heat HI -
| lief that GeveFnor Taft had mletepre-
seated ~ hue sitnatioa 4 -