The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-21

81 y s,.ndcd speech in the senate ana
~ eS'. mos, attentive and careful
pI ~ discussed principally the sedi-
~ ,rscted by the Philippine com
W. ..orously attacking the authority
q , =, to enact and enforce
y He maintained that congress
,he mower to put In force ncis
,,octer. He compared informa-
!. ,.,,lsbed by the executive depart
!, tho government with some OF the
~ Governor Taft in his tcsti-
s,tore tbe Philippine commisSloa
respect to the capabilities OF tne
,,,lDes people, and delivered with
.t bis belief that Governor Tart
...a,,ed the true situation in the
u, Or motives unknown. lie asserted
y tho 100000 Christians in the
..l,os were Protestant Christians, the
n, practlccd on them by the Amer
,nthorities would have to stop, as no
!, n congress would he able to
,s,r6 .he wrath Of the Mothodists.
s,rtlsts and PresbyterIaus of this
.uy
I. ysl,rn Mimi presented legal and
,atrtiopal argument In support Of this
.,,nmeut's action In the Philippine
-. ana sbornly criticised Mr.. Pat
!, tor injecting into the controversy
,s,,tion of sectaHanism.
~ so,,lueion of routine business in
''' .,,,.t,l,r,,ior was ros,,mod
alste today constellation was resu'i'uu
he Philippine tariu bllL
I, Patterson (ColoJ. a member of the
-. oor,r,lttce of the senate, dis
lgp'Ae .,titio,, i,,,.s on
eN the treason an" 9Nu'utom "nd On.
N and enlor,eu as t,,,t ,,e daci.ihn
ae he niaiu.'ii,W ,,,',' cn,,i.t sacucd
- ~ Vnlieu Saws ,an nnnsti,,n Nyn,
ndCsle tuas III tISt rourt il
nsalea unqu"" H. Ian 90 ri@hts would
v a9la taut ,ho oNt i,i,u.uo. ana mai my
a'snaeu " '"v ,itI,irF tbr limits of rae
800, 20 az ,,, i-nitcd states
sA UNNAMED IL, tbnt when The question
v n. .boW,J romn before the supreme
4 y n would he hold that the rights of
~" and a fr,r prpss In The PniliD-
r. saulg NlnfiIl lp nfUIDHIHu lllltN n tiA
Ma anv d "DI lie said tnat il was a
\. nd strsnoe soycrriguty" that en-
4 tho pbllInnine commission to enforce
laws as bad been nut into effect In
pbllnninps. and he challenged the an.
49, I'M Of the commission to enact sucn
ia lie recognized that ali the judicial
Ia 10 territorial government. but he
hat. beyond doubt in his mind. the
lpplne commission had no authority to
Nh treason or 80 provide punishment
rliO.
Dat be held, was solely within the
|Br and authority of congress. lie de
hid that the Philippine commission had
a,ged the United States statute it had
#~npted to follow and made its enact
&ea pmnnIcal because there had been
sastly a deliberate purpose to make
I'M states statute uc donoupcci the
l,tNib moIirnancy" the commission ais
4 ina when II attennted ia COW tho INIT
/ !, ,I,,snonps r,otpo ,,, '''''' '''' ''' 0'''''
IN p,ttersor do1Ioroi .b,+ orl,. ro,, ot
49, ~. a.. =" MINI, .tnI TlIS iUut W.
,,i.,In stsS W w uIlIppIue ,oilin,,t
s,.s, b.d ~ rV"sl'lia.i aso,nSt ~ ~,
\ 4, ,ha T. G.S lsfe. ,l M, 10 Wy 50.
Ma No.. -. ~ Iii " ~ >
~ NeIe ldAen Doully from tne sta,'
~ spain as enacted by the Spanish
s.,..,,,., ..,
.an mat No greater outrage could he
-.n upon a people than the enforce
n. 9 Tue sediton laws enacted by the
sappne commission. Acts more tyrau-
~ more unconstitutional and more III
M TO the interests of the people. he as
eiei, never were enacted and they
w TO be repealed Immediately by act
wlgess.
" Patterson maintained that under the
attnent Of the Philippine commission,
N person found distributing the Congres
"a Record containing speechcs of any
taba Of the minority mon tho pbiIIn
= question would he liable TO fine and
Airisonment. He denounced sy,ch con.
'Nn as unwarranteG and extraordinary
y without anv nons,ttntio vH'i aoteil
declared that thc scdition laws cnocted
De congress in iT0s were n beacon. light
tberty and ipdenendenco ,s % comna T Or
IN thc laws nnacted iuT hi as p S1nirp
anis.op 10 e. sai5 ny the rhl.ip p
!. explained tbof a'u ~ {nat novernor ~ a.,
penalty WAS n lnS.in %edo wI ths I Iy