The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-01
ON THIS VOTE IT PASSES.
Confere S Report on Panama Route
Agreei to by Senato,
GENERAL DEFICIENCY BILL PASSED
Bailey Protests Against Appropriations for
Buffalo and Charleston Expositions,
But Afterwards Withdrams
His Protest.
CEy the Associated Press.)

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Washington, June pat 5 o'clock to-
night, at the end of a nine-hour session
| and Of a debate lasting nieht and day
for a week, the House passed the Phil
ippine civil Government bill prac-
tically as it came from the committee.
1t was a party vote-141-9-
With the exception of Mr.. Mccall, of
Massachusetts,, who voted with
for the establishment of a tom
porary government in the islands and
their permanent independence as soon as
a stable government could be establish
ed, was defeated, 50 to 1856.
The debate during the day was at
times of a lively character.
|, The Democrats offered a multitude of
amendments, but all were voted down,
including one offered by Mr.. Patterson,
of Tennessee, to prohibit slavery or in
voluntary serVitude in the islands. The
greatest interest attached to an amend
ment offered by Mr.. Mccall Republi-
cam of Massachusetts, to the end of the
bill to declare the policy of the United
States to be to develop the capacity of
Cii1 l. iiIDiiIoo y o'lI-Sot1l lIlIlClIt anu
pledging the faith of the United States
to grant them self-government. He
J supported an amendment in an eloquent
speech and the Democrats challenged
! their political adyersaries to declare
! their future policy. Mr.. Grosvenor, of
Ohio, and Mr.. Cooper. of Wisconsin,, said
it would be unwise to mortgage the flu
ture by making such a declaration now
and the latter quoted Governor Taft as
! saying that such a promise now would
tend to prevent the pacification of the
islands. The amendment was lost, SO to
12S. 1t was a strict party vote except for
I Mr.. c and Mr.. Littlefield, of
Maine. who voted with the Democrats
for the amendment.
Before the consideration Of the Philip
pine bill was sumed today the House
by a Vote of PES adopted tho c%onfcr-
once report on the Isthmian Canal bill,
thus accepting in toto the Senate bill.
The bill now goes to the President.
Mr.. Hepburn had quite a long COLO
u with Mr.. Richardson, CTenn), over
the time in which the President was to
conduct the negotiations With the Pana-
ma Canal Company and said that the
Senate rejected every position made by
the House confCreeS. He would not
have made this report if he did not be
lieve that it was the Senate bill or moth
ins. He also declared that he did not
believe the Panana Cana l Company
possessed anything we cared to buy.
Mr.. Hepburn said he thought the Pres
ident would fail in his negotiations and
could then resort to the other route.
Mr.. Burton, (Ohio), urged the accept
ance Of the report, saying sentiment had
been growing in favor Of the Panama
route.
Mr.. Underwood. (Ala.), said the poo
pie of his State favored the Nicaragua
route, but he believed it was best to ac-
cept the compromise.
Mr.. Mann, GIls.), said it was one step
nearer a canal due to the efforts Of two
men-Senator MorGan and Colonel Hep
burn. (~Applause).
Messrs sulzer, On. v; Fletcher,
(MinnD: Adamson, (Ga); Williams,
(Niss.), and others.
Mr.. Adamson while still protesting his
friendship for the Nicaragua route, said
ho believed the adoption of the report
would defeat those who were seeking to
prevent the building of a canal. He
prophcsicd that in the end the lceisla-
ton would result in the building of the
Nicaragua Canal.
The report was adopted % to s. The
following votes were cast in the mega
tive: Messrs. Ball, Tex: Bell, Colo:
Hay, Va: Jones, Va; Claud Kitchin, n.
&; Loud, Calf; Neville, Neb.; and
Woods, Calf.
The House then resumed consideration
of tho Philippine Government bill. An
amendment offered by Mr.. Jones, Ua.),
to reduce the interest rate ) to 4 per
cent was defeated.
Mr.. Clarke. CMo.), ridiculed Nj. Lam
dis glowing oulogy of General Funston.
!, If Funston was the great hero the
gentleman from Indiana made him out to
be said Mr.. Clark. "the ticket nominal
CT BY tho next Republican convention
should be Freddy and Teddy, and not
Teddy and Freddy"
Mr.. Clark reiterated his dcnunciation
of Mr.. Landis's statement that the Dem
ocrats after dragging the Republicans
into the Spanish War had run away, de-
;, nouncing tho statement as a foul SANDER.
AS many Democrats, he said, had fought
the Spanish War as Republicans.
dewey. Schley Democratic applause
Old Joe Wheeler. democratic APPLAUSE
and Hobson," said he, all wrote their
names high and there We're other
Democratic heroes, more obscure on
: land and sea. There was no politics in
; the Spanish War-none in its inception.
none during its progress. It was not
f until its conclusion that politics entered
t when a. mean conspiracy tried TO rob
Y Schley of the credit that was his. But
the American people would not have it.
q They wrote his name with those of John
Il Paul Jones, Perry, Farragut, on the list
-,Of naval heroes.
Mr.. Littlefeld (Me.) in reply to Mr..