The age-herald., 1902-02-25

He had little respect for a man who thought the cause of liberty had a better chance under a Malay chief than under the American flag.
 MT. Vest, Missouri, gave notice of an amendment that by the pending bill it should not be held that the United States intended to corporate the inhabitants of the Philippines Into citizenship of the United States nor to retain the islands permanently as an integral portion of the United States; but that it is the intention to establish in the Philippine archipelago government situable to the wants and conditions of the Philippines.
 MT. Elkins, West Virginia maintained that the treaty of Paris and the decisions of the Supreme Court determined the status of the Philippines. They belong ed to the United States. The Filipinos owed allegiance to the United States and the United States owed protection to the Filipinos and the Republican party, he said. would see that these obligations were discharged.
 MT. Culberson of Texas said the Demo- cratic party maintained that trade be- tween the United States and the Philip pines should be free; that ultimately in- dependence should be granted to the Fil- ipinos. He asserted that the policy of the Republican party was dictated by the trusts.
 MT. Lodge said that so much acrimony had been developed that an incident had occurred on Saturday which all deeply deplored. That incident had grown out of, he said, the fact that the ordinary decencies of debate had been brushed aside. The time had come for the Senate to restore its debates to a high plane. He felt 1t was impossible to decide the Philippine questions without Senators calling each other robbers and thieves and scoundrels. within a week." he added, i've have heard a dead President charged with being guilty of deceiving one Senator and of bribing another and of treating the Filipinos inhumanly."
 Why Dubois Left the Party.
 MT. Dubois of Idaho, said he had left the Republican party not so much on ac- count of the money question as because of the great corporations and trusts'' had gotten control of the Republican councils.
 MT. Bacon announced the withdrawal of his amendment offered to the pending bill, saying that he would offer 1t later to the proposed Philippine government bill.
 Mir. Wellington, evidently laboring un- der excitement, angrily replied to some statements made during todays debate by his colleague, MT. McComas. These
 
 his CWellington's) truth and veracity, but he insisted Mir. McComas recollection did not serve him well.
 "He is'' said MT. Wellington, ''so ignor- ant upon this question that he ought not to speak upon it, or his statements were untrue.' He explained that while MT. McComas accompanied him in his call upon the late President he was not with in hearing of all of the conversation and did not know what had been said. He asserted that the President (McKinley) did make the pr romses to him which he had stated previously he had made. 'I believe" said he, that the President meant at that time to carry out those promises, but because of sinister and maligning influences he was forced to abandon them and to drift-to drift. I do not stand alone in this matter and my colleague in assailing my veracity assails that of another Senator. The same prom ises were made to him as Mckinley mSde to me. He is on the floor now" declared MT. Wellington, pounding his desk em- phatically. "or was few minutes ago. I was not mistaken
 He demanded of his colleague that there should be no equivocation upon his part and declared that MT. McComas re- training from making the charge against him in the last campaign had waited un- til he could hide behind the rules of the Senate DefOre casting the lHiputdtiOH Ol such charge against him. Calls McComas Liar. After referring to visit to President Mckinley by MT. McComas and himself, MT. Wellington, speaking emphaticaliy, said: T desire to be within the rules of the Senate. I will say this: If my col league at any time will reterate outside of this chamber what he has said in this chamber, then I will tell him that he Is not correct. I will tell him what l will not say in this chamber because or Senatorial dignity, because of parlia- mentary rules, that he utters a cowardly and malicious falsehood."
 MT. Frye. the president pro tenn, or dered MT Wellington to take his seat. He compiled.
 Mir. Hoar made the point of order that MT Wellington was out of order in using the language he had used MT. Frye sustained the point of order and the incident seemed to close at that point.
 Mir. Allison defended the policy of the administration in the Philippines and as- serted that such government was be- ing established in the islands as would enable all the people there to partici- pate in 1t.
 MT. Clay challenged any Senator to in- dicate 6 single instance of disloyalty to the American army on the part Of any Democratic Senators.
 Mir. Hanna said that with the personal difficulties of the two Senators from Maryland ha had nothing to do but