Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-08
Weeks D0|NGS
IN CONGRESS
Business Transacted by the
'1ouse and Senate in the
National Capital.
PHILIPPINE DEBATE GOES ON
Republicans Change Their Tactics and
Come to the Defense of the Administra-
tion and the Operations in the Philip
pines.

uatlOn occurred IN tne senate tOudy. III
revolved around the order alleged to
| have been issued by General Jacob II.
| Smith to make the island of Samar a
bowling wilderness and to kill all male
| inhabitants over the age of 10 years.
| The debate took a wide range, how
ever, and many other points were dis
cussed. When the Philippine bill was
laid before the senate. no one was pre-
| pared to deliver a set speech upon 1t.
| Lodge, of Massachusetts, in charge
of the measure. said he felt compelled
| to press it for consideration. His re.
marks drew the fire of Teller, of Colo
RADIO, who criticized the republicans
! for not participating in the discus
sion. This precipitated the debate and
| for more than two hours ii continued.
| Teller declared that General Smith,
| If he had issued such an order as had
been attributed to him, ought to be dis
missed from the service. as IL was a
disgrace to the American army and to
the American people. Lodge said that
while he knew little of the circum-
stances surrounding the alleged order.
he did not approve of the cruel meth
DDS in warfare, and every right-mind-
ed person must regret General Smith S
order. To him 1t was revolving. He
! defended the administration, however,
| saying as soon as knowledge of the
order had come to Washington. the
| president had directd that General
| Smith be court martialed.
Householder special order which
allowed three hours debate. but which
cut off all opportunity of amendment.
the house today passed an omnibus
public building bill which will dis
tribute $17.405, 450 among liza cities.
| AS the bill covers into the treasury
| 81 ,585 900, the total amount carried by
| the bill Is reduced to that extent. The
bill provides for II new buildings and
sites. six buildings on sites already
| purchased, seventeen on donated sites,
| and ffty-eight increases in appropria-
lions for buildings already authoriz-
ed. 1t also provides for the purchase
of sixteen sites. The majority for the
bill was so overwhelming that only
nine members backed a demand for
the ayes and noes on the passage
of the bill. There was some criti-
cism of the method by which 1t was
proposed to pass the bill without OPP
portunity for amendment, which Mer-
GER, chairman of the committee. an
swered by stating that II the bill had
been subject to amendment, the APP
preparation carried by il w5aid have
been increased to $60,000.O00. The
| consideration of the agricultural ap-
preparation bill was resumed, but only
seven pages were disposed Of.
Washington, April 30.-Senate.-A
| resolution offered in the senate today
| by Patterson, of Colorado. directing
| the secretary of war to order by cable
| Major Gardener, now in the Philip
pines to come Immediately to Wash.
| ington, to appear as witenss before
| the Philippine committee, precipitat-
| ed a warm discussion. The debate
| continued for about two hours, con-
siderable feeling being manifested on
both sides of the chamber. The charge
| was made by the minority that the ma
| jority of the committee was endeav-
| oring to suppress facts and informa-
| ton. This was denied by the chair
man of the committee, Lodge, who
| said that any such action would be
inconceivably stupid. All parties. he
insisted, were anxious for the fullest
| information, but he and others con.
| tended that 1t would not be advisable
to cable to the Philippines for Major
Gardener, as he was about to come
home and would be here in time to
| appear before the committee. Patter-
son and Carmack, OF Tennessee, urged
that Gardeners testimony was partic.
ularly important. and that it ought to
be had before action was taken on the
| pending bill. The resolution finally
went over until tomorrow. The bill
for the purchase of the Rosebud res
ervation in South Dakota and the
sundry civil appropriation bill were
considered, but no action was taken on
them.
House.-The house today passed the
agricultural appropriation bill and be-
gan consideration OF the District of
Columbia appropriation bill, the last
but two of the regular supply meas
ures. By the terms of a special rule
adopted before the district bill was
taken up, 1t will be in order to attach
a rider to II to make operative the ex-
listing personal tax law of the district,
which has been a dead letter for
twenty years. Chairman Cannon esti-
mated that there was 100000, 900 of
untaxed personal property in Wash
ington. The Goldfogle resolution,
calling on the secretary of state for
information as to whether American
tltlLcub vi JcWlsu ldilu were
from Russia. was adopted.
Washington, May 1.-Senate.-
Aguinaldo was the special subject of
discussion in the senate today. AS
soon as the Philippine government
bill was taken up, Carmack, of Ten
nessee, resumed his criticism of the
Philippine committee because of its
refusal to call Aguinaldo and other
Ei1fninna q q Wi Ia int In Cd
that as reflections by witnesses had
been cast on the character OF Agui-
| naldo, he ought to be permitted, Sin all
decency." to defend himself Car.
macks contention was sharply COM
bated by Foraker. of Ohio, McComas,
| Of Maryland. and Burton, of Kansas.
Culberston, of Texas. in support of a
statement by Carmack that the war
department had suppressed informa-
ton and falsified the Philippine situa-
ton, presented a letter from the sec
rotary of war which he thought was
| proof of the Tennessee senator's as
sertion. The secretary stated in the
letter that it was not practicable to
supply the information requested be-
| cause no special account as kept of
| Philippine war expenses, and it would
| require the service of large force
of clerks to work out the information
| desired.
House.-The house gave most of the
| day to the District OF Columbia APP
| preparation bill. which was not COM
| pleted. Shattuc, of Ohio, spoke on In
| dustrial conditions, and Gaines, of
| Tennessee. in criticism of conditions
/ in the Philippines. The Burleson res
| olution. calling upon the war depart
ment for copies of all orders to the
| commanding officers in the Philip
pines. bearing on the operations in
Samar under General Jacob II. Smith,
was adopted.