The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-04
HOT TIME IN SENATE
.,u CARMACK'S FIRST SPEECH
BRINGS ON A ROW.
1ILLMAN AND BEvERlDGE.
,uIu TWO JAW EACH OTHER
ABOUT PHILIPPINES.


clear and Able Presentation of
tbe Democratic Position as to the
philippines and the MinOrity's
reasons for Opposing the Tariff
RiII-Mr Beveridge Challenged
Some of His Statements, Where
uuon MIR. Ti1Iman sailed in.
washington, Feb. 3.-Another spir-
tied debate, with the Philippine tariff
hill as the tevt, was precipitated in
the Senate to-day as the result of
some statements made by Mr.. Car
mack of Tennessee in the course of
an extended speech on the general
Philippine question. 1t was the Ten
nessee Senator's first speech in the
Senate and he was given notably good
attention on both sides of the cham
her He spoke without manuscript,
with earnestnes, force and eloquence.
At the conclusion of his address,
which had been listened to by many OF
his former colleagues in the House of
representatives, Mr.. Beveridge of In
diana challenged some of his state
rnents The debate which ensued was
very lVely LOT d lew minutes. tdhtIl5
on a political phase which proved par
ticuarly interesting to the auditors
who crowded the floor as well as the
galleries. Mr.. Beveridge and Mr. Till
man became involved in heated col
loduy in which the exchanges were as
hot as both senators could well make
them.
o 81 no
was laid before the Senate and Mr..
Carmack who is a member of the
Philippine Committee, delivered
speech in opposition to the pending
measure.
This bill," Mr.. Carmack declared,
sis framed on the theory that the
Philippine Islands are deadly menace
to our own trade; and that the less
We trade with those islands and the
less we have to do with them the bet
ter it will be for u.s. The only trade
that will flourish under such conditions
Is that of the exploiters and it is pro-
posed to turn the islands over to them.
1t is for the benefit of the carpetbag
gers and not for the benefit of the
American people that war of criminal
aggression is being waged in the
Philippine Islands. a.@-.
I'VE of the minority cannot support
this bill or the policy of which 1t is a
part. We are opposed to the BILL be-
cause we are opposed to the whole pol
Icy of colonial empire"
Republican Censorship.
Mr.. Carmack discussed briefly the
subject of the censorship 'of press dis
patches in Manila. He declared that it
was not a censorship for military pur-
poses, but had been established by,
for, and in the interest of the Repub-
lcan party" Important informa ton
had been suppressed by the censor, he
declared, and the people of this coun-
try had been kept in ignorance of
matters to a knowledge of which they
were entitled.
Referring to the Republican support
ers OF the present Philippine policy, Mr..
Carmack said:
You lift your hands in holy horror
at the lynching of colored man in the
South, and yet you are engaged in
Ynching 100000 of people who re-
Gently were your allies and your broth
ers in arms and who have committed
no crime except the crime upon which
tnls government was founded"
Mr.. Beveridge, a Republican member
OF the Philippine Committee, sharply
challenged a statement by the Tennes-
see senator that the Philippine tariff
mad not been we'll or carefully consid-
cred.
Did the Philippine committee make
an investigation of the Philippine tariff
scale?" inquired Mr.. Carmack
No. replied Mr. Beveridge but the
Philippine Commission has been con-
Adering that scale for two years.
Mr.. Beveridge asserted that the Phil
lpplne question had been passed upon
and settled four times in Congress and
twice had been before the American
people and by them twice settled.
Mr.. Beveridge declared that the rea-
son why eX-President Cleveland, ex-
resident Harrison and ex-senator Ed
munds, all of whom had not been in
sympathy with the Philippine policy of
the administration, declined to follow
lHe Democratic party was because that
party would not accept the decisions of
the Supreme Court and the verdict of
lne American people as final. He as
serted that the reasons why the mod
crate thoughtful and constructive peo-
ple OF the country" had not followed
me Democratic party in it's opposition
10 the proper control of the Philippines
ana IN other matters of national policy.
was That they feared that party would
SOW the dragons teeth. from which
would spring a harvest of anarchy"
lhey will not follow you" he de-
olared' shaking his finger at the Demo-
ol@uc side, because your ore calling
Doys and 'doers of dirty work. "
Tiiiman Tackles Beveridge.
AS he was proceeding to discuss some
" the conditions in the Philippine
..s,dnds, Mr.. Tillman Interrupted with
the inquiry:
win the senator be explicit and
siye US the benefit Of his personal OBJ
erVations or any official information
~ rs mas in regard to the dispatch from
,' wen' Ben that he proposed to make
vat so terrible that they would want
psdce and want IL bad? Is that true
OF Is it not?"
4. nat was not done while / was
ngre, replied Mr.. Beveridge II will
h the senator whether, when he is
ahng war, he would not make war
erIiDle that the enemy would want
mat would depend" said Mr.. Till
ion whether l was honestly engaged
- war mat ! thought was decent
infsmy." '''''' '''N
AND does the senator charge that
u scll does not believe ne is en-
pu w an honest war; asked MI.
h.trr'dge.
~, know that there are plenty OF on
di,, more who feel they are doing
b. work" said Mr.. Tillman "and
on Z, 9aFe told me they are ashamed
s..,ass' ,is' Gen. Bell told you so7" In
Mr beveridre
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