Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-01-30
AFTER THE GENERALS
SENATORS cRITICISE ACTION OF
OFFICERS.
sPOONER MAKES DEFENSE
Saws Newspaper Reports Should NOT
he Taken as Authority Without
Full tigation-Foraker wants
Sherman Remembered in Bronze
Danish Treaty Received.

Washington, Jan. 28.-An animated
and prolonged discussion was preclpl-
tated in the senate yesterday over tne
right of army officers to crltlclSe the
utterances made in the senate OF else
where on the conduct Of affairs IN the
philinpines. At times it became some
what acrimonious, officers in the Phil
tpines being taken sharply to task tor
statements attributed to them IN dls-
patches from Manila. Rising TO
question of privilege early in the SEES
sion. Senator Dubois Of Idaho had
read of an Associated Press dispatch
from Manila in which General Wheat
on was quoted as criticising some ut
terances of Prof Schurman in
speech delivered in Boston. Senator
Dubois thought the president, in the
circumstances, would be warranted in
reprimanding Wheaton for his criti-
cisms. He declared such comment
upon the action of the senate was
Outrageous and indecent" and the
minority had had quite enough threats
and blackmail.
The debate thus precipitated took a
wide range Senators Lodge of Mas
sachusetts and Spooner of Wisconsin
and others maintained that no news
paper utterance ought to be accepted
as basis of reprimand of any officer
unless it were supported by inVestiga-
ton indicating the accuracy of the re
port Rising to speak on the pending
question Senator Money Of Mississippi
delivered an extended speech in the
course of which he went pretty thor
oughly over the whole Philippine ques-
ton. Senator Platt of Connecticut
took sharp issue with the Mississippi
senator on some of his conclusions of
constitutional law, cOntending that
the United States could not be expect
ed to grant independence to the Fill
pinos and relinquish all rights in the
islands merely because Of the natives
desire for liberty.
Senator Carmack yesterday sub
mitted the minority report from the
committee on the Philippine tariff. 1t
says the opposition to the measure
was not based on the mere question OF
revenue or theory concerning the
forms and principles of taxation, but
because the bill violated constitution.
al rights and transcends the limits OF
constitutional power. The objection
of the majority is to the whole policy
of colonial empire, to the control OF
this government of vassaI provinces
to the spirit of military aggression
and war for the sake of the spoiIs
The report says the bill reported by
the majority committee is a character
istic manifestation of such policy and
spirit
Senator Foraker introduced a bill
for the erection in Washington of a
statue of the late John Sherman to
cost $4,000.
The senate in executive session re-
ceived the treaty with Denmark trans.
ferring the West India possessions
The exact consideration specified in
the treaty is $5,00O0O0
In the House.
The house yesterday adopted a res.
olution calling for the documents re.
lating to the old training ship Yer
mont which was placed out of com
mission last summer, and also passed
the bill to provide for compulsory at
tendance of witnesses before the reg
listers and receivers of the general
land office. The bill to appropriate
100000 for establishing homes for
the teaching of articulate speech to
deaf children was defeated. The
house adjourned until tomorrow