Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-31
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.ne Tnl!ipplnes. AT times it beco =
acrimonious, officers in the p himle
pines being taken sharply to tash
statements attributed to them ~ !or
patches from Manila. Rising a's-
question of privilege early in fhe
sion, Dubois, of Idaho, had read ~ sesr
ISOLATED Press dispatch from Ma A.
IN which Gen. Wheaton was ona.l
as criticising some utterances If ps
ochurman N speech delivered -
boston. Dubois thought the presidon y
IN the circumstances, would he wau
ranted In reprimanding Gen. whaa
Ton LOT MS criticisms. He declar
ca that sucn comment upon the action
OIL tne senate was outrageous and ~
decent and that the minority has
nao quite enough of the blackmai,
Inc deoate thus precipitated. toos
woe range. Lodge, of Massachns
etts, opooner, OF Wisconsin, and Others
maintained tnat no newspaper utter.
ances ought to be accented &C ~
OASIS OF a reprimand of any Officer
unless 1t We're supported by an invoa
tigation indicating the accuracy ~ ~
report. u tne
Washington, Jan. 2S.-senate-sa,
ator Nelson's bill creating a denar,
ment or commerce. which passed ~
senate today, was amended in var
1ous particulars. Probably the mos,
important OF the amendments was ona
changing the title to read "The ~
partment OF Commerce and Laborn
II provides Tor a secretary, who is 70
be member OF the caoinet, an assist,
ant secretary, and also the other NJ.
hclals and clerks necessary. The pro.
posed department. is especially chare.
ed with the collection and distr;h1
ton OF statistical information and
with the development and fosterine ~
foreign and domestic commerce. In
the department there is to be nov,
bureau of manufactures, ana NAM
bureaus now included in other do
partments are transferred to this nav
department., including the life savina
service, the light house service ths
marine hospital service, the steam.
boat inspection service, and the hn.
reaus of navigation. of shipping and If
immigration, as we'll as the control
OF the fisheries and the Chinese ey
clusion questions. all now within the
jurisdiction of the treasury depart
ment, the fish commission and tho
census bureau; The department also
is given jurisdiction over the consular
service SO far as it pertains to com.
merce. Just before the adjournment
of the senate Senator Spooner intro
duced a substitute for the Nicaragua
canal bill. The new bill is a practical
authorization to the president of the
United States to choose between the
Panama and the Nicaraguan routes
Washington, Jan. 29.--Senate.-For
hour fn1oy tho 70 h,1
discussion the proposition whether
censorship of press dispatches exists
in Manila. While no such turbulent
scenes as yesterdays were enacted.
the debate for a time was very spirit
ed. The secretary OF war was quoted
as saying that no. press censorship
now existed in tie Philippines and
letter from General Greedy, chief sig
nal officer of the army, was presented
by Beveridge, Of Indiana making the
statement officially that there was
no censorship of press dispatches and
that 1.-The press is entirely free" 1t
was cOntended by the opposition that
press censorship did exis- in the
Philippines, and that copies of every
news dispatch filed with the cable
company were filed with the military
authorities. That, it was maintained,
constituted a virtual censorship. Gull
lom, chairman of the committee on
foreign relations, delivered an ex-
tended and carefully prepared speech
on the history of the reciprocity nego
tlations. A bill providing for the use
by the United States of devices in.
vented by it's naval officers while
engaged in it's service and covered by
letters patent was passed.
House.-Henry, OF Connecticut, re-
ported the oleomargarine bill from the
committee on agriculture. With the
report were submitted the views OF
the minority of the committee and
the substitute offered by them. NO
business of Importance was trans
acted.
Washington, Jan. 30.-Senate.-To.
days session of the senate was en-
tirely void of the tumultuous scenes
which characterized the sessions OF
the past three days. After the Phil
ippine tariff measure was taken up.
Tillman delivered a speech devotea
almost entirely to discussion OF the
part his state took in the war for the
independence of the colonies. Incl
dentally, he referred occasionally 10
the pending bill, drawing morals, as
he said, for the Lenefit OF the ma
jority that they might be applied 10
the Philippines.
House.-The house today passed the
bill or the creation of permanent
cedstts a0sea@. Eae friends of eas
civil service law, who were Opposed
to making the employees of the bureau
eligible for transfer or retention, ~
the permanent organization. The Dill
also provides for a manufacturing
census in 1905, and for the COLLECTION
of certain special statistics annualls
Early in the session a bill was passed
for the protection of the lives OF mln
ers in the territories
SAYS THE SOUL MAY DIE.
Parkhurst Overrides the Presbyterian