Barbour County index., 1902-02-05
WORK OF CONGRESS.

elsewhere on the conduct of affair in
the Philippines Senator Nelson (MinnO.
In charge of the department of commence
Dill, had read a long letter from John W.
Hayes, general secretary-treasurer Of
the knights of labor, in support of the
Dill. Senator Jones (Ark.) read a protest
on the part of railroad engineers, fire.
men and other employees against the
transfer of the department of labor to
the new department of commerce. Sem
ator Carmack CTenn) submitted a mi
nor1ty report from the committee on the
philippines against the Philippine tariff
Dill. The pension committee reported ia
vorably the bill of Senator Mitchell
(Ore) granting pensions to survivors of
indian wars that took place between 1917
and 1856. The house adopted a resolu-
ton calling for documents relating to the
Old training ship Vermont, which was
placed out of commission last summer
and also passed bill to provide for the
compulsory attendance of witnesses be-
fore registers and receivers of the gem
eral land Office. A bill to appropriate
100000 for establishing homes for the
teaching of articufate speech to deaf
children was defeated. An adjournment
was taken until the 29th.
Not since the discussion of the resolu-
t1ons leading up to the Hispano-Ameri-
can war has any scenes occurred in the
senate chamber comparable with those
OF the 2Sth. Once, when Senator Teller
(Col) taunted the republican leaders by
declaring that they knew the statements
made In recent dispatches from Manila,
IN Whlch Gen. Wheaton was represented
as criticising the oppoentsAof <he govern
ment policy in the Philippines, were
true, a half dozen republicans were on
their feet in an instant. Senator Lodge
(Mass), at whom the taunt seemed to
be aimed particularly, hurriedly crossed
from his seat in the center of the repub-
lican side to the main aisle of the sem
ate, and, white to the lips, passionately
chalIenged the statement of the Colorado
senator and demanded that he withdraw
1t. Senator Teller SO modified the state
ment that further hostilities at that time
were aVerted. In the course of a COLO
guy Senator Spooner (WisD declared
that, if the same rule were to be applied
TO the colored people in the Philippines
as Senator Tillman referred to in the
south, then God help the colored man
In the Philippines God help him in
the Philippines now, shouted the South
Carolina senator passionately. ''You
have already butchered in three years
three times as many the Spaniards
did in three centuries" When the dis
cusSion finally was ended the chair felt
called upon to admoniSh the senators
that the rules of the body had not been
observed. Prior to the outbreak on the
Philippine uestion the senate concluded
the consideration of the bill establishing
department. of commerce and labor and
passed The house was not in ses-
sion.
The senuate the 29th discussed the
question whether n censorship of the
press dispatches exists in Manila, and
the debate for time was very spirited.
l.The secretary of war was quoted as say
ing that no censorship now existed in the
Philippines, but it was contended by the
| opposition that a press censorship did ex-
list in the Philippines and that copies Of
| every news dispatch filed with the cable
company was filed with the military au-
| thorities That, it was maintained con-
sttuted a virtual censorship. Senator
| Cullom Ull) delivered a speech on the
| history of the reciprocity negotiations
| 1.-The house was only in session % min
| utes. Mr.. Hopkins Gll.) reported the per-
| manent census bill and gave notice that
he would call it up the next day Mr.
| Sherman On. W made a favorable report
from the house committee on commerce
| of the bill to prevent the false marking
| of food and dairy products by providing
| heavy penalties. Mr.. Gibson CTenn) in
| troduced a bill Furnishing frauds and
wrongs in the election of representatives
| in congress- Mr.. Ray IN. W introduced
a modified form OF his anti-anarchist BILL
providing that if death does not ensue
| in an attack on the president or other
person in line of succession, the penalty
! shall be life imprisonment instead of
death. Mr.. Lacey Qa) introduced a bill
I for the protection of game and fish on
forest reserves, and for the transfer of
! such reserves to- the control of the agri-
| cultural department. Mr. Curtis (Kan.)
| introduced a bill authorizing the Santa
Fe Pacific railroad to sell it's road and
| franchises to the Atchison Topeka &
| Santa Fe.
| After the Philippine tariff measure was
| taken up by the senate on the Goth
Senator Tillman Is. c. delivered a
speech almost entirely devoted to
state took in the war for inde-
pendence of the colonies. Incidentally,
| he referred OCCASIONALLY to the pending
bill A number of unobjected bills on the
| calendar were passed. Among the bills
| introduced was one by Senator Patter-
| son (COl.) providing for the union of Ok
| lahoma and Indian territory and their
| admission into the union as state to be
| called Oklahoma. Senator Hoar Mass }
| called up for consideration the Joint res
| olution proposing an amendment to the
| constitution respecting the succession to
| the presidency in case the preSident-elect
| should die between the time of his cleo
| tion and the date of his inauguration
| Without word of comment the resolu-
| tion was passed. The house passed the
! bill for the creation of a perrhannt CEN
sus bureau. BY the terms of the bill the
permanent organization will succeed the
present temporary organization July l,
| 1902. Mr.. Tawney (Minn.) introduced a
resolution that the committee on WAYS
| and means be directed to fully investigate
the question of whether or not the presi-
| dent, by and with the consent of the SEN
| ate, and independent of the house. can
| negotiate treaties with foreign govern