The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-05-30
DoINGs IN CONGRESS.
= 1uced mt the First Session of the
Fffty-Seventh Body.


A notable contribution to the discus
sion of the Philippine question was mar ;
in the senate on the I'D by Senator Hoar
(Mass.). He urged that the United
States should withdraw from the Philip
pines and permit the people there to
erect their own government, as had been
done in Cuba He sharply arraigned Gen.
Funston for the methods he pursued in
the capture of Aguinaldo and intimated
strongly that had the senate been aware
OF the facts Funston might not have
been confirmed in his recent promotion
Senator Teller (CoL) delivered a speech
in the nature of a history of the legisla-
tive proceedings through which the new
Cuban republic was erected. A bill was
introduced providing for the removal of
the battleship Maine from the harbor
OF Havana and the recovery of the bodies
of the American sailors who sank with
the vessel. Also for redividing the terri
tory of Alaska into three judicial and re-
cording districts and to give the terri
tory of Alaska a delegate in congress-.
The house resumed discussion of the i'm
migration bill. Almost the entire day was
taken up with the amendment offered
by Mr.. Underwood. of Alabama, requir-
ing an educational test for immigrants
to this country. 1t was adopted. The
amendments of the senate to the omnibus
public building bill were disagreed to and
1t was sent to conference. A bill for the
relief of the Interstate and West Indian
exposition at Charleston, S. c., was in
troduced, carrying an appropriation of
Sl5O,OOO, for the purpose of paying off the
indebtedness of the exposition company.
Mr.. Bartholdt (Mo.) introduced bill for
the erection of an equestrian statue to
Baron Steuben at Washington and ap-
propriating $4,000 therefor.
A temperate and carefully prepared
speech was delivered in the senate on
the 23d by Senator Dubois Qda.) on the
Philippine bill. He confined himself al
most entirely to discussion of the COM
mercial and Industrial aspects of the
Philippine question, his purpose being to
show that 1t would be disadvantage to
the people of this country to retain the
islands. After the passage of a bill pro-
Viding for the appointment of James w.
Long, on the retired list of the army. as
4 captain of infantry, the senate went
INTO executive session and adjourned I'M
til the 26th. The house devoted the day
to private pension bills and to few
other minor measures. Mr.. Loud (Cal0
criticised the special pension legislation
as a disgrace. In all los private pension
bills were passed Mr.. Gaines (Tenn.)
lad read the appeal of the governor of
Tennessee for relief for the widows and
children of the men buried in the recent
nine disaster In Tennessee. Mr.. Ste
ohenS (Tex.) introduced a resolution
against accepting the tender of a moniI-
nent Of Frederick the Great by the
German emperor. The resolution sets
:orth that the acceptance of such a
statue by this government would be a
population of it's basic principles as
anunciated in the bill of rights and con-
stitution, an insult to the memories of
our revolutionary fathers-an admission
that one man may govern a nation with
out the consent of the governed and ap-
proving the divine right of kings to rule
The house adjourned to the 26th
Senator Patterson (Col) discussed the
Philippine question in the senate on the
26th. Sixty-two private pension bills
were passed. Senator Quay (Pa.) intro
duced a bill providing for the promotion
of Maj. Gen. Brooke, the senior major
general of the army. to the rank Of
lieutenant general and for the generals
retirement with that rank. Senator
Hoar (Mass.) introduced a resolution
that the president be required to inform
the senate whether there be any law
or regulation in force in the Philippine
islands which will prevent any native
of those islands who may so desire from
coming to the United States and stating
his views to the interests of his peo-
pie to the president or either house of
congress. 1t went over. Senator Gal
linger On. H.) offered resolution provid-
ing that the judiciary committee of the
senate make an investigation into the
subject of lynchings. 1t went over. The
house devoted the day to business con-
nected with the District of Columbia.