Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-06-04
THE WORK OFC0NGRESS
House Military Committee Votes to
Table Cuban Resolution.
ACTION WAS ON PARTY LINES
House Committee ON Commerce
Agrees to Consider and Report
the Nelson Bill For . Depart.
ment Of Commerce.

Washington, June 4.-By a vote OF
Z to 1 the house committee on inter
state and foreign commerce has agreed
to consider and report the Nelson bill
for department of commerce.
BY a party vote the house military
affairs committee decided to table the
resolution asking for information con-
corning expenditures in Cuba. The
Democrats gave notice Of making
minority report.
Secretary Root has sent to the house
committee on military affairs a draft
of bill providing an appropriation OF
500, 900 to defray the cost Of medals
for officers, soldiers and others who
served in the Spanish war, the China
relief expedition and the Philippine
campaign.
Closing Words In Philippine Debate.
When the senate convened, Mr.. Hale
(Me.), chairman Of the committee on
naval affairs, reported the naval ap-
preparation bill and gave notice that
he would call it up for consideration at
the earliest possible time.
Mr.. Foraker (O.) called up the house
concurrent resolution extending the
thanks of congress to Secretary of
State John Hay for his memorial adj
dress delivered to the two branches of
congress on the life and services of
William Mckinley. Mr.. Allison moved
that the senate concur in the resolu-
ton, and the motion was agreed to
without comment or division.
Consideration of the Philippine gov
eminent bill was then resumed. Mr..
McLaurin (Miss) denied that the Dem
ocrats had attacked the army and
placed the responsibility for the out
RACES committed in the Philippines
upon the policy advocated by the Re
publicans.
Mr.. Beveridge 0nd.) said the next
worlds drama would be enacted on the
Pacific, and it was essential that the
mastery of that great ocean should be
ours, and it would be ours.
Mfr. Berry (Ark.) deplored the fact
that the president on Memorial day
had seen proper to make "a bitter par
tisan speech" The president, he said,
had gone back forty years to rekindle
the fires Of sectionalism and had refer
red to the acts of an Infatuated mob
to Justify, he supposed, the awful or
der Of General Smith in the Philip
pines.
strong Words by Quarles.
Mr. Quarles (Wis> denounced as
s5 n ~ loss +bo c,1uroctiop that tho nh.
ject of the pending bill was to turn
over the Philippines to the exploita-
ton of carpetbaggers. scoundrels and
scalawags. Every decent American
would hide his face In shame if that
were true, but it was not.
BY unanimous consent Mr.. Carmack
(Tenn) was permitted to print in the
Record the remainder of Sixto Lo-
pez's statement, portion of which he
read yesterday.
Mr. Culberson Crex) intimated that
the war department was endeavoring
to suppress information concerning
matters in the Philippines. He then
presented the charges of Private An
drew X. Wier against Lieutenant F..
P. Arnold and the report thereon by
Captain P. w. West, alleging cruel
ties against Filipinos.
Mr. Beveridge inquired if the infor-
nation concerning the charges had
come from the war department. Mr..
Culberson said he had not received the
charges from the department.
Mr. Beveridge then inquired if the
information had come from any officer
Of the war department, saying that it
was desirable to learn whether the
charges had been in the possession Of
the department.
After fencing the question for a
time Mr.. Culberson, being pressed,
said, THE question Of the senator
might properly be characterized as i'm
pertinent"
II ask the senator" Mr.. Beveridge
persisted whether or not, directly or
Indirectly, the papers were received by
him from General Miles?"
Mr.. Culberson to this inquiry made
no reply. Mr.. Beverage remarked,
"That is ALL