The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-20
Also Excoriated for Calling officials
i'm the Philippines s'Thieves, MUIR
derers and PIunderers."
DEBATE ON THE NAVAL BILL
WHICH WAS PASSED BY THE HOUSE
WITH IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS.
Three ships to he Built i'm Govern
ment Yards-AnnapoIis Cadets to
Be Called Midshipmen.

WASHINGTON, May 19.-Only a brief
time was devoted by the Senate to-day to
consideration of the Philippine govern
ment bill. Mr.. Dolliver supported the bill.
which, he said was one OF the most i'm
portant pieces of constructive legislation
presented since the civil war. He ar
raigned the Democratic minority for its
opposition to the measure. He insisted
that the Philippine insurrection as a mill
tary proposition was a thing of the past,
and declared that in no circumstance
would the United States relinqush the
Philippines. He said the pending bill pre-
scented the most important constructive
work since the civil war. And yet, he said,
he was disappointed that not single help
full suggestion had been made by the mi
nority. They had satisfied themselves with
a thunderstorm of words, a storm that
sounded loud but in effect amounted to
little. He suggested that the Democrats
had evinced studied avoidance of the real
matter in hand.
Mr.. Dolliver declared that no Republican
on party grounds would ask for a cessa-
ton of hostilities in the Senate, for
every man must know that no political ad-
vantage could be gained by an attack upon
the army. The charge had been made, he
said, that the government had entered
upon a wicked conspiracy against 1O,WO,OOO
people. He had listened 10 the malicious
TRADE through which an attempt had been
made to impeach the motives OF this gov
eminent. He was satisfied that the party
in power could make its way through
volcano of malevolence and malice without
harm to it,
Mr.. Doliver paid a beautiful tribute TO the
late President Mckinley and his policy in
the Philippines, saying that in Mckinley S
policy there were not note of greed or
covetousness. He lDoliverl had found it
difficult. he had heard the terms
thieves" ''murderers" "punderers'' and
'carpet-bagging' flung recklessly from the
lips of the Democratic statesmen TO de-
termine just where he was, whether he
really was in the Senate of the United
States. William Mckinley had put the seal
of his approval on the holding of the Phil
ippines by the United States in trust for
their inhabitants. And he said the action
of Mckinley was pregnant with greatness
and humanity. He said the Philippine in
surrection as a military proposition was a
thing of the past Practically nothing of
the instruction had been left, for year.
| The Congress of the United States is more
| likely to cede back the valley of the Mis-
sissippi to the lawful heirs of Napoleon,
| the great, than TO leave the Philippine ar
chipelago to become the prey of anarchy or
the prize of some European power.
When the Senate met to-day the chair
! laid before 1t the letter of the French gov
eminent transmitted through Ambassador
| Cambon to the secretary of state, ex-
pressing the thanks OF that government
| for the sympathy evinced by the President
and the Congress and the Nation of the
! United States toward the sufferers from
the catastrophe in Martinique. The COM
/ munication was referred TO the committee
on foreign relations.
A joint resolution was offered by Mr..
| Stewart and adopted, providing that part
| of the Indian appropriation bill which re-
| lates 10 subjecting TO entry certain mining
| lands in the Spokane Indian reservation,
shall take effect when the allotments to
/ the Indians are completed.
! bill providing for the retirement of
/ Surgeon General Sternberg as a major gen.
eral was passed
Mr.. Warren presented the conference re-
/ port on the omnibus claims bill. AS passed
| by the House, the bill aggregated $213 105.
! The net increase made by the Senate was
/ 50, 929, 252 The conference report shows
| that the House had agreed TO $l,4O5,393 OF
| the amount added by the Senate; so that
the amount carried by the measure agreed
/ TO is 81 .6lS. 49S. Mr.. Warren explained that
/ the Sefridge board claims had been omit
| ted from the bill, the House refusing to
agree to them.
! Mr.. Hoar declared that il was just as dis
l reputable on the part of a grand and rich
| government like the nited States to refuse
/ or any other senator to refuse 10 pay for a
! house he had ordered built. The conference
/ report was agreed to.
/ Bills were passed as follows: AuthoriZ-
| ing the use and Improvement of Governor S
| island, Boston harbor; authorizing the sec
rotary of war TO loan to the Morgan Me-
mortal Association of Winchester. Va.
arsenal, Pittsburg.
The Senate then, at 2:25 p. m, on motion
| of Mr.. Lodge. went into executive session
and at S:25 p. m. adjourned.