Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-02-20

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over the matter of admission OF renre
sentatives of the press to the investiga
ton which the Philippine commissio,
Is conducting the Philippine tariff bill
discussion In the senate yesterday wa
qulet. Mr.. Teller occupied the atten
ton or h senate during the create
r Of the session and has not We
concluded his speech,
In the House.
washington, Feb. 1.-THE house yes.
terday unanimously adopted a resolu.
ti>n proposing an amendment to tn,
constitution of the United States foI
the election of senators by direct popu,
Ia vote. There was no demand fol
tlme u debate the resolution. This i.
the fourth time the house has adopted
u similar resolution. Two bills of gen.
eral Importance were passed by the
mouse the remainder of the time be.
ing devoted to minor business. One
was a senate bill to provide for the
payment of the claims of Confederate
oIhcers and soldiers, whose horses, side
arms n baggage were taken fror
them by Union soldiers contrary to the
terms or the surrender of Lee anG
JChrsons armies. The amount to he
pald under the bill was limited to $50.
600. The other bill was to confer on the
Spanish claims commission authority
TO SEND for persons and papers and 's
punish for contempt.
In the senate.
While no definite agreement has beer
reached, a vote on the Philippine tariff
Dill In h senate seems to be in sight
II appears likely, judging from a dis.
cussion late in the days session tina
h vote may be had next week, al.
though the matter yet is involved II
some uncertainty. Mr.. Teller of Colo.
rado concluded his speech yesterday
He urged strongly that the Philippines
be given the fullest possible measure OF
self-government, the United States
simply maintaining a p%rotectorate over
thu iSlsnds. He said he would prefer
that this government should withdraw
absolutely and without condition from
n archipelago than that the present
war should be continued.
In the House.
Washington, Feb. 15.-The monotonN
OF a private pension day of the house
was enlivened yesterday by a very sem
sational speech by Mr.. Wheeler OF
Kentucky in denunciation of what he
demo minated "iunkeyism" TO foreign
countries. He took the recent state
ments emalating from continental cab
inets regarding the attitude Of Great
Britain during the Spanish war as a
text for a wholesale attack upon the
trnn6 nf ntHr wazn-t l;~In~.n~~ II -
yer ely scored Secretary Hay and de-
clared that IL Lord Pauncefote had
sought. as was alleged, to circumvent
us during the war of 1898. the soonel
he was shipped across the seas, the
better. He also criticised the president
for his reported intention to send his
daughter to the coronation of King
Edward, and protested against the Of
fetal reception of Prince Henry. His
speech aroused the house to a high
pitch of excitement and ELECTED from
Mr.. Boutelle of Illinois a spirited de-
Tense OF Secretary Hay, whom he eulo-
gized in high terms. Several other
members on the Republican side took
a hand. and later in the afternoon Mr.
Grosvenor Of Ohio took Mr.. Wheeler IA
task for his "inopportune protest" and
rehearsed the history Of the visit of the
prince of Wales to this country ir
1860 and his reception by President
Buchanan. During the day 125 private
pension bills were passed in thirty
seven minutes.
In the nate
A little furry was created In the
senate yesterday owe the employment
since the beginning of the session. of q
score or more of extra clerks and mes
sengers to the committees. The charges
of extravaganza made induced the
reference of the whole subject of cler-
ical employment to a committee fol
investigation and report.
The bill creating a prominent census