The Springfield herald., 1902-06-06
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

1t is expected that the MCKINLEY
postal cards will be in the hands of all
postotiices throughout the country
about July LIST The postotfice depart
ment has received the die proofs of the
new cards. The new plates show
profile view.
Kissing in the Senate is so unusual
that when il occurred i'll the course OF
the Philippine debate ii created Il SEN
sation. Mr. Spooner of Wisconsin was
speaking. and referred. incidentally, TO
the story that Il thousand Filipinos had
been put TO death by American troops
in trenches which they We're compelled
to dig. Mr.. Lodge said the story had
been denied by the father of the sol
dier who had started il, and that the
War Department had cable, to Cen
eral Chafree to ascertain the facts. Mr.
Carmack of Tennessee interrupted 10
say that no doubt the soldiers would
deny the story. as all soldiers in the
Philippines had been required TO do.
His remark was greeted with Misses
from the galleries, the demonstration
of disapprobation calling out Il sharp
rapping of the gayel from the chair.
Representative SLafroth says he has
not lost hope of securing passage in
the House at this session of his bill
National Soldiers Home ut Denver.
Mr.. Shafroth is collecting data from
various soldiers homes showing the
number of old soldiers annually turned
away and unable TO obtain admission
on account of the overcrowded condi-
ton of these During the past nve
years LOO applicants have been re-
fused admission to the Leavenworth
home because of lack of room. Mt.
Shafroth's bill is on the House calen-
dar and he has assured Speaker Hen
derson of his willingness to take 1t up
on suspension day" when majority
of two-thirds of the House is necessary
TO pass bill. He is satisfied he can
get a practically unanimous vote for
the measure If he receives recognition.
Messrs Shafroth and Bell of Colo
RADIO We're the principal speakers
against the Hill subsidiary coinage bill
in the House. In strong speech MIR.
Shafroth set forth the damage such
legislation would do TO the currency
of the country 1t proposed, he said.
not only to melt up all the silver dol
lars of the country into subsidiary
coinage, but to take all the bullion now.
in the treasury and coin it into subsid-
iary coin. Mr.. Bell declared that every
great panic from which the country
had suffered had been precipitated by
the currency tinkers" like Hill The
ultimate act of Mr.. Hill and his
friends, he said. was to create an all
powerful banking trust, which would
control the issue of paper currency. III
this program was carried out. he said.
all the currency would disappear eN-
cept gold and bank paper. The pend
ing bill, he said. was one of three and
the only one the Republicans dare pass
in the face of the congressional cleo
tions.
Felipe Buencamio, one of the found
ers of the Federal party in the Philip
pines. has arrived in Washington from
San Francisco, and had short CON
ference with Secretary Root. He WAS
accompanied by Lieut.. Arthur l.. Con-
ger Nineteenth infantry. Senor Buen-
camino will be presented to President
Roosevelt and it is expected that later
he will appear before the Senate Phil
ippine committee. Buencamino was
one of the principal figures of the so
| called Aguinaldo government, holding
| the office of secretary of state when he
was captured, in company with ASuin-
aldo'S mother, Immediately after the
battle of Tarlac. The primary object
of his visit is to get better acquainted
with our people and institutions and to
| visit his sons. students at Berkeley,
| California. He also is charged by the
| Federal party of the Philippines to
make a pilgrimage to the grave of
Washington and to deliver messages
of sympathy and respect TO Mrs. Nc
Kinley and Mrs. Logan.
In an able speech in the Senate dur
! ing the discussion of the Philippine
bill, Senator Morgan of Alabama ex-
pressed himself strongly in favor of
the main features of the bill, taking a
decided stand in opposition to his
| Democratic colleagues. The lauda-
tons of Aguinaldo's patriotism and he
roism." said Mr.. Morgan, that have
been poured out in his honor here and
elsewhere in the United States are as
much out of place as If they had been
uttered in honor of the fox in Aesop' $
fables.'' Aguinaldo, he said, was only
a convenient instrument in the hands
| of cunning conspirators. Had he died
another would have been found, for
the Hong Kong jnnta had not commit
ted their fortunes perpetually to him.
THE Filipinos are not fighting for lib
erty," Mr.. Morgan continued. but
/ simply rs the savage tools of the junta
at Hong Kong. We have dedicated
these islands," he said. ITO the freedom
| of religion; we have unshackled them
from the dominion of an established
church, and no power Will ever exist
that can undo our work through mill
itary, civil or other agencies
In addressing the Senate on the
Philippine bill. Mr.. Patterson of Colo
rado read extracts from a report of a
ministers meeting held recently in
Boston in the course of which in the
addresses the ministers stated that the
American flag had been disgraced in
the Philippines by the commission of