The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-02-12
A SPICY DEBATE
n the United States Senate Over
the Philippine Question.
TILLNAN AND 8EvERIDGE Elk

TILLNAN AND BEvEGIDGE Elk.
Senator Carmack, Democrat O.: TEN
nesSee, Makes His Maiden Speech
in the Senate, Which is Ne:!
Received by His Colleagues.
Another spirited debate, with the
Philippine Tariff Bill as the text, was
precipitated in the Senate on last
Wednesday as the result Of some state
mentS made by Senator Carmack,
Democrat Of Tennessee. in the course
Of an extended speech on the general
Philippine question. ItwaS the Ten
nessee senator's first speech III the
senate and he was given notably good
attention on both sides Of the cham
Der. He spoke without manuscript,
with e2rnestnesS. force and eloQuence.
At the conclusion OF his address,
which had been listened to by many
of his former colleagues in the house
Of representatives, Senator Bereridge.
Republican of Indiana. challenged
some OF his statements. The debate
which ensued was very lively for few
minutes, taking on a political phase:
which proved particularly interesting
to the auditors who crowded the floor
as we'll as the galleries. Mr.. Beve-
ridge and Mr.. Tillman became in
volyed in heated colioQuy IN which
the exchanges were as hot as both
senators could we'll make them.
This, BILL Mr.. Carmack declared,
is framed on the theory that the
Philippine islands are a deadly menace
to our own trade: and that the less we
trade with these islands and the less we
have to do with them the better it will
be for US. The only trade that will
flourish under such conditions is that
Of the exploiters and it is proposed to
turn the islands over to them. 1t is
for the benefit of the carpet baggers
and not for the benefit Of the Ameri
can people that a war of criminal
aggression is being waged in the
Philippine islands.
POSITION OF DEMOCRACY.
1--WE Of the minority cannot support
this bill or the policy Of which it is a
part. We are opposed to the bill, be-
cause we are opposed to the whole
policy Of colonial empire" Mr.. Car
mack discussed briefly the subject OF
censorship of press dispatches in
Manila. He declared that it was not
censorship for military purposes but
had been established by, for, and in
the interest of the Republican party"
Important information had been sup
pressed by the censor, he declared.
and the people Of this country had
been kept in ignorance OF matters to a
knowledge Of which they were enti-
tied.
Referring to the Republican sup
porters Of the present Philippine
QOIlCy, MI. OdTQldCk SGiO.
''You lift your hands in holy horror
at the lynching of colored man in
the south and yet you are engaged in
lynching 10,000,O00 Of people who
were recently your allies and your
brothers in arms and who have com
mitted no crime except the crime upon
which this>government was founded" ="
Mr.. Beveridge, Republican MEM
Der Of the Philippine committee,
sharply challenged statement by the
Tennessee senator that the Philip
pine tariff had not been well or care
fully considered.
did the Philippine committee
make an investigation of the Philip
pine tariff scale?" inquired Mr.. Car
mack.
NO" replied Mr.. Beveridge, but
the Philippine commission has been
considering that scale for two years. "
Mr.. Beveridge reported that the
Philippine question had been passed
on and settled four time in congress
and twice had been before the Ameri-
can people and by them twice settled.
Mr.. Beveridge declared that the rea-
son why ex-President Cleveland, ex-
President Harrison and ex-senator
.Edmunds, all Of whom had not been
in sympathy with the Philippine
policy of the administration declined
to follow the Democratic party was
because that party would not accept
the decision of the supreme court and
the verdict Of the American people as
final.
THE WORKOUT CRY.
He asserted that the reasons why
the moderate, thoughtful and con-
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