, 1902-03-06
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

The bill requires n civil service exam
ination of applicants for consular
places.
Governor Taft continued his state
mtnt before the House insular com
mittee Tuesday, dwelling on the good
and bad characteristics of the Fill
pinos. He denied reports that they
We're cowardly and related an instance
in which a few Filipino scouts along
with United States troops saved the
day. As to their t%reachery, he said
this was due largely to their being be
tween two fires.
General Smith. in command of the
troops on the island of Samar, cables
that Lieutenant Strebler's scouts AVE
captured Lukban. the notorious leader
of the Samar rebels, and brought him
to Laguan. The officials of the War De-
partment regard the capture of LUX
ban as the most important military
event since A~guinaldO's capture. He
was run down on the island of Samar.
The place of his confinement is n tiny
island in n bay on the north o of
Samar. Lukban is one of the most en-
ergetic and ferOcious of rebels. He is
n half-breed, a mixture of Chinese and
Filipino stock, and he has been an ir-
reconcilable foe from the first. He had
various Businesses in the mountains of
Samar from which ne would descend
upon the coast towns, and his reign
of terror was so complete that the en-
tire population of the island paid trib-
ute TO him as the price of freedom
from attack.
In the course of his examination
Tuesday before the Senate committee
on the Philippines, General Hughes,
who was provost marshal general in
Manila during the American military
rule there. explained the establishment
of Il hospital in that city for lewd wo-
men. He said that he alone had been
responsible for this act, which a
been so freely criticised in the United
States. and that lie did not regret his
act. IF the evil had not been
checked" said he, fully two rcgi-
ments would have been disabled by
the time of the outbreak in the follow
ing February" General Hughes also
told of the condition of the civil pris-
oncrs turned over by the Spanish III
thorities when Manila was surren-
dered. There were 1000 of these, and
many of them were cruelty ironed.
The irons We're Immediately taken off
the prisoners, and there was a pile of
half Il cord of iron.
The most important development
Tuesday to the Tillman-McL.aurin cpl
soda was the act of Senator Frye, pres
ident pro EN-. of the Senate. in order
ing the clerk of the Senate to restore
the names of the two South Carolina
to the roll. If this plan is
carried ont. this act will be followed
by the adoption by the Senate of a
resolution before n vote on m other
subject taken ~suspending the two SEN
;ttors for some definite time. The order
Senator Frye for the restoration of
the names TO the rolls was issued al
most Immediately after the Senate con-
vened to-day, and was the result of a
general conference among the Republi-
n leaders of the Senate. When
asked for an explanation of this order.
Senator Frye said: In my rulings
yesterday | believe that | was strictly
within parliamentary laws; that sena-
in contempt are not entitled to rec
ognition either to speak or to vote.
and that logically their names should
he called. l still adhere to that
opinion, but, DESTROYS of shifting the
responsibility from the chair TO the
Senate, ! have directed the clerk TO re-
store to the roll the names of the two
from South Carolina" At the
conference of the, Republican leaders
Senator Frye's ruling was eXhaustively
discussed, the construction being that
The action of the president pro ten.
II striking the names of the South Car
olina senator's from the rolls and his
of n request 30 have their
N an1nS no llnI u.aS hnrrppl nrncn1Ant tn
the Senate, and not entirely justified.
On this account 1t was decided thai
this particular phase of the question
he Immediately taken up by the
on privileges and elections.
The attitude of the Civil Service
Commission towards the political ac-
tivity of government employees has been
in letters Commissioner Foulke
has sent to Postmaster McMichael and
Francis Wood, both of Philadelphia.
In his letter to Mr.. Wood. the sub
of which also is stated in the let
to the postmaster, Mr.. Foulke says:
We object to certain solicitations for
contributions, made by those in authoii-
ty, because they are, in effect, cOerclng
political action of employees: but
would 1t not also he cOercing their POI
iltlthl uNlluH 10 ltll lltln IIu IneN
should not contribute and that they
must take no part whatever in n cam
For myself | have in years
past always given n modest contribu-
ton for political purposes and | shall
cease TO do so in the future because
| hold office; but | do not intend to
any more or less on that account.
ind ! do not want my example to be
construed as an intimation to any EN-
.loye of this office that he is to give or
to give or that he is not ms free to
to the Democratic fund as he Is
10 the Republican fund. or that he may
as freely give to the faction oppos- /
to me In my own party us t. the fac.
flon not opposed to me. If he so de.
As to the campaign cOntribu. !
IT seems to me that the purpose
IF the law is to see that they are real
y voluntary and not actually or i'm
lliedly c0erced. and as to political nc.
Ion II activity. IL seems to me the
purpose of the law is that a man should
free 10 do what lie likes In office ms
well MS out of IL. with the Limitation
II must not interfere with his Off,
''al duties nor in any other way bring
and or impaiT tho pfiipipn.y nf tb,