The Springfield herald., 1902-03-07

Ine senate cOIknlttee on foreign re-
lations authorized favorable report OH
the.-biA reforming the consular service
The bill requires a civil service exam
nation Of applicants for, consular
places.
| Governor Taft continued his State
| ment before the House insular COM
miftee Tuesday, dwelling on the good
and bad characteristics of the Bili-
pinos. He denied reports that they
We're cowardly and related an instance
in which few Filipino scouts along
with United States troops saved the
day. AS to their treachery. he said
| this was due largely to their being be.
tween two fires. Iff
General smHh.. IN command of the
that Lieutenant 'strebler's scouts have
captured i Inkban. the notorious leader
of the Samar rebels, and brought him
, to Lagui,Il The officials of the War De-
partment, regard the capture of Lux
ban as the most important military
event since Aguinaldo's capture. He
was run down on the island of Samar.
The place of his confinement is tiny
island in a bay on the north coast of
Samar. +1iukbah-is one of the most Ell
ergetic and feracious of rebels. He Is
Il halfbreed, h 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 he would descend
upon the const towns, and his reign
of terror was SO complete that the en-
tire population ;pf the island paid trib-
ute t9 ;himdas the price Of freedom
from attack; = = u =
| J..
In the course of his examination
Tuesday before the Senate committee
on the Philippines. General u Hughes,
who W,as. provost marshal general in
Maniih during thst American military
rule there, explained the establishment
of a hospital in that city. for lewd wo-
men. He said that he alone had been
responsible for this act, which had
been SO freely criticised in the. United
States. and that .hc did not regret his
act. ..If the evil had not beah
Checked said he. ''fhlly two -iregi-
'ments would have been disabled by
the time of the out6fenk in the Follow
ing ycbnary" :General Hughes .also.
told bf the condition of the civil prlsi
oners ttrireI over. rg.the sntnislt au-
thoritieS when Manila was. surren,'
dered. rhdfe wete G,OOe of tliest anu
manyrofetbep were rcruelly ironed.
The irons were Immediately taken off
the prisonRrs,, aud: tiiare was i pile. of
half cord of iron. s.: 80. a.. -
| The most important development
Tuesday to the Tillmqp-McI I.auiih epi-
sode. was the act of Senator Frye. pres
ident pro TEN. of the Senate. id order
ing the clerk of the Senate Ia. restore
the names of the. two. Sniflr Carolina
senators to the rSil sIf .ahts. plan is.
carried ont, this act viii be followed
by the adoption by the Senate' of IL
resolution before vote on any other
subject taken suspending the two SEN
ators for s9pe definite time. The order
of. Senator Frye for the restoration Of
the :ismes to the rolls was issued al
most, immediately after the Senate con-
yenhH to-day, and was the result of n
| genepalI conference among the Republi-
cap. leadars of the Senate. When
asked fof an explanation OF ;his order.
Se1fntdr Frye said; In. my. rulings
Yesterday j believe that'I was strictly
l within parliamentary laws; thar sena-
\ tors'3n Contempt are not entitled to rec
tognitipn either to speak or TO vote.
l and that logically their names should
ynof BE called. i stfll adhere to that
opinion. bst. DESTROYS of shifting the
i responsibility from the chair to the
Senate, l have directed the clerk TO re-
4 store to the roll the names of the two.
senators FROM South Carolina" At the
conference Of the. Republican leaders
Senator Frye's ruling was 'eX1iaustiyely
| discussed the construction being that
the action of tho president pro TEN.
in striking the names of the South Car
oiina s3natorss frem' the rolls and his
refusal of n request TO have their
naues called was beyond precedent in
| the Senate and not entirely Justified.
On this account 1t was decided that
| this particular phase of the question
Should be Immediately taken, up by the
committee on privileges and elections.
The attitude OF the Civil Service
CotAhissfon. towards the Political ac-
tivity of government employees has been
| defined in letters CmnmssiOner Foulle
has sent to Postmaster AIcAlichael and
II. Francis Wood. both Of Philadelphia.
In his letter to Mr.. Wood, the sub
stance of which also is stated in the let
te.yte the postmaster. Mr.. Foulke says:
we object to certain solicitations for
contributions, made by those In authori-
lty because they are, in. effect, coercins
the political action of employees; but
| would 1t not also be coerciIig their po-
litichl action to tell them that. they
should not contribute and that they
must take. no part whatever in CAM
paign? For. myself have in years
past always given modest contribu-
4 ton for political purposes and 1 Shall
not cease to do so in the future because
l hold effice; but l do not intend TO
4 give any more or less on that7account.
and donot want my example to be
construed as an intimation to any EN-
ploye of this office that he is to give or
not to give or that he is not as free to