The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-25

| drowned in a chorus from the Republi-
| can side demanding the regular Or
| der" When the roll call was completed
| Mr.. Turner, Democrat of Washington,
demanded TO know why the name of
the senior senator from South Carolina
had not been called.
THE names of both senator's from
South Carolina" replied Mr.. Frye, the
president pro TEN, were omitted by
the clerk by direction of the chair"
Then followed quite a long wrangle,
Mr.. Turner insisting upon discussing
the question of the right Of the South
Carolina senator's to vote despite points
of order that under the unanimous con-
sent agreement debate was not in order
on any subject Mr. Frye, in the chair,
however said that the matter of keep
ing to that agreement remained with
the senators and also that he would
not refuse to recognize a senator who
rose to a question of personal privilege.
Mr.. Turner insisted that the fact that
a senator had been declared to be in
| contempt did not deprive him of the
right of voting. Such a contention, he
maintained, would be a monstrous
proposition.
Mr.. Foraker of Ohio declared ii would
be contrary to common decency for a
member of the body declared to be in
contempt to attempt to participate in
| the proceedings.
Mr.. Mallory of Florida insisted that
the fact that the senators were in con-
tempt indicated that they had not yet
been punished and he maintained
therefore that until the Senate passed
upon the matter the senators were IN
the same status as any other senators.
Prince Henry in the senate.
At this point the guest of the nation,
Prince Henry of Germany was escort
| ed into the chamber to a seat
bv the side of President Pro
Tenn Frye. AS the Prince aseended the
presidents platform the Senate rose
as body and hearty applause swept
over the floor and the thronged gal
leries
Bailey stands by CarolinIans.
Mr. Bailey of Texas expressed the
| opinion that senators could not be pre-
vented from exercising their right to
vote, even though they were under
actual arrest. While MIR. Bailey was
| speaking, Prince Henry, who had oe-
cupied his seat beside Senator Frye
| for twenty minutes withdrew from
the chamber accompanied by his es-
| cort and amid applause from both the
floor and the galleries.
| Proceeding, Mr.. Bailey said that any
senator would have been apt under
| the same circumstances to do what
| the senators from South Carolina had
done on Saturday and he declared that
he did not consider their offense so
| serious as the deprivation of a state
| of its representation on the floor of
the Senate
Finally the chair recognized Mr. Aid
| rich and he made the point that as the
| Senate was proceeding under an unani-
nous agreement to vote on the Philip
pine bill, no discussion was in order
on any subject. He asked that this
point be submitted to the Senate, which
/ was done, with the result that the
discussion was declared out OF order
| by vote of 46 to 20.
IA..M Mr.. Turner then sought to secure
recognition In order to have spread ON
the records a protest of Mr.. Tiliman,
but the privilege was denied at that
time, and the Senate proceeded to the
consideration of amendments to the
Philippine bill.
The first of the amendments taken up
was that offered by Mr.. Taller, declar-
ing that the constitution and ali laws
| of the United States whicn are not
| locally inapplicable shall have the
same force in the Philippine Archipel-
| ago as elsewhere in the Unite1 States.
The amendment was voted down, 26
to Al.
| Mr. Hoar then offered an amendment
providing that no person shall be con-
| victed of treason in the Philippines by
any tribunal, civil or military, except
upon the testimony of two witnesses
or of confession in open court
Mr. Lodge volunteered to accept this
amendment, but Mr.. Hoar insisted upon
a roll call and the amendment was
agreed to unanimously, the vote being
| 50 to 0.
Mr.. Hoar offered another amendment
providing that here should be no pun
| ishment, by any tribunal of the Unit
| ed States, civil or military of any per-
son who should fail to give infcrma-
ton OF the treason of a mother, father
son or daughter The amendment was
agreed to, 3S to a.
Mr. Foraker of Ohio offered an
amendment providing that the rate of
duties upon articles coming into the
United States from the Philippine ISL
ands should be so per cent. of the Ding
lev rates, instead of IS per cent. 1t
was rejected, 20 to AZ.
Mr.. Teller of Colorado offered an
amendment providing, in brief. that
the United States did not intend per-
manently to annex the Philippines, but
to establish a government in the ISL
ands suitable to their inhabitants.
The amendment was rejected, 20 to
Al.
Mr.. Rawlins then offered the substi-
tute of the minority for the entire bill.
1t was rejected, 25 to as.
Mr.. Mallory of Florida offered his
amendment relating to the levying of
tonnage dues upon vessels coming into
the United States from the Philippines,
and suspending the coastwise naviga-
tion laws as between the United States
and the Philippines until July l, 1908,
after which they should be applicable
upon Philippine trade. The amendment
was rejected. 20 to AZ.
The bill was then passed, 46 to 26.
Mr.. Turner renewed his request that
the protest of Mr.. Tillman against not
being allowed to vote should be spread
upon the records and be published in
the Congressional Record. He did not
ask for unanimous consent for its pub
Ilcation, he said, but demanded 1t as a
constitutional right
Mr.. Plat of Connecticut objected.
Further discussion OF the subject
was cut off by the Senate going into
executive session,