Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-25

ular order" on the republican side and the
chair directed the call to proceed.
when the roll call was completed Mr..
Turner asked for a ruling as to whether
the South Carolina senators were entitled
to vote. Mr.. Frye said in his opinion they
were not. Mr.. Turner appealed and was
discussing the subject when Mr.. Lodge
made the point of order that the discussion
was not in order. The chair sustained the
point Of order.
Mr.. Turner continued to discuss the mat
ter. although rcveral points OF order were
sustained, Mr.. Turner appealing each time
and insisting upon his right to be heard.
Efforts were made to prevent him from
proceeding. Finally Mr.. Turner rose to
a question Of privilege and Mr.. Frye said
he felt bound to recognize any senator
who rose to q question Of privilege, and
Mr.. Turner proceeded questioning the right
Of the senate or the president pro tenn to
deprive a senator Of the right to vote.
Echo Ofthe Fight.
An echo of the sensational fight Of Sat
urday was heard at the conclusion Of rou-
tine business.
Mr.. Pritchard (republicanl of North Car
DINA submitted the following letter. which
was read at the clerks desk:
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24-To Hon. John
Pritchard, United States Senate-My Dear
Sir: l was prevented, as you know, from
Offering the resolution which l wrote, de-
handing an investigation Of the charges
made by my colleague, by being ad1udged
in contempt of the senate. / am debarred
the privilege and request you to. introduce
charges are true 1 am UNIT to remain a
member of the senate, and IL they are UNI
true, the man who made them IL NIT to
remain a member OF this honorable body.
to a vindication by the same body that
c %Sfen / Herewith enclose the resoiS-
'O" O"'' '"s JOHN L. M'LAuRIN.
Mr.. Pritchard then offered the following
resolution:
Resolution of PritcbRrd.
whereas, The senior senator from the
state of South Carolina charged in a speech
ON the floor of the senate that the junior
senator from the same state had been i'm
properly Influenced in casting his vote for
tween the United states and Spain; and,
Whereas, The said charge was emphatic
ally denied by the Junior senator.
Resolved, That the committee on prtvtl-
eyes and elections be directed to investigate
and report as to the truth Of the said
charges, with full power to send for persons
and papers.
On motion of Mr.. Hale, he resolution
was referred to the committee on priv
ileges and elections.
The Philippine tariff bill was then taken
up, speeches being limited to fifteen minutes
each.
Mr.. Hoar said that he Intended to vote
for the measure unless something was pre-
scented that did not seem to be there.
Mr.. Foraker declared that the work OF
| this government In the archipelago had
been an uninterrupted success and not tie
miserable failure" which had been charged
by the minority.
He denied that the officers and men Of
the American army had been guilty Of afro
cious cruelty and he insisted that his
amendment fixing the duties at % per cent
instead Of rs per cent Of the Dingley rates
should be adopted.
Mr.. Turner of Washington resented Mr.,
| spooner's criticisms upon the democratic
party for what he said were the structures
upon the army Of the United States. He
believed 1t was unjust to the dead and
cowardly to the living to inject the late
President McKinley's name into the de-
bate.
Mr.. McComas Of Maryland said his col
league (Mr. wellington) had said that he
Cwellington) had been given assurances
by President Mckinley that the United
| States did not propose to hold the Philip
pines as colonies. He referred to Mr.. Well.
ington's desertion from the republican
party, but was interrupted by Mr.. yelling
ton.
81 object" said the latter, ito my col
leagues words concerning my desertior
from the republican party" 3
McComaa C~ontradicts Wellington.
Mr.. McComas said he accepted that OBJ.
lection and continued. He said he had beer
present at the conference between thu
president and Mr.. Wellington and he denied
emphatically that the presidents promise
had not been kept. 1t was absurd In hi
colleague, he asserted, for him to MAKE
such a charge. He regretted, he said, sar
castically, that Mr.. Wellington had forgot
ten the details of the conference.
Mr.. Berry OF Arkansas said the Philip
pine trouble had cost $500. 200, 900, 500
American lives and millions in propert!
burned and otherwise destroyed. Mr.. Dol
liver Of Iowa declared that 1t was not pos
sIble to make an attack on the govern
ment's Philippine policy without ~staininl
the monument the American people wer'
raising to William Mckinley. He had lit
tie respect for a man who thought tn
cause OF liberty had a better chance unde
a Malay chief han under the America
nag.
Mr.. Vest of Missouri gave notice of Al
amendment hat by the pending bill l
should not be held that the United State
intended to incorporate the inhabitants o
the Philippines into citizenship Of tn
United States nor to retain the Islands per
mAnently as an integral portion Of tn
United States, but that 1t Is the intentiol
to establish in the Philippine archipelag
a government suitable to the wants OF tn
Filiplnos.
Position of Democrats.
Mr.. Culberson of Texas said the the demo
cratic party maintained that trade betwee
the United States and the Philippine
should be free and that ultimately inds
pendence should be granted to the Filipinoi
He asserted that the policy Of the re