Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-02-20
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

nihApAlNdA buliulhE IL Auls CITY nus
been sold to Thomas +. Walsh Of Colo
RADIO for $2O3, 77S cash. The church
building will be torn down and a mod
ern Office building erected on the site.
The property is on the corner Of Four
teenth and G streets, one of the best
locations in Washington, containing
over 1000 square feet and was sold
for approximately SIS per foot.
An extended speech on the pending
Philippine tariff bill was delivered in
the Senate Friday by Mr.. Morgan Of
Alabama. Speaking of the claims
which had been made that there was
no lawful government in the Philip
pines, Mr.. Morgan, with earnestness.
said there is a government there, and
he was glad to say, a very good gov
eminent, suitable to the character of
these people and the circumstances in
which we found them. 1t would adj
vance the esteem of the Filipinos for
the United States If they could have a
delegate in Congress, as in the case of
Hawaii, said Mr.. Morgan. This, he
thought, would be no violation Of the
constitution. Referring to the work of
the Philippine Commission, their per-
sOnality and their ability, he paid a
tribute to the late President Mckinley,
who, he said, was the happiest man in
the world in making selections of men
for responsible position, who always
could be relied upon to do the right
thing at the right time and in the right
way.
Representative Lacey of Iowa was
given a hearing before the House com-
mittee on irrigation in support of his
bill making an appropriation for an X
perimental irrigation system to be con-
structed at a place designated by the
secretary Of the interior. Mr.. Lacey
argued that irrigation under the pro-
posed dual government system of state
and federal control is an experiment.
He thinks the government should Sc
lect the most favorable project and give
it a fair chance, developing it slowly.
He advocated the building up of nation
al irrigation from the bottom rather
than going up on a grand scale, as is
proposed by the committee bill. He in
sists that mistakes will necessarily be
made, and that it would be better to
make them in one project than in many
as it will afford opportunity to make
corrections at small cost. An expert
mental system, such as his bill pro-
poses, he says, can have the approval
of the East and can probably pass,
while the general bill, in his judgment,
cannot get through the House.
Throughout nearly the entire session
of the Senate Monday the Philippine
tariff bill was under consideration. MI.
Turner concluded his speech begun
Friday on the legal and constitutional
phase of the Philippine question: He
held in the main that as the FilipinOs
had established an Independent govern
ment in the islands prior to the falling
of Manila, the United States, under
the principles of international law, had
no right in the islands. Mr.. Turner re-
ferred to the Philippines seditiOn act as
not only unconstitutional, but as "A
relic of barbarism too black even for
the most despotic and tyrannical gov
eminent that now exists on the face of
the earth.' Mr.. Patterson presented an
amendment providing for the repeal of
the seditiOn laws applied to the Philip
pines. Mr.. Teller gave notice of an
amendment declaring that it is not in
tended by the government of the Unit
ed States to permanently anneX the
Philippine islands as an integral part of
the United States, but that it is intend
ed to establish. with the consent and
assistance of the inhabitants thereof, a
government or governments suitable to
their wants and conditions. Mr., Tel
Ter said he was not going to be dis
turbed by the supplementary and in
decent charge made against those who
did not agree with the administration
policy, that they are unpatriOtic and
have not the public's welfare at heart.
Because l stand here with words of
sympathy for the Philippines" said he,
Il am not guilty Of treason, as has been
charged against a senator in this cham
Der" Senator Foraker offered an
amendment to the Philippine tariff bill
providing that the rate of duty on Phil.
ippine products coming into the United
States shall be twenty-five per cent. OF
the Dingley rates. The committee biz
provided for a seventy-ive per cent
rate.
Senator Elkins, chairman of the in.
terstate commerce committee, has in.
troduced a bill making a number Of
changes in the interstate commerce
law, the most important of which are
the following: Giving the Interstate
Commerce COMMISSION ul'
der certain conditions TO fix railroad
rates. legalizing pooling and a|bolishing
Imprisonment as a method of punish
ing 0ffenses against the law. The pro
vision with reference to the fixing of
rates authorizes the Interstate Com
merce Commission to hear complains
of discrimination made against com
mon carriers and directs that any def
mite order made by the commission af.
ter such hearing, declaring a rate, reg
ulatiOn or practice to be just and rea-
sonable, shall become operative, and
be observed by the party or parties
against whom 1t Is made within thirty
days after notice. Appeal to the United
States Circuit Court and to the Su-
preme Court of the United States is
authorized. Authority is given to the
Interstate Commerce Commission TO
hear complains against the fairness of
pooling arrangements and to make an
order annulling the contract in the re-
spects found to be unjust and unlaw-
full Failure to comply with the order
will work the annulment of the con.
tract. Proceedings by writ of injunc,
ton are authorized against any party