The Delta independent., 1902-06-06
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

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about July lst. The postotfice depart
ment has received the die proofs of the
new cards. The new plates show a
profile view.
| Kissing in the Senate is so unusual
that when it occurred in the course of
the philippine debate it created SEN
satton. Mr.. SpOOner of Wisconsin was
speaking, and referred, incidentally, to
| the story that thousand EilipinoS had
(, been put TO death by American troops
| in trenches which they were compelled
| to dig. Mr.. Lodge said the story had
been denied by the father of the SOL
/ dier who had started it, and that the
| War Department had cabled to Cen
eral Chaffee to ascertain the facts. Mr..
/ Carmack of Tennessee interrupted 10
say that no doubt the soldiers would
| ceny the story, as all soldiers in the
Philippines had been required to do.
| His remark was greeted with hisses
from the galleries, the demonstration
of disapprObatiOn calling out sharp
| rapping of the gavel from the chair.
Representative SLafroth says he has
| not lost hope of securing passage in
the House at this session of his bill
| appropriating S2JO,OOO for a branch
| National Soldiers Home at Denver
Mr.. Shafroth is collecting data from
| various soldiers homes showing the
number of old soldiers annually turned
| away and unable to obtain admission
on account Of the overcrowded condi-
| tion Of these. During the past five
years 1.51r applicants have been re-
| fused admission TO the Leayenworth
home because of lack of room. Mr..
Shafroths bill is on the House calen-
dar and he has assured Speaker Hen
derson of his willingness TO take 1t up
on .'suspensiOn day." when a majority
of two-thirds of the House is necessary
| to pass a bill. He is satisfied he can
get a practically unanimous vote for
| the measure if he receives recognition.
Messrs. Shafroth and Bell of Colo
RADIO Were the principal speakers
against the Hill subsidiary coinage bill
in the House. In strong speech Mr..
| Shafroth set forth the damage such
legislation would do to the currency
of the country. 1t proposed. he said,
not only to melt up all the silver dol
| lars of the country into subsidiary
coinage, but TO take all the bullion now
in the treasury and coin ii into subsid-
iary coin. Mr.. Bell declared that every
\ great panic from which the country
had suffered had been precipitated by
the currency tinkers' like Hill. The
ultimate act of Mr.. Hill and his
friends, he said, was to create an all
powerful banking trust, which would
control the issue of paper currency. II
this program was carried out, he said,
all the currency would disappear eN-
cept gold and bank paper. The pend
ing bill, he said. was one of three and
the only one the Republicans dare pass
in the face of the congressional cleo
| tions.
Felipe Buencamio. one of the found
ers OF the Federal party in the Philip
pines has arrived In Washington from
San Francisco. and had short con-
ference with Secretary Root. He was
accompanied by Lieut.. Arthur L. Con-
ger. Nineteenth infantry. Senor Buen-
camino Will be presented 10 President
Roosevelt and Ii is expected that later
he Will appear before the Senate Phil
| ippine committee. Buencamino was
| one of the principal figures of the So
called Aguinaldo government, holding
the Office Of secretary of state when he
was captured. in company with Aguin-
| aldo's mother, Immediately after the
battle of Tarlac. The primary object
of his visit is to get better acquainted
with our people and institutions and to
visit his sons, students at Berkeley.
Federal party of the Philippines to
make a pilgrimage to the grave OF
Washington and to deliver messages
of sympathy and respect to Mrs. Nc
kinley and Mrs. Logan.
In an able speech in the Senate dur
ing the discussion of the Philippine
bill. Senator Morgan of Alabama eN-
pressed himself strongly in favor of
the main features of the bill, taking
decided stand in opposition to his
Democratic colleagues. The lauda-
tons of Aguinaldo's patriotism and he
roism," said Mr.. Morgan. that have
been poured out in his honor here and
elsewhere in the United States are as
much out of place as if they had been
uttered in honor of the fox in Aesop's
| fables" Aguinaldo, lie said. was only
a convenient instrument in the hands
of cunning conspirators. Had he died
another would have been found, for
the Hong Kong junta had not commit
ted their fortunes perpetually to him.
The Filipinos are not fighting for lib
erty." Mr.. Morgan continued, but
simply as the savage tools of the Junta
at Hong Kong. We have dedicated
these Islands," he said, ITO the freedom
of religion; we have unShacl>led them
from the dominion of an established
church, and no power will ever exist
| that can undo our work through mil
itary, civil or other agencies.
In addressing the Senate on the
Philippine bill. Mr.. Patterson of Colo
RADIO read extracts from a report of
ministers meeting held recently in
Boston in the course of which in the
addresses the ministers stated that the
American flag had been disgraced in
| the Philippines by the commission of
tragedies and horrors in the islands,
although no special attack was made
upon the President or secretary of war.
Mr.. Patterson referred to the editorials
from the Denver News which Mr.. For
aker had read In the course of his
/ speech. These editorials strongly urged
| tne retention of the Philippine islands
and advocated the governments policy
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