Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-06-06


about July LIST. The postofiice depart
mcnt has received the die proofs OF the
new cards. The new plates show u
profile view.
Kissing In the Senate Is so unusual
that when II occurred In the course OF
the Philippine debate II created u SEN
sation. Mr.. Spooncr Of Wisconsin was
speaking. ana referred. incidentally. to
the story that "a thousand filipinos had
been put To death by American troops
In trenches which they We're compelled
to dig. Mr.. Lodge said the story had
been denied by the father Of the sol
dier who had started II. AMI that the
War Department had cnbled to Cen
crnl Chaffcc To ascertain the facts. Mr.
CarInack OF T-nnc~s.c interrupted 10
sny that no doubt the soldiers would
deny the story. M all soldiers In tho
Philippines had been required Ia do.
His remark was greeted with hi-s.s
from the galleries, the demonstration
OF disapprobation calling out sharp
rappins Of the gnvcl from the chair.
Representative Shnfroth says he has
not lost hope Of securing passage In
the House ut this session OF his bill
nppropriniing <.iOU1S for u branch
National Soldiers Home at Denver.
MIR. Shnfrulh II collecting data from
various soldiers homes showing til.
number Of old soldiers annually turned
away and unnbl. to obtain admission
ON account OF III. oycr-rowdcd condi-
ton OF these. During the past nvc
years Loo applicants hayc.be-n re-
fused admission to the lcny.nworth
hom. because of lack OF room. Mr..
Shnfroth's blii II on the House caicn-
dnr nnd lie has assured Speaker Hen
icrson of'his willingness Ia take IL up
ON suspension day" when n majority
of two.thir,is Of the House II necessary
To pass Till. lie IN satisfied lie can
get n practically unanimous vote for
the measure II lie receives recognition.
Mcssrs. Shnfroth and He'll Of Colo
rado Were the principal speakers
against the I'M subsidiary coinage bill
In the House. Ia "a strong speech Mr..
Shafroih set forth the damage such
legislation would do to the currency
Of the country. II proposed. he said.
not only To melt up all the silver dol.
lars of ih. country Into subsidiary
coinage. hut to take NIL the buiiion now
In the treasury AMI coin II into sub-id-
larry coin. Mr.. He'll declared that every
great panic from which the country
had suffered had been prccipiinicd by
the currency tinkcrs'' like lin. Tho
ultimate net Of Mr.. nm and his
friends. he said. was To create mn all
powerful banking trust. which would
control the i-su- OF paper currency. IL
this program was carried out. he said.
NIL the currency would disappear cx-
ccpt gold nnd hank paper. The pend.
Ing biil. he said. was one of three and
the only one the Republicans dnrc pass
In the face Of the congressional cleo
tons.
Felipe Eu-ncnmio. one Of the found
-rs of the Federal party In the Philip
pines. has arrived In Washington from
San Francisco. and hni short con.
ference with Secretary Iioot II. was
accompanied 10y Lieut.. Arthur l.. Con-
ger. Nineteenth Infantry. Senior Bu-B-
cnmino win H. presented to President
Roosevelt and II Is expected that later
he will appear before the Senate Phil
ippinc committee. Bu-ncnmino was
one Of tn. principal figures OF the so-
called Aguinnlio government. holding
the office of secretary Uf stat. when h-
was captured. In company with Aguln-
AIDES mother. Immediately hftcr the
batt'" OF Taslnc. The primary object
OF his visit II to get better acquainted
with our people and institutions and to
visit his sons, students ut berkeley.
California. lie also il charged by til.
Federal party Of the Philippines to
make n pilgrimage to I'll" grave OF
Washington and to deliver messages
OF sympathy aud respect to Mrs. Me
kinlcy and Mrs. Logan.
In an able speech in the Senate dur
Ing the discussion OF the Philippine
bill. senator Morgan OF Alabama cx-
pressed himself strongly in favor or
the main features of the hill. taking n
decided stand il, opposition 10 hts
Democratic colleagues. "'rbc lnudI-
tiOns OF Aguinnldo's patriotism and he
ruism," said MIR. Morgan. that have
been poured out In his honor here and
elsewhere In the United States are as
much out of place NJ II they had been
uttered IN honor OF the FOX in AesOps
fables" Aguinnldo. he said, was only
n convenient instrument in the hands
Of cunning c0n-pirntors. Had lie died
another would have been found. for
the Hong Kong juntn had not connie
ted their fortunes perpctually TO him.
'''rhc FilipinOs are not lighting for lib
crtS." MIR. Morgan continued. but
simply ns the savage tools of the junta
at Hong Kong. We have dedicated
these islands" lie said. ''to the freedom
Of religion: we have unslacklcd 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 report OF "A
ministers meeting held recently in
Boston In the course of which in the
addresses the ministers stated that the,
American fiag had been disgraccd 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
akcr had read In the course of his
speech. These editorials strongly urged
the retention OF thc Philippine islands
and advocated the governments policy
as to the islands. Mr.. Patterson said
he was responsible for the utteranccs
of the Denver News then and now. He
said he was type OF hundreds of
thousands OF people who had held
views similar 80 those expressed in the
Denver News editorials and subsc-
quently had changed those views. Just
prior to the ratification Of the Paris
treaty he had changed his opinion and
since that time had advocated siren