The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-29
THERE WAS NO FIGHT.
Personal Taunts and Ugly Charges
Characterized the Proceedings of the Senate.

Washington, January ga Philippine
storm was central in the senate chamber
today for nearly three hours, but was void
of definite results. At times 1t looked very
serious and the spectators who thronged
the galleries watched It with breathless
interest.
Acrlmcny in senate debates is not infre-
quent but old senator's say 1t has been
years since there has been such hurricane
Of bitter yltuporatlon, of personal taunt, OF
ugly charges and Of unmodIded criticism
as was witnessed today Not since the dis.
ousslon Of the resolution leading up to the
spanish.Amcrican war have any scenes DC.
CURED 1 ES senate comparable with to-
day. S6a5 debate lacked the per
sonai bin, Sras' c{ested at times today.
Irritation waSa s,@%@St%!e,sn both sides Of
the chamber anG%tHI vice personal
encounters between sS|aD omcd i'm
minent Once when seuato. N@Q2 united
the republican senators 10y deo lg they
knew the statements made in a recent dis.
patch from Manila, in which General whea-
ton was represented as cri,lcisiug the op-
poucnts OF the governments policy in the
Philippines were true, a half dozen repub-
llcans were on their feet in an instant.
Senator Lodge, at whom the taunt seemed
to be aimed particularly, hurriedly crossed
from his scat in the center OF the repub'
llcan side to the aisle Of the senate and,
white TO the lips, passIonately challenged
the statement of the Colorado senator and
demanded that he withdraw it. Senator
Teller so modified the statement that fur
ther hostlites at that time we're svertcd
One Of the sharpest colloquies Of the SEES
sion was between Senators Spooncr wis
and I4lman U.s. O.. The race problem in
volving the lynchlug Of negroes was inter
iected into the controversy, and much feel
ing was manifested by both senators. II
the course of the conoquy. Mr.. spooner de
clared that II the same rule was to b.
spnIed TO the colored people in the Philip
mines. as Mr.. Tinmun referred to in TIL
South. then God help the colorcd man it
the Philippines
"God help them in the Philippines,
shouted the South Carolina senator passion
merv. "You have already butchered il
three wears three times as many as Tn
spaniqrds did in three centuries
| .It Is one thing" rctorted MIR. Spoonei
$50 Kill men with arms in their hand
against tine government and against th
| ear II is another to burn them,
Senators in their excitement seemed 10
,hc moment to have forgotten the Suhjec
of the debate. The chairman CMr Frye
was able. with difficulty, TO maintain Of
der When the discussion was finally enc
ed for the day the chair felt called on ser
ously 10 admonsh senators that the rule
NJ the body had not been observed an'
after reading the rule which had been VII
Iated. he expressed the hope that in IN
future senators would have care TO oil
..rvo IT. Such an udmonition has not bee
made by the presiding Officer in the sci
ute in many years.
Prior TO the outbreak on the Philippine
question the senate concluded the consl
Grafton establishing department OF cor
merce and passed it. The name or the ne
department was changed to that Of the d
partment of commerce and labor.
Mr. Bacon (Ga) offered a resolution pr
vlIiuc that the committee on printing co
slider the expediency OF printing a speci
edition Of the Congressional Record for sa
10 the general public at So for the long Sc
sious and 81 for the short sessions. ]
said tbat some action ought to be taken
corpress 10 insure to the general pub
r,oro complete information as to the
ines Of congress No newspaper could
ford 10 present to its readers, he said, mo
Than a brief synopsis OF the proceedin
in the two branches Of congress.
Mr.. Hawley remarked that his newsT
, Nor cxperience extended back between Il
~ and 6fty years. When he was young
tho newspapers Of the country devoted &C
siderable attention to the proceedings
congress and in a measure at least
thought they might return with interest
their old practice.
The resolution was adopted.
Consideration Of the bin to establish
! dcpartment Of commerce was resumed
ne1dlng amendment being that Of Mr.. p
ms providing that the department Of lat
should not be made part of the new
partment
After a brief discussion the amendm'
was rejected 10 TO SS.
MIR. Bacon then offered an amendm'
q u,,,,idlng that the name OF the new