The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-02-11
THEY ARE READ IN FULL
All Committee Amendments TO the
Tariff Bill Adopted.
SCOTT FaV0R5 san BIAS CANAL ROUTE

4, presentation.
(3y the Associated pres5.)

Washington. Feb. 6.-For -four hours
today the Senate had the Philippine
Tariff Bill under discussion The meas
ARE was c0mplrtcd. 80 far As The Philip
pine Committee IS concerned. ali the
committee amendments being adopted.
Scyrral other amendments, however,
Ti!l lie Offered, one OF two being F~e-
-cutod.
Toward the close OF the session tie
discussion bccdnt heated. In esponsc
~ 4 resolution offered several days age
by Mr.. ItaWlius, OF Utah, the Secretary
Of War transmitted to the Scnat- -"
edition laws enacted by the PhilirpiD.
commission. They were read in futi aud
immediately dreW the fire of oppolenTa
OF the governments Philippines policE.
MIR. IIoar. Of massachusetts,, eXpr-<aai
his establishment that such laws Should
Ur enforced by the government author
5icS. Mi. Foraker. of ohio. had read
from the revised statutes OF the EAitei
states the laws Of Congress- r~elatju- TO
thc crime of treason and similar oitenscs
against the government and said that
gh" acts passed by the Phiippin" con
mission were almost identical in their
'"AAH NNT' . a. ''r ~ 'r'tr
=res5 in the days Of the fathers of the
republic and that there was n0thinI I'M
proccdeuted OF unusual ABOUT tAeMl
then
The ohio Senator WAS interrupted
continually and had several warm COLO
quies with Senator's who We're opposing
MIN. IN one Of them he announced with
great earnestnes5 that the American
army never would return from The Phil
ipDine7 ungl It returned victorious,
In conclusion Of the debate Mir. IIo1r
poured oil on the troubled waters Of the
Senate. maintaining that men might
well differ Oh any OF the great questions
NOW before Tho country bUt that MI were
t~horouShly loyal to tho country and
We're doing their duty as they saw il.
Early in tho lay, Mr.. Scott, cf West
Virginia. delivered . speech in which h
advocated an investigation Of the san
BIAS route for an isthnia9 canal. ana
Mr.. Hanshroush made a raresuiiy pre-
.rarrd address on his bill 70 NIpNidc n
national system of irrigation o. arid
lands. M. SCOTS resolution 10. al IL
vostiGatiou of the SanBlas route was,
on motion Of Ar- Morgan. referred to
The Committee on OceaEil Canals.
HARSH AND CRUEL. SAYS H0AR
M. Hoar spoke upon tic sedition laws
"uactcd by the Philippine Commission.
laying H. was sorry ttt&t the ConIni"-
-icu had he'd its ac;s justified by ref
treurr TO the only harsh and cruel provi-
,iona that were 10 be found in fGo
a.atutes OF the United states. Unde1
lnia cruel provision IN the Philippine
CON. missions acts a mother u2Eing
knowledge of the treason 81 her sou must
inform the authorities upon him: th2 son
muEt inform the mother: the hrulhrr
upou the brother the daughter upon
tho father and 50 on. He said the laws
of the United States were applied Cniv
10 citizens Of this country-cttizens py
eithel nativity or adoption,
III the ease Of This application o. tny-e
acts III The Philippines, he said, hey
were being put into execution by alien
authority Responsible only to an alien
government or command.
Nj. Foraker said h never had h-aId
he Philippine acts read until nov. lie
was surprised. however, that the s nat0r
rom massachusetts. MIR. Ho&r) should
ho mentally and morally disturbeG" by
such provisions as had been read. Il,
said the provisions ot the United States
~tatutes are the same l- those contained
in the Philippine ac;.
DOCS the Senator approve OF that
act? asked Mr.. !Ioar.
Yes, / do responded MI. ForaHer.
Atr. lioar expressed the opinion hat
The act was a particularly harsh ana
clucl one IN til" Philippine Islands.
Mr. Foraker pointed out that he
statute was among the first enactm.nts
Of an American Congress. For the success