North Park union., 1902-03-07
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

The postmaster general has issued q
| general order announcing the increase
Of pay for rural delivery mail carriers
| 500 each per annum.
Prince Henry Of Prussia on Thurs.
day visited Mount. Vernon. placed
wreaths on Washingtons tomb and
planted a linden tree near 1t. In the
evening he dined with the President.
The senate committee on foreign re
lations authorized favorable report on
the bill reforming the consular service
The bill requires civil service exam
ination of applicants for consular
places.
Secretary Root has called the atten'
tion of Congress to the need Of pro
vfding for the fifty companies of Phil.
ippine scouts. comprising about 6,OOO
men. A deficiency appropriation Is re
quIred of $4,000.
The Senate has confirmed the nomi-
nation of Medical Inspector Presley NJ.
Rixey, U. s. n, to be chief OF the
bureau of medicine and surgery In the
navy, with the rank OF rear admiral.
Also other naval promotions.
Governor Taft continued his state
ment before the House insnlar COM
mittee Tuesday, dwelling on the good
and bad characteristics of the Fill
pinos. He denied reports that they
were cowardly and related an instance
in which n few Filipino scouts along
with United States troops saved the
day. AS to their treachery, he said
this was due largely to their being be-
tween two fires.
President Roosevelt and party left
shortly before midnight Monday for
New York to witness the launching of
the yacht Meteor, built for the EN-
perOr of Germany. Accompanying the
President were Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss
Alice Roosevelt, who is to christen the
yacht; Secretary Root, Miss Root. Sec
retary Hitchcock, Commander and
Mrs. Cowles, Senators Lodge md
Spooner and Representative Littauer.
The subcommittee of the Sennte COM
mittee on privileges and elections
which was appointed to formulate Il
proposition for the proper punishment
of Senators 1'illman and MoLaurin of
South Carolina, for their offense to the
Senate of last Saturday, practically
concluded to recommend that the two
senators be severely censured for their
conduct. and to limit the punishment
to censure. This position Is due large
ly to the threat of Democrats to discuss
any action for suspension at great
length. They recognize the fact that
If so disposed the minority can obstruct
all legislation for an indefinite time and
probably continue the present session
of Congress far into the summer. Some
of them also hold the view that CEN
sure is more severe and certain form
of punishment than suspension. These
are the reasons which have led the Re-
publican members of the sub-commit-
tee to agree to resolution of censure
ana nothing Is left to complete the pro-
ceedings but to secure the assent of
their Republican colleagues who are
not members of the subcommittee.
The Philippine tariff bill, as passed
Monday, provides that articles import
ed into the Philippine archipelago
from the United States shall be re-
quired 10 pay the duties levied against
them by the Philippine Commission.
and paid upon like articles imported
into the archipelago from foreign coun-
tries; that articles imported into the
United States from the Philippines
shall pay n duty of seventy-five per
cent. of the rates fixed by the Dingley
law, less any export taxes paid upon
the articles sent from the Philippine
archipelago. as required by the Philip
pine Commission. All articles now i'm
ported free into the United States shall
he hereafter exempt from export duty
imposed in the Philippines. The bill
exempts the commerce passing be-
tween the United States and the Phil
ippines from the operation of the navi-
CATION laws of the United States until
July /, 1904, and authorizes the Phil
ippine Commission to issue licenses to
craft now engaged in iighterage or ex-
clusively harbor business, provided
such craft are built in the United
States or the Philippines, or owned by
citizens of the United States or by in
habltants of the Philippines. The du-
ties md taxes collected in pursuance of
this act shall be paid into the treasury
OF the Philippine islands md used for
their benefit. All articles manufnc.
tured In bonded warehouses of Import
ed materials. or of materials subject to
Internal revenue tax. when shipped
from the United States to the Philip
pines shall be exempt from the inter
nal revenue, and all taxes paid upon all
articles shipped to the Philippine is
lands since November 1, 1901, shall be
refunded.
The most important development
Tuesday to the Tillnmn- McLaurin cpl
sode was the act of Senator Frye, pres
ident pro ten. of the Senate. in order
ing the clerk of the Senate to restore
the names of the two South Carolina
senator's to the roll If this plan is
carried out. this act will be followed
by the adoption by the Senate of
resolution before a vote on any other
subject taken suspending the two SEN
ators for some definite time The order
of Senator Frye for the restoration of
the names to the rolls wns issued al
most Immediately after the Senate con-
vened to-day, and was the result of a
general conference among the Republi-
can leaders of the Senate. When
asked for an explanation of this order
Senator Frye said: I'm my rulings
yesterday believe that l was strictly
within parliamentary laws: that sena-
tors in contempt are not entitled to rec
ognition either to speak or to vote.
and that logically their names should
not he called. still adhere to that
opinion, but, desirous Of shifting the
responsibility froEi the chair to the
Senate, have directed the clerk to re-
store to the roll the names of the two
senators from South Carolina" At the
conference Of the Republican leaders
Ia t<>y,