The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-22
Phillip 2 Il Inc |. Bill Ill.
BEFORE SENATE.
Nj. Lodge Strongly Urged its En-
actment Into Law.
RANLIAs SPOKE AGAINST IT
.RAWLINs SPOKE AGAINST IT
Sir. Bacon Severely Criticised the Secretary
OF War for Issuing au Order in Viola
ton Of Plain Statute-Debate In
House Took Wide Range.
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eby Associated ffess')
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H .earIv4tIree hours to-day the Senate had
a-.tio, th. phi,innire tariff
-
ol H. ~ me WAS iiisloe eiis
ished business and probably Will hold
that potion of preference until IL shall
lhe oepate upon the pili was opelieu ~
WI. hoose Oh nassaellISelts, snaii iils,,,
"a H.,
~ W. in I,ra
,,Saa etron,Iv
Observation-Disclosures law az an carly date
AR RawIins If Utah delivered n yjror-
Gus speech in support of the minority
substitute, in which independence was
: promised to the Filipino people as soon
as q stable government could be estab-
iished IN the Philippines. His discussion
of the general Philippine question cover
cd much OF the ground that has been
gone over during the past two years, but
throughout he was accorded careful at
tention.
Mr. Lodge reviewed brleiiY the past
method or the SoVernment OF the Phiilp-
pines by the United states, ana theh
up tiie ieGehG eoui
IONS: holding the philippines TO pc 40,
az, az uueies
Ia
r,,o,,ld stand VIII.
o,tt; c,,-t, Ti :, III fvnno,-oss 1,here
,,{. /, i7,,,,sle; tho S,Inronle Court
decisic,,s no donbt Of Tho ripbt of Con-
erress 10 act
Mr.. Lodge called attention to the neces-
sitv of coastwisc legislation for the is
.1.,,51e under decisions NJ the S,lnreme
Court he said the tariff as fixed bv the
PHILIPPINE Commission had been estab-
Iisl,ed on1v .,ftar the most careful inyes-
tirations coverinr several months and
If was ohvious 10 tI,e committees; OF the
two Houses that tha,v couJd NOT hone TO
;roy,roye mon that act
0pErN moor
mr. ol7r~n =, "a ~. - fais.r;n,in.te in
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49,: = a,,,a air,ir;sn
!,!o,,1I brao1 dow, tho
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i poles ~ ~. - - -,
states ilstu ny us iiililiusS anu lts
1is,,,,,a,,t - 49, ,oI;c,. =, Chi,, and
l,snllleiil o. tia. poi'os IN Lille CIV
Niii l.S "ou'u t "a IL 80 .,;a
Ioitai,' alaihee Ioi .ne. ~ pi'. .,
aiiieeu ,7ta'e'. az eApis'i'.eo 'i'e
committees rcauctioh Oh me biisiey
rates TO the extent OF tWenty-nFe PEE
cent, SAYING that the committee mad not
felt 1t wise to make a further reductlon
Inc eXactlon OF the remaining duty couid
not be considered oncrous, In view OF the
fact that all the moneys thus collected
would be returned to the Philippines.
oIr.. .Eodge said tlatat the removal of the
export duties did not affect the open
door policy: If it did, he would oppose It.
Nor could the policy give offense to Spain
under the treaty between that country
and this He defended the policy of the
free Importation OF hemp as in the inter
est of the agricultural element.
Nh. Spoone. asked if the policy of re-
funding. the exrso,.t fax on hemn would
not have the erect of causing all the
l,emn crown in the pbilinnincs To be
hrnue.ht 10 Tho Tinted states and fms
de,ri,a. +ho pbi1innines, of the entire rov-
on,,e sflo,;,,ad 4rn,,, that source
Mr. I ,oflra renIied that the nrovision ap.
IN the ITnIt
1, - r,,a 1o,,Itio 81 that mat
he Lee - t1a rre,
h,t wo,,d he wiIlina. TO
lii ro1,aye II Of This
80 re- s.,;d IN renIv ia senator
4,or To-. that his oliection to the re-
,,,o,..,i IF =, exnnrt d,,tv on 1,emp would