Abilene weekly reflector., 1902-02-27
PHILIPPINE TARIFF.
q General Debate in ths Senate
on the Measure.
lHE INDIAN BILL IN TIE HOUSE.



Philippine tariff bill yesterday, the
main speeches being made by Senator
Burrows, Of Michigan, for the bill and
senator Money, Of Mississippi, against
III, although Senator Mitchell, Of Ore.
gsn; Senator Foraker, Of Ohio; Sen.
ator Mallory, Of Florida, and Senator
Tillman, Of South Carolina, all took
more or less part in the general de-
bate on the subject. Senator Burrows
maintained that congress was deal
Ing with the question a. it was yes
tsrday and not with any reference to
what took place in the past or might
take place In the future. He main
tanned that the United States occu-
pancy Of the islands was with due re-
gard to international obligations.
Senator Mallory, OF Florida, spoke
particularly in favor Of his amend
ment to that portion Of the bill relat-
ing to the navigation laws and said
that 1t was necessary in the interest
Of American shipping. Senator Money
maintained that il was not so much
u question Of what could be done with
the Philippines as it was to legislate
in the interests Of our own people.
There were several rather lively ex.
changes between Senator Foraker and
the opposition senators during the de-
bate.
In the house the debate on the In
dian appropriation bill was devoted al
most entirely to extraneous topics. As
on Monday, the issue raised by Mr..
Wheeler, Of Kentucky, few days ago
came in for considerable attention
and was the feature Of the session.
Mr.. Bromwell, an Ohio republican,
Mr.. Kern, an Illinois democrat, and
Mr.. NeminA . Georgia democrat
added their Views to the literature on
the subject, but It was Mr.. Boutell,
an Illinois republican, who enter
tanned the house most, He was well
fortified with material and with ex-
ceeding good temper and trenchant
display Of wit he traced the history
OF what Mr.. Wheeler had called
"truculent sycophancy," as he said,
from the day when the first demo-
cratic president purchased bogus
coat Of arms to the entertainment Of
Queen Liliuokalani by the last demo-
cratic president. He finally dismissed
the whole subject by saying it should
be accepted abroad as one Of the
erratic and sporadic phases OF Amer-
can humor.
Mr.. Hamilton, Michigan republic
an, enllvened the proceedings with an
entertaining speech on trusts. The
other speakers were Mr.. Little, Of Ar
kansas, who discussed conditions in
the Indian territory; Mr.. Corliss, of
Michigan, who spoke on the Pacific
cable; Mr. Stephens, Of Texas, on
statehood for Oklahoma; Mr.. Sulzer,
OF New York, on the education OF the
Indians; Mr.. jackson, of Kansas, on
the election Of senators by the peo-
pie, and Mr.. Newlands, OF Nevada, on
the bill to redeem silver dollars in
gold
The house committee on public
lands reported the bill making pub
lie reservation of the tract in Arizona
including the petrifed forests.
Washington, Feb. 22.-For more
than six hours yesterday the SEN
ate had the Philippine tariff bill un-
der discussion. Senator Bate demo
craD, Of Tennessee, delivered a care
fully prepared speech in opposition
to the pending measure. lie was fol-
lowed by Senator spooner (republic-
any, of Wisconsin, in brilliant de-
fense Of the republican attitude to-
ward the Philippine islands. He re-
ferred to some recent statements by
William j. Bryan in his newspaper
in support of the minority in the
senate, He pointed out that these
very gentlemen who now were criti-
cising the government were instru-
mental in placing the problem before
congress. He declared that Mr.. Bry-
an advocated the ratification of the
Paris treaty and he ventured the
opinion that II il had not been for
MIR. Bryan's efforts the treaty would
not have been ratified, He concluded
with an appeal to congress to stand
by the policies Of Mckinley and
Roosevelt, = A-,., d.
Senator rillman addressed the sen.
ate in opposition to the pending bill,
Tie declared that the expression OF the
motives for enacting the bill were a
subIerfuge and h6mbug and every.
body knew IT, lie asserted that this
government in its treatment of the
Filipinos had returned to the policy
of Great Britain, which had been
overthrow by our forefathers at
Yorktown II was. he said, "a damna.
BILE doctrine" yet we called ourselves
liberty-loying Americans and declared
our pride in our ancestry. He
charged that the American authorl-
ties in the Philippines were steering
clear of the provinces in the islands
where war was real and pressing and