The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-31

ATTITUDE OF REPUBLICANS
DENOUNCED IN VIGOROUS
TERMS BY TEE SPEAKER.

w session of the senate was entire
~ void If the tumultuous scenes
wlich characterized the sessions Of the
l,ass three days. After the Philippine
tariff measure was taken up at
o'clock Mr. Tnlman delivered a speech
devoted almost entirely to discussion
of the part his state took IN the war
for the Independence Of the colonies.
incidentally he referred occasionally to
the pending bill. drawing morals. as he
said for the benefit of the majority
that they might be applied to the
Philippines.
Other bills passed were for these pur-
poses:
adding 81 $685. 900 to the cost of the
public building at San Francisco; to
increase the limit Of cost for the pub
lie building at Butte, Mont, from $685.
600 20 1900 900: TO provide for the es-
Enlistment of a light and fog signal
station Oh ore Of the Milehicks, San
Francisco bay; to establish a fog bell
and lens lantern light On the south
eastern end of Southampton shOai, San
Francisco bay; TO establish a light and
fog signal at point on Carquines
Strait, Cal. opposite thar now occu-
pied by the Selby Smelling Works; for
the construction Of a lightship for
Blunt's reef. Pacific ocean. of Cape
MendOcino, Cal; TO establish q fog
signal al Fort Winfield Scott, Fort
Point. Cal: fixing the compensation Of
district superintendent in the life-sav-
ing service at $1,000 per annum: apprO-
priating 100000 for the construction
Of q public building at Evanston, Wyo.;
granting to the state Of Wyoming So
600 acres Of nOn-mineral land to aid
i'm the continuation. enlargement and
maintenance OF v coming State Sol
diers and Salon home: providing that
bona fide settlers in forest reserves
may make good their claims to land
in certain cases; granting to the state
of Idaho $4,000 acres of land to aid in
fhc continuation, enlargem emit and
maintenance Of Idaho State Soldiers
and Sailors home.
Tillman Speaks on Tariff.
The vote by which the bin for the use
by the United States of devices in
vented by its naval officers and covered
by letters patent, which was passed
yesterday. was considered at the in
stance of Mr.. Cockrell and the bill
again placed on the calendar.
At . o'clock the unfinished business
Che Philippine tariff bid was called
up and Mr. Tillman addressed the SEN
ate. He desired, he said, to continue
the discussion Of the very intereS ling
brought to the attention Of the senate
by Mr.. Money Miss He would have
had something 10 say about the mat
ter yesterday had rot Mr.. Lodge en-
piOyed what he considered ungraciOus
tactics. Thesc tactics were supple
mented by otlier Republican senator's,
he said, and my gallant young friend
from Indiana (Mr. Beveridge) leaped
into the arena and charged the minor
ity with conspiracy and obstruction"
THE Philippine tarifI BILL he con-
tinued. lis very important from the
standpoint of those who propose to
pursue relentlessly and remorselessly
the present Philippine policy, althougS~
the senator from Utah (Air. Rawlins)
has shown that there is now over there
plenty of money for the carpetbaggers
to spend"
Objects to Interruptions.
Discussing the historical subject
raised yesterday. Mr. Tillman said:
Il am glad that Massachusetts has
one representative in this chamber
even II South Carolina has only Ole.
he interpeliated significantly. "who
stands sturdy for the principles upon
which this government was founded"
He then entered upon an elaborate
account Of the part South Carolina
took in the war for the independence
OF the colonies.
While Mr.. Tiuman was speaking,
several senator's engaged in converse
ton among themselves. To this Mr.
Tiilman objected because of the inter
Iuption. and he requested that those
SO engaged retire TO the cloak rooms.
For once he was. he said. making q
speech for home consumption.
''Of course" he said. the senators
on the Republican side are not inter
ested. / Geld hardly hope 20 reach
on suC>>~s subject the minds and hearts
of the calloused majority. the COM
mercialized. money-grabbing money
loving majority. as such a subject is
not in cOnsonance with the miserable,
canting. damnabie attitude which that
party is now assuming.
Says They Invite Insurrection.
BY tina time ne had concluded this
linguistic diversion Mr.. Tillman had
the attention of all the senators pres
ent
Mr. THlman declared it was the his
tory of all conquering armies. when
prosecuting such struggle as the
British pressed against the revolution
AIRY colonists and which is now being,
carried on by the British in South
Africa. that they committed cruelties
and trampled upon all the obligations
of humanity.
And / would ask the majority in
this house" he said. IF. in trying to
force the Filiplnos to accept our gov
eminent without promise they are not
inviting the eXlsperatiOn~Of the natives
and a spirit of perpetual instruction?
The effort 10 treat the Filipinos as
"chattels-cattle"- declared. was
damnable. end he charged the majority
side with being the real murderers of
our troops in the Philippines"
Burton on Negro Burning.
But" he asserted. shaking his nm
ser at the Republican side, III we can
gag YOU and force down your threats
a Scintlla or small dose of the princi-
pies which aCtuated the men of Massa-
chusetts in 1876. we wfll have done our
duty to the country and 10 humanity
IL a brief cOlloqUy with Mr.. Burton
(kan1 iF- sion was made To the remark
of Mr.. rIllman yesterday about the
burning of negroes in Kansas. Mr..
Burton said that no one in Kansas
was proud of committing murder, and
Mr.. Tillman retOrted. They prefer TO
murder them in the Philippines"
Commenting upon the SeditiOn laws
promulgated by the Philippine commits
sion. Mr.. Tillman inquired of Mr. HOar
whether the Springfield Republican.
which he said was opposed 10 the Re
publican 'imperialistic policy, under
these laws would be permitted to be
circUf0ed in the Philippines.
"Wlile 1 decline 10 enter upon any
discu ssion OF MASSACHUSETTS, news
papers. said Mr.. HoSr, Il viii say to
the senator Il he wants TO know my
opinion Of the commissions order that
] think it is an abOnNinable order"
Ii conclusion Mr.. Tillman said the
penoIne Philippine tariff bin. as a
proposition TO erect tariff wall be-
tweef the United States AID another