Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-01

agreement to the provision for Leg
isature, and agrees 10 II with an
amendment providing that within two
years after the census provided for In
the house bill has been completed II, In
the meanwhile, a condition OF general
peace and good order shall have pre-
vailed, the president shall order the
Philippine commission to call a general
election for the choice Of delegate ia
popular assembly Of the people Of that
portion Of the islands not inhabited by
Moros and pagan tribes, which shall
be known as the Philippine assembly.
As to the qualification Of voters. the
power Of the assembly and Of the legls-
lature and the qualifications OF the
members Of the assembly, the senate
has agreed substantially 10 the house
provision. This also provides for two
commissioners to be elected by the leg
islature.
The senate further recedes from its
disagreement To the provisions OF the
house bill relating to public lands. and
agrees to an amendment restricting the
amount Of land to be held by corpora
tons from 1000 10 l.O24 declares. The
senate has further agreed to the house
provision restricting the ownership and
control by members Of CORPORATE ms Of
mining and agricultural lands with
additional stringent provisions limiting
these holdings.
In the coinage provision reported the
senate recedes from It's provision for
the coinage Of a Philippine silver dol
lar and the house recedes from It's
provision for the establishment Of a
gold standard. The report agrees upon
the provision for subsidiary coins and
minor coins, the names being those of
the house bill and substan TALLY as pro-
yded in the house bill
The provisions relating 10 banks are
eliminated from the bill The bill con-
tains the legislative limitations and
bill Of rights complete as In the house
bill. The mining provisions Of the bin
are combination of the provisions of
the mining features OF the two bills,
Otherwise, are bill reported does not
substantially differ from the bill pass
by the house
Mr., Cooper explained that differences
upon the coinage provisions were diff
cult Of adjustment, aud finally result
ed I'm dropping both senate and house
provisions out. Speaking OF the pro-
visions for the disposition Of the pub
lie lands, he expressed the opinion that
they were satisfactory, and that under
them II would be absolutely impossible
to exploit the islands "The language
of the legislature provision" b. said
would make the election of legisla-
ture mandatory as soon as the Condi-
lions were fulfilled"
Mr. Jones Of Virginia the ranking
minority member Of the insular com
mittee. declared that this statement did
not cover one-tenth of the changes
made. Yet, he said the house was eN,
pected I'm an hour 20 vote on the report
There was, he insisted, no need for any
urgent haste. He expressed the opin
ion that the substitute as agreed 10 by
the conferees was an improvement oyel
both bills. He criticised the public
land provisions, saying the Philippine
commission would have the power &c
sell or dispose of the public lands b.
fore rules and regulations were promnl'
gated. He also criticized the legisa-
tive provision as agreed to by the con-
ferees. Under ii, he declared, no man
NNAaA A'A AhA HFIhfaA tRfNhhbiNNo
would be created.
Mr.. Williams Of Illinois said II the
administration proceeded in good faith
II would be five years before there
would be popular assemblage in the Is
lands. In the meantime all the fran
chses and public lands in the Islands
could be disposed Of.
Mr., DeArmand OF Missouri said the
English system had been adopted and
was TO supplant the American system
In our colonies beyond the seas, The
other side was in hurry to afford OPP
portunity for corporations and syndi-
Gates to exploit the Islands, but for the
American eXpl0iters.
Mr.. Gilbert OF Massachusetts sad he
was willing 10 state that he hoped in
20 years the FlipInOs would be capable
OF f-gOvernment and desire indie
pendence, and that independence would
be accorded them,