The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-08
ACONFERENCE COMMITTEE
The Senate Failed TO Agree TO Some
House Amendments.
COMPARATIVELY QUIET DAY IN SENATE
Mr.. Turner Made Carefully Prepared
Speech Criteising the Pending
Philippine Tariff Bill.

! Washington. February Tin the senate
today MI Turner tWashl delivered a care.
July prepared speech on the general P.t!l.
lppine question The pension appropriation
blil was passed When the senate convened
1t disagreed to the amendments OF the house
on the urgent deueieul, Uli. agreed TO the
conference asked and appointed Senators
haze allison and Teller as conferees Oh
The part o. the seuate.
blll app,oplia .il- $40 GO for the cree
lion Of public puli liul at Newcastle "a.
was PASSED al the request o. Mn Quay
tta'l, who asked this Indulgence o. the sen.
ate as nnder orders OF his phJ stefan he
would be OBLIGED TO leave the city Tor an
indefinite period
At the conclusion Of routine business Mr..
Patterson tCooJ made personal explana.
ton Of what he had said conserving Gov.
etnor Iait's attitude toward the treason and
selluoA laws enacted by tue Philippine
commission. GOSetuof TAFT ne sand. nau
maze statement before the Philippine
Committee in watch he said tnat MI Pat
w eOA' luau' trteuLA no doubt. LAD convey
ga q wrong impression TO the scBute aud
We county Is 90 has IlrI-uue tOTA4Q those
~ WIS. dr. Fat1er-0ns statement. Governor
latl sald, hdu put ann 10 tine attitude Dl
t.ticsl2 his eoaeagues ON the commits.
SI"I. lle particular statute was enacted
Mniie ne was WI, but by anything be may
hNNc sa'd ne ala not Intend 10 convey tuo
/ IMPRESSION Tat ut WAS opposed TO laws EN-
"tt'l. j ne responsibility Tor their euBrt-
Hliut Nas as mlcn n.a Us OF his colleagues
Hf PATTERSON said be bud stated IN his
own way the Impression Governor Iaft's
~ ~ iEt"aL stltl u'ht hng made upon him.
NAV impression, he said wa, wrong. Gov.
eFhoI iAlt not only docs NOT disagree with
lne law, be added. hut approves Of IL
u pecguaGly necessary Mr. Patterson dis
r r,..r'tl oAN intention or desire 90 misrep.
ID
Mr. Gallinger a. h chairman Of the
PenSlou commit tee called up the pension
APPROPRIATION OH ana offered an amend
lhfHt' Whlch was adopted. prohibiting the
collection Of any fec for aiding Ia securing
the passage 10y congress of any speCial non.
SION MI He said The number OF special
pension bills introduced I'm congress AT this
session was probably larger than ever be-
!!yie nearly 5000 having been Introduced In
the house alone.
Mr.. Plit,%ard IN O. offered nm amend.
ment providing that man who bad served
~ me Confederate army, but subsequently
had served IN the Union army. should have
a penSionahlc status. point OF order
against the amendment by Nj Gallnpor
was sustained
Mr. Pritchard, cyinoiug evidence Of his
disappointment at tht loss Of his amend
not many bills win 90 through hereafter
uhji something Is done in the direction OF
granting the relief desired
The pension appropriation bill then was
passed
A bill approprlating 100000 for a public
building in WinTon-Salem, y. c.. was
parst'ti
Mr. Lod.c then called up the Philippine
tariff bill, Mr.. Turner criticized the bill
saying that Il proceeded on the theory that
we have international and constitutional
sovereignty over tine Philippines; but, argu-
Ing the case from that standpoint, he said
ii was IN conflict with the clause Of the
constitution which requires uniformity in
the laying Of taxes, duties and imposts.
He then referred to the spirit Of the colo
mics, 1871 years ago, whDh ultimately
brought Independence To them. III Filipino
resistance to our constitutional and lawless
action he said. shall have awakened
the conscience Of the American nation to
the base betrayal of liberty Involved In
this whole Philippine adventure, II will
have been q happy and fortunate incident
for us and worth al the blood and treasure
it has cost rs. because he continued, at
will prevent ms from ever again IN all our
history entering upon any such similar ad-
venture
The following bills were passed Appro-
priating 100000 Tor the enlargement OF the
public building mt Nashville Tenn; 10 fix
the fees of United States marshgls IN the
Indian TERRITORY The senate then went
into executive session and soon aftorward
adjourned until Monday