Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-05-10
WORK OF CONGRESS.

| "A lively debate was precipitated in the
senate on the I'd by Senator Prftchard
On CD, republican, by some remarks he
made on political methods in North Caro-
| lima. in the course of a discussion of the
/ Philippine bill. He told of what is called
| the sand cure" in North Carolina, the
| victim having his face crushed into the
| sand to Stifie his cries, while he was be-
| ing beaten to intimidate him politically.
Senator Simmons IN. c., democrat, de-
| clared that he never heard of such
practice. Senator Pritchard charged
| that the red shirts" rode over the state
| to tcrrorize republican voters. Senator
| Simmons denied that statement and in
| sisted that the red shirts never had COM
| mitted any unlawful act, and as a mat
/ ter of fact intended only to organize the
| voters of the state. The Rosebud Indian
| reservation bill and the sundrY civil bill
| were again considered. but not COM
| pleted.. The house passed the anti-con-
spiracy bill reported from the judiciary
| committee without q word of debate.
| The amendment providing the machinery
for the enforcement of the personal tax
| law of the District of Columbia passed
| IN 1878 was placed on the District appro-
priation bill as a rider and the bill was
passed.
Senator Lodge CBdassO. chairman of the
| Philippine committee, addressed the sem
| ate in vindication of the Americans pol.
| icy in the Philippines on the 5th. He
| warmly resented the imputations cast on
| the president, the secretary of war and
| the army for the alleged cruelties said
| to have been practiceG in the Philippines
and declared every effort had been en-
ployed by the officials in authority to
| prevent such cruelties as had been re-
| ferred to and measures had been taken
| to punish those guilty of them. In a
| brief reply Senator Rawlins (Utah) de-
| clared that the charges which had been
/ made were not against Gen. Chaffee or
| the army, but against Senator Lodge and
others who were responsible for the pres
| ent Philippine policy. Both the sundry
| civil appropriation bill and the bill for
| the purchase of the Rosebud Indian res
| erVation were passed. The amendment
| to the sundry civil bill postponing the
| st. Louis exposition until May 1, 1904,
was adopted by the senate. The death
| of Representative Otey CVa.) was an
| nounced, a committee was appointed to
| attend the funeral and an adjournment
/ was taken as mark of respect.
Two desks were draped in black and
| covered with flowers when the house
met One was the old place occupied by
| Mr.. Amos ]. Cummings IN. W and the
other was that of Mr.. Peter J. Otey
| (Va.), whose death occurred at Lynch
burg the 4th. An urgency resolution
making additional appropriation of S10,-
| 0GO for the expenses incident to the dedi-
| cation of the statue of Marshal de
Rochambeau was adopted. Mr.. Jones
| (Va.) then announced the death of Mr..
| Otey and offered the customary resolu-
| tions of regret.
For almost four hours on the 9Th a
|
| alton ragged in the senate. 1t was start
| ed by Senator Beveridge Qnd), who
| made some sharp structures on the MEM
| bers of the opposition, because they We're
| unfair in telling in their speeches only
| one side of the story. While he adj
| mttted that some outrages had been COM
| mitted by American soldiers in the Phil
| tppineS, it was true, too, that unparal-
| Ieled kindness had been shown by the
American troops to Filipino prisoners and
! Filipino wounded. Senator Carmack
! (Tenn) and Senator Rawlins CUtah)
| warmly resented any imputation of I'M
| fairness. Senator Turner (WaSh.) de-
| iivered scathing criticism of the meth
| DDS practiced by the military authorities
| in the Philippines, dwelling particularly
| upon the alleged order of Gen. Smith,
| whom he denounced as a monster in hu-
| man form. Senator Hoar (Mass.) briefly
| defended the action of the Philippine
| committee, saying that already it had
| furnished much valuable information.
! He urged that the committee, in all JUS
| tice, should call some prominent Fflipinos
| to testify in their own behalf. The reSo-
| luton of the house announcing the death
| of Representative Joshua S. Salmon On.
| j. then was laid before the senate and
| a committee was appointed to attend
| the funeral. AS additional mark OF
respect the senate then adjourned. The
house adjourned Immediately after the
| reading of the journal out of respect to
| the memory of Mr. Salmon. This was
| the third consecutive legislative day the
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| spect to one of its deceased members.
| Never before in its history have three
| desks been draped at the same time.
| Discussion of the Philippine bill in the
| senate on the 9TH took sensational turn.
Senator NfcComas CMd), referring to the
| alleged cruelties of American soldiers IN
| the Philippines, told of some of the cruel
| ties which had occurred on both sides
during the civil war. In this connection
he suggested that senators from South
Carolina and Mississippi, where there
| is less popular liberty than in any oth-
| ers,' were shouting loUdest for consti-
tutional liberty in the Philippines. These
remarks drew a sensational reply from
| Senator TilIman Is. c., who declared
| that it was no longer possible to sheer
away the responsibility for the infamies
committed by the Americans in the
| Philippines He said that if it had been
known in~the south that the reins OF
government were to be given to the ne
groes the civil war would have been pro-
| longed indefinitely. He insisted that IN
order to maintain their self-respect the
white people of the south had been
obliged to subdue the negro by whatever
means they could, using the shotgun as
one of the means when we get reaQy
to put nigger's face in the sand, ne
shouted 1--WE put his body there, too;
Senator Burton (Kan.) followed with a
defense of the governments policy In the
Philippines and became involved In
heated colloquy with Senator RaWllns
(Utah), because he had denounced some
of Senator RawIins' statements as false.
He paid a brilliant tribute to Gen. Fun
ston as one of the great heroes of the
army The house began consideration
of the bill to admit Oklahoma, Arizona
and New Mexico into the union on an
equal footing with the original states.
Mr.. McRae (Ark.), while favoring the
admission of the three territories. gave
notice of an amendment to consolidate
Oklahoma and the Indian territory and
admit them as a single state. The con-
ference report on the Indian approprta-
ton bill was adopted. The senate amend
ments to the sundry civil appropriation
bill were non-concurred in and the blu
sent to conference.
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