The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-02
The Session lust Closed Was
Marked by Some of the
Stormiest Debates Ever
Heard in Congress.
Mr.. CockreII Offers Resolution
of Thanks to Senator Frye
for His Dignified and Impair
tiaI Manner of Presiding.

Washington, July 1.-After session
marked by some of the stormiest debates
ever heard In the American Congress. the
Senate adjourned sine die at $50 this
afternoon.
| During the last hours of the session
there was a tart debate on the Philip
pine question, participated in by Messrs.
Carmack of Tennessee, spooner of Wis
consin, Culberson of Texas, McComas Of
Maryland and Lodge of Massachusetts.
The conference report of the Philippine
government bill was adopted with very
little opposition, and then when the
decks of the Senate were cleared for ad-
journment, Mr.. Carmack of Tennessee
called UP mis- resolution providing for
continuance of the investigation of the
Philippine committee, and for visit to
the Philippines by the committee during
the present summer.
This started the trouble. and for more
than an hour battle of words was
waged. Mr.. Spooner delivered a scathing
| denunciation of the minority Of the
Philippine commission for what he de-
clared was an attack upon the American
army.
Mr.. carmack denied that any attack
had been made upon the army. and de-
clar ed That any fool could charge such
a calumny and any parrot could be
| taught to repeat The resolution was re-
ferred to committee, thus effectually
killing 1t.
Just before adjournment the usual res
1 n
fered by Mr.. Cockrell. the venerable
Democrat of Missouri. cordially thank
| ing President Pro Tenn Frye for ."the
dlgnified, impartial and courteous man
ner in which he mad presided over the de-
liberations OF the Senate"
After the adoption of the resolution Mr..
Frey responded briefly and then declared
the Senate had Adjourned without day.
Session Opens.
When the Senate convened at IL o'clock
| for what appeared to be the closing ses-
| sion of this term Of the Fifty-seventh
! Congress, there was no indication of the
exciting scenes of yesterday.
| Mr.. Bailey of Texas entered the cham
ber from the Democratic cloakroom soon
| after the invocation had been pronounced
and took his seat on the Democratic side.
He was Joined by Mr.. Spooner. and they
! chatted together for few minutes. Rep
resen<ative Burleson then Joined Mr..
Bailey and mad an extended talk with
him.
Mr.. Beveridge did not appear in the
| Senate In the early part of the session.
After his chat with. Burleson, Mr.. Bailey
left the chamber.
Mr.. Hale of Maine presented the final
fha
| deficiency bill and It was agreed to with
out debate This disposes of the bill
Mr.. Lodge, chairman of the committee
on the Philippines, read the agreement OF
the conferecs on the Philippines civil gov
ernment BILL
BeverIdge Cordially Greeted.
Mr.. Beveridge, who had been engaged
in his committee room, entered the cham
Der about half an hour after the senate
convened. AS he went to his seat on the
extreme Democratic side other senators
Joined him and shook him cordially by the
hand. Mr. Beveridge then went over to
| the Republican side and talked for some
| time with Mr.. Allison. At the conclusion
| of the reading Of the report on the Phil
| ippIne bill the house amendments to the
| bill reserving certain public lands and
| public buildings in Porto Rico for public
| use was laid before the senate. The sem
| ate agreed to a conference and Messrs.
| Foraker, Wetmore and Cockrell were
| named as conferees Mr.. Lodge. the
moved the adoption of the conference re-
port on the Philippine BILL Mr.. Culber-
| son of Texas. one of the senate confer
| ees, said he had declined to sign the con-
ference report because he could not con-
| scientiously vote for the measure as
agreed upon or commend Its passage to
the senate. He thought 1t would have no
good purpose to make an extended state
! ment of his position.;s
Mr. Culberson said the report of the sec
! retary of war indicated that from May
i, 1885, to April 1902. the expenditures for
! the army were more than $S05. 900. 900 in
! round numbers, while of this sum only
| s170 000 900 were expended in the Philip
| pines This statement of Mr.. Culberson
| was questioned and figured up an expen-
| diture by the United States of $222. 1885, 4O6
| on account of the Philippines, and even
| those figures. he said, d.d not include
| some of the expenditures made for the
Philippines.
Soldiers WantonIy Killed.
Mr.. Patterson, Colorado, declared that
from every stand point wherever the
| Senate bill has been changed, the bill
as agreed to by the conference had been
made worse than 1t was as passed by the
| Senate. He referred to Admiral Dewey's
testimony concerning the agreement for
the surrender of Manila before the at
tack of August 10. 1898. He said this un-
derstanding provided that no American
soldier should be killed, but that not
withstanding this attitude, General Mer-
| rift permitted the soldiers to make the
assault without any knowledge Of the
agreement. He asserted that this rev.
! elation calls for a courtmartial or a. board
of inquiry. The lives of American SOL
| diers were toe precious to be sacrificed
| to serve the purposes Of any one.
| Mr.. Patterson declared in closing that
| It 10 the purpose Of the majority to