The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-09
SENATORS TALK ON
COAL AND THE
TARIFF
Vest and Aldrich Exchange
Views Over an Alleged
Statement by the Late Mr..
DingIey-Philippine Con-
stabulary Bill Passes the
House.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Jan. 8.-To-
day the senate again discussed the
Vest resolution requesting the finance
committee to report a bill removing
the duty on anthracite coal, and Mr.
AIdr1ch replied to some of the criti-
clsms of Mr.. Vest made last Tuesday.
Mr.. Aldrich insisted the resolution will
not accomplish the result desired and
that it infringed on the constitutional
rights of the house in respect to rev.
enue.
Mr.. Aldrich said that a Democratic
senate voted to put a duty Of 40 cents
on coal in 1894 and that 1t favored
free coal except on the day when it
could have voted for free coal into the
tariff bill.
Mr.. Vest, in reply, said that the 40
cent duty on coal was the result of
q ''hold-up" by few Democratic SEN
atorS. To confirm his assertion that
Mr.. Dingley had made the statement
that the Dingley rates were placed high
in order to negotiate reciprocity trea-
ties, Mr.. Vest read from a letter adj
dressed to him by the editor of the
Philadelphia Bulletin, in which the
writer declared that Mr.. Dingley adj
mitted this to one Of his Washington
correspondents.
Mr.. Aldrich expressed his disbelief
in the statement. The Dingley bill he
munificent gift to the American people
in the cause of protection and pros
perity." The resolution went over UNI
til the next legislative day.
Mr.. Nelson resumed his remarks
against the omnibus statehood bill.
Northwestern Bills Passed.
The following bills were passed:
Granting additional lands adjacent
to the site of the University of Mon
tana for the university; redivide the
district of Alaska into three recording
and judicial divisions; to provide for
the construction of a bridge against
Rainy river, in Minnesota.
A joint resolution rendering the
thanks of congress to Gen. Adna r.
Chaffee and the officers and men who
served with him in China was intro
duced by Mr. Foraker. Mr.. Hoar pre-
scented a resolution rendering thanks
to the officers and men of Company
@, Ninth infantry, who were at Balan-
giga, Island of Samar. on the occasion
of the massacre which occurred there
Sept. %, 1901.
Mr.. McCumber, chairman of the SEN
ate committee on manufacturers, re-
ported from that committee as sub
stitute for the pure food bill, which
recently passed the house. The SubSti-
| tute strikes out the provision requir-
| ing the agricultural department to fix
| a standard Of purity for fOodS ana
| drugs, and confines itself largely to
prohibiting interstate commerce in
| adulterated or misbranded articles.
| Adjourned till Monday.
Passed by the House.
The house passed the Philippine
| constabulary bill as it was reported
| from the committee, except for an
| amendment limiting the number of as
sistant chiefs to four. The bill pro-
vides that the chief of the constabu-
| larry and the assistant chiefs who are
| United States army officers, shall have
the rank, pay and allowances of brig
adler general and colonel respectively,
the difference between such pay and
their regular grades to be paid out OF
the Philippine treasury. When the
Philippine scouts are ordered to assist
the constabulary, they shall be under
the command of the chief or assistant
chiefs. A substitute offered by Mr..
Hull. of Iowa. provides that the chief
shall rank as brigadier of the army
and the assistant chiefs officers not
below the rank of lieutenant colonies,
was defeated. The present chief Of the
constabuIary is Capt. Allen, Of the
army. -,
Mr. Loudenslager introduced a Dill
rrOviding that veterans upon arriving
at the age of seventy years, be held
to be wholly disabled and entitled to
the maximum rating Of $12 per month
in the administration Of the pension act
Of June 27, 1890.