The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-17
CONFIDENCE HAS
BEEN BETRAYED
Secrets of Senate Executive
Session Given Away.
SENATOR MORGAN PROTESTS
BUT THE SAME THING HAS oC-
CURED BEFORE.
U1AsH1NGToN, Feb. 1s.-soon after

III ASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-Soon after
" the senate met today the District
of Columbia appropriation bill
was sent to conference, Messrs. Allison
of Iowa, Quay of Pennsylvania and
Cockrell of Missouri being named as
cOnferees.
Mr.. Quay offered a resolution. which
went over under the rule, declaring it
to be the sense of the senate that a
date and hour Prior to the I'd of March
snould be fixed for final vote upon the
statehood bill.
Mr.. Carmack introduced a resolution
authorizing tie committee on the Phil
IL pines to continue it's investigation
into conditions in the Philippines. On
objection by Mr.. Lodge the resolution
went over until tomorrow.
A resolution was agreed to calling
on the president for information re-
garding the present status of the Isle
of Pines and what government is eX-
ercising authority and control in said
island; what instructions, if any, re-
garding said islanu were given at the
time When the military occupation of
Cuba by the United States was ter
minated and what action, if any, has
been taken for INT protection of the in
terests of citizens of the United States
who have purchased property and set
tied in the island of Pines.
Patterson's Amendment Passes.
Mr.. Lodge then called up the Phil
ippine currency bill.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Pat
terson of Colorado some days ago and
published at the time, providing for a
conference between gold and silver
standard countries to fix a commercial
exchange was agreed to without divi-
sion.
Mr.. Dubois of Idaho offered a sub
stitute for the entire bill and briefly eX-
planned its feature. The substitute was
rejected and the bill was then passed.
1t is the measure recommended by
the house committee on insular affairs
but which was rejected by the mouse.
The senate committee on the Philip
pines substituted for the house bill the
measure of both committees and which
has been recommended by Secretary
Root and Governor Taft. Considera-
ton of the Indian appropriation bill
was then resumed.
The committee amendments were
agreed to as also were many others Of
a similar nature.
An amendment by Mr. Jones of Ar
kansas was agreed to authorizing
United States courts in the Indian Ter
ritory to appoint as guardian or cura-
tors of minors or incompetents, trust
=
acter which may be approved by the
secretary of the interior.
Vest Makes a Point.
The. bill was about to be passed when
Mr.. Vest called Mr.. Jones attention
to a point of order which had been
made last Saturday against provision
having for its purpose the Withholding
of rations from Indian children who do
not attend school because it was gen
eral legislation in an appropriation
bill. He said it seemed that the SEN
ate did whatever it wanted to where
there was a majority. and disregarded
its rules. He referred to the placing
of the Philippine measure on the army
appropriation bill and said it was the
most extraordinary provision on the
statutes of the United States since the
beginning of the government and in
cOntravention of the constitution. The
senate ought to be consistent The
commissioner of Indian affairs, he de-
clared, had undertaken to starve the
Indians in violation of solemn treaties
and the attorney general had sustained
him. President Roosevelt in his Life
of Benton" had said that the Indians
had been treated with great Justice
Il do not agree with the president,
said he I think they have been shame
fully robbed
The bill was then passed.
uOESdh Days 4A1uSo.
The statehood bill was then taken up.
Mr.. Morgan, as a question of privilege,
had read "A recent communication ad-
dressed to him by Rafael Reyes, Colom-
bian minister TO Mexico, and which ap-
peared in the public press. denying the
accuracy of a certain statement alleged
10 have been made by Mr.. Morgan in the
senate on Feb u. that the president of
Colombia had sold out and abdicated for
S1.OO0.O0O He declared that if anything
was said by him it was in secret session
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be determined on the success of the Pan
anna scheme. The coincidence of the
double assault on Mexico he said. lis
quite cute enough to nave been enacted
in the Panama school. and is brazen
enough TO have been prepared in the Of
flee of a New York railroad wrecker.'
AS the statement of his (AForpau'Sl did
not appear in the public records OF the
senate. the statement. he said, is false or
was surreptitiously obtained. He then
spoke of leaks in the senate. For years
he said. he mad witnessed the abuse of
senators by eavesdrOpping or betrayal by
persons who have had the right or privi-
lege of being present at executive seS-
sions of the senate. and he had long
since ceased to expect anything else 1t
was a cowardiy form of calling a senator
10 account for remarks or statements
made in confidence. The evil seems to be
only safety of senators is in open ses-
sions. Reyes. he said. violated princi-
pie of diplomacy by obtaining his infor-
who violated their trust
Was Misquoted.
II did not say he continued, "at any
time that the president had received
S1.OOO.OO0 as pay for resigning. 1 said that
after he received s. 100000 in April, 1900
ne retired TO his home and the vice pres
ident was substituted in his place.
Rewriting to the subject of giving out
information concerning executive ses-
siOns. Mr.. Morgan said: 1T is only
repetition of the crimes that have been
committed by senator's heretofore" 1t
was not an unusual thing. he said but
no such accusation could be laid at his
door.
At the conclusion of Mr. Morgan's re-
marks these senate bills were passed:
ApprOpriating Sl35.000 to compensate the
Old Point Comfort Development company
for the destruction and removal of the
Hygeea hotel from the government res
ervation. Old Point Comfort Va; resolu-
tion granting to the New York q New
Jersey Railroad company the right to
construct and operate an underground
railway under land owned by the United
States in New York
The senate at 40 D. m went into ex-
ecutive session and at $40 adjourned
SUGAR ADVANCING.