The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-03
PHILIPPINE SHIPPING
AGAIN SUBJECT or DISCUSSION
 IN THE SENATE.
Amendment Postponing Time for the Bill Going Into Operation to 1905 is Agreed to--Pen-
 sion Bills Passed.

washington. March 2--The bill for tne regulation of Philippine shipping was again the principal subject of conside. alton by the Senate today. 1t was made the subject Of somewhat general dis cussion of the Philippine question. and was amended so as to defer for a year the time when the bill shall take effect. A large number of private pension bills were passed.
 The debate today was participated in by Messrs Lodge, Patterson and Piatt tConn.). and turned on the interpretatlpn of the preferences of Secretary Taft. re- gently civil governor of the Philippines. It was stated that he had expressed a willingness that the proposed law should be enacted in case the tariff on Philip pine products was reduced. It was insl- mated that the tariff reduction could bc accomplished during the next session of Congress, but Mir. Carmack contendel that in a short session this would be im- possible Mfr. Patterson accepted the suggestion of a revision of the Philippine tarifr as a threat of another raid on sugar and tobacco" and said the friends of the sugar and tobacco industries would resist every effort of that kind by all legiti- mate parliamentary tactics. He predi ,t-
  istration measure and presented by Mir. Lodge would receive unanimous sup- port of the Republicans.
 Not necessarily" Mir. Piatt (conn. ]. interrupted to say, and Mir. Patterson replied that 1t had been uniformly so in the past. Mir. Piatt said, however that may be. would join in the effort to defeat any measure that would so far reduce the tariff on Philippine sugar as to interfere with the American sugar interests"
 M~. Carmack predicted that there wou.d be a sugar lobby in Washington suih- cient to insure the defeat of any leg.s- lation at the short session and said thst Secretary Taft had been misied If he had been made to believe the reduction desired by him could be secured next session.
 Mir. carmack contended that there had been no adequate return for the $600, ,00b. . 900 spent by the United States on the Philippines. which he pronounced as "she most worthless possession that ever rot. ted under a tropical sum-"
 He predicted that in time the islan Is would have to be paid for not only in treasure. but in blood"
 A motion by Mir. Lodge to lay on the table an amendment by MT. Carmack postponing the operation Of the Dill until 1906. was carried, s7 to IS. rsss s.i
 M-. Allison's amendment deferring the time to 1905 was agreed to.
 At Mir. Mallory's suggestion, the bill was so amended as to except supplies for the army and navy so as to prevent conflict with the bill regulating the ship ment of Government supplies which was passed yesterday.
 Mir. Paterson offered as 9 substitute q bill reducing the duty on goods import ed from foreign countries in American built vessels. and spoke in support of #.
 At this point a large number of private pension bills were presented.
 ecutive session to permit Mr. SpooneT to report the Cuban treaty from tue Committee on Foreign Relations, and at 4:53 retopened the doors. The Senate ad- journed at 5:2S p. m.