The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03
PHILIPPINES THE
 GENERAL TOPIC Senate Defer8 Time for Bill to
 Take Effect. MANY PENSION BILLS PASS carmack charscterizes Islands the Most Worthless Possessions That
 Ever Rotted Under a .= Tropical Sun.
MANY PENSION BILLS PASS

Washington, March 2.-The bill for the regulation of Philippine shipping was again the principal subject of considera- tion by the senate today. It was made the subject of a somewhat general discussion 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.
 E The senate took up the bill for the amendment of the laws governing the dairy business in the District of Colum- bia and it was debated at length and at 2;so o'clock the dairy bill was laid aside and the Philippine shipping bill taken up.
 MT. Allison's amendments deferfing un- ! til July l. 1905, the time when the portion of tile bill requiring that merchandise from the United States for the Philippines shall be carried only in American vessels shall go into effect was the first sub ject of consideration. Mir. Carmack sought to have the time still further ex- tended and spoke in support Of that policy. In discussing the question, Mr. Carmack declared that the President had shown far more interest in Independent Cuba than he had shown in the Philip pines whose land he has made desolate by war and fire and famine"
 Indulge In Debate.
 The debate was participated in by Messrs. Lodge, Patterson and Platt of ConneFicut and turned on the interpreta- tion of the preferences of Secretary Taft recently 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 reduction could be accomplished during the next session of congress, but Mr. CarmaelS contended that in a short session this would be impossible.
 MT. Patterson accepted the suggestion Of revision of the Philippine tariff as "a threat of another raid on sugar and tobaeco,' and said the friends of the sugar and tobacco industries would re- sist every effort of that kind by all legi- timate parliamentary tactics He predict ed that a bill of the kind, If an admin istration measure, and presented by Mr. Lodge, would receive unanimous support of the republicans.
 Would Join Effort.
 Not necessarily" MT. Platt of Connec- ticut interrupted to say, and MT. Patter- son replied that it had been uniformly so in the past. MT. Platt said, however, that he would join in the effort to de- feat any measure that would so far re- duce the tariff on Philippine sugar, as to interfere with the American sugar inter- est"
 MT. Carmack predicted that there would be a sugar lobby in Washington sufficient to insure the defeat of any legislation at the short session. and said that Secre- tary Taft had been mislead if he had been made to believe the reduction de- sired by him could be secured next ses- sion.
 MT. Carmaek contended that there had been no adequate return for the $6OO, GOO GOO spent by the United States on the Philip pines, which he pronounced the most worthless possession that ever routed un- der q tropical sun"
 He predicted that in time the islands would have to be paid for not only in treasure but in blood"
 A motion by MT. Lodge to lay on the table an amendment by MT. CarmaclS postponing the operation of the bill until 1906, was carried-37 to 15
 Amendment Agreed To.
 Mir. Allison's amendment deferring the time to 1905 was then agreed to without division. At MT. Mallory's suggestion the bill was so amended as to exempt sup plies for the army and~navy so as to prevent conflict with the bill regulating the shipment of government supplies which was passed yesterday.
 MT. Patterson offered as a substitute a bill reducing the duty on goods imported from foreign countries in Amercan-built vessels and spoke in support of 1t.
 At this point large number of private pension bills were passed.
 At 45o p. m. the senate went Into exec utive session to permit MT Spooner to re- port the Cuban treaty from the commit tee on foreign relations, and again at 453 D. m. re-opened the doors. The sen- ate adjourned at 5:2S p. m.