The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-17

DEMOCRAT tEUDs ROOSEVELT.
car1uack Says Presidents Atti-
tude Is So Changed That He
Is Now an Anri-Im-
perlaliSt-

was,i.r s:ou. De-. 1.-THE sara.e to-day
- vote u - 20 - passed the Philippine
civil government bill The GaaI vote was
preceded by the presentation oF many
amendments and general discussion o.
them as well as o. the provisions Of the
bill.
Tie discussion US confined quite gen
orally 10 T. merits OF the measure on
some q the amen tEHents Suggested BY
Democratic Senators serera! Western Re
pih!ica-s voted IN the affirmative, brr Nr.
AIcCufEb-r was .n= only Republican who
voted with the Democrats ggaiEst ;he
tiaal passs-e OF the til!.
Tae most notable change made during
the d.y was the lowering of ne rate of IL
t-resJ On railroad bonds 10 - guaranteed
- the Philippine Government lrsni 70 :
ier cent.
The bill, as passed. eNenEpts from taxa
tion ell bonds Issued by tn Philippine and
Porto Rican governments: authorizes ulu-
inequalities n the PHILIPPINES to Incur a
05ade- Indebtedness amounting 10 ) per
cent q the assessed .4lLa--o7 of the!r
properly - : r-- cent interest aE;hyT-
lzes The Erl-!sp.aa G.v=---Ere II 70 incur
:: npE-sL --Gssl"Ei:!-S> o. S-1.'"'.--" Tor III
pTDveTIlslfS At - I-- cent --t--eS-- si-
Gao-lzss tLe Pl..-pyin. CiJE=-.-I..sH; TO
suara-t.t- The - yr.sE.t 9. interest u.- ra-.-
EuaE zones a. the rate OF ys- sent a
Year. provides tJr the BGr1i-.s--5---u q
tHe Immigration laws D. ne Philippine
authorities, establishes d s.$te-U Tor t-s
location and p2tei.-lg cf I1i.S;a a. c0@4
the Islands and gives the civil governor
the TIE q Governor General
DL--lg t:-e ~ Ny i.=se-- -se rom ;Ee
Cy--EHi.-=e IN Territories ~ rE.ts! he
81 F-Ft4 4I-F oil Ft.W d
pn tEz !i-st day thar -re S=cat- ccaverl,s
- J-criaTs. hat the consideration 1t tE=
Dt.. shall - =: te-e: on a' ~
Taxing W the -1-l.roa-G bond =, vision.
Nj CtETra * szL5 ne Vas C-pC$=-t = Ila
-sil-UzG bond provision t-=rzL-s. : 7-)i:.i
make Z more difficult tor t-- United
States 70 g=t OFT q the Philippine i
don hlrS. a= said -Eat | EC-I.G haze
the courage t. t!:az eNr--Ss i.-=elt lIJ
fsr tiie Position tlzc! b tAs President IL
his recent rleEsss.
CHANGE IN RC, .ST.yE.I.-
He t:ie1 qUo;s'I tha Presidents hop
that oSr Cuban policy nigh ~. some ;irue
5e adopted In TIE Pnlli,.o.r.ss TuIs !e
iibt!ca'i policy and II. l-Ic WIKI til J. III
ocTttt> platform nd eNpre-.s-.c! cae .I.s-!-
Ton that or = The. Presidents rriG. - Or.
Ethting Ms Cotlirs .Et' cuulp.ss= aCc1cI
with the Democrats
We welcome tn Pres:dea, 70 the ranks
% the arti-iTuperia lists he said H. =
almost: II not quite. eligible 10 member
League
The Presidents utte-ance. Re went o..
marks great progress. There : more
former Theodore Roosevelt ara tie rr.5-
e.t Theodore Roosevelt thai. there j. tg-
Iween the present Theodore RooSevnIt and
N!I.aU j Bryan anu Alton Il. PIrkeT.-
The railroad bond matter being DISPOSED
o.: consideration Of other features O: The
Sli was proceeded with An amendment
by Mr.. Stone explicitly relieving the GOV
eminent Of the United States from respon-
siolltty FOR payment of the nun .c!raI /
bonds authorized by the bill was defeated
Ihese matters occurred in committee on
the whole.
When reported to the Senate Mr. Cul-
berson moved to strike out section 1 the
railroad bond provision. The motion was
lost s2 to SO. The following Republicans
Joined with the Democrats in the affirrna-
tive: Bard, Clapp. Gamble, Kittredge, Nc
CuH1ber. Nelson. Perkins and Quarles
An amendment by Mr.. CulhersOn To de-
vote one-hah the proceeds Of the sale OF
public lands in the Philippines 10 educa-
tional purposes was voted down - to A.
The b!ll then passed a to 3 Mr.. Nc
Cumber was the only Republican who
voted with the Democrats against the
bill
When the result was announced Mr..
Spoouer. FOR the Committee on Rules pre-
sented a resolution authorizing the ap-
po!ntmert OF 2 Joint committee consisting
Of three members Of the Senate and three
Of the House To prepare for the lraugura-
ton Of the President on the 4th Of March
next and asked for immediate consider
alton.
us there objection to the request?''
asked the chairman.
"If objection would prevent the event 1
would object" said Mr.. Raley in ocular
spirit. but a. II will not. l remain silent -
The resolution agreed