Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-01-22

Mccall of that state; by a character
study of the Filipino by Mr.. Long;
worth of Ohio and by defense OF
President Roosevelt by Mr.. Pou, a
democrat of North Carolina Besides
these, there were a number of
speeches delivered On the merits of
the bill, nearly all of which were in
opposition to the measure. Mr.. Brous-
sard of Louisiana opened the discus
sion with a speech against the bill.
by jugglery,' he said, "the whole
sugar product of the islands could be
shipped here at a profit and the
home demand there be supplied by
imported sugar" Mr.. Brooks of Col
orado declared a beet sugar duty TO
be the essential factor of the success
of the vast irrigation projects of the
west, and that its death knell will be
sounded in the passage of the pending
measure. Mr.. Lamar of Florida said
the bill was in the interest of the
tobacco trust" and meant the break
ing down of the Chinese exclusion act,
as far as cigar manufacturing is con-
cerned Mr.. Howell of Utah and Mr..
Clark of Florida both opposed the bill.
Mr.. Crumpacker of Indiana favored it,
discussion for the day against it. In
15-minute speech Mr. Longworth of
Ohio gave the house his impression of
his Philippine trip last summer. He
was greeted with applause ana
marked attention was given his casti-
CATION of the Filipino character. He
favored the bill as the best means of
developing the Filipino into condi-
ton of self government, at which mo-
ment he would be more than grad to
drop the islands. Il cannot bring into
my mind that there's any brilliant
future for the Philippine islands and
with the sole exception of the love
for family and home that the average
Filipino possesses, can see nothing
bright in the Filipino character" he
declared.
"The passage of the bill" he said,
would not damage one iota any
American industry or American labor
employed in that industry. No one
after smoking one native cigar" he
said, would want another, and with
only one island on which sugar could
be raised and that without a larbor,
he saw no danger from that source.
81 for one" continued Mr. Long
worth, "am not in favor of holding the
Philippine islands as part of the
United States a moment longer than
we absolutely have to-" This state
ment was met with general applause,
but particularly from democrats. Il
am in favor of turning those islands
over to the Filipino people," continued
Mr.. Longworth, "to govern themselves
at the very first moment that they
proved to us that they are capable
of governing themselves. How soon
that time may come providence alone
knows, but I say the sooner the better
70 speed that moment am in favor
of this nation doing everything it can
do to give them material benefits, to
uplift them mentally and morally"
Washington Jan. 13.-There were
nine speeches in the house on the
Philippine tariff bill, consuming near
ly six and half hours. Three speak.
ers opposed the bill and six favored it,
Those who argued for the measure
were MeSsrS. Gaines of Tennessee,
Thomas of North Carolina, who in
cluded a plea for the southern farm
ar nd Had To
fit the oil industry; Needham of Cali
fornia, Carrot of Tennessee, Gardner
of Massachusetts, who devoted the
major portion of his remarks to the
tariff needs of his state and urged the
republicans of the house to amend the
tariff simply as to the schedules on
hides and sole leather, and Scott of
Kansas. The opponents were Messrs.
Young of Michigan, Loud of Michigan
and Norris of Nebraska.
Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Ba-
con succeeded in securing an open
door to discussion of the Moroccon
question by the senate. This result
was accomplished by the introduction
of a resolution making a general
declaration against interference on
the part of the government of the
United States in any controversy
among the European nations concern
ing their internatioal affairs. The
broad scope of the resolution re-
lieved it from the point of order made
On the Moroccon resolution and not
withstanding that Senator Bacon re-
ferred freely to the Moroccan confer
ence in European internatioal compli-
cations, pointing out the possibility of
disastrous consequences and his adj
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