Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-04
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BANK IN PHILIPPINES
SENATE BILL PASSED BY THE
HOUSE BY 1877 TO 60.

BY vote of 1s7 to 60 the House yester-
day passed the Senate bill providing for the
| establishment of an agricultural bank in
| the Philippine Islands.
The passage of the bill developed damet-
rically opposite views on the part of two
leaders of the minority. Mr.. De Almond Of
Missouri voting for the measure while Mr.
Williams of Mississippi, the minority lead
| er. stood squarely against it,
Inc following democrats voted for the
Dill: Messrs. Aiken, South Carolina; Bank
head, Alabama; DeArmond Missouri: How
ard, Georgia; Kline, Pennsylvania: Legare
South Carolina; RansdelI, Louisiana: ,Rup-
pert, New, Yorkss Sherley, kentucky; Small
North Carolina; Taylor. Alabama: Wiley,
Alabama. But two republicans voted against
1t, viz, Messrs. Darragh of Michigan and
Mann of Illinois.
While the bill was under discussion Mr..
Rucker of Missouri made the direct charge
that certain democrats who were in favor
| of the bill had been the guests of the Secrc-
| tary of War on his trip to the Philippines
| last year, which, he said, might account for
| the position taken by these gentlemen, who
were Messrs. Dc Almond, Sherley, Wiley
and Howard.
In reply Mr.. Sherley said that the "sIur"
| cast by Mr.. Rucker upon the democrats
| who voted for the measure was uncalled
| for in view of the fact that the man who
| had seen the Philippine situation was better
| able to 1egislate than the man who had
vague ideas as to conditions.
The bill was called from the Speakers Ia
BILE by Mr.. Crumpacker of Indiana, who
, moved to suspend the rules and pass the
bill.
Instantly a half dozen democrats were on
their feet demanding a second.
Mr.. Rucker of Missouri was recognized as
a member of the committee. He wanted to
know If the bill could be passed without
amendment.
The reply of the Speaker was character
istic. 1.-The House can pass an elephant
under suspension If the party In charge or
the measure was recognized for that pur-
pose"
the bank and made speech In support OF
it. Mr.. Sherley also advocated the passage
of the bill as in the line of lending much
needed assistance to the Philippines
Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio. who advocated the
bill, expressed the opinion that the United
States had been guilty of more wrongs
toward the Philippines than Spain had been,
and Mr.. Longworth thought that the bank
bill should be passed as a crumb of COM
fort due in the face of the failure to pass
the Philippine tariff bill
1t was here that Mr.. Rucker made his
charge that Secretary Taft had won the
support of members while they were his
guests on the Philippine trip.
Mr. Parsons On " asked for an eXplana-
ton and Mr.. Rucker replied that the gen.
tleman knew what he meant. He had ac-
cepted them.
Mr.. Parsons replied that the Secretary
of War had urged members of the Senate
and House to go to the Philippines so that
! they could intelligibly legislate.
Mr. Rucker said he knew nothing about
the trip and he didn't care about that, but
it was his opinion that the legislation would
haunt the American people as 1t grew more
odious.
Mr. Williams said the old populist scheme
of a subtreasury was an angel in white in
comparison with the Philippine bank
scheme and that he would never vote to
guarantee "self-seeking profit-huntng capt.
talists per cent upon their capital