THE MORNING OKEGOKIAN, . -TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1902.
DEBATE WARMS UP
Philippine Discission in the
'HpiiseBecomes lively.
THE HORRORS OF WARFARE
GrosTcnor Compare Cruelties
Charged to Have Been Prac
ticed in the Orient to Those
of the Civil War.
Debate on the Philippine civil govern
ment bill -wanned up In the House yes
terday, and henceforth promises to be
of a much livelier character. The In
creased Interest was due to the Injec
tion into the debate of a comparison of
the cruelties charged to ha e been pac
tlced In the Philippines with those oc
curring during the Civil War. Tho sub
ject has been lightly touched upon once
or twice before, but attracted little at
tention until Grosvenor (Rep . O.) yes
terday revived the memory of the ex
tremities to which Grant and Jackson
-were put during the Rebellion. This
was followed late In the day by a
speech from Mahon (Rep., Pa.), In
which he paraded the horrors of An
dersonvllle and Libby prisons. He pre
dicted that In the coming elections the
American people -would stand by the
"bos in blue."
Grosvenor, In his speech, also de
fended tho rules of the House against
the criticisms passed upon them, and
paid a high tribute to Speaker Hen
derson's Impartiality.
DeArmond (Den., Mo.) spoke at con
siderable length In opposition to the
Administration's Philippine policy. The
other speakers today -were: Olmsted
(Rep.. Pa.); "Williams (Dem., 111.); Cor
liss (Rep., Mich.) rand W. W. Kitchen
(Dem . N. C).
Ct00
WASHINGTON. June 23. Some rou
tine business preceded the resumption
today of the debate on the Philippine civil
government bill. B1113 -were passed to
make Great Falls, Mont., the port of en
try for the collection district comprising
Montana and Idaho; to authorize the Sec
retary of War to issue duplicates of cer
tificates of discharge Instead of certified
copies as provided under the present law;
to extend the privileges of transportation
of dutiable merchandise -without appraise
ment to the sub-ports of Tacoma and Se
attle. "Wash.; to authorize the Secretary of
the Treasury to bestow medals upon First
Lieutenant David S. Garvls, Second Lieu
tenant E. B. Berthoff and Surgeon S. J.
Call, of the revenue cutter service.
A resolution "was adopted calling upon
the Secretary of War for information as
to any payments made by Governor-General
Wood to F. B. Thurber and any oth
er person or corporation, together wlta
the dates and accounts of such payments,
for advocating reciprocity with. Cuba.
The consideration of the Philippine civil
government bill then was resumed and
DeArmond (Dem. Mo.) made a general
speech in opposition to the policy of re
taining the Islands. He repudiated utterly
the charge that the opposition to the pres
ent Philippine policy in criticising some
of the acts of Army officers In the Philip
pines was slandering and assailing the
Army.
Recalling Kahn's statement last week
that in giving up a slice of Northwestern
territory upon the occasion of the Oregon
boundary line dispute we had made a mlo
take which should not be repeated now,
DeArmond agreed that the surrender of
the territory north of Washington on the
Paclflc had been a mistake, but he pointed
out that the territory was contiguous to
our border and was capable of furnishing
homes for our own Indians and eventually
coming Into the Union as a state, while the
Philippine Islands, already densely popu
lated by an alien people, could never be
incorporated Into the Union. The Demo
cratic party, he declared, was not op
posed to expansion, founded upon Ameri
can principles. Expansion was one thing,
colonial empire was another. The Demo
cratic party was anxious to see the coun
try expand, as expansion was understood
by the fathers. Expansion upon the
American continent north or south, he
said, was the Democratic Idea of expan
sion, not holding by subjugation 10,000,000
people. 7000 miles beyond our borders.
In conclusion, DeArmond told of his
presence in Havana, May 20, when the
American, flag was lowered and the flag
of the Republic of Cuba hoisted. To him,
as an American citizen, he said, the sight
was inspiring "far more inspiring," he
contnued, "than if the American flag had
remained 'put In Cuba and the faith of
the American people violated."
Olmstead (Rep. Pa,), who succeeded the
present Secretary of the Navy as a rnem
Ver of the insular committee, followed
DeArmond. He summed up, the stuatlon
In the "words:
. "The bill proposed by- the minority
means a complete renunciation by the
United States of the duties and responsi
bilities which iii the providence of God
have been cast upon us. It means a
cowardly retreat. It means that we shall
be degraded and disgraced In the eyes of
all the world. It means something that
the American people will never tolerate.
On the other hand, the bill which we pre:
sent and propose to pass maintains the
honor and dignity of the American people,
enables us to carry out our treaty obli
gations, to maintain peace and good or
der In the Philippines and to be more in
strumental and effective In maintaining
peace throughout the world.
"At the same time It enables the Fili
pino to participate as fully as possible in
the blessings of our Republican form of
government; It gives to them more Inde
pendence of action, more of self-government
and more of liberty than they have
ever enjoyed or ever expected to, achieve
It Is all that they demand, and when we
have passed It, then, in the language of
the prophet Isaiah, 'let them give glory
unto tbe Lord and declare his praises in
the Islands."
Grosvenor (Rep. O.) then took the floor. I
and under the latitude allowed in general
debate discussed at some length the criti
cism of the rules of the House recently
indulged In by Cushman (Rep. Wash.) and
others. Through the operation of the old
rules and methods previous to the 51st Con
gress, he said, the House had become
powerless to transact business. He point
ed out tha in the 56th Congress, Cush
man, as well as other critics of the rules,
had voted to continue them In force. The
committee on rules of the 57th Congress,
he said, could not by any stretch be ac
cused of an abuse of power. It had never
undertaken to strangle the voice of the
House in matters of legislation. That
committee had brbught in rules for the
consideration of the oleomargarine bill,
the Pacific cable bill and the irrigation
bill, all measures of far-reaching Import
ance, not one of which received more than
one of the five votes of the members of
the rules committee. Without the com
mitter on rules under the present system
of procedure, he said, there would be
chaos.
"I have served in this House under four
speakers," said Grosvenor. "Among them
was Mr. Carlisle, than whom no fairer
minded, no :ber man ever occupied a
fieat in that distinguished chair, Then
thre was Mr. Tom Reed, the great par
liamentary leader, the able man. the
patriotic man; then Mr. Crisp, a man I
loved, a. man whose lovable characteristics
impressed themselves upon tbe House, a
man without the experience of Reed and
Carlisle, but a man with a mind to grasp
these Questions, and foremost and always
ready to do- the fair thing. I could select
out of that trio of great men a. marked
difference in their treatment of the mem
bers of the House, but that is not import
ant. I say, and I challenge contradltlon,
that the-present Speaker of the House has
been Indefatigable and untiring in his
purpose to. treat all sides of this House
"with absolute fairness. (Applause.) Go
over his decisions, and find one. If you
can. that is not justified under parlia
mentary law, and the parliamentary his
tory of our country. He is fair-minded
and careful."
A patriotic consideration of the rules,
he insisted, would force the conclusion
that they were absolutely fair.
Horrors of "War.
In conclusion Grosvenor spoke briefly
in defense of the Army In t.he Philippines.
In no war In modern times, he declared,
had there been Ibes of brutality and retal
iation than In the war in the Philippines.
That, he said, would be the verdict of his
tory. If everything that had been said
of General Jacob Smith were true, he
could find Its counterpart on both sides
during the Civil War.
He then proceeded to read a Teport from
General Grant to the Government of
Washington, telling of the arrangements
he had made to carry desolation every
where through the Shenandoah "Valley, to
seize all men under 50 years of age as
prisoners of war, to destroy crops and
make the valley "a barren waste." "Be
fore Phil Sheridan got through he made
a barren waste," said Grosvenor. He
then read from "The Letters of Stonewall
Jackacn, edited by his wife, a statement
that Jackson believed that the black flag
should be raioed and no quarter given, as
the best :reans of resisting invasion, and
saying that he had urged this policy upon
Lee. He also read a telegram from Gen
eral Beauregard, urging the passage of
the bill for the execution of prisoners.
By thl3 means, the telegram read, "Eng
land will be stirred to action." Grosvenor
said he did not read these telegrams to
rekindle the embers of sectionalism, but
to show how deplorable war always was.
"When that bill was Introduced In the
Confederate Congress," Interrupted Bart
lett (Dem. Ga.), "had not Lincoln issued
a proclamation to seize the citizens of
the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and
try them by court-iaartlal, and had they
not been seized?"
"I don't know," replied Grosvenor.
"That Is history." declared Bartlett
"If that Is true," responded Grosvenor,
"It furnishes only another reason to ex
cuse those of our soldiers who retaliated
when tho natives In the Philippines
sneaked up and cowardly murdered their
comrades."
Mahon (Rep. Pa.) maintained that the
Filipinos were not fit for independence.
Speaking of the cruelties charged against
some of our officers and men in the Phil
ippines, he declared that they were not
to be compared with the barbarities of the
Civil War. He read from official reports
tales of horrors spread by the Union pris
oners at Andersonvllle. v
"Do not the official figures show," Inter
rupted Richardson, "that a greater per
centage of Confederate prisoners died In
Northern than Union plsoners in Southern
prisons?"
"I have the official figures here," inter
rupted Mahon. "I will put them in the
Record."
Ho read an order to shoot the prisoners
at Andersonvllle, If tbe Union Army got
within seven miles of the prison.
"If the North was justly Indignant over
the atrocities at Andersonvllle," Inter
rupted Neville (Rep. Neb.), "why should
not the American people now be Indig
nant over the brutalities in the Phlllp
pines? Why parade the Civil War horrors
as an excuse?"
"While the Union prisoners were suf
fering at Andersonvllle," interposed Rich
ardson, "did not the Confederate Gov
ernment have up a standing offer to ex-
r change those prisoners, officer for officer
snd man for man? And was not that
proposition rejected?"
"Tes. But the men In Andersonvllle
were broken, emaciated, many of them
manlncs. The North refused to exchange
able-bodied men for men who could not
perform military service," replied Mahon.
"Yon want tbe South to support the
Government in prosecuting the war In the
Philippines," Interposed Neville. "Why do
you now seek to besmirch the South?"
(Democratic applause.)
"I don't desire to besmirch the South,"
responded Mahon. "I only desire to
show, as General Sherman declared, that
ts ar is hell ' "
At 5 o'clock the House took a recess
until 8 o'clock.
At the night session Bartlett (Dem.
Ga.) replied to the remarks made at the
afternoon session by Grosvenor and Ma
hon as to the treatment of Union pris
oners detained in Confederate prisons.
He read from a report made by Charles
A. Dana, as Secretary of War, upon the
conditions in the Southern prisons, say
ing that the condition of the Union pris
oners in the South was no worse than
that of the Confederate "soldiers In the
field. To prove his statement, made In
the afternoon, that a greater percentage
of Confederate soldiers died In Union
prisons than dia Union soldiers In Con
federate prisons, he produced the figures
from Secretary Stanton's report of Janu
ary 16, 1S66, showing that of 220,000 Con
federate prisoners In Union prisons, 26,576,
or over 12 per cent, died, against 22.576, or
about 9 per cent, of the 270.003 Union pris
oners who died In Confederate prisons.
The. other speakers at the evening ses
sion were Gibson (Rep. Tenn.). Neville
(Pop. Neb.) and Zcnor (Dem. Ind.).
At 10:20 P. M. the Houee adjourned until
11 o'clock tomorrow.
Presidential Nominations.
WASHINGTON. June 23. The President
today sent the following nominations to
the Senate:
Artillery Major Henry R. Hubbell. to
be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain John R.
Williams, Major: First Lieutenant War
ren S. Barlow, Captain.
Cavalry Second Lieutenants William D.
Pritchard. North Carolina; William White
law Gordon, at large.
Navy Commander Harris G. Colby, to
be Captain; Lieutenant - Commander
Charles J. Badger, Commander: Lieuten
ant Albert P. Nlblack. Lieutenant-Commander;
Lieutenant (unlor grade) Har
ris Lansing. Lieutenant.
Postmasters Washington. N. O. Bald
win, Pomeroy; William L. Lemon. North
Yakima; Ira Brown, Sedro-Wooley.
POSTAL GETS OFFICES.
"Western Union "Will Give Up Lines
Owned by Pennsylvania Railroad.
PHlLADELPHIATTune 23. The Record
tomorrow will say:
"Negotiations have been concluded
whereby the Postal Telegraph Company
will secure the 3500 offices 'and all the lines
owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad now
operated by the Western Union. The
Postal will take possession of the offices
January 1. when the Western Union will
be compelled to quit the trunk lines now
In use, which are the proporty of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. This deal will
deprive the Western Union of lte chief
outlets West and South, in addition to
2500 feeders that it costs little or nothing
to maintain "
PILES CURED WITHOUT THE KNIFE.
Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
No Cure. No Pay Druggists are authorized by
manufacturers of Faxo Ointment to refund
money where It falls to cure any ease of plica,
no matter of how long standing Cures ordi
nary case In six daya, the worst cases In four
teen dars. One application gives ease and rest.
Relieves Itching Instantly. This Is a new cij
covery and is the only pile remedy sold on s
positive guarantee, no core no pay. Prlee. 50
If your druggist don't keep it in stock send u
00c In stamps and we -will forward same br
mail. Manufactured by Paris Med. Co., Sl
Louis. Mo., who alro mtnuf&cturo tha. oo(hrt.
ed cold cure. Laxative Eremo-Qulnloo Tablets.
ODDS AND ENDS IN SENATE
CLEANING UP BUSINESS IX
UPPER HOUSE.
THE
Quay Moves That Committee Be
Discharged From Farther Con
sideration of Omnibus Bill.
WASHINGTON, June 3S. A motion was
entered formally in the Senate today by
Quay- to discharge the committee on ter
ritories from further consideration of
what Is known as the omnibus territorial
bill a measure to admit as states the ter
ritories of Oklahoma, New Mexico and
Arizona. Quay spoke briefly but forcibly
Insupport of his motion, maintaining
that both political parties In National
conventions had pledged themselves to
tbe admission to statehood of the terri
tories. Beverldge, chairman of the committee,
said tbe measure had been put over until
next session by the committee becauso it
waa not believed therjo. would be time now
to consider It properly. No action was
taken on the motion.
During the greater part of the session
the unfinished business, the bill ratifying
a convention with the Choctaw and the
Chickasaw Indians, was under discus
sion. It was not disposed of.
The Proceedings.
When the Senate convened a partial re
port on the Naval appropriation bill was
preicnted and agreed to. The Senate in
sisted upon the amendments still in dls
agreement and asked, for a further con- t
ference. The conferees appointed were:
Hale, Perkins and Tillman.
A Joint resolution was adopted authoriz
ing the Secretary of War to recolve Ar
turo R. Calvo, of Costa Rica, at tne
West Point Military Academy for Instruc
tion. The Army appropriation bill was laid
before the Senate and Proctor moved to
recede from amendment No. 13, relating
to the construction of barracks at perma
nent military posts. After some discus
sion tho motion was agreed to.
Allison called attention to the fact that
the Houe? had not agreed to the full and
free conference asked for by the Senate, s
the effect of the action of the House he
lnsr to eliminate entirely at least two
amendments of the Senate. He said thafc
by the motion of comity made by Proc
tor tiis situation would not be cleared.
He thought the Senate ought to recede
from amendment No. 14, Increasing the
appropriation for barracks and quarters
by $1,000,000.
Proctor moved that the Senate, insist
on the other amendments. After some
discussion, the motion was agreed to,
amended so as to insist upon the Senate
amendments, including No. H, the Sen
ate conferees being Proctor, Foraker and
Cockrell
A bill was passed for the classification
of salaries of clrko employed In postof-
flees for tho first and second classes.
Quay then formally entered his motion
to discharge the committee on territories
from further consideration of the bill to
admit as states the territories of Okla
homa. New Mexico and Arizona. He
made an argument In support of the mo-
tlon, urging that .In malting it he had no
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motive to embarrass the committee on voked against the discharge of the corn
territories. He cited several instances ' t..- nf ,, Oo - .. t ..
la which the Senate has acted upon slm-' ml e, thve S'te' and Qua; 6 mot,?
liar motions. He said that five of the ls 1Ikely to b2 defeated upon that If not,
11 members of the committee desired to
be discharged from further consideration
of the bill and pointed out that both the '
Republican and Democratic parties in1
their National platforms had declared In
-favor of tho admission of the territories
as state?. He said the promise to that
effect in the Republican platform of 1S9S
had been broken. He quoted the resolu-
tlon In the Republican National platform
of 1100 In favor of the admission of the
territories as states, and declared that the
SSSK SlSnSTf0!8
promlso or stand seif-convicted of treach-
ey. The Republicans of the HoUso had
acted, he raid, and it remained for, the
Republicans of the Senate to make good
their party's promises. He deolared that
If action upon the bill were postponed un
til the next session nothing -at all. would
bo accomplished.
Quay then presented statistics concern
ing tho three territories affected by the
bill, showing that they are remarkably
well equipped to become states.
Beverldge, chairman of the committee
on territories, oald the subject has gone
over until the next session, when It is to
be taken up early and fully considered. In
answer to Inquiries by Quay, Beverldge
said the bill ha6 not been considered by
tho committee; that It has b'een before
the committee only five weeks. He re
membered that Quay attended enly one
meeting of the committee In that time. He
said that the committee expects, in good
faith to consider the bill early In tho next
session;- that It has been Impossible to
give tho measure such consideration at
this eeesion ao It ought to have.
At 2 o'clock, the unfinished business, the
House bill to ratify the agreement with
the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of In
dians, waa laid before the Senate.
During the reading of the measure, Bai
ley offered an amendment providing that
in the exercise of appellate Jurisdiction,
the citizenship court should be authorized
to revlio citizenship judgments as to the
findings of fact only, eliminating" the con
clusions of law. The amendment precipi
tated an extended debate In which Bailey,
Stewart and Quarlcs participated.
The debate was interrupted by Proctor,
who presented a partial report on the
conference on the Army appropriation bill.
It was agreed to. Two contested amend
ments were not Included in the agree
ment. Tho Senate then concurred In the"
House amendmenta to tho'blll fixing the
pay of the superintendents of the Various-1
lighthouse .districts.
The following bills were passed: "Pro
viding for the xe-survey of certain town
ships in San Diego County, California; to
provide for a record of deeds and other
conveyances and instruments In writing
in Indian Territory; to pay Captain F. J.
Mclndoe, Corps of Engineers, $1142 for
personal property destroyed at Fort, Han
cock In ISOIr to amend existing laws relat
ing to tho disposition of lanfls in Okla
homa, so that tho Secretary of the In
terior may be authorized to cause to be
expended out of the proceeds of the sales
of town lots In Lawton, Anadarko and
Hobart. Okla., for the construction of
water works, schoolhousrs and other im
provements, $150,000 for Lawton, $60,000 for
Anadarko and $50,000 for Hobart, and to
Increase the amount authorized to bo ex
pended for a Courthouse In each of the
places named $10,000, to $30,000.
Without completing the Indian treaty
measure, the Senate at 5:53 P. M. went
Into executive session and soon afterward
adjourned.
MEANS TROUBLE IN CUBA.
t-
"Wood Discusses Defeat of the Reel,
prociry Bill.
WASHINGTON. June 23. General Leon
ard Wood said today that he believed the
beet-sugar men of the United States had
overreached themselves In defeating a
20-per-cent reduction for Cuba. His ad
vices from the island Are to the effect
that the planters kept many men cm
ployed In the hope of securing conces.
slons from the United States. Now that
such concessions are refused thepe men
are to be discharged. and while General
Wood takes no stock In the reports that
they will become rebellious bands, he
thinks they will -glyp the tiptborlties a
great deal of trouble,- as Idle and unem
ployed men will prey upon those that
have something that can be- stolen or cap
tured. Ho thinks the sentiment In favor
of reasonable concessions to Cuba will
take such form that Instead of a 20-percent
reduction, the next reciprocity prop
osition will be for .a 40-per-cent reduction.
The worst feature, of the beet-sugar sit
uation has been tho work that Oxnard
J has done In connection with it. He was
sometimes with the trust, sornetlmea
against It, but he seems to have always
been able to control the situation largaly
M" his own Interest.
POINT QUAY WOULD MAKE,
Argnoa Republicans Are Pledged to
Pass Territorial Bill.
WASHINGTON. June 23. Senator Quay
has given the Scnatora some concern by
his Insistence upon the statehood bill. Ar
rangements were supposed "to have been
made carrying it over until the next ses
sion, but the Pennsylvania Senator insists
that tho Republicans have made their
I Pledges to admit all threo territories, in
I plain words. In the last National platform.
J and that these pledges ought to be ful-
i mi0(L He took occasIon to narae & Re
.,,Mi. e, u- . . t.
I "J1 T" T Were ,a,B0 meners
I of the last National convention, and voted
! "r tne admission plank, and said they
ought to carry that plank into effect,
The courtesy of the Senate Is helm? in
ot.
upon the ground that the Republican
managers do not want any more states
admitted at this Congress.
CLARK "WILL NOT RETIRE.
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-AamIrI Expects to Command a
1 Squadron Some Time,
WASHINGTON, June 23. Rear-Admiral
J Clark, who commanded the Oregon on her
I famous trip around the Horn, denies the
! rcport he te solnS t "tire, since He
. v- . - t .. , , ,,,
nas ,been made a r-Admlral. Ho did
. think seriously of It at one time. In order
to take advantage of law which would
allow a man to oscure tho extra grade, but
that Is all over now, and he expects somo
time to command a squadron. His atten
tion was called to the fact that the Ore
gon had recently Decn ordered to Join the
Asiatic fleet, and was asked If he would
not like to be In command of the ship
ajsaln. He replied:
""No, I think 'hot Sllejls a good ship, a
mighty good ship,but I am not anxious
to be aboard her just now."
CUSTOM-HOUSE TO BE ALTERED.
Portland Baildinsr to Be Changed for
Engineers Otfce.
WASHINGTON, June 23. The Supervis
ing Architect has decided to prepare -plans
for alterations In the "new Portland Cus-tom-Housc,
with s. view to refitting the
rooms originally Intended for the courts
for the accommodation of the engineers.
Tho engineers are not entirely pleased
with the new arrangement. Inasmuch as
they will not have as much light as they
deslro, after putting In partitions, but have
decided to move into the new quarters
when ready. The rearrangement will aloo
include the erection of a blue printing
room on the roof of the .building. The
plans will be prepared at once-but cannot
bo advertised until the riO.CXXr carried by
the sundry civil bill ls available, after
July L In view of the pressure, this work
will be undertaken at once.
Only good swimmers are acceptable as re
cruits to the German Army,
pikhi nut rnmrnnrwrr toria have been Instructed to make lnves
f ANAI Rli I f (inrrKENLt tlgaUon. In any case, the result of this
lttllrtL DILL LUIULULnbL investigation has not Justified the depart
SENATE REPRESENTATIVES NOT ON
HAKD.MEETING POSTPONED.
House Conferees "Will Hold Oat for
Nicaragua as Loss Possible
Canvass of Members.
WASHINGTON. June 23, The opening
conference on the Isthmian canal bill at
2 o'clock today led to active comment on
the outcome of this Important maxure.
Reprcrentatlve Hepburn, the ranking
House conferee, notified Tils associates to
be ready for the meeting, but no exact
plans were discussed. There is no doubt
that the House conferees will at the out
set make strong Insistence on the Nica
ragua route, as provided by the House
bill. Messrs. Hepburn and Davey are
earnestly In favor of the Nicaragua route
and they undoubtedly will stand by the
House bill as long as there Is any possi
bility of Its selection. On the other hand.
Mr. Fletcher, of Minnesota", considers the
Panama route better than the Nicaragua.
Although he thinks fuller investigation
has shown the Darien route better than
either of the others. Howover, as the
present legislative Issue appears to be
confined to a 'choice between Nlcacagua
and Panama, Mr. Fletcher probably will
cast his influence for the latter.
The length of the contest will defend,
therefore, en the duration of the Insist
ence of Messrs. Hepburn and Davey for
the Nicaragua route, and the attitude of
the House in supporting such an Insist
ence. There Is little Indication as to how
long this insistence will last, but statements-
made by the House conferees lead
to the belief that the insistence will not
be carried to the point of a permanent
deadlock, defeating all canal legislation
at this session.
The House conferees appeared at the
appointed time. 2 o'clock, but through a
misunderstanding the Senate conferees
were not on hand, and the meeting wont
over until 11 A. M. tomorrow.
The friends of the Panama-project have
been making a canvass of the strength of
the Senate amendment In the House, and
are confident that a motion to concur can
Qpmroand a. majority. This, h&wever,
may become complicated by propositions
to attach conditions to the concurrence,
one of the conditions under discussion be
ing a time limit for the period of nego-
tion to secure the perfected title.
NO TREATY WITH CUDA.
.Time Too Short Before End of Ses
sion to Negotiate One.
WASHINGTON. June 23. It has been
determined that no reciprocity treaty
with Cuba can be submitted at the pres
ent session of Congress. It was at first
planned thnt. in the event of the failure
of tho Administration managers In the
Senate to .secure favorable action on the
Cuban sugar bill, a treaty would be draft
ed at once. This was on the understand
ing that Senor Quesada, the Cuban Min
ister here, had full power and that a
treaty could be drawn In Washington en
tirely. It Is stated now, however, that
this cannot be done, and that any draft
of a treaty must go to Havana and be
returned before it can be submitted to the
Senate. This, of course, cannot be ac
complished In the short space of time in
tervening before adjournment, if the esti
mates of the leaders that Congress will
adjourn by July 4 are correct
No confidence Is felt in Administration
circles as to the ability of the Senate
managers to secure tho ratification of a
treaty, even if one is drawn, and while
the President may feel called upon to put
the matter to a test, it will be rather
with the Idea of demonstrating his own
purpose to do everything possible for
Cuba than In an expectation that a two
thirds yote for ratification could be re
ceived. DANISH ISLAND SCANDAL.
House Qommlttee Investigating
Christmas Charges.
WASHINGTON, June 23. The special
committee of the House of Representa
tives Is Investigating charges in connec
tion with the purchase of the Danish
West Indies, and resumed Its sessions
today. Chairman Dalzell laid before the
members a number of papers. Including
letters from the United States Minister
to Denmark, Mr. Bwensen: Henry White,
Secretary of the United States Embassy
at London, and Captain Walter Christ
mas, who has been tbe central figure In
connection with the charges. Secretary
Hay forwarded the letters without com
menting on their contents.
Swensen's letter encloses that handed to
him by Captain Christmas, In which the
latter states that Nels Gron obtained his
official report by foul means. He has
reason to believe that Gron falsified It,
anddenies a number of allegations which
It contained. He says he never tried to
Impress Minister Horrlng that bribery
was the only way of getting tho islands
sold. He had not given the name of any
Congressmen in connection with the use
of money. Ho makes a general denial of
several matters. Minister Swensen says
that In view of Christmas' character and
"absurd and contradictory statements,"
he attaches no importance to the letter.
He says the opponents of the sale of the
i-Islands are using the .Grons-Chrlstmas
scandal to prevent ratification of the
treaty.
Mr. White's letter is a detailed state
ment of his visit to Denmark to bring
about an agreement-for the sale of the
Islands.
H. H. Rodgers, of the Standard Oil Com
pany, sent a letter in which he says he
had but one Interview with Christmas,
and that was devoid of Importance. He
adds:
"The story he tells as to my claim, the
ownership of 28 United States Senators, is
simply falsehood, and so absurd on Its
face that It Is hardly worth referring to."
Mr. Rodgers offered to come as a wit
ness if the committee wanted him.
Richard P. Evans, one of the attorneys
mentioned, denied some of the statements
made concerning himself.
Mr. Rodgers will not be asked to ap
pear, but Chairman Dalzell has written
him to forward an explanation of a dis
patch which Christmas quoted as sent by
Rodgers, saying the negotiations were
again on.
The committee dlso talked over the re
port and will reassemble later to pass on
this branch.
IN PRISON CAMPS.
Citizens of the United States Held by
the British.
WASHINGTON, June 23. The President
today sent to the House of Representa
tives a response to a resolution asking
for the names of all American citizens de
tained by the British authorities as- pris
oners of war in connection with the war
In South Africa. Secretary Hay 6ays In
an enclosed letter:
"The following named persons, claiming
to be citizens of the United States, are or
were held by the British Government as
prisoners of war:
"In Ceylon Henry- M. Wood, F. 31.
Hearn, James McElroy. John Riley, John
P. Doherty.. W. F. Versteus, G. McTighe,
J. Wilt, H. Elberest, J. Hill, Mendal Mil
ler and Patrick Lennon.
"In Bermuda James L. Mallory, Anto
nio Rublno, Fritz Duqucsne and Michael
Haley.
"Miller ls said to have been a resident
of Petersburg, Va.r Lennon, of Butte,
Mont; Mallory. of Boston; Rublno, of
New York; Haley, of Nevada; and Du
.quesno. of Indian Territory. The depart
ment Is not Informed ae to the places of
residence of the others. The .prisoners In
general have asked to be relcaspd as an
act of clemency. Whenever a complaint
of illegal detention has been mide. the
1 consular officers at Cape Town and Pre-
ment in "asking the release of the prison
ers on the ground of wrongful detention.
The -Ambassador of the United States at
London, under Instructions of the depart
ment, has made several efforts to secure
the release of those prisoners on parole,
on the understanding that they would re
turn to the United States, but without
success. The rule of the British Govern
ment has been that tho application for re
lease would be considered only In cases
where prisoners were seriously or dan
gerously wounded."
MAKES RADICAL CHANGES. .
Consideration of Immigration Bill by
the Senate la Doubtful.
WASHINGTON. June 23. Senator Pen
rose, from the committee on immigration,
today reported the general Immigration
bill. There are numerous amendments In
addition to the amendment changing the
educational test. Among these lo one In
creasing the head tax on Immigrants to
$3 ptr head and extending It to Immi
grants coming in overland, which la to be
paid by transportation companies carrying
them. The time for the deportation of
objectionable Immigrants Is extended from
one to three year after landing, and tne
transportation companies bringing In such
objectionable persona ara required to pay
half the land transportation where the
immigrants have left the seaboard. There
are aJso Ipcreased restrictions on the Im
portation of anarchists and Insane and
diseased persons, and also on the bring
ing In of contract laborers.' Because of
the radical changes made, and the proba
bility of early final adjournment, con-'
slderatlon of the bill Is doubtful.
Another Senatorial Jnnket.
WASHINGTON. June 23. The commit
tee on Porto Rico and the Paclflc Islands
today agreed to report favorably Senator
Foraker's resolution authorizing the com
mittee to visit the Islands for the purpose
of familiarizing Its members with condi
tions there. The committee decided to
postpone final consideration of the bill
providing for disposal of the Hawaiian
public land3 until the subject could be
Investigated. Another question postponed
until next December is that of the dispo
sal xf the property claimed by the Catho
lic church Jnj?orto Rico.
Vetoed by the. President.
WASHINGTON. June 23 President.
Rooiavelt sent to the, House a veto of
the bill removing the charge of desertion
from .the record of Ephraljn Gallon, who
served in a Tennessee regiment during
the Civil War. The President recites the
records of the War Department to show
that the record of desertion -should be
allowed to" stand.
Bankruptcy Bill Shelved.
WASHINGTON. June 23. The bill for
the amendment of the bankruptcy lojv,
which has passed the House of Represen
tatives! and Is now before the Senate
committee on jualciary, will not receive
further contlderatlon at tbe present ses
sion. A decision to thta effect was prac
tically reached by the Senate committee
today,
WOULD SELL PHILIPPINES
General Bnrit Susfirestn Turning
Them Over to the Japanese.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23.-General A.
S. Burt, retired, who has recently re
turned from the Philippines, has a plan
for the solution of the Philippine proD
lem. He believes he has arrived at a
conclusion that will ultimately be ac
cepted by the Administration and the
public at large as the only solution.
"Turn them over to the Japanese," said
the General. "Let them have them on
the installment plan for the considera
tion of. say, 5150.CO0.00O. Our Government
does not need the money In a lump im,
and by making a proposition of that kind
we can dictate as to coaling stations and
make such reserves as are thought to be
best for trade Interests. An arrange
ment of that kind can be effected that
will give the United States as broad a
road into the markets of the Orient as if
we retained the islands; besides, we will
be making' strong allies of two nations
that will represent our Interests on that
side of the globe without the necessity
of the presence of a large army at an
enormous cost."
THE DEATH ROLL
Benjamin Jacobs.
CHICAGO, June 23- Benjamin Jacobs,
the pioneer real estate dealer of Chicago,
a leader In Sunday-school work and onco
chairman of the executive committee of
the International Sunday School Associa
tion, died this evening at his Calumet
avenue home. Mr. Jacobs was In his 6Sth
year. In 1S03 ha was honored .with the
presidency of the world's- second Sunday
school convention.
Jutlge Marie Ban?..
CHICAGO. June 23. Judge Mark Bang3,
who In the '60s was one of the bestknown
Republicans In the state and had a Na
tional reputation, died here today, aged
SO years. In 1S62, Judge Bangs, with four
others, started the Union League of Am
erica, which grew rapidly to National
proportions.
Chnrlcs T. Child.
NEW YORK. June 23. Charles T. Child,
the technical editor of the Electrical Re
view of New York, 'died today at Gleason
dale, Mass., of typhoid fever. Mr. Child,
who was but 35 years of age, was a wide
ly known writer on electrical and scien
tific subjects.
' W, Dement Lent.
NORFOLK, Conn., June 23. W. Bement
Lent, of New York, author of "Halcyon
Days,' and other 'books, died today, aged
60 years.
World's Cycling Championship.
BERLIN, June 23. In the race for the
cycling championship of the world. 100
kilometers, today, Robl of Munich, won;
time, 1 nour, 28 minutes, IS seconds. Bon
hors of Paris was second, and Tcyic-r of
Paris third. Tom Linton, the English bi
cyclist, lost touch with his pacemaker
several times, and withdrew.
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