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of Wisconsin, chairman of the com
mltteo on insular affairs. Much of bis
opoech was a gonoral dofenso of tho
policy of tho administration In thoss
islands.
Gon. Jacob H. Smith, who rocontiy
was court-martialed in Manila, has
boon instructed to proceed to San
Francisco, there to await further or
ders. Although not ofllclally admitted,
this fact .is accoptod in military cir
cles as. practical confirmation of the
pross dispatches from Manila that ho
was acquitted.
COST OF THE WAR.
On Juno 19, Secretary Root made
answer to tho senate resolution of
April 17, calling for information as to
tho cost of tho war in tho Philippines.
It is shown that $50,000 was ad
vanced for the expenses of tho Philip
pine commission originally from tho
United States treasury, hut this
amount aftorward was reimbursed out
of tho Philippine treasury,
For railroad transportation of troops
and supplies to and from the Philip
pines since the peaco treaty was rati
fied tho costs has been $4,803,448.
Roports from tho various bureau
offices are submitted to show the cost
of tho Philippine war including out
standing obligations, showing that thi
total up to dato is $170,326,586. The
expenditures by years wore as fol
lows: Fiscal year 1898 (two months, May
and Juno), expended, $2,686,850; lia
bilities, nil.
Fiscal year 1899, expended, $26,230,
673; liabilities, nil.
Fiscal year 1900 exponded, $50,868,
543; liabilities, nil.
Fiscal year 1901, expended, $55,567,
42; liabilities, $12.
Fiscal year 1902, (ten months, July
to April, inclusive), $34,499,022; lia
bilities, $473,060.
Total expended, $169,853,510; liabil
ities, $473,072.
Secretary Root concludes with tho
following explanation: "Attention Is
invited to the fact that largo quanti
ties of valuable property, such as
ships, lighters, etc., horses and mules,
wagons and harness, clothing, equip
ago and ordnance, medicine, signal
and engineer supplies, tho cost of
which is included in tho forogoing
atatemont, still remains on hand in
tho Philippine islands for use. Parts
of these supplios are already being
appropriated to the country.
"It should also bo observed that :.
largo part of tho exponso during tho
past year should not proporly bo treat
ed as occasioned by military opera
tions in tho Philippines for tho rea
son that it consists of pay and main
tonanco of troops whom wo would
havo had to pay and maintain, wheth
or they wore in tho Philippines or
not, in order to keep up t'ho minimum
number of regular troops roquired by
law as a safeguard against future con
tingencies. Tho minimum at which
tho regular army Is required to bo
maintained, by tho act of February 2,
1901, is 52,967 men, and tho maximum
is 100,000 We havo now less than 10,
000 in excess of the minimum num
ber. Tho cost of that excess only If
proporly to bo treated as occasioned
by operations in tho Philippines.
"The present scale of expense iu
the Philippines is of course greatly re
duced from that shown in tho forego
ing statement, because of tho continu
ous reduction of tho army made by
tho restoration of peaceful conditions.
Thus in the middle of tho fiscal year
ending June 30, 1901, there were about
70,000 American soldiers in the isl
ands. That number is now reduced
to about 23,000. Orders havo now been
issued for the return of the Tenth,
Fifteenth, Twenty-fourth and Twenty
fifth infantry and a squadron of tho
gan his speech closing the debate.
Mr. Morgan particularly denounced
tho pan-American canal route as a
"place where labor and death join
hands." He said he had been trying to
protect tho United States from tho
shame of intercourse with it. TI1033
who wanted to "touch that thing
might do so. I would not do it," ho
declared, "for both canals."
Mr. Morgan urged congress to deter
mine tho question of route and not
cowardly refer the matter to the pres
ident. At 2 p. m. debate on tho canal ques
tion was concluded by previous agree
ment. , .
Mr. Spooner then perfected his
amendment, tho changes made being
principally verbal. An amendment
providing for tho appointment of an
isthmian canal commission to direct
tho construction of tho canal, and pro
viding that seven members of the com
mission shall receive such compensa
tion as tho president shall prescribe
until it is otherwise fixed by congress,
was agreed to 52 to 22.
An amendment providing that If
the president could not in six months
get a clear title to the Panama Canal
company's rights and concessions he
should proceed with the Nicaragua
canal, was laid on the table 44 to 31
and one limiting the time of the
president's decision as to the Panama
route to twelve months was rejected
35 to 32 and the same fate, by a
vote of 42 to 32, awaited Mr. Mitch
ell's amendment to tho Spooner substi
tuto providing that even though tho
president is satisfied he can obtain i
clear title to the Panama company's
property, if ho shall be convinced for
any reason that it is not for the best
interests of tho United States to pur
chase the Panama property, or if he
shall think tho canal ought to bo con
Tonth cavalry, and when these orders structed by the Nicaragua route, he
have been executed the number of shall proceed to the construction of
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American troops in tho Philippines
will have been reduced to 18,000. For
the past six months we havo been
bringing troops home as rapidly as wo
could do so economically, by the use
of our own transports."
PANAMA WINS.
An Associated press dispatch under
date of Washington, June 19, says:
When tho senate convened today it
was with tho Intention of voting upon
tho isthmian canal question at 2
o'clock.
Mr. Morgan (Ala.) presented the
following letter from Secretary of
State Hay, concerning the point raised
in tho Isthmian canal debate by Mr.
Kittrldgo (S. D.):
"I am requested by the minister of
Costa Rica to inform the committee on
interoceanlc canals that he has been
Instructed by his government to make
known to the United States that the
government of Costa Rica is prepared
to take all necessary steps to nego
tiate with the government of the
United States a treaty for appropriate
concessions for an isthmian canal on
terms substantially as proposed by
tho government of the United States."
Consideration of the isthmian canal
question was resumed, and Mr. Spoon
or offered formally his amendment a
a substitute for tho pending so-callod
Hepburn Nicaragua canal bill. Mr.
Clark (Mont.) then addressed the sen
ate in suppqrt of the Nicaragua canal
routo. Mr. Clark declared that the
Panama canal scheme was a hoodoo
which, ought to be shunned and avoid
ed. Pie said the Panama canal plan
had left a heritage of ruin, disaster
and desolation.
Mr. Allison explained why he should
vote for the Spooner substitute.
He believed there was a general de
sire among tho American people for
an isthmian canal, and the people de
sired, too, that tho United States gov
ernment should construct and control
the canal.
Mr. Morgan, chairman of the Inter-
tho canal bv the Nicaragua route. A
direct vote was then obtained on the
Spooner amendment. It was adopted
by 42 to 34, the detailed vote being:
Yeas Aldrich, Allison, Bard, Bever
idge, Burnham, Burrows, Burton,
Clark (Wyo.), Cullom, Deboe, Diet
rich, Brysen, Fairbanks, Foraker, Fos
ter (Wash.), Frye, Gallinger, Gamble,
Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough, Hoar, Jones
(Ark.). Jones (Nev.). Kean, Kittridge,
Lodge, McComas, McCumber, McMil
lan, Mason, Millard, Piatt (Conn.).
Pritchard, Proctor, Quarles, Scott,
Spooner, Teller, Warren, Wellington,
Wetmore 42.
Nays Bacon, Bailey, Bate, Berry,
Blackburn, Carmack, Clapp, Clark
(Mont.), Clay, Cockrell, Culberson,
Daniel, Dubois, Foster (La.), Harris,
Hawley, Heitfeld, McLaurin (Miss.),
Mallory, Martin, Mitchell, Morgan,
Nelson, Patterson, Penrose, Perkins,
Pettus, Piatt (N. Y.), Q'uaV, Simons,
Stewart, Taliaferro, Turner, Vest 34.
The following pairs were announced
the first name in each case being fav
orable to Panama and the second
against it: Depew with McEnory,
Dillingham with Tillman, Dolliver
with Money, Kearns with Gibson, Mc
Laurin (S. C.) with Simon. Elkins
and Rawlins were absent and unpaired.
Mr. Hoar (Mass.) then offered a sub
stitute for the Spooner proposition
making it the duty of thef president io
decide by which route the canal should
be constructed. It was rejected 13 to
62.
Mr. Fairbanks then offered an
amendment providing for the issue of.
$130,000,000 of gold bonds, bearing 2
per cent interest, to pay for the con
struction of tho canal. Mr. Culberson
moved to lay the amendment on tho
table. The motion was defeated, 36
to 39.
Tho amendment then was adopted
38 to 36, as follows:
Yeas Aldrich, Allison, Beveridge,
Burnham, Burrows, Burton .Clapp,
Cullom, Deboe, Fairbanks, Hanna,
Hansbrough, Hawloyi Hoar, Joues
(Nev.), Kean, Kittrldgo, Lodge, Mc
Miller, Piatt (Conn.), Nelson, Proctor,
Quarles, M. Scott, Spooner, Warren,
Wellington, Wetmore 38.
Nays Bacon, Bailey, Bard, Bate,
Berry, Blackburn, Carmack, Clark
(Mont), Clark (Wyo.), Clay, Cockrell,
Culberson, Daniel, Dryden, Dubois.
Foster (La.), Harris, Heitfeld, Jone3
(Ark.), McLaurin (Miss.), Mallory,
Martin, Mitchell, Morgan, Patterson,
Penrose, Perkins, Pottus, Piatt (N.
Y.), Quay, Simmons, Stewart, Tali
ferro, Teller, Turner, Vest 36.
Mr. Mason offered an amendment io
Mr. Fairbank's amendment, providing
that all the people of the United States
should have an opportunity to sub
scribe to the proposed loan. Tho
amendment was agreed to without di
vision. h M$
Mr. Morgan then offered the Nica
ragua canal bill as a substitute for
the Spooner proposition, thus raising
the question previously passed upon.
Mr. Spooner moved to lay the Nica
ragua bill on the table and tho motion,
was agreed to, 41 to 33. The bill then,
passed, 67 to 6, the votes in the nega
tive being cast by Messrs. Bate
(Tenn.), Cockrell (Mo.), Daniel (Va.),
Dubois (Idaho), Pettus (Ala.), and
Vest (Mo.).
Whitelaw Rcld Rides by Himself.
A special cablegram from London,
says: Special Envoy to the Coronation
Whitelaw Reid is to have a carriage
to himself in the royal procession.
When the official order of procession
was submitted to Mr. Reid he found
that he was to ride with his back to
the horses in a carriage with the Turk
ish Pasha, the special representative
of the Sultan of Turkey, and Admiral
Gervais, representing the French re
public, who were to ride in the seat of
honor. Mr. Reid immediately pro
tested that as the envoy of the United,
States he could not accept tho position
allotted him. The Lord Chamberlain
was very sorry, but urged that his
place was fixed strictly in accordance
with the table of precedence. Mr. Reid
expressed his regret that he should
have to definitely decline to join the
procession under such conditions. The
matter was referred to King Edward,
who at once directed that the United
States envoy should have a separate
carriage.
The Present Issue.
This is the issue for 1902, the utter
republican incompetency at home and
abroad. Our own people are oppressed
by the trusts. The Filipinos are op
pressed by imperialism abroad, and
our people are paying for it and get
ting no return but a harvest of hatred
and shame. Upon this issue the. demo
crats will win in 1902 and again in
1904, after which America, freed from
the trusts, will blossom like the roso
and the Filipinos will be allowed to
possess their distant islands in peace,
and we will no longer be a nightmare
to them and they will no longer bo a
nightmare to us. Houston Post.
oceanic canal committee, at the con
J elusion of Mr. Allison's remarks, be J Comas, McCumber, Millard, Mason,
The Man to the Goose.
A man was engaged in picking a live
goose. The feathers did not respond
readily to the process, and the bird
addressed the man thus:
"If you were a goose, would you en
joy this sort of thing?"
"Your hypothesis is absurd," an
swered the man. "You miss the point
entirely."
"How so?" asked tho goose.
"It is true that I am causing' you in
convenience, and there may bo somo
pain connected with the operation; but
this does not alter the fact that if I
don't pluck you some other fellow
will."
This fable teaches that our admin
istration in the Philippines is wholly
justified by precedent. Rochester (N.
IY.) Post-Express.