Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-02

ously conn eting with our trade He
did not know what Interpretation the
courts would put upon the future laws.
The Philippines, he went on to explain.
were lost to Spain, and the conquered
nation had perfect right to cede the
islands; and the United States had the
power and right under the treaty to &C.
quire. There were nothing else to do.
Mr.. Tiilman said Aguinaldo returned
to the Philippines with big fund for
the insurgents, and be was specially
invited by Admiral Dewey to assist in
the capture OF Manila He was recog-
nizsd as an ally and his followers sup
piled with arms and ammunition, and
it was also conceded that the Filipinos
had q government of their own and had
been in open rebellion against Spain.
Mr.. Spooner appeared puzzled and
did not reply for some moments Then
he reminded Mr.. Tillman that he had
made public Information belonging ex
clusively to the executive session. II
was admitted by the South Carolinian.
Mr.. Tillman complained that Mr..
Spooner was attacking Aguinaldo I'M
justly and had alluded to Aguinaldo
sueeripgly. Mr. Spooner later spoke
of Mr.. TillmaD as "the Senator from
Aguinaldo, ard withdrew the language
and said it should not have been used
in the debate, and then proceeded with
his speech.
Mr.. Sponner will vote for the treaty,
but does not want the Philippines an
nexed. He wants Porto Rico annexed
/ because this country needs that island
and should accept it as a war indemDi-
| ty. He believes Cuba will be free and
independent, and that the United
States will not annex the Philippines.
This silly jingle We hear about haul
ing down the flag" he remarked. docs
not dazzle me. We will haul it
down just as we did 10 Mexico
and would do if our fleet had crossed
the Atlantic and taken Barcelona. F"
In closing Mr.. Spooner declared him
self commercial expansonst only.
He wanted an inter.oceanic canal, Ca.
| bles everywhere, subsidized ships, ma.
val and coaliDg stations throughout
| the world, commercial resting places,
an ample army and great navy.
| HOUSE.
| Mr.. Butler introduced joint resolu
ton requiring unanimous consent to
: advance soldier on the retired list.
II object to promoting man who Is
doing no work" cried Mr. Bailey. "If
this soldier was wounded I'll cheeriully
vote for it, but otherwise l won't"
Mr.. Butler in revenge then objected
| to another resolution requiring unani-
nous consent for the erection OF
government building at Albuquerque,
! New Mexico.
After several private pension ard
railroad bills had been passed, the
House went into comnittee of the
whole to consider the river and harbor
appropriation bill.
The bill was rapidly pushed along,
each effort to amend it by members
u no demanded moro money for their
l. calities being met with uniform de
fat. Mr.. Moon and nicholson, IS list
ed by General Grosvenor, made fight
ia behalf of the Tennessee river, but
failed as others had before them. The
| VOIC StIuSV SdC1 w dc
rally about three or four to
one. Mr.. Hepburn made fierce
q tack upon the committee, ex
planning in the course of his remarks
that he knew it to be useless. He said
the members who did not have influence
with the committee or were not lucky
enough to be members Of that commit
tee itself, found themselves uniformly
frozen out. He pointed to the millions
squaudered in years gone by in useless
improvements by the committee, men-
lioning specifically case twelve years
ago when OHIO presented the govern
ment with o rotten, worn out improve
ment in the Muskingum river that be-
came huge expense to the government
annually. General Grosvanor leaped
to his feet to defend the Muskingum.
Mr.. Hepburn proceeded to give more
anti committee history, but was finally
suppressed by Mr.. B1rton's efforts
and the bill was proceeded with.
All the Ohio river Improvements
went through as recommended by the
committee.