The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-28
MASSACRE OF NATIVES
McKinley's War Against Filipinos
Denounced In the House.
SHARP SPEECHES HEARD
NO GLORY IN THIS WAR, SAYS
ME. cox.
General Otis Remarkable Announce
ment That He Had Killed and
Wounded 1000 Natives-Grosve-
nor Declares There Was No ALI
ance With Aguinaldo.

: Washington, Feb. 27.-The house was
in session seven hours today and sent
to the senate two more appropriation
bills, the army. which has been under
consideration for several days, and the
Notifications
The former carried about $4,000. 900
and the latter approximately $4,000, 900.
The final conference report upon the
Indian appropriation bill was also
adopted. The only amendment of i'm
portance attached to the army bill was
one giving two months extra pay to
enlisted men in the regular army who
served beyond the limits of the United
States during the war with Spain and
one months extra pay TO those who
served in the United States. The dis
cussion of the administration policy
! relative to the Philippines. which has
! been occupying the attention of the
members to the exclusion of almost
everything else during the considera-
ton of appropriation bills for the last
/ two weeks was continued today, sew
eral speeches being made on the SUBJ
! iect.
Mr.. Dockery (Dem. MOI. the leading
Democrat on the appropriations COM
mittee, asserted that the appropria-
tons for this congress would reach
! 81, 500, 900 600
A bill was passed temporarily sus-
pending the restrictions on the war
department as to the purchase of GER
tain materials.
Consideration of the army appropria-
ton bill was then resumed.
Mr.. Cox (Dem. TENN, made a short,
sharp, general speech, saying. Il will
never vote cent to put a bullet into
gun to shoot down those people over
there (the Filipinos). who are trying
to establish their home government"
He could not understand, he said,
why We had started out to free the
Cubans and should end by shooting the
F1lplnoS. What a remarkable notifi-
cation, he declared, was that of Gen
eral Otis. that we had killed and
wounded 1000 of those people, part of
them naked natives, armed with bows
and arrows. AS an American, he
asked. where was the glory of this
achievement? Who had declared war
on these people, who had done us no
harm?
Mr.. Sulzer Dem. n. ", offered an
amendment to increase the number of
major generals to four, and to provide
for filling the vacancy by the appoint |
ment of General Wheeler.
Mr.. Hull raised a point of order |
against the amendment and the point |
~ eAS oGolSi---Gb Nv tilC CiAc1A-
PUBLIC BUILDING BILLS.
Mr.. Henderson Qowa). then present.
ed the special order agreed upon by the |
committee on rules setting aside to- |
morrow until 6 o'clock for the con-
sideration of public building bills. those |
acted on by the committee of the |
whole to be first acted upon. after /
which such as might be designated by |
the committee on public buildings and .
grounds. Those reported from the
committee of the whole were TO be con-
sidered in this order:
First, those in cities where there were
postoffices of the first-class: second,
where there were federal courts
Mr.. Dockery opposed the rule on the
ground that neither the condition of the
appropriation bills nor the treasury
would warrant the use of tomorrow for
this purpose and the appropriation of
money which would result. He figured |
out total appropriations for the session
of S67S,C00,000. This did not include the
$115,000000 for the Nicaragua canal.
which might become law, nor the s25.-
100000 of claims which we had assumed
by the treaty of Paris. These aggre-
gated the appalling total of $500, 900. 600
Yet it was now proposed to give a day
for public buildings and add S11. OOO. 900
more to these staggering liabilities. He
figured out that the total appropria-
lions for this congress would reach
81, 500, 100000. The rule was adopted, 81
to 81.
bill was passed, appropriating $1,000
for the investigation of leprosy in this
under a board to be selected
by the surgeon general Mr. Corless
(Rep. Mich.) stated that there were
about 300 cases in the United States
GROSVENOR BOBS UP.
Mr.. Grosvenor (Rep. o., delivered a
thirty minute speech, generally reply
ing to the charges emanating from the