Evening star., 1899-02-11
ON THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
Yesterday Afternoon Given to 1t by
the demonstrations ut Nirht

In the House yesterday afternoon during
consideration of the sundry civil bill, Mr..
6iliett tMass.) declared that he had rather
pay $2OGooocO to be honorably rid of the
fmhpplnes than to pay $50 100000 to keep
them The islands could, in his opinion
never be Americanzed. Our future Law in
maintaining our old ideals 1t would be
endangered by stepping into this new field
Corruption and decentralization would Green
In and there could be no compensating ad-
Vantages. He believed that coaling
station should be retained. We could Sc
cure all the trade advantages without
assuming responsibilities or mourning risks
MI Hepburn Qowa), chairman of the
committee on interstate and foreign COM
merce, created something of sensation at
the conclusion of Mr.. Gillett's remarks bv
giving notice that at the proper time, he
would offer the Nicaragua canal bill as an
amendment to the sundry civil bill
Inc announcement was greeted with ap-
plause by the friends of the measure He
mad been moved to take this course he
declared. by the statement of Mr. Cannon
that the bill would not be considered at
this session. Mr.. Hepburn argued that
1he amendment would be in order and
Mr.. Adamson Ga), in a brief speech, an
nounced his opposition to the Nicaragua
canal, and the annexation of the Philip
pines.
lowed for debate, spoke at some length on
the effect of the schedule of the Dingley
bill upon the wool-growing industry
Mr.. Underwood (Ala), reviewed the rec
ord of the present Congress, to show that
1t had betrayed it's pledges to the people
Mr.. Kirkpatrick Pa.), defended expan-
sion, and Mr.. Lentz (Ohio) concluded the
DEBATE Tor the day with a denunciation of
of Commissary General Eagan He de-
ciared that General Eagan's attack upon
General Miles had no parallel in military
history. He had called General Miles liar
Tor simply telling the truth, to which 80 600
private soldiers could testify The troons
mad been fed rotten beef said Mr. Lentz
and yet General Eagan was to be susnend-
cd with pay for six years and then retired
upon tnree-1ourthS pay because he had
denounced the truth as a lie. He was to
be rewarded for attacking General Miles
with bis pay during his SUSPENSION aud
calculating the length of his life. according
70 recognized mortality tables General
EaSan would draw $4,000 from the treas
ury after he had been convicted by court
martial of most heinous offense against
military discipline. The committee then
apart for paying tribute to the memory of
the late Senator Morrll.
AT O'Clock. the House took a recess
Until o'clock, the evening session 70 he
devoted to pension legislation.
At the night session thirty-one private
pension bills were passed, among them the
senate Dill to pension Letetia Tyler Sem
pie, the daughter of President Tyler, which
deadiocked the House a week ago, and the
senate bill to pension ex-senator John M
faimer of Illinois at the rate of $50 per
month. The amount carried by the bin To
pension Mrs. Semple was reduced from s5(
, to Sao per month. In the course of the dis.
eussion upon the bill to pension General
palmer 1t developed that he was abso-
iuteiy without means, and was practically
plnd. Mr. Brucker OIich.) recalled the
fact that General Palmer had been the
candidate of the gold democrats for Presi.
cent in 1896 and suggested that that might
account for the fact that this bill was
pushed through within month after its
that the pension be paid in silver,
General Palmer is in favor of sound
money said he, ''let US pay him in good
old silver coin of the Constitution" The
motion was not entertained by Mr. Con-
nelly dii) who was in the chair AT 1O:3J
the House adjourned