New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-26
A FIRE IN THE REAR.
Sv,,p,rIJy WITH FILIPINO INSURGENTS
SHOWN BY DEMOCRATS IN
THE HOUSE.
THEIR SPEECHES DRAW OUT SHARP NE
DUKES FROM MEssRs. LACEY, GRoSVE-
NOR AND CANNON.
10y TELEGRAPH TO THE rniBuNE.l

lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TniBuNE.l
| Washington Feb 25-After the House or KEEP
resentatIyes I'm Committee OF the Whoie had
| finished consideration Of about one-fourth OF
| the Army Appropriation bill to-day, another
| partisan debate on the Philippine question was
! started by Mr. Cochran. a Democratic mefnoer
from Missouri. and no further progress was
made Before the debate ended Mr.. Cochran ~
we'll az most Of the other Democratic members
was probably sorry he had insisted on starthE
| IT, He would prove by "lrrefragabe evidence
he said that an alliance did exist between the
United States and Aguinaldo and the Flhpihos
after the fall Of Manila. and then ne declaiineu
a ten minute speech which did not contain All!
| such evidence whatsoever. or tend IN the iea9'
10 sustain his contention that Aguinaldo and
his followers had been the victims OF duphc"!
or a breach Of faith on the part of the United
| states The speech was in harmony with most
Of those delivered by Democrats, and 1t pro-
duced one effect. which was as unexpected as IT
was disagreeable to Mr.. Cochran and the Demo-
Gratis who spoke yesterday.
/ Hamilton Lewis OF Washington, In an I'M
| nassioncd appeal 10 his fellow Democrats
warned them that they had succeeded in Great
| ing a general impression that they were not IN
| sympathy with the gallant soldiers or the I hl''d
States who are lighting and dying in the fh'iP-
pines 10 maintain the authority ana upholu 'ne
flag Of their country. No man or party couid
afford 10 he placed In such an attitude ana
spcaking for the people Of his own state. ire
spective ~ party. he would not by word or ao'
n,isrepresent them by placing himself In such
/ a position on all such questions he was hrst
NJ all an American The speech produced
deep IMPRESSION and was heartily applauae''
mainly. however. by his political opponents.
After Mr.. Lewis Rad finished the real PUNISH
ment Of Mr. Cochrand others who had TX
pressed the same sentiments began ana '''
twenty minutes thoy vrithed under it. During
half ~ that time Mr. Lacey. Of Iowa pied the
verbal lash with singing and telling effect
He was once a soldier himself, and he had NOT
forgotten the dscouraging effect Of fire IN
the rear He clearly showed that sympathy
with and praise Of Aguiraldo and his follow
ers was tantamount 10 criticism OF the Amer-
can soldiers. who are striving 10 restore oroer
and maintain it in the Philippines
The speech was an exceedingly powerful ana
affective one So was that of General Gros-
yenor. who next spoke. He began With rcter-
ence 10 the effect on Thomas Corwin-"the most
popular man Of his time in Ohio. the idol Of his
own party and very popular in the opposite
party"-of his unfortunate utterance at the
beginning Of the war against Mexico; how II
had caused his Reputation by his own party
embittered his life. and sent him 10 his grave
| broken hea rted man. At that time American
soldiers were dying with disease and falling on
Mexican battle fields. To-day American SOL
diers are dying Of disease and by bullets In the
Philippines and Americans at home are giving
their sympathy to the foe. The parallel was
striking and effective one.
In the course Of his speech General Gros-
venor said that the first message sent to Ad-
mfral Dewey by President Mckinley after the
destruction Of the Spanish feet in Manila Bay
contained strict injunction not to enter into
any alliance with or commit the United states
i'm any manner To the support OF the cause OF
the Filipino insurgents. and neither thing had
ever been done by Admiral Dewey or any other
representative Of American authority In the
Philippines.
Mr.. Cannon. Of Illinois, electrified the House
and evoked tremendous applause on the Repub-
lican side ny his declaration that il the speeches
made yesterday by Mr.. Simpson and others
| had been made i'm Manila the men who dev-
cred them would have been arrested. tried by
| drumhead court martial and shot" The
! blunt Illinoisan spoke only two minutes. but
| he stirred up more wrath. probably. among the
! Democrats and Populists than any other one Of
the day.