The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-02-18

propriation bill: s'If this $50, ,oo0f
900 is to be appropriated now
whv ought not this House to flx
the bounds and limitse Do yotn|
propose to takein these Philippine
islands as part and parcel of fhe
territory OF the U. IS Ito endure
and to continue as long as we cal,
hold them as part and. parcel q
it? If you do, say SO. lfyou do
not, say not. Ifyou do not know
then why the hot haste for such
legislation? Why the extraordi-
nary demand for a very large army 6
Why the imperious spirit here and
in the other end of the Capitol,
which rejects all. suggestion Of
amendment, while at the same
time it proclaims that you kndsv
not whether your policy is to Be
temporary or permanent, that yod
know not whether you are to ac-
quire this territory as permanent
acquisition or for a short time, yet
wants the army permanently, wants
an army of 100, 600 men, wants
the huge expenditures that are
made directly and the huger cx-
penditures that will follow in their
wake, through the extravagantc
and recklessncss and general de-
d. moralization which certainly must
attend this kind Of loose Legislation.
You want these things permansaf-
ly, but what youtvill do with the6l
how long you VII use them, Oh.
excuse c%fr9m saying anything
about that !" ~
Representative Lentz, oflhd6
in short speech denounced MI.
Mckinley for committing the Sen
tence of Gen. Eagan to suspensiou
for six years, under full pay. H&
said that. Eagan had called;Milcsa
liar for simply telling the truth.
truth to which 50, 900 private SOL
diers could testify-that the troors
had been fed with rotten beef.
And that Mr.. McKinley's action
really amounted to rewarding Eag-s
an for attacking Miles.
Sscretary..Alger did not recom-
mend the order for Military Court
OF Inquiry TO assemble in WASH
ington on Wednesday OF this week
to investigate the embalmed beef
charges made by Gen. Miles, is-s
sued bv Mr. Mckinley, but he had
to smile and appear to like it, De.s|
cause Mr.. Mckinley had been con-
vinced by more level-heqded adj
visers that it was the. only thing
left for him to do, if he hoped to5
escape being charged with guilty
knowledge of embalmed beef sold
to the government. Gen. Eagan
is acting as ,Alger's right bower in
preparing testimony to be produc-]
ed before the Court Of Inquiry inl
behalf s'ofl the beet contractors.a
which old-fashioned ;. folk are III
elined to regard as a scandal Of itly
self, under the circumstances.
The statementof Representative
Cannon. that there&would be q.
deficit of notices. than $I6o, 600, =
600 at the end of the, next fiscal
year, if Congress didn't economics
in the Appropriations. while sfast-
ling was not surprising RI
who have been noting, ~
lican tendency to extrat
The abstract of the
report of the War rs
Committee, just given e
worth anybody $ serious Ate u
Gen. Joseph Wheeler has ofie<1|
ed a resolution pfovidint for ~
extension Of the thanks 81 Co.
gress to Maj Gen. Els. Otis f..s
his victories over the Filipino6 'l
the last week. "a
In view of the record aent s.. s u Is
Senate, by the Navy Departu, i;i;I '
Secretary s Lofg should teII shss
ocmey was not court-maltlsjes
instead OF being promoted ! e||'
numbers under sampson,
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