The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-06
AGAIN THE SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION IN
THE HOUSE.
DENUNCIATION OF MR.. LlNkEY
For His Reflections Upon the south in
His Speech on This Subject-Mr. Sfb-
ley Makes an Eloquent Appeal for
Expansion-He Declares Our Title to
the Spanish Islands Doubiy Good.
Senator Daniel speaks on BimetalisIu.
senate Officers sworn In.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Washington, February I.-Nearly
the entire mornig hour in the senate
today was occupied by Senator Allen,
populist, Of Nebraska, in a discussion
| of the report of Secretary Gage concern
ing his transactions with the National
| City bank, of New York.
Senator Daniel, democrat OF Nir-
ginia, then delivered an extended
speech on the pending financial meas
ure. He vigorously opposed the prop
osition that the country should go TO
the gold standard.
Daniel NJ. Ransdell, Of Indiana, and
Charles G. Bennett, of New York. were
sworn in as sergeant-at-arms and sec
rotary of the senate respectively.
Senator Pettigrew offered a resolu-
ton that a paper entitled THE Phil
ippine Commission be printed as a
public document. He asked that it lie
on the table until tomorrow morning.
Senator Pettus. Alabama, offered a
resolution calling upon the secretary
of the nav for information as to why
he had declined to supply the court of
claims with information as to naval
court martial. The resolution went
over under objection.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Representative Joseph Sibley, of
Pennsylvania, whose eloquent and
earnest championship of free silver
featured the Fifty-fourth congress-, as
sailed his democratic colleagues today
for their opposition to in a
speech that made the floor and gal
leries roar. Mr.. Sibley has recanted
his views on free silver and is now
generally out Of line with his colleagues
on the democratic side.
The remainder of the debate tot ned
On mediation in the Transvaal var,
lynchings in the south and the jury
law in Hawaii.
The conference report on the urgent
deficiency will was adopted. 1t vas
only a partial agreement. Two items
are still in dispute.
The house then went into committee
of tine whole, and resumed he consid-
GRAFTON of the indian appropriation
bill. Mr.. Shafroth, of Colorado, made
a speech saying it is the duty of The
United States to mediate between
Great Britain and the Transvaal. He
traced the history of the TranSvaal
Dutch from THE migraItions from Hol-
land to show that England was invad
ing the rights of THE South African re-
public. The British demands, he said,
were outrageous.
Mr.. Talbert, Of South Carolina, de-
nounced Mr.. Linney, of North Caro-
lima, for his reflections upon the fair
name of the south yesterday.
Mr.. SibIey spoke for an hour. He
had, he said, heard no argument
against territorial enla1 cement which
: vas not urged against tine
Of Louisiana and Texas.
us there any parallel" asked Mr..
Cochran, of Missouri, between the
territory in the Louisiana purchase,
then practically without population,
and the Philippines"
Nothing has been said about the
Philippines" replied Mr.. Sibley, (which
was not said about the territory now
Missouri. You in Missouri were ella
as b~arbarians."
do you believe the people in the
Philippines are susceptible of the civil
ization of the inhabitants of the Lou
isiana purchaser"
Il am not placing limitations upon
the powers Of Almighty God" answer
ed Mr.. Sibley, amid a round of republic
can applause.
In reply to Mr.. Cochran's taunt that
civilization was being shot into the
Philippines, Mr.. Sibley said that the
history of civilization had been traced
in human blood. Wendell Phillips had
said that every achievement of human
justice had gone from rack ITO rack
and scaffold Ito scaffold.
Shall we hold Porto Rico and the
Philippine archipelago" asked Mr..
Sibley-"every foot. No nation on
earth has a higher right Of title to a
rod of soil. We hold by the double
title Of purchase and of conquest, and
my belief is that where once the
shadow of OUT banner has fallen there
Will survive a race of free men and ]
twould hold Cuba until stability, order,
good government and the protection OF
life and property were assured. I an
going Ito echo the presidents query:
Who will haul down h flag? Who
planted it there? What cabinet coun.
Gil, what warrior, what statesman
what senator or representative, whose
body of men formed any plan of con.
quest? The cries Of suffering humanity
rang in our ears and we stopped oul
ears. The groans were heard but we
answered not. We saw the stripped
and wounded on our way to Jerico and
like the priest and the Levite, We pass
ed by on the other side. Not unhearC
those cries and groans at the thrOns
Of the Almighty. who, to awaken u:
from apathy, our almost criminal in
difference. permitted the engines Of hi!
wrath to hurtle their thunder ThoSt
lands and people, unworthily ruled
were to pass from the house of Sau
TO the house Of David. God and TIT
valor Of American arms gave us that
| territory, not because we are a ma
rion altogether free, altogether pure