The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-19

| Not single person had appeared be-
| fore the committee to press it.
| Mr.. Clark, of Missouri ironically de-
| clared he remembered a great day in
| the house when Mr.. Sibley had not
been obliged to go to the other side for
! his applause. Before he had known OF
Mr.. Sibley'S change of front he had
written an article urging him for the
democratic vice presidential nomina-
ton. He did not wish to withdraw his
personal praise, but he did desire Eow
to withdraw the nomination Caught
er) and to confer it upon Mr.. SulZer,
of New York, who had always been
faithful to democratic principles.
DemocraticARepubli applause.) He
recalled the time when Mr.. Sibley had
told how he had been oStraciSed, So
ciaaly and commercially because he had
supported silver at Is L. I'VE hailed
him as a hero" said Mr.. Clark, be
cause he was the only democrat north
of the Potomac and east of the MisSiS-
sippi who stood true to the democracy
of the Mississippi valley. Now he wins
the. applause Of those who are hostile
to every principle of the democratic
faith. His place in this house is on the
other side of the poli1 ical aisle Demo
cratic applause.)
Mr. Sibley replied briefly. II claim
equal honesty for both positions. / be-
Neved in 1896 that bimetallism was sa-
cred, but even times have SO changed
conditions by the enormous production
of gold that the price level for which
both the gentleman from Missouri
CLARK, and / were striving, and raised.
The cause held sacred then has be-
come ridiculous. I believe if the demo-
cratic party is victorious this fall It
will not be able to write a single line OF
financial legislation in the next six
years. If the democratic party viii
adopt a policy l will keep step with il,
but if it invites me to a banquet of
carping and fault-finding it will have
to excuse me- cloud republican ap-
plause)
Mr.. Hepburn, of Iowa, caustically
arraigned Mr.. Sulzer for his alleged
misst al ements in the face of Secre-
tary Cages report and said that in
stead Of such an investigation there
ought to be a public rebuke of a mem
Der who distorted the truth, who dis
torted the facts and slandered honored
public officials. Republican applause.)
THE FILIPINO WAR
Mr.. Terry, of Arkansas, and Mr..
Cannon became involved in contro-
versy toward the close of the session.
Mr. Terry denounced the war in the
Philippines as criminal. Mr.. Cannon
said the appropriation of $4,000, 900 in
the bill was ITO support the army, up
hold the flag and suppress the insur-
rection.
Mr.. Terry said he was willing to sup
port the flag. His denunciation was of
the purposes of the war. He taunted
the republicans with forever wrapping
the flag about them and crying PA
trioItism!''
Mr.. Cannon declared that declama-
ton amounted to nothing. He defied
any one opposed to the appropriation
for the support of the army Ito move
to strike it out.
To this challenge Mr. Williams,
democrat, of Mississippi, replied in
brief and eloquent speech. There was
not an American citizen, he declared,
IL or out Of the house who was disloyal
to the flag of his country. The gentle
man from Illinois with his accustomed
shrewdness, had issued a challenge
we'll knowing that there was not a man
in the house, no matter how bitterly
opposed he might be to the imperialis-
tic policy, who would raise his hand
against our soldiers fighting in the
field whether The struggle in which
they were engaged was right or wrong.
Il believe" said he, that the people
out there against whom they are fight
ing are struggling for their liberties,
but when my country lines up for the
fray / am with it. He has issued a
safe challenge; but l am tired of this
miserable subterfuge by which it is at
tempted to confuse loyalty to the flag
with loyalty to the policy in which the
flag is disguised" Great democratic
applause.)
Men had a right 20 oppose a policy
of war, he said. Le cited the example
of Burke and Chatnam, great men
who had never refused to vote supplies
for war, but who had stood UP in the
house of commons day after day en-
tering their protests against the war
waged against our ancestors, because
they believed it wrong The history of
the Old World held its lesson. Ns-By
ron had said, first came liberty, then
glory, then splendor, then corruption,
decay and death. When ever people
forget that the province of government
was to make the individual happy, to
make the government splendid and the
flag glorious the people were on the
first rung of the ladder in their de-
scent. There was a glory of the flag
in devotion ITO what was free, right and
just, and there was pesudo glory OF
the flag which manifested itself in the
worship of the flag. He would vote
all the men and guns and ammunition
needed to restore peace. And when we
had peace he w6dfd have the great
American republic say ITO the poor
brown people across the seas: I'VE will
stand by you until you are able to
stand alone
Several amendments by Mr. LentZ
and others to increase the appropria-
ton for rural free delivery were voted
down. The committee rose and the bill
was passed without division.
The house then adjourned until 1
o'clock tomorrow.
J. L Bevery. Lcganton, Pa, writes,