The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-18

said, he would be Inundated TO have the
vice presidential nomination publicly with
drawn but he had already withdrawn In
favor OF Mr.. Sulzer. He was moro con-
cerned with the statement that ne should
take his seat on the other side because he
had changed his position. II claim equal
honesty for both positions. / believed In
1896 that bimetallism was sacred but events
have so changed conditions by the enor-
nous production of gold that the price
level for which both the gentleman from
Missouri Clark and 1 were striving, was
raised. The cause Ithen held sacred has be-
party Is victorious this fall IL will not be
able to write a single line OF financial
legislation in the next six years. / am
striving to do something practical and help
full. If the Democratic. party Is TO live II
must have a policy; IL must do something
besides carp and find fault. If Ii viii
adopt a policy will keep step with II. but
ii IL invites me TO banquet of carping and
fault finding IL will have to excuse me-.
Loud Republican applause.1
HEPBURN REPLIES TO SULZER.
Mr.. Hepburn caustically arraigned Mr..
Sulzer for his alleged misstatements in the
face of Secretary Cages report. He de-
nounced him for alleging that Secretary
Gage had admitted violation of the law.
There ought not to be an investigation of
the Secretary of the Treasury. but there
ought to be a public rebuke of member
who distorted the truth, who distorted the
facts and who slandered honored public
officials. Republican applause.]
Mr.. Terry Dem., Ark and Mr.. Cannon
became involved in a controversy toward
the close of the session. Mr.. Terry de-
nounced the war in the Philippines as
criminal. Mr.. Cannon said the appropria-
ton of s45, 000. 900 in the bill was TO support
the army. uphold the flag and suppress the
insurrection.
Mr. Terry said he was willing to support
the flag. His denunciation was of the pur-
poses of the war. He tainted the Repub-
Icans with forever wrapping the flag about
them crying patriotism"
Mr.. Cannon declared that defamation
amounted to nothing. II any one was OPP
posed to the appropriation for the support
of the army here was the time and place.
He defied any one on the other side to move
to strike IL out.
In response to this challenge Mr.. WILL
Jams (Dem., Miss.) replied in brief and
eloquent speech. There was not an Amer
lean citizen, he declared in or out of the
House who was disloyal to the flag of his
country. The gentleman from Illinois, with
his accustomed shrewdness, had issued a
challenge well knowing that there was not
a man in the House, no matter how bitterly
opposed he might be TO the imperialistic
policy, who would raise hand against our
soldiers fighting in the field whether the
struggle in which they were engaged was
right or wrong. II believe" said he, that
the people out there against whom they
are fighting are struggling for their liber-
ties, but when my country lines up for the
fray I am with 1t. He has issued a safe
challenge. But am tired of this miserable
subterfuge by which 1t Is attempted to con-
fuse loyalty to the flag with loyalty to the
policy in which the flag is disguised"
[Great Democratic applause.]
Men had a right to oppose policy of
war He cited the example of Burke and
Chatham, great men who had never refused
to vote supplies for war, but who had stood
up in the House of Commons day after day
entering their protests against the war
waged against our ancestors because they
believed 1t wrong. The history of the old
world held its lesson. AS Byron had said:
First came liberty. then glory, then splen-
dor. then corruption, decay and death"
ince of government was to make the indi-
vidual happy, TO make the government
splendid and the flag glorious the people
were on the first round of the ladder in
their descent. There was glory Of the
flag In devotion to what was free. right and
just and there was a pseudo 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 re-
store peace. And when we had peace he
would have the great American republic
seas: 1--WE will stand by you until you are
able to stand alone"
Several amendments by Mr.. Lentz and
others to increase the appropriation for
rural free delivery were voted down. The
bill was then passed without division. At
$40 D. m. the House adjourned till
o'clock tomorrow.