Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-31

THE HOUSE.

The House after passing a bill to author
lie the construction of dam across the
Mississippi river between Coon Rapids and
the northern limits of the city of Mime
apolis proceeded to the consideration of
the foi tiffcations appropriation bill. 1t was
agreed that general debate upon the meas
ure should not exceed two and one-half
hours.
Mr., Hemenway Qnd9. in charge of the
bill. explained It's provisions 1t carries
s7.oats.4ss being 81 95. 40 less than the es-
Inmates He said the reductions in the es-
Inmates had been made. because il had been
demonstrated that the government could
manufacture its own guns cheaper than ii
could buy them. and the appropriations
would be sufficient TO keep our gun fac
tories at work eight hours a day for the
ensuing year. The government, he said
manufactured twelve-inch guns cheaper by
Sln,oaD than they could be purchased, and
ten-inch guns $500 cheaper
Mr. Status (0htnl. under the latitude al
lowed in general debate followed with an
hours speech on general political topics
m" tariff, expansion and southern election
laws.
Replies to Ti1lman.
In the course of his remarks Mr. Shat
tuc denounced the inconsistency of south
ern statesmen In demanding that the ma
lives in our insular possessions be given all
the immunities of American citizenship
While they were using all their ingenuity
70 rob The southern negroes Of the con-
stJutional rights conferred upon them. He
took as his text an extract from a recent
speech of Senator TilIman of South Caro-
lima.
This distinguished southern senator"
said he. while pleading for the people in
lhr fhilppines. who are by comparison 80
pr cent less capable of self government
shan are any of our people: while claiming
Tor them alleged constitutional rights;
"-nIe claiming that they have no right to
o" governed without their consent is al
the same time admitting and boasting Of It,
too, IN the face of the government itself
mat he sanctions the oppression of our
own people. who under our Constitution
nave The same rights exactly as they have
themselves
" Would you shoot a poor Filipino into
S.'DmiSSlon. ne asks Would YOU force
them TO become citizens of the United
states? he queries. No, Not if every per-
son in the Philippine Islands should petit
lion to become citizens. if they were to
receive the same inhuman treatment. after
submitting and after becoming citizens of
the United States, that millions of our peo-
pie who are citizens now receive in the
south al the hands of the democratic party
IN shooting submission into them and fore
Ing them to give up their (politicaD Citizen
ship applause on the republican side.)
III You want TO learn how the consent of
I'VE SoSsTned Is obtained In a larger field
right here at home. just read the reports of
the contested election cases which come I'M
mere annually from the southern states
Why. sir. they vote men down there who
have been dead for five years. They stun
ballot boxes. They bulldoze and they adopt
any measure and go TO every extreme 10
larcomplish their purpose
( SO. Mr. Speaker. knowing ali these facts
as 1 know them. / do not attach any i'm
portance whatever to the Inconsistent aryu
hehls OF These constitutional expounders or
70 the sympathy racket of the opposition"
Increased Cost of Governments.
Nj Richardson. the minority leader. chal-
tenged some Of Mr.. Shuttuc's statements
relative to the advantage which the latter
claimed accrued TO the country from the
passage Of the Dingiey Law.
Proceeding, Mr.. Richardson contrasted the
appropriations Immediately preceding the
Spanish war with those during and subse-
quent TO IL. eontendipg that the latter ex-
ceeded the former by $500. OO0. 900 annually.
That sum-, said he, represents the cost
OF the empire over the cost of the republic"
Does not the gentleman concede that
much OF the exDeuse for the COMING uaar