The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-28

had no heart In she war against the In.
surgsnts and desired to return home. He
challenged the Presidents statement that
the volunteers had Willingly remained af-
ter thar terms of enlistment expired. He
read letter from Assistant Secretary of
War Meiklejohn In reply to q request for
the discharge of q soldier, denying the re-
quest and saying the department was
flooded with snoh applications. he also
read letter from a medical officer serv-
ing In the Philippines calling attention
to the frequency with which soldiers were
being ineapaoitAtsd BY sslf-infiicted
wounds aud suggesting the advisability
Of boards such rs investigate Gases Of de-
ssrtion. He also mentioned the reports
concerning the alarming frequency Of In
sanity among the soldiers.
Mr.. March Of Illinois, replied to Mr..
Lentz. He spoke with great heat. TIE
gentleman from Ohio. In the absence Of
facts q brilliant Imagination had been
drawn upon. One complaint had followed
another. hs said. until the gentleman
from Ohio had earned the sobriquet 'Ths
Great Solder"
"I DESIRE" he continued, with flushed
faoa and emphatic gestures. ito charao-
terizs his speech from bsginning to end
as q disgrace 10 the American Congress
and violation of all the deosncies OF
this House. lie has misrepresented bic
country. misquoted history and misstatsd
the position Of this side Of the house. He
has exhausted his whols vocabulary In
unjuGt and false accusation against his
country. / make these statements" said
he looking at MIR. Lentz, "upon my re-
sponsibility as a member here and as a
gentleman outside of this house. One OF
the beautiful things about the constitu-
tion." he went ON saroastioally, sis that
no man can be punished under the law
for words spoken In debate here. so the
gentleman goes scot free, notwithstand-
ing the false charges he has made"
MIR. Lentz challenged Mr.. Maron to
show the falsity of the official documents
from which he had quoted.
Mr.. March replied shat he had gone as
far as he could In his Characterization of
Mr.. Lents's remarks. Continuing he
denounced the course Of the Democratic
party which he said, In time of peace was
''HslI for war;" and In time Of war was
.'Hell for peace" He maintained that
our title TO the Philippines was as CON-
plste as was our title to Florida. If the
President should Withdraw the army
from the Philippines and allow the
Islands to pass out of our possessions, he
said, he would 10 subject to impsaoh-
ment proceedings.
Mr.. Tongue of Dragon spoke briefly Of
the record of the second Oregon, which
saw ssrvics In the Philippines. During
his remarks he alluded to Pi0kett's
charge at Gettysburg.
Mr.. johnson OF West Virginia. got a
round of applause from both sides Of the
House when he said he was the only man
on the floor who had been in that charge.
The general debate was then closed and
tine clerk began to read the bill for
amendment under the five minute rule.
Speaking to a pro forma amendment, Mr..
Steele Of Indiana, had the clerk read a
lsttsr dated San Juan, March II from W.
X. Lands, brother of Representative
Landia of Indiana expressing surprise at
the tsmpest raised in the United States
by the Porto Ricsn tariff bill. The letter