The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-01

Washington. March 21.-The house
TODAY finished a hard weeks work by
uay5ng the fortifcations appropriation
bH1 Not a single amendments was Of
fsrcd and the bill passed as it came
from the committee. 1t carries 1893, -
ass
A three hours political debate was
preripilated by a general political
speech made by Mr.. Shattusk of Ohio,
many members on both sides being
drawn into it.
Mr.. Shdttuck denounced the incon-
aistenCy Of southern states men in de-
handing that the natives in our insular
possessions be given all the ir1munities
Of American citizenship while they
were using all their ingenuity 10 rob
the southern negroes of the constitu-
uonal rights conferred upon them. He
took for his text an extract from a re-
cent speech Of Senator Tillman of
South Carolina.
This distinguished southern SEN
ator." said he. while pleading for the
people in the Philippines, who are by
comparison so per cent less capable Of
self--overnment than are any Of our
legged constitutional rights, while claim
ing that they have no night TO be gov
cruad without their consent, IS at the
same time admitting and boasting of
It too. i'm the face of the government
itself that he sanctions the oppression
Of our reOple, who under our cOnSti
tuition have the same rights exactly as
they have themselves.
Co-so,,+ % +ba Govay7,ad
If YOU want to learn how the con-
sent of the governed is obtained in
larger field. right here at home, just
read the reports Of the contested cleo
tiol cases which come up here annually
from the southern states. Why sir,
they vote men down there who have
been dead for five years. They stuff
ballot boxes. They hulldOze and they
adopt any measure and go to every eX-
IRENE to accomplish their purpose.
so. Mr.. Speaker, knowing all these
facts as / know them. [ do not attach
any importance whatever to the incOn-
sistent arguments of this constitution
al eXpOunder or to the sympathy
racket Of the opposition"
Mr.. Richardson, the minority leader,
challenged some Of MI Shattuck's
statements relative to the advantage
which the latter claimed accrued to the
country from the passage of the Ding
ley law MIR. Richardson contrasted the
appropriations Immediately preceding
the Spanish war with those during and
subsequent to il. contending that the
latter exceeded the former by $500 00O,-
600 annually That sum-" said he.
represents the cost Of the empire over
the cost Of the republic"
Grows Out of Empire.
Does not the gentleman concede
that much Of the expense for the COM
ing year grows out of the Instruction
ir the Philippines" asked Mr.. Hem
cuWav.
Il Co." replied Mr.. Richardson. but
the -nsuTrectiOn grows out of the en-
uIra"
Mr. Hemenway replied 10 Mr.. Rich
ari77n He said he was surprised to
hear the Democratic leader denOunc-
in4. excessive expenditures. The Demo-
Gratis had shouted for war. he said, be-
fore it was declared. now they were de-
nouucinE the expenses the war en-
tailed Mr. Hemenway challenged the
other side 10 point out a single item
of extravaganza in any of the apprO-
priI-iUu bills.
Iu reply To this challenge. Mr.. Fitz-
gerald MassD and Mr. Jett Gll) cited
the promotion and immediate retire
msD- Of high officers in the army. Mr..
IymoUWay offered the record of the
soldiers - retired in justification.
Replying to Mr.. Richardson's asser-
t0n that the interests of the wool
growers had been disastrOusly affected
by the Dingley law, Mr.. Hemenway
said no one ever had TO explain WHY
everything went up under the Wilson
law.