The age-herald., 1900-02-06
CLARK OF MISSOURI
 ENTERTAINS HOUSE

Washington February 1.-The democrats eff the house continued their assaults UP n the Philippine policy of the administration | during the general debate uPcn the D. Tomc;4c and consular appropriation ltd to- | day. Two speeches were made by demo-
 cratic members os the foreign affairs con- | m1.tee, MT. Dinsnore of Arka1,sas and | Mr. Chano Clark e Missouri, orQes9. g | the retention of uae islands. The speech or MT. Clark, which lasted almost two hours,
 was a notable effolt, replete with unique | ep5grams, and attraated mutl attenl9n. | No republican spoke in defense of ,tle ad- ! minlstration poticy today.
 iMr. S1aGey of Pennsylvania, N'lo WAS e.eol.ed as a democrat, but who made a | speech Last week defending expclsion, was | Goaded today into tho announcemtL9. t-~6 | the democrats could consider his seat con- | structavely on the republican, sLcte. Be- ] fore the debate began an effeLt was made | to pass a tia looking to the af'oointGneri- 1 of an expert commission to examine into
 tle question of the pollution e. t..e water supply of cities, but 1t was dtieated. The Chicago members considered ulat 1t Was a. med especially at the Chicago diain- ge | canal.
 Champ q rl<s Roass MT. Clark of Missouri, member of the | foreign affairs committee, spoke aga clst the Philippine policy of the adniniz,ra ion. 1 Mir. Clark, in his characteristic way, laid | down the following propositions "A man is not q traitor because he is | opposed to doug those things winch jeoq- ardize the lie of the republic. An American is not a pessmis. because | he is unwl-ing to .1Gs country adopt as | a settled policy the political principles of a | Caesar Napoleon.
 In r1a D1ar of rrfttr inir fta Amcitoan flag, like the mantle of charity, | Rtll be made to cover nJulaytude of sins. 'I d.ink far more of the liberties of my | children Ilan of all the trade of al Jle l cath.
 "Oh, I would like to leave .hem both rich
 and free; GU. of the two, I would rather | leave them free-free tlo hator. free to work 1 out their own destiny; free to sympatLZe
 With ard help all pei3ple struggling for Mo- | cry anywhere and everywhere. l would | net give the life of cne honest, moral, polst l tca1ly courageous American w,h1se boy in | exchange for all the Filpinos Who now | live or may five in ehe archipelago tills | sde of the great resurrection 6ay. Believing firmly that the annexation of tr:'e Philippines. either ty force CT their consent will in the end prove dangerous, pe,Llaps rutTous to our government of the people, by the people and for the people, am dead against it HOW ard for ai Gime." Notwithstanding, President Mckinley at , Eb.tlcn, ten days alter tle peace treaty was ratified said the Ph.ipp:le question wQs | now with congress; that congress was the conscience and judgment of the country and the executive and nct the legsla,sive department of the government was deter mining the question.
 Congress had fallen so low that 1t was now simply register for the VIII of t:e executive department.
 If we took the Fil.pinos into partnership the knell of the American republic was
 sounded. "As a private citizen.' said he,
 q wish the president long life and pros
 perity As a politician, l hope his death is
 set for nigh noon, March 1, 19OO." Demo
 cratic applause) He would sacrifice as
 much for his country as any man, but
 William Mckinley was not the country.
 Raised Laugh
 MT. Clark raised laugh by his reference
 to the treaty made by General Bates upon
 behalf of the United States with the sultan
 of Sulu. "DemocraItS and the republicans,'
 he said, thad joined in putting B. H. Rob-
 erts out of the house because he had three
 wives" He asked the republicans to join
 with them in keeping out of the house a
 sultan with 300 wives. This diSting guished sultan gets $50 a month and the keeper of
 his harem $75 per month. If this keeps
 on, the time will come when no republican official will be properly equipped without
 harem and a keeper of harem.'
 Daughter and appause).
 
 Mr. Clark said he was not opposed to ex-
 pansfon. He was today in favor cf taking
 every foot of ille British possessions Tn
 North America. This utterance evoked
 democratic applause. He predicted that
 Great Britain spreading herself over the
 globe in her alstempt to throttle the re- public of South Africa was to cake the first step upon that dismal fatrl that am nations had trod before q believe in the begin ming of the end of Great BTitatn, said he,
 'iand l say God gragyt it.
 MT. Clark spoke almost two hours After he had concluded Mir Sibaey, Of Pexsnsyl- vanfa, callei down upon himself the wrath of the Missouri democrats by reading a letter from a former democratic member of the hedlse from Missouri, who supported the Chicago platform,' endorsing his speech of few days ago. He drew round of applause from tine republicans by teQling the democrats that hereafter they could consider his seat constructively on the re- publican side.
 MT. Cochran of Missouri replied to MT. Sibley in warm five1mllute speech. Then at 5:10 D. m the house adjourned.