Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-02-06
House Democrats Still Attack
ing the Philippine Policy.
Sibley, Penn, Announces that He May
Be Counted with Republicans.
senator Cahrey Would Have The Philippines
Turned Loose at Once.

;
/ was a notable effort. repletc with
unique epigrams ana attracted mucf
/ attention. 10 Republican spoke in de-
fcnse Of the administrator policy
today.
Mr. Sibley of Pennsylvania. who was
| elected aS Democrat, but who made
speech. last week. defending cxpan-
sion. was goadcd. today. into the an
n"urccment that the Democrats could
consider Ills seat cunstructiveIy On the
Republican side. Before tn. debate be-
gan. an effort was made tD pass a bill
| looking 70 the appointment Of an eX-
pert commission to examine into tho
question If poIlutinE of the water sup
ply uf cities. but II was defeated. The
Chiragp members considered that il
was aimed specially at the Chicago
drainage canal.
This was suspension day in the
House ana HartholIt. No. was recog-
niz"d 10 move thr passage under 4 sus-
prni"n If the SI!rs of bill appropria- =
ting $4o6cp fnr the appointment Of an
expert scientific commission To- investi-
gate the alleged pollution of rivers
which threaten the water supply IL
more than On" state. The bill was de-
ira''d = = %.
Harthulit. in advocating the passage
" the bin. opened with some general
remarks about the necessity of protect
ing jhc water supply NJ large cities.
Cannon, I'LL. opposed the BILL Cannon
Saii he doubted whether ii Was nece--
sary u make thu investigation lit All.
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I'M. foririti.. III, r...l-,. i,,-...tie-,,i,r,- ,,f
tbjs cb.ra,,ar E,rtbnid, inyi.t.I i
would b. better 1, have this ,mrstion
investigated by an impartial. ,n-part-
lS1r commission. Hepburn. la.. also
70 IL ihIS View. JOY. Mo, Spbk" lH
laN"f ~ thr mi. The bill was defeat
"i. Ayes. 90. noes, -.
Robinson. Ind., asked unanimous con-
sent I" submit a brief "ulG%N uf Gen.
laWt"n. who's" remains now lie at Fort
Wayne. MS old home. II" paid glow
ing tribute t. Gen. LdWtnn'S patriotic
C2rctr.
LinneY. n G.. submitted the report in
the Evans-Turner contested election
case from the 9Th Kentucky district
IN favor of Turner.
Hit. Ill, then called up the diplo-
matte and consular appropriation bill.
1t was impossible To reach an agree
m"nt limiting the debate as several
members indicated a purpose To dis
cuSs foreign questions III general. Hit
SAld ne expected the foreign discussion
- take wide range and before this
began ne summarized the provisions Of
NJ Dill
iDIii7iiio' INiN'' '"til odlie" at'eitIoii
INK n - ~ t'9i i"'9'i'tia III
" III 1T ooufll! II coil'elli lieu' rs
Sdii tlle JuiisulCtloh over matters Is
latlng 70 CuDa. which was not United
States territory had been transferred I
from the foreign affairs to the insullr |
This was deliberately made |
for the purpose of giving color to our |
retention Of control there and ultimate |
" of absorbing Cuba He mad ALWAYS |
hoped that some day Cuba would be |
part of the United States. but would |
never favor annexation under such |
conditions as surrounded the anneXa-
lion OF the Hawaiian Islands. Speaking |
Of Our duty in tho Philippinps DinS- /
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MOI S'lu ne ""ulu PioCidllii liii'S"i-
ately to the people in arms against us |
hat II was not our nurnosa to ocnrira
'''' - "'.7 i'V' 0.lt pu' Po9e ~ 81 I''i
o5rfnaheHt sovereignty nut 10 oller our
friendly aid to set up a stable govern
mon, ..v-bo,, s,ob ,r,,.o,.,,,,,a,,+ boI
~
oeeh estapIiSheu' ne SAID we shoulu
from the islands" Demo
'idtlc dpplduSe'
Proceeding, he inveighed against i'm
)erialism in eloquent terms He went
nto tba history of III negotiations
With Aguinaldo in an attempt to prove
b,t III Io+tor u,da,sto,5 tb,+ s,Ircace
liz ,'',,"u iii. III,
igalnSt the SpanlardS would mean I'D
rty and independence for the Filiplnos