New-York tribune., 1901-02-21
REPUBLICANS AROUSED.
cuaRGFs BY LENTZ RAISE A TEMPEST
IN THE HOUSE
,r1rrATIONs OF BRUTALITY IN THE
pHIIIPPINES DRAW SHARP RE-
RI-KEs AID LEAD To sENsA-
TIONAL EPISODES

,be last of the great appropriation bills. Mr.
,entz. an Ohio Democrat. who has violently at
,scxed the Administration and was defeated at
she last election furnished the sensations Of the
5av Speaking 10 a pro forma amendment. he
Rad read a paragraph from a Columbus. Ohio.
newspaper. reporting the death Of Charles Ly-
land Territorial Judge of New Mexico. who
mas Al one time a member or the Ohio Legis-
lsture and who, the newspaper said. voted for
nr Hanna for United States Senator. Mr..
Ientz charged that judicial place had been
Given 70 Mr. Lyland in return for his vote for
Mr.. Hanna.
Ar steele. of Indiana. made the point Of order
that Mr. Lentz was not speaking 10 the subject
pnder consideration, but jumping on a
sead man"
Il am not jumping a dead man." replied
Nr Ientz but on a who is so alive that
be will ride down Pennsylvania ave. with the
Sresident one week from Monday
4 do not know Nir. Lyland." interposed Mr.
rannon enphatically. but I do know the gen
tleman from Ohio. Brave men fight the living:
ghouls ravish the tomhs Of the dead That is
an have 10 say" CRepublican applauseD
Mr. Grosvenor attempted 10 secure oppor-
tunity 10 reply TO Mr. Lentz, but Mr.. Lentz oh
,acted unless twenty minutes were allowed on a
side.
IT is not possible that my colleague viii in
sst upon his objection" said Mr.. Grosvenor.
'He made an attack upon dead man. and
desire FIVE minutes 10 reply"
y did not make an attack upon dead man.
replied Mr. Lcntz. 4 made expose Of liv-
ing man / have the proof here If you desire TO
open up the subject"
FALsEHOOD SAYS Mr.. GROSVENOR.
Augered by Mr.. Lentz's refusal 10 allow him
10 be heard. Mr.. Grosvenor. with flushed face
4 ~.na -R,. Mr. had
been guilty Of a malicious falsehood. And ne
knows it, added Mr. Grosvenor.
few minutes afterward Mr.. Lentz proposed
that Mr Grosvenor have fifteen minutes and
he Gentz) ten minutes. "Oh. I object" called
out Mr.. Cannon. If gentlemen desire 20 wash
their dirty linen they should hire hall"
OLaughter)
Another sensational episode occurred when the
paragraph providing that not over $50 should
be paid for the apprehension of a deserter from
the Army was reached. This paragraph was
seized upon by Mr.. Lentz base from which
70 attack what he said was going on in the
Philippines. and which. he said. disguised the
soldiers there that they deserted He declared
that reports were coming from the Philippines
% the effect that soldiers killing prisoners.
and ne said he knew Of a letter received
ny the father Of soldier in the Philippines
telling how native had been buried alive by
his osptors and then beheaded. II that the
sort OF civilization that was being carried into
the Philippines. Mr.. Lentz declared that II
would take 81 600 prevent soldiers from de-
serting. Again and again he shouted that they
were justified in deserting.
Mr. Lentzs remarks aroused the House 20
fever pitch Mr. Graham, of Pennsylvania.
challenged Mr. Lentz 20 produce the letter he
had referred to. He said he thought il existed
only in the imagination of the gentleman from
Ohio Mr.. Lentz declared that the letter could
not he produced without getting the boy into
trouble.
WOULD BE SHOT IN PHILIPPINES
Mr. Cannon in impressive tones declared that
man who would rise I'm his place in the Ameri-
can Congress and advise men who had enlisted
under the American hag to desert might he safe
here; bur II he should say the same things I'm
the Philippines he would he tried by drumhesd
court martial and shot. This statement brought
forth round of applause from the Republican
side
But Mr. Lentz returned 70 tho assault. He
read q newspaper account of a letter alleged 20
have been received by the father of soldier.
saving that the soldiers were ordered TO shoot
every man and beast they found. Mr.. Lentz de-
clsred that ~ could not he ''hrowbeaten.' II
such orders had been issued, ne said, this Con
gress collectively should he ashamed To face
The world He charged that soldiers were guilty
o. murder. and said that the time had come
when the country was entitled 10 know the facts.
End not 10 rely on censored press"
Mr.. Cannon said the gentleman lashing
himself into a passion. while the men he SIAN
dered we're busy I'm the performance of their
duty. Mr.. Cannon said that in his lifetime he
had heard more eloquent men than the gentle
man from Ohio encourage desertion. When the
life of the Nation was az stake" said he, men
al the North stood behind the firing line
and encouraged desertion. 7 leave the gentle
man 70 the contempt Of an Indignant people,
concluded Mr. Cannon amid Whirlwnd Of ap
rlause he took his seat
Was the gentleman on the firing line?" cried
Mr. Lentz
IT matters not where I was" retorted Mr..
cannon. jumping 10 his feet Il not dis
loyal then. and. what rs more important, 7
not disloyal now" Renewed Republican ap-
plauseD
Mr.. Mahon. of Pennsylvania challenged Mr
Lentz 10 bring in resolution asking the Secre-
tary of War whether such orders as he had
such an inouirv, he said would show tbat the
report of them was falsehood.
ENCOURAGING DEsERTIoNs.
I have heard such speeches as the gentleman
delivered before" he continued. They are but
revamp OF the Copperhead speeches from
lsol 10 60 The Copperhead charge5 every crime
IN the calendar Ia the Union soldiers The boys
IN ihe Philippines are deserting because YOU
'heourage them 10 desert. and the man who
encourages them Is worse than the deserter
curing the Rebellion ! thought IL eight thou
saHo of ten Thousand Of the COpperheads had
nssh shot We would not have been troubled
with desertion Some Of those men stI live
shank God, very few; iApplauseD There are
nVhe m my State Neither the people nor the
piess ~ my State would be paid 20 make such
asIses as the gentleman has made am not
surprised that the good people II Ohio left YOU
a, honne-not because YOU charged that the