The Washington times., 1902-06-27
HOUSE PASSES THE PHILIPPINE
CIVIL GOVERNMENT Bill

Philippines as prevailed In IRELAND
under the landlord system.
The amendment was defeated.
Mr.. Perkins tRep.. n. " offered al
amendment, giving the right of appea
States. from any final order or judgment
OF the commission acquiring title Il
he lands of any religious or benevolent
association. 1t was lost.
Mr.. Jones Dem., Va) moved to re-
iuce the rate of interest on the bonds
/ to be issued Cor the purchase of the
I iriars lands in the islands from 5 tc
1 per cent. This was lost.
Mr.. Clark Replies to Mr.. Lands.
| Mr.. Clark Dem, MOI was given time
in which to make reply to the speech OF
| Mr. Lands (Rep, Ind) in which the
latter had said that when resporsibili-
| ties and duties which grew out of the
Spanish war presented themselves for
consideration the Democrats turned
| their backs and ran away.
With the exception of the exordi,:m
and eulogy OF General Funston. Mr.
Clark said, he had heard the speech
twenty times. and anyone could hear
it again By paying the price. For what
ever might be Mr. Landis' views regard
ing tariff for revenue only, his views
regarding lectures for revenue could not
be doubted. If his eulogy of Funston
was justified by facts, the next Republic
can ticket should be Freddy and Teddy,
not Teddy and Freddy.
When Mr.. Landis stated that the Dem
! al
Republicans applauded just as they
would have done had he said that Dem
ocrats were all scoundrels, and should
be drawn and quartered. He had said
then and said now that that statement
was untrue.
I'D right such a wrong wherever Civ
en-. though in the very courts of heav
en-" lApplause.l
Recurring to the charge that the Dem
ocratic party attacked the army, Mr..
Clark said that was foul slander.
There were as many Democrats as Re-
publicans who had fought in the war
with Spain, and fought as bravely-
Dewey. Schley. Wheeler, Hobson. Zap
plause.l
There was no politics in the Spanish
war, until the close, when an attempt
was made by conspiracy, the foulest
that blackens the pages of history, te
deprive Admiral Schley of the reputG-
ton he had so gloriously won. His
place was sure, however, and in his
tory he would be ranked with John Paul
Jones. Horatio Nelson. Farragut, Mary
att, and the Red Sea King
Not Original.
But Mr.. Landis. continued Mr.. Clark,
originally making his charges. They
had all been made before by General
Grosvenor If Ohio, "the father OF al
political fables" Mr.. Lands had put
OFF on divinity the responsibility for Re-
publican aggression in the PHILIPPINES,
and said he believed in God
Well said Mr.. Clark, II believe in
God myself in a modest way, and | 10
not accept the gentleman from Indiana
as one of his prophets or interpreters.
When he profeses TO represent him on
this floor | challenge his credentials.
prefer TO accept Jesus Christ as a
ye would that they should do unto you.'
ut was written" he said, . Thou
shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbour and yet the charge is con-
tinually made that the Democracy was
attacking the army. The man who re-
peated that charge" said Mr.. Clark. is
either deficient in mental requirement
or misilformed
''I car. make the statement no stronger
and keep It within the limitations of
parliam entary law. That it is repeated
shows taat it is founded upon Voltaire S
dictum, Keep on lying and some OF it
Will stick"
The democrats gave Mr.. Clark much
such an ovation as the Republicans gave
Mr.. Lands on Tuesday. interrupting
business for several minutes.
Nj -ittlefeld in the Breach.
Mr.. Littlefeld (Rep.. Me.) congratu-
lated Mr.. Clark upon having overcome
the intellectual paralysis into which he
had been jolted by Mr.. Lands. But he
suggested that he had not made good
his contention that Mr.. Lands state
ment was untrue by showing that GER
tain Democrats fought bravely In the
army. 1t was not a question of Demo-
cratic soldiers running, but of Demo- |
cratic statesmen.
In this connection. however, in the
interests of the truth of history, he de- |
sired to state that when Mr.. Lands |
had said that Immediately after the rat |
ification of the treaty of Paris. the
Democratic party in Congress had turned
It's back and run away, he was not quite |
accurate. Ten days after the ratifica-
lion of the treaty sixtyfour Democrats
in the House had voted with the Repub-
leans to appropriate 500, 900 900 TO carry
out the obligations of the treaty in that
respect. That appropriation had subse-
Iuently been described as payment for