Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-07-11
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The gentleman from Indiana undertakes
snoye ths whole Philippine business
on on destiny That has been the plea OF
s avsIs h .annss Snd freeh9oter ainde she
o. JUNCTION. th9t he believes In God. It
would be very Interesting to know wheth-
or God believes IN him He says be be-
Aeves In God, ! am glad to hear 1t, be-
cause nobody would have thought that
they perform, When he asserted that he
believed in God. he intended to Imply
that all those who differ with him are
without God In the world. II Ia very
cruel Of the gentleman to act that way.
Shakespeare says,
''oh, 1t ia excellent
TO have q giants strength. but It is
10 use It like giant
And submit % him that Is "a unfair to
shut the gates Of mercy on mankind ]
have believed In God myself. in o humble
way ever since Can recollect. but de-
cline 70 accept toe gentleman from Ind
ana either as bis prophet or his inter-
bile Credentials when be undertakes 70
pose "a the mquthpiece Of God on this
door. would rather tale Jesus Christ
AZ the exponent Of God, and he enunoi-
ated the Golden Rule, 200 unto others as
you would have others % unto you.''
WAAAlAN Nv uAOSS d6SUT6Cly are OO& QOln8
70 the Flipinos It 70 written. .Thou
shalt not bear false witness against thy
naighhoRs
Any man who asserts that the Demo-
Gratis have attacked the American ormy Is
either uncandid or misinformed That is
o. strong as can draw It here and keep
would make It decidedly more emphatic
and Take the consequences. II Is aston
fishing what pen Will do when they ere
In holes trying to fight out For
instance. the other day when the gentle-
man from Alabama (Mr. Claytonl and
some others were opposing tho PROPOSE
diets 70 appoint. the distinguished gentle
manFfpom Pittaburg GMr. Dalzelll shouted.
Down with the army!" And the gentle
man from lndiana tGoyernor steelel. like
great poll parrot, repeated, Down with
the armyr I have no doubt u the other
ways and means committee Inv. Payne
Of New York; had been IN his place that
he would have s,elled, down with the
armyt"
It would not be surprising for tough.
hoodlum or q eans culotte to do thing
sylvania lMr Dalselll degrades his great
intellect and imperils his high standing
by 50 doing.
l have not said anything about the
army. good, bad or Indifferent. AS 1t
happens, have not talked about II. and
trying to shield myself that no man. do
not care how ingenious he Is. Gan bring
evidence to show that the Democrats
have attacked the army, and to say they
attack the army because certain Demo-
crats criticise certain sporadic cases Of
the conduct OF certain soldiers which
seem improper-and some OF them have
been court martialed-and to say that
thereby they are criticising the army
would BIO just as truthful as to say that
the grand jury which indicts. that the
petit Jury which tries the prosecuting
who prestdes at the trial are making war
on organized society because they at some
time prosecuted persons who infracted
the law.
But this false cry about abusing the
army reached the reductio ad absus,dum
preposterouA, when the chairman Of the
committee on military affairs OF this
house INF. HULL the president Of tho
Philippine Hardwood company. said that
because some members were opposing
On amendment which the senate had
fighting tho army, when the truth 10 that
we simply followed the lead OF the ctaip-
man Of the committee on appgopriat 1ons,
the Hon. Joseph g. Cannon Of Illinois
ono of the ablest Republicans in the land
Because we cannot get the economy that
house the Democrats. being In the minor
tty, frequently follow the lead Of Mr..
Cannon Sometimes Uncle Joe's" white
plume leads to victory, as did the white
plume of Henry of Navarro; sometimes
to defeat, end sometimes to dog fall, as
Of the committee ON military affairs.
Now. Mr.. Chairman. I would like to
have made this speech. or ono like 1t. the
other day, dunn opus fervet. when the
thing was hot. but the gentleman from
Indiana dragged my name In. made state
wanted to reply. said. Get time on your
own side" when he knew full well that all
the time on the Democratic side Of tho
house had been already parceled out and
allotted to other Democrats. He has per-
haps learned by this time that he made
nothing by his disconrtesy. I couldn't get
ct him then, but have got at him now.
He laughs best who laughs last Evi-
IDENTIFY the Republicans think. or they
would not keep ut It, that this talk about
thN Democrats being opposed to the Amer
lean army VIII win some votes It may
It may DO "a good enough Morgan" until
after the election, but the cry Is false
and It is founded on voltaires 9ictum.
"Keep on lying and Bome Of Il Will
stick
The fight was between Mr.. Lands
and myself. but Hon. Charles r Lit
tlef1eM rushed into o combat with
which be was in no way concerned
and took up the cudgel for Lands, pre-
sumably because he did not deem Ian
die equal to the occasion.
LttlefieId Attacks echsey.
In pranoed Littlefeld Of Maine, one
Of the Republican big InJuns, with a
great flourish Of tomahawk. and in
less time than It takes to tell 1t he had
fallen, a Ia the late unfortunate Mr..
McGhty, to the bottom Of the coal
hole. This mighty man from Maine
proceeded to jump on that great naval
hero. Admiral Schley, who won the as
founding victory of Santiago. Little.
Geld said inter AHA, .And it does not
answer TO say that Winfield Scott
Schley, although be mode loop and
escaped danger. fought IN the war and
acquired glory The Democrats on
the floor and tho people In the gallery
were in rage and Missed Littlefeld
30 vigorously as to drown out even his
stentorlan voice. Most of the Repub-
lean members were in their seats, and
rs not one Of them opened his mouth
N defense Of Schley It must be &C.
cepted that they one and all Endorsed |
Littlefeld's characterization Of Schley |
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