The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-29


 sibley (Pa.) created something of sen sation in the House today during the general debate on the agricultural appro- priation bill by severely denouncing Gen eral Jacob H. Smith for the orders ne issued in the Samar campaign. He declared that General Smith was dis grace to the uniform he wore. and ex- pressed the hope that the President would strip him of his uniform within forty eight hours.
 MT. Sibley's speech was enthusiastical- ly applauded by the Democrats and was received with some evidence of approval on the Republican side. The speech was considered the most remarkable in that it came from a Republican who left the Democratic party on the issues raised py the Spanish war and who since had been an ardent expansionist. Mir. Williams (Dem., Miss.) endorsed what Mir. Sibley had said.
 This was District of Columbia day in the House under the rules, but the regu- lar order was postponed until Monday next in order that the House might pro- ceed with the consideration of the agri- cultural bill. The naval appropriation bill was reported and the House then re- stunned the consideration of the agricul- turai appropriation bill.
 Defense of Funston.
 MT. Custis (Kan.) made a brief. but fervent defense of General Funston against the criticism to which he had ben subjected.
 "The people of Kansas" he began, "are | proud of the brave and daring record or gallant Fred Funston Applause on the Republican side.) He has ben criticised | here for an act which for daring of con | ception and execution ranks with the greatest feats of arms-he captured the new George Washington-Aguinal If another had accomplished what Gen | eral Fusion did" he said, "the deed would have made him their candidate Tor | President. He called attention to the fact that ms | promotion had been recommended py l General Wheaton and General MAC | Arthur. both soldiers of the CIVIL War soldiers who knew more of war and the rules of war than all the politicians in | this country combined.
 | And his commission" he added, was signcd by the greatest President we havs ever had--by the soldier, statesman ano martyr. William Mckinley. tApplanse.j
 MT. Freeley Gils), submitted some re. | marks in support of the conteneton iha, the laws of neutrality were being V'oia.ee | by this government in allowing the snip | ment of mules and horses to Soutr 1 Africa for use by the Br1tish III the wal | against the Boer republics
 l He said that public sentiment in the l Tinted States favored the cause or the | Boers. and insisted that neither secretly | nor openIy should our government ehteh" aid to the British. MT. Feeley and MT | Gillette lMass.) clashed upon the ihter | pretation of that portion Of the treaty ol war in which bound the United States | and England as to what constitutes "@' materials. ,,,,h . bitter denunciation of Generai 'aco"
 Assault on Smith.
 He said he had been an expansionist and defended the policy of the admins | tration in the acquisition or the fniip, pines. Duty and honor he said Justineu our position there. The welfare or the | nation demanded that we command the | archipeIago which stands as gateway tu the oriental world. He then conciudeh' | .yvben I have heard the statements ,,..de tbat we are cruel in the conduct of that war. 1 have thought perhaps the | nsrtisan was speaking But when read .s have within the past forty-elgh' | hours that General wearing the uhi' l form of the army of the United states | who stands under the shadow or our nag | issues orders. not to conciiiate prov ince. but to leave 1t howIinG Wiloer'
 ness. and to kill all above 10 years oi age. then 1t seems to me that humanity
 nnst have marched backward for eigh- | teen centuries and that Herod again ap' | hears. I have read of Timour. the Tar | far. I have read of Achilles; l have reac of the Saracen scourge, but thank Eoo | that since the tragic scene on Cavalry II
 has taken eighteen centuries to produce | a Smith I have read of the water cure
 | believe that was exaggerated. Car
 can man whose blood pounds Tn ma
 pulses. any man who has read his Biol'
 or who has been reared at the knee Of I Christian woman. justify the perpetratior l of such crueltes upon another man wh' wears the guise and the image or ms
 Creator? And yet we hear this man at
 tempting to justify his acts by whicf
 men are pumped so full Of water as t'
 nearly drown them and then brought bacf
 to life by pounding them on the stomach
 with the butts of muskets. That Is mol
 civilization, that is hot Christianizing tho
 world.
 Demands Smiths Dismissal.
 "I am thankful that these are sporadic
 cases. Against that. as man who be-
 longs, l hope, not alone to the Repubn
 can ranks. but the whole brotherhood o
 man, the wide world around I want tho
 members of this House on this side o
 the chamber and that, to voice their pro
 test against all such measures. tAp
 plause). 1 hope the President of th'
 United States will have the courage, upor
 what the man admits, to discharge hin
 dishonorably from the service that he ha: disgraced. AppLause). He admits tha he issued the order to leave the province
 a bowling waste and a wilderness. and tt
 kill all above 10 years of age the inno
 cent with the guilty. That man nevel
 ought to be permitted to stay in the ser
 vice of the United States until the SUI
 goes down. He is a disgrace not alon'
 to the party but to every man who eVel
 wore the uniform of the United states
 and he is a blot and disgrace to our pres l ent civilization. l care not how adroitI
 his lawyers may frame their plea or how , subtle be their reasoning, the fact ad
 mitted by his own mouth that he issued | such orders is sufficient for the hope lthat there is the courage and the patriot
 ism and humanity and the Christianity , | at the other end of the avenue that Wil | not let him wear the Federal uniform | tWenty-four hours henCe'