The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-05-20
ON THE PHILIPPINE BILL NOT
YET SETTLED
EFFORTS FOR AGREEMENT
As To when the Vote shall he AXE
Not Observation-Disclosures MeI.aurin.
OF Ai.si.sIppi. Conclude. HE
speech on This Blil-The uou.~
Ha. n Lively Time over the Phil
ippin~ and Schlcy Qu-stion.-ar.
Sims Resent. a Remark About the
Methodist War Claim.

Washington. May ls-An effort wAs
made by Senator Lodge. OF MassaChu-
settles. in the senate today TO inducc the
minority to fix =. time when = vote
might be taken on the Philippine gov
eminent bill. but Senator Dubois. Of
Idaho. speaking for the democratic side.
did not desire TO specify . date for the
vote. Assurances were given that the
minority was not seeking for delay. but
wished simply that discussion should
be before the vote was taken.
Senator McLaurin, Of Mississippi. con-
cluded his speech begun yesterday in
opposition TO the present Philippine pol
icy OF the government. which. he main
tanned, was responsible for all the ills
that had come TO the United States n
those stands AS on yesterday. he urg-
ed the abandonment OF the policy ia
the interests OF humanity and justice.
Senator DeBoe. OF Kentucky support
ed the pending measure IN n carefully
prepared speech, maintaining that the
policy outlined by Mckinley ought TO 5e
followed 10 the end. He asserted. too.
that the democrats were equally re
SISAAoADAC "AAh Aht ANR1bAA%ahS 8'E ia
results which had accrued from the
Spanish war. He was satisfied hat
peace would come quickly when the
sy~mpathizers OF Aguinaldo ceased their
attacks upon the American army and
the American dag.
House of Representative
The house had another lively day of
debate today. Philippine atrocities and
the SChley case coming in for consider
alton Tho naval ammonia tipn hin
continued to be under consideration. but
IL received little attention after the
more exciting themes OF DEBATE came
up. Mr.. Cannon, OF Illinois. and Mr..
Hepburn. of Iowa. brought on the dis
cussion by criticising the extent to-
which naval officers secured comfort
able berths ashore. This gave Mr.. Will
liams, OF Mississippi. opportunity TO
make a very sarcastic speech at the eN-
pense of Admiral Crowinshield, during
which he read i poem describing the
late head OF the bureau OF navigation
as the greatest tar that ever stayed
ashore"
In more serious vein. Mr.. Williams re-
ferred to the Sampson-Schley contro-
versey. Whatever he official conclu-
sion might be. the American people had
come to the conclusion. Mr.. Williams
said, hat Admiral Schley had had
something TO do with the battle OF
Santiago, and yet ii had happened that
the historian, McClay had written "A
history and submitted II to the great
naval authority. C~rowinshielG. declar-
ing that Schley had nothing to do with
the victory. Despite the imperial ukase
that the Schley case must be dropped.
Mr.. Williams said. the American people
were not disposed 10 be Stopped I'm pur-
suing their own conclusions. He COM
mented on the fact that the committee
on rules had buried a resolution de-
Admiral C~rowinshield had passed on he
McClay history. Reverting TO Mr..
Grows remarks yesterday. comparing
the civil war conditions with those I'm
the Philippines. Mr.. Williams declared
that as an American he hurried back the
comparison and he asserted that never
In the civil conflict had there been an
order to make a "howling Wilderness
or justifying murder and rape by SOL
diers. Had we reached the stage when
the army was greater han the nation.
asked Mr.. Williams: when the criminals
IN the army cannot be held I'D 10 eKer-
tation."
Mr.. Foss. I'm charge OF the naval bill.
at this point, read a dispatch just re-
ceiyed from the navy department say
ing that the third volume OF the Nc
Clay history dealing with the Santiago
battle, was never I'm use at the naval
academy and that there was no Dur-
pose to use II.
Mr.. Cochran, OF Missouri. and Mr..
lands. OF Indiana. discussed the reso-
buttons adopted by union veterans OF
Indiana, comparing the copper-heads Of
the present day who criticised the army
1 the Philippines with the copper-heads
Of els.
Rising TO a question OF personal privi-
iege. Mr.. Sims, OF Tennessee. resented
a remark made by Mr.. Perkins. Of Wis
consin, during the etate OF the local
gas companies consolidation bill sew
eral days ago that ne tSims) was oniy
consistent when he votes for the Meth
odist church 20 rob the treasury" Mr..
Sims reviewed the legislation for the
Methodist book concern. south. and In
dignantly ~repudiated the suggestion