The Washington times., 1902-01-23

! appropriation 1Or q permanent army posi-
near Manila. Mr.. Livingston had said tina.
it was only for temporary shelter. He
(Mr. Livingston evidently had not read
! the Secretary's letter. Mr.. Fitzgerald
I said and he asked sarca stically whether
the committee acted upon its own initia-
| tive, or upon the recommendation of the
heads of departments. The Democrats
| vigorously applauded the point, and Mr..
Livingston was declared out of the race
| by his own party.
MIR. Fleming WOrsted.
Mr.. Fleming (Dem.. Ga.) then jumped
| into the fight and crossed swords in YER
bal combat with Mr.. De Almond. who, as
usual, came off victorious, while for his
| pains Mr.. Fleming got nothing but de-
rision from his fellow Democrats and
scant applause from the Republican mem
bers. Mr.. Fleming was opposed to the
amendment, opposed to the army post,
but he contended that in deciding the
point of order the chairman was not sup
posed 10 know what the expenditure was
to be used for. He thought the Chair.
if he decided that the amendment was
in order, should be sustained. He could
rise above partisanship in such matters.
Mr.. De Almond taunted him with rushing
to the aid of his political enemies and
sustaining point OF order which upheld
position which he admitted he did not
support.
Mr.. De Almonds Sally.
Mr.. Fleming declared that he was as
good a Democrat as Mr.. Dc Armond; that
his Democracy could not be impugned He
would oppose the amendment, but he
would also support the decision of the
chairman, whatever it might be- He said
that where he had differed with the gen.
tieman from Missouri on parliamentary
questions he had been sustained by the
House.
This led Mr.. DeArmond, amid the ap-
plause of the Democrats, to state that
Mr.. Fleming had upon such occasions
voted with the Republicans, while ne De
ArmonD had been supported by his party
colleagues.
No Constitution for FiIipinOs.
Mr.. Williams Dem, Miss) closed the
debate on the amendment in a brief
speech, in which he, too, fell upon Mr.
Fleming for allowing himself to be made
the lawyer for the Republicans in the
support Of a policy with which he did
not agree" He also took Mr. Cannon to
task for having declared that the Con-
stitution accompanied the flag He asked
Mr.. Cannon to point out one single pro-
vision of the Constitution-the right of
trial by jury, OF representation, of
habeas corpus. or any OF the liberties
guarsr teed in the Bill of Rights-which
had been extended over the Philippine
Islands.
sustained by Party Vote,
The chairman then ruled that under the
provisions OF the Spooner amendment the
item appropriating $500, 900 to be placed
in the hands of the President to provide
shelter for the soldiers tn the Philippines
was in order. This was Mr.. Cannon's
amendment. Mr.. Richardson appealed
from the decision, but the Chair was sus-
tained by strictly party vote 127 TO 10, |
Mr.. Fleming alone OF the Democrats yot-
ing TO sustain the Chair.
Three Sharp Objections.
When Mr.. Padgett's resolution declaring
the purpose OF the United States to be Il
grant the Philippines their independence |
was offered, Mr.. Cannon objected on the |
ground that it was not germane-that |
1t changes existing laws, and third, that II |
is idiotic." Laughter on the Republican |
side
The amendment was lost.
Mr.. DeArmond then offered an amend |
mittee Mr. Cannon's amendment to in |
sert the word temporary" making the |
provision read: For temporary shelter |
and protection of the soldiers in the Phil
ippines."
He said he supposed. Of course, that as
Mr. Cannon had not declared the money
was for permanent army post, he in
tended it to be temporary; the word tenn
porary was doubtlessly inadvertently left
out.
Debate ArOnses House.
Mr.. DeArmond endeayored to induce
Mr.. Cannon to admit that he really and
honestly intended the appropriation for
the establishment Of permanent army
post He kept the Illinois member jump
ing and lodging very lively, endeavorins
to eyade his questions upon this subject,
and the brilliant sallies and sparkling
repartee which passed between the two
men greatly amused the House. Mr.. Do
Armond kept his opponent swiftly on the
run, but the willy chairman OF the Appro-
priations Committee was successful i'll
getting under cover without having given
Mr.. DeArmond a direct answer t. his
questions. Mr.. DeArmonds amendment
was lost.
President Given Free Hand.
Mr.. Richardson Dem., TENN moved an
amendment directing the President to
make a detailed report Of the manner
in which the appropriation was expended.
This led to an argument respecting the
OF the Constitution to the
needs of the Philippine Islands, which
Mr. Cannon closed by remarking that the
was strong enough and fex
ibIe enough to enable two million men for
four years to save the Union, and 1t had
a much smaller Job in the Philippines.
THE bloody shirt" shouted member.
Mr. Richardson's amendment was lost,
80 to 127.
The original amendment was then
agreed to, 123 TO 100.
On the vote, Mr.. Cummings (Dem., n.
" and Mr.. Taylor tpem., Ala.) voted
with the Republicans. Some OF Cum
mings neighbors called to him to sit
down, when he turned TO them trembling
with passion and shaking his fist said: If
refuse TO vote 10 protect an American
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