Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-02

may make. II is a matter OF indtfer
ence to ne what he says. Il hoWey-
e.. he considers that in defending the
proposed policy of the administration
i'll the Philippines. it is necessary TO
refer to lynchings in this country
to justify the atrocities said to have
been perpetrated by The army in the
Philippines. it is but poor justification
20 say to those in opposition, you are
another
REPRESENTATIVE LATT,MER OF
South Car0lina-Gnder the cilcum
s:ances ii was. in my judgment. l.iGlI
~ improper for the lead of this great
naticn to indulge III political ut,e9
a1ecs.
SENATOR BERRY. Of Arkanses--
What | have to say on the suoJlcf and
| expect to have something t. saV,
VII say III the senate.
MR. SIMMONS of North Car 15lr2a =
There was more Sc .ti0nalisn ard a
stronger appeal to var pIeJnIices IL
! -He presidents speech than is any
! SIC eeh that has been acliVer&! IN tLe
senate
REPRESENTATIVE COCHRAN. oe
Of AIissouli-The most brutal
l9nohinG .t3ft ereF occurred III the
! 2ljted States occurred at l.eaven-
| WC1th. Kansas. where n@gi'J was
banned ~ tho CT Lee =, ,;t.. ,.;-h =,
reputation of 1000 1t ha"GlN DC
! { mes the president of the tinted
| States to cast reflections on The oeo-
! lie of the South. where crimes Il NJ
| q oes are Of almost daily oc5':iireEC",
"nG where white women az hdidly
safe in making neiehboThood calls
Ct. | think. with all thCsc crimes
| l0iied down to one. that nae would
| be respectable compared With ihe
Criminal attitude of the war ,lepalt-
| r.ent in its course in the Philippines.
Compared with this attitude savag.
cry seems respectable. and all
known violations of the law in ihis
country mere sensational spisOdes. If
We can find anywhere in the United
States reflection OF the highest t1le
Of civilization and chivalry We Ought
| To look for it III the white house and
=, among the advisers Of the president.
SENATOR TILLMAN. Of South Car.
olina-The president and all tAe party
Who undertake to put all these Lat
tefs before tie country as an argu-
ment that the army shuld be lett to
do its work in the Philippines and ,ht
American people sustain it, forget that
| the fiendiSh acts that are committed
in the South and Kansas, for which
negroes are burned at the stake, afe
something that we cannot help, There
is nobody but feels ashamed at them.
Roosevelt is a law unto himself, and
there is no disputing about tastes.
! don't know Why he mentioned the
lynchings at a Memorial Day eXer-
cises. The men who are buried at
Arlington fought TO free slaves.
imagine that if the dead at .ArlinS-
ton could have come to life Yesterday
lhHy would not have given the pref
dent much applause for vindicatine
and justifving what is being done in
the Philippines.
REPRESENTATIVE WHEELER. OF
kentucky--I regret President Roose
velt's references 70 the South. end al
- the political character Of his speech
n ny ooinien the occasion was IL
mal and the LANGUAGE Undgntied
Orc csir,e neye1 i1stifes anothe7
Earha.ities II Ar9ei,iea are NC eXcuet
fer Al orities abroad No sensible
American. whatgye" his political cree
MA" b.. condemns The American arr
70: individual cases Of barbarity. Tn
~ ie7 i the president o. the United
Sta1ee ie . Greet Mace ord While pat
t:es have heretofore selected candi
dates for chief ma sist"@te With q u -
largely 70 qelilica, advantaee. the,
have 10 their creGit he I said. chosei
men v.ho rose to the dignity Of rll,
great powers int:usted to them. t.,
bitter denunciotion of the South b,
President Roosevelt serves TO empha
size truth as old as histor>. th2
toe are none so malignant as al
apostate.
REPRESENTATIVE CLAYTON. o
Alabama a member Of the Dem otrati
congressional conlrnittee-It appee.
70 ne that that the president misUse'
the opportunity offered on a ve'v sol
G enln occasion TO reply to public crit
ciens made in the course Of discussion