New-York tribune., 1902-06-24
THE PHILIPPINE DEBATE,
LIVELY DISCUSSION OF CRUELTY
CHARGES

-A,rq1on June 23-Debate on the Philippine
I'll Government bill warmed up in the House to-
- and leuceforth promises to be Of much
o~, ,,o- character. The increased interest is due
-ha injection into the debate of a comparison
= +re cr1elties charged to have been practised in
% % I,,1,,-iues with those which occurred in the
Civil War.
=. IN the Philippines In of modern
- he declared had there been less brutality
"a -e-a1iatfon than in the in the Philippines
.. ,,or,ld be the verdict of history. If every
L,,e that had been said Of General Jacob H. Smith
- +r,e he could find its counterpart both
- IN the Civil War. He read a report from
rSr.I Grant TO the government telling of the
.,qeuents he had made to carry desolation
1l,ere through the Shenandoah Valley; TO
- al men under fifty years OF age as prisoners
- var. 10 destroy crops and make the valley a
- waste Before Phil Sheridan got
.,oreb he made II a barren WASTE said Mr.
-,s,,enor He then read from The Letters or
.,-su Jackson" edited by his wife. a statement
- Jackson believed the black flag should be
isas and no quarter given the best means Of
e,s-irg invasion. and saying that he had urged
.t;s nolicy on Lee He also read telegram
sor, General Reauregard urging the passage OF
"a, Cor the execution Of prisoners. BY this means
-. telegram read. England will be stirred to ac-
.ion Mr. Grosvenor said he did not read these
sh,ps 70 rekindle the embers OF sectionalism, but
- show how deplorahle war always was
.-s+e Congress- asked Mr.. Bartlett OF Georgia,
sass not Lincoln issued q proclamation to seize
s citizens Of the valley of Virginia and try them
Nv cor,-t martial, and had they not been sezed?"
az do TOT know replied Mr. Grosvenor.
.eTba+ Is history declared Mr.. Bartlett.
.1t .,a+ Is true" responded Mr. Grosvenor. 1T
.-risbes only another reason TO excuse those OF
-, soldiers who retaliated when the natives in the
philippines sneaked up and cowardly murdered
their comrades
Sa1 ,71lec Of
House and paid { high tribute 10 Speaker Hender-
sons imparJiallty
NJ Mahon. OF Pennsylvania maintained that
ba FYlfpiros were not fit for independence. Speak
,,r o. the cruelties charged against some Of the
n#cs-s and men in the Philippines he declared
-. +,ev 1r4ra not 10 be compared with the bar
bsri-ies Of the Civil War He read from off1cial
-s,o-rs tales Of the horrors suffered by the Union
r-isnne-s at Andersonville
DO not the Official figures show. interrupted
Mr. Richardson. the Democratic leader, that a
grea+er percentage OF Confederate prisoners died
:. To-+b.-r than Union prisoners in Southern
prtsons?"
az have the official figures here replied Mr.
Nahon 81 Will put them in the record he reao
- o-5e- n shoot the prisoners at Andersonvlle If
+be Union Army got within seven miles OF the
IF the North was Justly indignant eyer the
1ie Of Nebraska why should not the American
Riee7 ReoP,T igS Wbv parade the Civil War horrors
as a1 exclIse?'' Democratic appauseo II me
ADMINISTRATION was directly responsible for ne ne
atrocities alleged 10 have been committed IN & tne
Philippines the Republican party should ne swept
"Whiie the Union prisoneTs were suTIerlng I'D "a
sndersonville" interposed Mr. Richarason, 1 u5I
ror the Confederate Government nave UP e s e.
ing offer 70 exchange those prisoners oILlceL III
officer and man for man. And was not 'he p'0P
'ee aee RYt The men in Andersonville were broken
s5 sss9te6 ed eoagge fg ef abl b boded men for men who
could not perform military service fePl-e" MI
NsIps % esz again. interrupted Nj Richardson did
not more Confederate prisoners dle N ois9' 3'
prisons than Union prisoners IN s01eFh IN the rec
ord" said Mr. Mahon, -.o. NJ
IT IS true, and l can prove H. Hsei'eu MA
8 Zant the South 10 support the government
Z A pToSe: u'lI!s Hiiie "yThv DO you now seek TO
R.s5Ji RsT1ir@5 the Soufh?" democratic applause
NJ Nah0n- - only desire 10 show, as General
s5erman declared !hat war nell heed5iL,-1,,dAa u saw
that do NOT fear this assault upon our az ~.
The American people will stand hy the ooS tro ~ oF
he next House" Republican appiause( .s-
M 1r -, I1 - 5 o,nosition to the adrninistra ton's
P3fTinT3e policy other speakers were eTs MessTs
6ited Of PENNSYLVANIA: Williams, OF Illno.S
Co-ifes Of Michigan and ". W Kitchin, OF Norlh
ne night session Nj Bartlett replied - the
-e1-srl-s of General Grosvenor and MI MAJ a.
- The treatment OF Union soldiers IN
Il Assistant Secretary Of War. saying that the
condition OF the Union prisoners IN me solIn % a.
~ ~ egl5 To prove his statement that a greater
percentage Of Confederate S9iolers le9 ~
rris5rs he produced figures from Secretary ooo
oer . Te- cent died against Z25l6, or a1oul per
cent of The 27aoto Union soldiers IN Conleoera'e
Tbe other speakers at the evening session were
Nshraska5: Burnett Oeln-. ,Ala5amag: Gaines
Der TENNESSEE ana Zen9T 35o ,l,ef,1,' N IlD@na'