Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-21
DISCUSSING THE PHILIPPINES.
Session of the House Held Until 9:53
Last Evening"

Following Mr.. Hamiton's speech for the
| Philippine bill in the House yesterday af-
| ternoon Mr.. Patterson. a minority member
| of the insular affairs committee, addressed
| himself to the opposite side of the question.
| He followed by Mr.. Kahn, republican
of California, who concluded his remarks
for the bill at the evening session.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Patterson's re-
| marks Mr.. Hull Qowa) called up the army
appropriation bill. He offered a resolution
to disagree to all the Senate amendments
except Ii, IA and ID (relating to army posts.
AS to 10 and IA the resolution provided that
the House adhere to it's disagreement, and
to 10 it recede and agree with an amend
ment. 1t was the action of the House upon
this bill (in instructing its conferees) which
| caused the controversy with the Senate re-
garding the right to take such action.
Mr.. DalZell (Pa), one of the committee
appointed to confer with the Senate upon
the subject, explained that the parliament
tary effect of the resolution in declaring the
Houses purpose to adhere to its disagree
ment to the two amendments was to carry
it's insistence one stage further than the
adoption of the former instructions to the
cOnfereeS.
Mr. Richardson, the minority leader who
also was a member of the committee to
confer with the Senate, explained further
that the Senate had ignored the Houses re-
quest for a conference with instructions to
it's conferees. and had sent the bill back
with simple request for conference
The effect of the adoption of the resolution
would be that the House in turn ignored
the Senate, and sent the bill back with
stronger insistence upon its objection to the
Objectionable items. 1t was not sur
render, he said. Had it been SO he would
never have agreed to it. If the Senate now
agreed to a conference it would be a dis
tinct triumph for the House.
After Mr.. Kahn had concluded in the
evening Mr.. Kern Qil.) denied the right of
the United States to frame laws for the
Philippines, because in his opinion, the Fill
plnos are alien people. He criticised
President Roosevelt and charged that he
has acted in the matter without the author
ity OF Congress. except such as was con-
ferred on him by meager resolution. AT
no stage of the game" said he, has he
done Congress the honor to ask advice or
counsel" The vital question to his mind,
he said was not SO much one of good gov
eminent as it Is one of self government
There is only one man, he declared with
emphasis, in all the world who can sto,, the
war, and that man is Theodore Roosevelt.
II say to you, Theodore Roosevelt" he ex-
claimed with vehemence, that if you are
earnest in your loud declarations and want
these people to have their liberty and their
Congress. and the people will back you up
and hostilities will cease"
Mr.. Adams Pa) called attention to the
fact that only yesterday orders had gone
forward reducing to 1900 men the army in
the Philippines. which, he said. was an evil
dence of the pacific Intentions of the govern
ment. He then, under the latitude of de-
bate, entered into a defense of the Panama
canal
Mr.. Robinson CNeb) and Mr.. Small On
9:53 the House adjourned until IL o'clock
this morning.