The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-17

erclSe; that came from he application
to the affairs of modern life of the great
81 do not believe" he added. that the
character OF my Countrymen has
changed and that this people are only
to go on in career ta which they are
20 wipe out hope"
Senator Lodge urged that the resolu-
tlon be referred to the Philippine COM
mt ee. of which he is chairman. and
that If the senate saw fit to charge that
committee with the investigation OF any
question. past or present. the committee
was competent to deal with IL anu
would deal with it honestly and effec-
lively. If. however. the committee con-
templated by the resolu ion was ap-
pointed, he said. the reason for the ex-
istence of the Philippine committee
would cease.
Senator Hoar replied that all he
wanted was that there snould be
somewhere a tribunal to take evidence
oil these questions as far as practical BILE.
Senator Carrnack. OF Tennessee. while
In entire accord with the resolution
said that these matters should be
handled by the Philippine committee.
The necessity for an investigation was
apparent, he said. because there had
teen constant joint debate between
the civil and mill ary authorities in
the Philippines ever since we came into
possession OF them.
A. the conclusion of Senator Mason's
speech the senate adjourned.
House of Representatives.
The house continued the debate upon
the pension appropriation bill today and
much OF the time was devoted To- the
discussion of the proposition advanced
by Mr.. Rixey. of Virginia, yesterday TO
open the doors of the soldiers home to
aXConfederate veterans. Two no,atle
speeches were made in support of the
proposition. one by Mr.. Gardner,
Michigan republican, and the other by
Mr.. Dearmond, a Missouri democrat.
DR.. Dearmond's eloqunce aroused both
sides of the house. The republicans,
with the exception of Mr.. Gardner, took
no part in the discussion of the Rixey
suggestion. and it met with much op-
position on the democratic side on the
ground that it was utterly impractical
ble.
Mr.. Lamb. of Virginia, read number
of kilograms from prominent ex-confed-
crates of Richmond protesting against
it.
Mr.. Gardner. as an ex-union soldier,
said he synpathized with the spirit that
sought to take care of our own and
predicted that the time would come.
and at no distant day, when the homes
for disabled veterans, built and main
tained by the common government,
would be opened alike to needy soldiers
whether of the Union or the Confedera-
cy. His expression of the sentiment
that it was better to care for the desti-
tute than care for the graves of the
dead. immortal though they might be,
was greeted with a round of applause
on the democratic side. He spoke of
the better feeling engendered between
,he sec 10 by the Sp mi IN war and said
IA ha OK
listed among the people of the country
had ceased to exist as sectional differ
enceS and notice had been served on the
civilized world that in any future war
with the United States, the whole coun.
trv must be reckoned with.
Mr.. Otey, of Virginia, took issue with
his colleague (Mr. Roxey) regarding, the
method of relieving needy ex-confeder-
ates. He proposed as an alternative
proposition that the money in the treas
ury to the credit of captured and aban-,
doned confederate property be distrib-
uted 10 per cent. annually, to the con-
federate homes in the south. He de-
clared that the day would come when
moments would be erected in the ma
tional capital to Lee, jackson, Stuart
and Forrest, not as rebels but as grand
and great Americans. Mr.. Otey who
said he himself gloried in the fact that
he had been a rebel soldier, convulsed
the house repeatedly with amusing
stories illustrative of his arguments.
Mr.. Gibson, of Tennessee. a member
OF the invalid pension committee, re-
plied to some of the criticisms to which
his committee had been subjected dur
ing the debate. Speaking of the Philip
pine policy of the administration, he
said that the republicans believed in re.
tanning the archipelago and questioned
the loyalty of every American who de-
sired to relinquish them.
Mr.. Wheeler, of Kentucky, interposed
to say that he questioned not only the
loyalty. but the intelligence of any one
who would utter such a sentiment on
the floor of congress.
1T has been a favorable practice OF
the democratic party in the SOUTH re-
piled Mr.. Gibson. Ito charge every man
who loved his country with ignorance"
With some display of heat he said he
would hurl the epithet back into the
face of the gentleman from Kentucky.
Mr.. Wheeler explained that he did not
mean to change those in the south who
had followed the union flag with ignor-
ance. He had or.y meant to brand as
ignorant those w:o charged disloyalty
to men who believed It bad policy TO re
tain the Philippines.
Mr. Dearmond. of Missouri, approved
the suggestion of Mr.. Rixey, of Virgin
ia, to open the door of soldiers homes
10 eA-cOIlIeQerdIe soldiers. he tOOh Is
sue with those who had declared that
the confederate soldiers had sought to
destroy the government OF the United
States. The leaders of the lost cause,
he said. believed implicitly in the theorT
OF secession and the rank and file, not
indulging in fine spun theories. finding
that war had come. fought for their
homes and firesides. Most Of those who
had participated on both sides had pass
ed over the river and since this Sug.
gestion to allow those on the losing side
to enter the homes for the winners had
been made ii was worthy to be consid-
cred in calmness and charity.
He paid high tribute to Mr.. Rixey.
who had made the suggestion, and To
Mr.. Gardner. the Michigan republican.
who had endorsed 1t. These two men,
said he. were typical Of the better sense
and the better sentiment Of Amrican
sta Craftsmanship.
When a man like Mr.. Gardner could
rise above the petty chickering's Of today
and forgetting the animosities of the
past remember only the valor Of his
coupfryr1ap, and aynraca se1fi-