The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-23
CUMMNS GREW DRAMATIC
Naughtily Shook His Fist at
 His Democratic Brethren.
Said He Hoped He Might Be Para lyzed When He Refused to vote for Protection of American
 Soldiers.

Washington, Jan. 2.-Some of the old partisan fire was injected into the pro- ceedings of, the House today when the urgent deficiency bill appropriating $SOo,- 900 for a military post at Manila, which the Democrats have been taking as text for speeches in opposition to the Philippine policy of the administration for the Last three days, was reached
 Mir. Cannon, in charge of the bill. con- fessed tht the appropriation was sub ject to a point of order and it went out In lieu thereof he offered an amendment to appropriate the same sum for shelter and protection" of the officers and en- listed men of the army on duty in the Philippines.
 This the chair held to be in order and 1t at once became the subject of a very spirited debate in which MT. Richardson the minority leader. MT. Williams (Miss.) and Mr.. DeArmond (Mo.) were pitted against the chairman of the Ap- propriations Committee.
 Partisan appeals rang out on each sioe to cheer on the respective champions anu there semed to be solid line upon each side of the political aisle. put when the vote came to be taken MT. c,ummins Dem. N. Y.) voted with the Republicans, turning angrily on his pon- tical brethren as he did so and with clinched fists in their faces crying out that he hoped he might be paralyzeo when he refused to vote to protect an American soldier. The vote on the adop- tion of the amendment stood; ayes' AS'' nays, 100. .-
 Missouri,s. Doleful Prophet. ,..we have heard these speeches before, continued MT. Watson, addressing him s,lf ta fine .othng yside. 'sWhen Wiltiaua WcEsniev. tie rentiest memory oF our dayl was President, these sasne epithets were used You remember how they hurled their maledictions at his head; how the doleful prophet from Missouri (AIr. DeArmonD prophesied unutteraole woe unless all these things should nap pen that he wanted to happen. why. the stately and mournful stanzas or Isaiah the deep and melancholy refiec- tions of Jeremiah, the sharp and ex- cIamatory maledictions of Malachi are hut as the murmurous breath as con- pared with the woe-laden and sorrow burdened prophecies of the gentleman from Missouri. Daughter and applause). .sBehold! They did not come to pass. Those clean hands of the great states
  6rinpine with the warm blood of his fel- low men. That heart which We now know to have been pure was charged with be- ing a nesting place for tyranny and hate; That breast which we now know in its aims embraced humanity and humanity's cause. was charged with being spawn ing place for oppressions breed. They did not hesitate to say that that fertile hrain which throbbed with love for all mankind was full of schemes for land rohbine for lust of empire, for greed of gain. We know that all these arrows %ero hurled at his head. These arrows were broken at his feet and left his name ,ntarnished. And now that the narrow chasm which separates us from eternity is bridged and his soul has filtered through its dark and sombre shadows, and William Mckinley stands immortal. # does seem remarkable to me that our Democratic friends should loose the tonrue of vituperation, of islander, Of aspersion, of villification in speaking of the Republican party and Of the 'boys fighting over wonder in the Philippines ,,nder inc shadow of the American flag" (Applause).
 Cost of Philippine War.
 Mir Cochran CMo.) declared that the at +.mnts to subjugate the Filipino people a1readv had cost the United States more than enough to build the Nicaragua Ca-
 I and to construct three hundred war shins 10 defend it, yet the end was not in sight. .-oo ooo
 military post at Manila was reached. half dozen Democrats, including MT. pichardson CTenn), were on their feet, hut the chair recognized Mir. Hull Rep., Towa). who raised the point of order that it was new legislation.
 Mir Cannon urged MT. Hull to let the other side make the point of order.
 "I hope the gentleman will not lecture his own side of the House." observed MT Richardson
 Tbereupon Mir. Cannon confessed the roint of order and the appropriation was
 In lien of the provision Mir. Cannon of- Fered the following amendment:
 aFor the proper shelter and protection of officers and enlisted men of the United states army on duty in the Philippines, to be expended Tn the olscretlon oI the President $5O0OOO."
 MT Richardson immediately raised the same point of order against this, con- tending that it was in effect identical with the provision ruled out, and was not a deficiency appropriation.
 Mr. Cannon argued that the amend ment was in order in that 1t was neces- sary to carry out existing law for the mointenance of the army in the Philip
 A Sharp Exchange.
 A sharp exchange followed between Mir richardson and Mir. Cannon, the former seeking to force an admission from the chairman of the Appropriations Commit fee that the purpose of the appropria- tion was to buld the army post at Manila. The discussion was drawn out for an hour at the end of which time MT. Sher- man CS. Y.) who was in the chair, over ruIed the point of order and was sus- tained by the House. 127 to 110.
 Mir Fleming (Ga.) voted with the Re- publicans to sustain the chair
 Mir. Padgett (Tenn.) then offered as an amendment to the amendment the fol- lowing: "The government Gf the United States hereby declares it's policy and pur- pose is to relinquish the sovereignty of