The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-21
THE WORKOf CONGRESS-
URGENT DEFICIENCY APPRO-
 PRIATIoN BILL.
Establishment of Military Post in Manila and Entertainment of Prince Henry Cause Live
 Discussion.

| Washington, Jan. 20.-The time of tho | House was occupied today on the urgent deficiency appropriation bill. An item 1T
 the bill carrying $500.00) for military
 post at Manila precipitated a long debate | in which some of the able debators or
 both sides of the House took part. A
 semi- humorous speech by MT. Clark tMo.) ellcited a reply from Mir Cannon Qll) | which, in turn, drew the fire of MT. De-
 Armond (Mo). Others who participated
 were MT. Richardson (Tenn.), Mir. Gros- | venor (Ohio), MT. Alexander tN. YO, MT. Grow (Pa), Mir. Williams Qll) and MT.
 Underwood (Ala).
 The House, immediately after 1t met | today, went into Committee of the whole, | and entered upon the consideration or the
 urgency deficiency appropriation Dill, | which was reported to the House on Sat- | urday.
 MT. Cannon said that the emergency
 appropriation of $4O0O0 for the State De- partment was for the entertainment or Prince Henry of Germany. He said that | it was proper for a great nation to pro- vide proper entertainments for the rep | resentatives of a great people beyond the sea which has given us so much of | our bone and brawn and brain" General | applause).
 | MT. hSTH, WHO was III CHdi Se oi thS measure, explained that the bill provided | for the Government service for the cur rent fiscal year where existing appropria- tions were not sufficient. The bill car ries S16, 704, 130. He answered many 1n- | quiries about various items in the bill MT. Richardson, the Democratic leader, pressed MT. Cannon to know under what I law it was proposed to appropriate s5OO- GOO for a permanent military post at Ma nila.
 The chairman of the Appropriations Committee replied that there was no spe- cial law to establish such a military post, | but whether under the general organiza- tion of the army in the field such an ap- propriation was in order it would remain for the chairman of the committee to de- termine when the appropriation was reached.
 How much of s1,376,S31. which it is proposed to appropriate under the War Department. is to go to the Philippines?" MT. Richardson asked.
 'Only this $500 900 Is to go to the Phil- ippines direct" replied MT. Cannon.
 .He thought it as wise to have a per- manent army post at Manila as to have one at any other place in this country"
 MT. Cannon called attention to the fact that the word permanent did not ap- pear in the bill before the military post.
 "Is it not within the power of the gen. eral commanding the Philippines to es- tablish a post at Manila as military necessity" asked MT. Cummings (N. K.).
 "In my opinion" responded MT. Can non, "he not only has the power, but 1t is his duty to establish a military post there. The United States is in the Phil ippines; the army Is there. Treaty ob- legations send us there: the law send us there, and, in my judgment. we will be there forever and a day"
 Concerning the item of s220,000 for rural free delivery service. MT. Cannon ex- plained that it was not deticinecy ap- propriation properly speaking, but one to provide for 1,SO0 additional routes before the expiration of the fiscal year.
 To Entertain the Prince.
 When pressed for an explanation as to the reason for the proposed appropriation of $i0,O0O for the emergency fund for the State Department, MT. Cannon admitted that it was for the entertainment of Prince Henry of Germany
 My understanding" said he lis that the Emperor of Germany addressed let ter to the President of the United States informing him that his brother, Prince Henry was about to visit the unitedStates and was especially charged with mes sage of congra tulation and good will to lnc ptOpIe Ol lH0 OIlI0o hC President conceived 1t to be his duty as the head of a great nation, properly to receive and entertain the representa- tive of another great nation. Precedent for his course existed in the case of the entertainment of Princess Eulalie in 1893 From every standpoint l believe it is ap- propriate and proper that there should be suitable entertainment of the repre- sentative of a great people beyond the sea who have given us so much of our bone and brawn and brain." General applause.)
 MT. Livingston (Ga.), the ranking minGrity member of the Appropriations Committee, did not think the pending bill should be criticized.
 MT. Clark (Mo.) wanted to know who was going to pay the expenses of the extraordinary aggregation of talent con- sisting of Whitelaw Reid, Captain Clark, General Wilson, Young Pierpont Morgan and young Wetmore." who were to be despa tened to London to see His sacred majesty, King Edward VII' crowned. We were to pay the expenses of Prince Henry's visit, said MT. Clark, and it was a poor rule that did not work both ways. If it was right and proper to pay for the entertainment of Prince Henry, why should not England pay the expenses of Reid, Clark and the others? He said he was 'teetotally opposed" to paying a cent under that head. But he was glad to entertain Prince Henry, because it would give the "lie" to the impression certain Anglo-maniacs were trying to foster that we were in league with Eng land against Germany.
 Increase in Expenditures.
 MT. Clark also indulged in some general comments on the vast increase in gov ernmental expenditure, which had grown, he said, from $1.52 per capita in 1860 to SIP per capita last year. He insisted that if these "riotous government expen- ditures' went on the republic would top pie over of it's own weight. He charac- terzide MT. Cannon's claim that We held on to the Philippines for forever and a day as a most idiotic and melancholy declaration. Holding on to the Phiilp- pines, he said already cost the United States $3OO0OO,OO0 and was now costing at the rate of Sl2.00O0O0 a month
 MT. Cannon twtted Mir. Clark with hav- ing voted for the S5,000O0O appropriation Tor the St. Louis Exposition. Taking up MT. Clark's statement that the per capita cost of the Government had increased from Sl5O in 1860, to SIP In 1900, MT. Can non said 1t was absurd to compare the situation then and now. As an evidence of the changed conditions, he pointed out that pensions and other things growing out of the Civil War had cost nine thous and millions. Proceeding Mir Cannon de- clared himself the friend of tba Consti+,,