Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-27
THE PHILIPPINE. BILL
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Passed by tHbb House Last
Night.
THE VOTE was al TO 81
PARTY D1v1s1fd WITH nxcnr-
TON OF MCCALL, REPUBLICAN.
Minority Substitute Looking to Ulti-
mate Independence of the Island
Defeated, 90 to 136.

Defeated, 90 to 1873.
At the end of a nine hour session and of
debate lasting night and day for week,
the House, at 8 o'clock last night, passed
the Philippine civil government bill prac-
tically as it came from the committee. 1t
was a party vote-141 to 97-with the ex-
ception Of MFR. Mccall Of Massachusetts,,
who voted with the democrats.
The minority substitute for the establish
ment of temporary government in the is
lands and their permanent independence as
soon as a stable government could be es-
tablished was defeated-95 to 1876.
The debate during the day was at times
of lively character. The democrats Of
Tered a multitude of amendments, but all
were voted down, including one offered by
Mr.. Patterson of Tennessee to prohibit
slavery or involuntary servitude in the is
lands. The greatest interest attached to
an amendment offered by Mr.. Mccall
(Mass.) to the end Of the bill to declare the
policy of the United States to be to de-
velop the capacity Of the Filipinos for self
government and pledging the faith Of the
United States to grant them self-govern-
ment. He supported the amendment in an
eloquent speech, and the democrats chal-
lenged their political adversaries to declare
their future policy.
Mr.. Grosvenor Of Ohio and Mr. Cooper
of Wisconsin said 1t would be Enwise to
mortgage the future by making such dec
laration now, and the latter quoted Cover
nor Taft as saying that such promise
now would tend to prevent the pacifcation
of the islands. The amendment was lost
50 to 128. 1t was strict party vote, except
for Mr.. Mccall and Mr.. Littlefield of Maine
who voted with the democrats for the
amendment.
Voting on Amendments.
Mr.. Jones' Wa) amendment to reduce
the rate Of interest was disposed Of first,
by being defeated.
Mr.. Cochran (Mo.) moved to limit the
amount Of land to be purchased by a sin
gle individual to sixty-five hectares (about
$50 acres). He urged the amendment, he
safd to prevent land MONOPOLY The amend
ment was lost.
Mr.. Sulzer offered an amendment to hold
In trust the lands purchased of the friars
for homesteads for thE natives. but the
MI. Clark cMo5 pref Pitated i a III lively de-
bate at this point. SRtaking to a pro lorna
amendment he replied to the remarks made
by Mr.. Lands Qnd9 few days ago. He
ridicued Mr.. Lands glowing eulogy of Cen
Funston. IF Funssdn gas the great hero
the gentleman from Indiana made him out
to be-, said Mr.. Clarke the ticket nomi-
mated by the next REPUBLICAN convention
and ndD1 Fre ID :'s''S WDt eooy' not iea'y
Clark Replies to Lands.
Mr.. Clark suggested that possibly the rea-
son why the President had squelched Funs-
ton was because the green-eyed monster
was preying upon his .inards.'' He reiter-
ated his denunciation of Mr.. Lands state
ment that the democrats after dragging
the republicans into tie Spanish war. had
run away demon cfYfp iffa1 statennent az a
foul SANDER. AS many. democrats, he said
had fought in the Spanish war as republic
cans. The statement that the democrats
had run away he said was not even origi-
nal with Mr. Lands. 1t had been stolen
bodily from Mr.. Grosvenor.~
Mr. Clark Indignantly denied that the
democrats had assaiied the army, and con-
Guided by saying that the republicans evil
IDENTIFY believed in Voltaire's dictum, Keep
on lying and some of it will stick
Democrats Hiss Littlefeld.
Mr. Littlefield (Maine), In reply to Mr.
Clark, insisted that Mr.. Landis,, charge
that the democrats had run away was true
He said it was no answer to assert that
some democrats had achieved glory in the
war. 1t was democratic statesmen he was
speaking of. But, he said, he desired to do
justice to the democrats. They did not ali
start to run away. When 1t came to the
appropriation of $40, 900 600 to carry out the
provisions of the Paris treaty, which demo-
Gratis since had said was for the purchase
of 100000 people at 81 head, sixty-four
democrats voted for the appropriation.
'Was not Mr.. Reed of Maine the author
Of that statement about the purchase Of
people at 81 a head?" asked Mr.. Shackle-
ford (Me.).
1T does not make any difference who
democrats adopted it," Q4aughter)
Did not the ratification of the treaty
place the United States under obligation le-
gal and moral to pay 2o,0oo,o0O to- Spain?"
asked Mr.. Cooper (Texas).
Just as it places upon the United States
today the obligation which you now seek to
evade,' responded Mr.. Littiefeld. 1T don't
do to answer by eulogizing Winfield Scott
Schley. who made a loop and escaped dan
GER
This statement was met with storm of
Kisses from the democratic side. In con-
clusion Mr.. Littlefield pointed out that the
bill, although 1t did not go as far as he
would have wished in the direction of ex--
tending the bill Of rights. proposed to
change the military tor civil administration
and to his mind should receive the support
of both sides of the House.
Mr.. DeArmond Responds.
Mr.. DeArmend (Mo) responded to Mr..
Littlefield in an exceedingly ironical speech.
Mr.. Littlefield, he said, reiterated the
charge that the democrats had run away,
but he furnished not a single specification
anu having no was not put
to the trouble of Offering anything in sup
port Of them. The democrats. he said,
stood today where they had always stood.
They contended that this republic had no
right under the Constitution or in the light
Of history to force an alien rule upon an
alien people and establish on the other side
of the world a colonial empire.
Mr.. DeArmond said hes could not believe
that Mr.. Littlefeld had meant what he
said about Schley.oL"for,' said he, "he
slandered an American hero when he did
it." E.gzzrt --.s-sr@l .as.
The Coinage Section.
There was considsfabfs. debate over the
coinage section MI hill lConn.) offered
an amendment for ifhe Introduction of the
pines. 1t was lost, together with all other
amendments to, the IsesttOn.
Mr.. Patterson (Teaa9 offered an amend