Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-20
WARM DEBATE N HOUSE
Congressman Jones and Hamil-
ton Speak on the Philippine
Government Bill.
Former Opposes Measure and
Criticizes the Policy OF the
Administration.
Hamilton Makes q Strong Speech
and Flags the Opposition
Soundly.

Washington, June 20.-The senate
today agreed to the conference repor
On the military academy bill, finally
6isposing of that measure.
The house committee on Interstate
and foreign commerce today decided
that the isthmian canal bill, which
passed the senate yesterday. go to con
ference without preliminary furthe,
reference to the committee or consider
alton in the house.
Consideration of the Philippine civil
government bill was resumed in the
house today, Jones, of Virginia, resum-
ing speech begun yesterday.
Jones urged that under the provisions
of the bill the friar lands which the
government waste purchase would find
their way into the hands of corpora
lions. He declared that, in his opinion,
it would be better for Filipino people to
live under the present hybrid rule than
to have imposed upon them the civil
government TO dispose of all valuable
franchises in the islands, to strip the
forests of their timber and to sell the
agricultural lands to corporations and
sydicates. Jones devoted considerable
time to discussion of the question of
the ability of the Filipino people for all
government.
He quoted Professor Schurman,
president of the first commission, to
the effect that the Filipino people de-
sired independence, We're entitled &c it.
III a1,,ae
end were entitled to self-governmcnt.
Jones referred to the statement issued
by Secretary Root Yesterday, giving
S1T0,000,000 as the total cost of the
United States of our control of the
Philippines. He said in making tip the
account he had no doubt the secretary
was the "Rabbidest partisan of them
ALL" and had excluded every possible
item in order to reduce the amount tc
the minimum. But even the astute
secretary, he said, had furnished no es-
innate of the blood our possession OF the
islands had cost. He thought fully
100000 Filipinos had persisted dire .tly
or indirectly as result of the war
waged against them and that 10000
American lives had ben lost OF
wrecked.
Jones took up the charges male
against Gen. Smith and Major Waller
of cruelty in Samar.
''Why is it?' he asked addressing
the other side of the chamber, that
you criticize the court martial of
Sehley. but will not touch hair Of
the head of those who have confessed
to participating in these diabolical OUT
rages? Why criticize an officer OF the
navy and refuse to listen to criticisms
of an officer of the army?"
ct is ipdiscriminate criticism of the
army that we protest against, inter-
jected Steele, of Indiana.
"There has been no such indiscrimin-
ate criticism" answered Williams, of
Illinois 1T has been recital of spe-
cific cases"
TT is not the soldiers who should
be held up to eXecration," declared
Tones, but those who ordered such
outrages and those towards who seek
to smother Them"
Jones was warmly congratulated by
his party colleagues as he closed his
speech.
Hamilton, of Michigan, followed with
n set speech in support of the bill. At
ter referring to the democratic denun-
citation of McKinley's "Imperialistio
Policy" Hamilton said: Now that he |
Is dead. / venture the prediction it |
will not be long before the gentlemen |
on the other side will have appropri- |
ated his memory to their own uses and |
will have his picture among their own
stage properties, will be quoting his |
as apples of gold and pic- |
lures of silver, even as they are APP
the utterances of Abra-
ham Lincoln" Verify the successor, I
and assigns of those who stoned the !
prophets now burn incense to their
and garnish the sepulchers OF
the righteous.
We seldom do men justice until af
ter they are dead Then we make
up for the mean lies we tell of them
while the are living by the good liea
we tell of them after they are dead.
AT the end of the campaign of 1900
The old populistic banner, marked i'm
perialism and 16 to 1, partly obliter-
ated, which had been carried by the
procession Of discomfort, with outriders
'f necromancers soothsayers, sword
'wallowers, serpentine dancers and ex
1erts In curbstone discussion was
Jumped in the scrap heap of Intellectual
political experiment. but is being fished
,ut and refurnished now for further
political use, minus the 16 to l."