The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-25
HAD FUN WITH CLARK
Lands OF INDIANA PLAYED WITH
THE MISSoURIAN.
HIS SUPPORT OF CLEVELAND.
GENERAL DEBATE ON PHILIPPINE
BILL CLOSES.

and Williams of mississippi for
Democrats Both Made Notable Adj
dresses and Aroused Enthusiasm
of Their Respective Sides-CIcVe-
lands Second Election the Great
est Calamity That Has BefnIIen
the Human Race since the Fall OF
Adam, Declared Champ Clark
when PrOdded by Lands.
Washington, June 24.-Two notable
speeches marked the closing of the
general debate upon the Philippine civil
government bill to-day. They were
made by Mr.. Lands, an Indiana Re-
publican. and by Mr. Williams, a Mis-
sissippi Democrat, and aroused the re-
spective sides on which they were de-
livered to a high pitch of enthusiasm.
There were big demonstrations after
each concluded. The other speakers to-
day were Messrs. Ball of Texas; Jones
of Virginia; Shafroth of Colorado. and
Crumpacker of Indiana. The latter
closed the general debate for the bill.
Mr.. Lands, during his speech, en-
gagged in a sharp passage with Mr..
Clark of Missouri. He described Mr..
Clark. after war was declared, as
charging up and down the aisle boast
ing that the Democrats had taken the
Republican party by the scruff of the
neck and dragged it into the war.
This drew from Mr. Clark chal-
lenge to Mr.. Lands to place in his
speech the names of the SIS Republi-
cans whom he described as the kickers,
and who went to President Mckinley
and threatened to vote with the demo-
Gratis to recognize the independence of
Cuba unless he sent the right kind of
message to Congress.
THAT is a felton," cried Mr.. Lands,
while Mr.. Cooper of Wisconsin, who
said he was a member of the commit
tee that waited upon President Nc
kinley, denied that any such CONVEX
sation occurred.
Mr.. Lands repeated his charge that
Mr.. Clark had boosted that the Demo-
Gratis had dragged the Republicans into
the war
That's what we did," shouted Mr..
Clark
And then when the war came with
its problems, consequences and respon-
sibilities," shouted back Mr.. Lands,
you turned your backs and ran
away"
A tremendous burst of applause from
the Republicans greeted this reply.
For fully a minute it continued I'M
checked by the presiding officer.
There is not a word of truth in that
statement" replied Mr.. Clark
Clark and Cleveland.
When Mr.. Lands referred to Mr..
Clark's former criticisms of Grover
Cleveland, Mr.. Clark corrected him
and said that the second election of
Grover Cleveland was the greatest ca
lamity that had befallen the human
race since the fall of Adam.
Didn't you vote for him?" asked Mr..
Lands.
that is one thing / expect to pray AL
mighty God to give me absolution for
on the day of judgment"
Mr. Lands gave description of the
Missouri delegation and Mr.. Clark
singing, Grover, Grover, four more
years of Grover, and Their Wen be in
clover" Recent events, he said, had
shown that the Democratic managers
were looking for a new leader. Who
was it to be? The peerless leader
apparently was about to move from a.
$4,000 to a $4,000 house and retire
from public life.
1T looks very much" asserted Mr.
Lands, "as though Grover Cleveland
is to be the man, and if he is, the
gentleman from Missouri will be again
heard in the chorus Grover, Grover
four years more of Grover. -
The Democratic Position.
Mr.. Williams of Mississippi made the
closing speech in he half of the policy
favored by the minority. He went
very exhaustively into the entire sub
Ject replying to. the arguments ad-
vanced by the ether side in support IF
the administrations policy. The Fill
Pine people, Mr.. Williams said, WIRE
willing to learn and were willing to die
for their liberties two tests which en-
titled them to government No
American but was proud of the inau-
guration of the Cuban republic. Why
would it not be wise to do for The
Filipinos what we had done for the
Cubans?
Mr. Williams said the underlying AMI
fundamental idea of the peace treaty
was that n despot has a right to sell
the independence and nationality of
people to a free republic. applause on
the Democratic side)
1.-THE time for the gentleman from
Mississippi to have thought of that was
when the treaty was up for ratif1ca-
ton" interjected Mr.. Lands.
MIR. Bryan's Mistake.
1.-The gentleman did think of IL then"
said Mr.. Williams, land the majority
of the Democrats in this country
thought of it then. The mistake of one
Democrat who was a leader then, and
is a great and honest man now, can
not be charged up for all time against
a righteous sentiment. But whether the
Democratic party was right or wrong
whether the Democratic party made a
mistake or not the question is now
and here have you right TO buy from
a despot the nationality and the indie
pendence OF a people ?"
I'm the Philippine Islands," again in
terjected Mr.. } andis, I'VE are doing ex-
actly as we ia when we annexed
Florida: we are doing exactly what we
did when we fpok { alifornia, New Mex
leo and Arizona"
Not the Same Thing.
I'VE are not dotng in the Philip
pines" continued Mr.. Williams, what
we did In Florida We did not 10 IN
Louisiana TOR any other place ever an
nexed 10 this country what
we are 'oing in thu Philip
pine Islands. Every man knows
that hitherto we have ANNEXED unset
tied areas people with "a white race. or
else people with an Indian race 40
sparseiy settled that they did not IN
ferfcre with home making IN the an
neXed territory by the sons and dauRh-
tiers ~ american people Every man
knows that this De- fhe fret time We
ever undertook ~ annex against their