Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-06-24
A WARM TIME
IN THE HOUSE
Earnest Speeches Were Made Today for and
Against the Philippine Government
Measure.
TURNED BACKS & RAN AWAY
That Is What Congressman Lands Said the Democrats
Old After They Had Forced This Nation Into a War
With SpaIn-Rspuhlcaa Cheers Rang Out
for Fully a Minute.

Washington, June 24-Some routine
business was transacted by the house
today prior to the resumption of the
debate on the Philippine civil govern
ment bill. Bills were passed to estab-
lish SUPPORT of entry at Naco, Ariz.,
and to authorize the director of the
census to compile the statistics re-
garding irrigation. Ball of Texas, was
the first speaker on the Philippine CIV
II government bill today, and it was a
general onslaught on the Republican
policy. Taking Pecksniff as his text,
he charged the president and the ad-
ministration with hypocrisy If the
president would dissolve the firm of
"Havemeyer, Root, Wood, Thurber and
Company, and strike a blow at the
house Cuban reciprocity bill, he said
the bill would pass the senate by the
aid of solid Democratic vote in "a
hours The responsibility for the fail
ure to do our duty by Cuba he insis-
ted, rested on the president. Turning
to the question of trusts, he also charg-
ed the administration with hypocrisy
on that subject. What is you remedy
for trusts?" asked Littlefield of Maine.
ITO place all the trusts made products
on free list" responded Ball. ITO
deny the trusts the power of interstate
transportation and to use of the mails
and to inaugurate an administration,
which will resort to the penal statutes
and not injunctons in the prosecution
of the trusts
In regards to charging the Democrats
with assailing the army in the Philip
pines, Ball charged that the Republi-
cans were hypercritica1. "Like hyenas"
said he, "you go down into the grave
to slander the armies Of the south and |
of the north, to try to make the Amer |
leans believe that the soldiers of both |
armies were guilty of that sort of afro |
cities that occurred in the Philippines |
I denounce your statements as calum- |
nies, and ISLANDERS on both the armies" |
Lands, then made an earnest speech |
in support of the policy for retaining
the Philippine islands. The Democrats |
urged on war with Spain and they
helped to ratify the treaty which gave
the Philippines to the United States. |
Lands engaged in sharp passage |
with Clark of Missouri, and he de- |
scribed Clark, after the war was de-
clared, as charging up and down the |
aisle boasting that the Democrats had
taken the Republican party by the
scruff of the neck and dragged it into
the war This drew from Clark a chal-
enge to Lands, to place in his speech
the names of the IS Republicans whom
he described as kickers and who, he
said, went to President Mckinley and
threatened to vote with the Democrats
10 recognize the independence of Cuba,
unless he sent the right kind of mes
sage to congress "That is fiction"
cried Lands, while Cooper Of Wiscon-
sin, who said he was a member of the
committee that waited upon President
Mckinley, denied that any such con-
yersation had ever occurred On the
ne Sd1u, the committee tOlu
he president that they We're willing to
abide by the decision of the administra-
ton
Landis repeated the statement that
Clark had boasted that the Democrats
had dragged the Republicans into the
war THAT is what he did," shouted
Clark, and then when the war came
with it's problems, consequences and
flashed back Lands,
You turned your back and ran away"
A tremendous burst of applause greet
ID this reply. For fully minute it
continued unchecked by the presiding
officer. There is not a word of truth
n that statement retorted Clark,
when the applause had died away.
aAnd that is not ALL" returned Lands,
They not only turned their backs and
ran away, but they are running yet"
Renewed Republican applause) "That
statement is not true either" cried
Clark.