Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-06-24
PHILIPPINE DEBATE
Congressman Bitter in
Their Remarks.
They Are Generally Rampant
in Peace.
Port Of Entry Established at Town Ct
Naco, Arizona,
DEATH OF ANDREW SMITH.

Washington, June 24.-Some routine
business was transacted in the house
today prior to resumption of the de-
bate on the Philippine civil govern
ment bill. The bills passed establish
SUPPORT of entry at Naco, Ariz., and
to authorize the director of the census
to compile statistics regarding irriga-
tion.
Mr. Ball, of Texas, was the first
speaker on the Philippine civil gov
ernment bill today in the general on
slaught on the republican policy. TAX
ing Pecksniff as his text, he charged
the president and the administration
with hypocrisy. If the president would
dissolve the firm of "Havemeyer, Root,
Wood, Thurber & Co." and strike a
blow at the sugar trust by agreeing to
accept the house Cuban reciprocity
bill, he said the bill would pass the
senate by the aid of the solid demo-
cratic vote in twenty-four hours. Re-
sponsibilitiy for failure to do our duty
by Cuba, he insisted, rested on the
president. Turning to the question of
trusts he also charged the administra-
tion with hypocrisy on that subject.
What is your remedy for trusts?"
asked Mr.. Littlefield, of Maine.
ITO place all the trust made prod
ucts on the free list" responded Mr..
Ball. TO deny the trusts the power
to interstate transportation and use of
the mails and inaugurate an admins
tration which viii resort to penal stat
utes and not injunctions in prosecu-
tion OF trusts"
In charging the democrats with
assailing the army in the Philippines,
Mr. Ball charged the republicans with
hypocrisy. Like hyenas," said he.
you go down into the grave to SIAN
der the armies of the south and of the
north to try to make the Americans be-
lieve that the soldiers of both armies
were guilty of the sort of atrocities
that occurred in the Philippines. de-
nounce your statements as calumnies
and ISLANDERS on both armies"
Mr.. Lands made an earnest speech
in support OF the policy OF retaining
the Philippine islands. The democrats
urged on the war with Spain and they
helped to ratify the treaty which gave
the Philippines TO the United States.
Mr. Landis engaged in a sharp pas
sage with Mr. Clark, of Missouri. He
described Clark, after 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
a war. This drew from Mr.. Clark a
challenge to Mr.. lands to place In
his speech the names of eighty-fve re-
publicans whom he described as kick
ers, and who, he said, went to Presi-
dent Mckinley and threatened to vote
with the democrats to recognize the
independence of Cuba unless he sent
the right kind of message to congress.
"That is fiction" cried Mr.. Lands.
while Mr.. Cooper, of Wisconsin, who
said he was a member of the commit
tee that waited upon President McKin-
ley, denied that any such conversation
ever occurred On the contrary, he
said, that the committee told the presi-
dent they were willing to abide by the
decision of the administration
Mr.. lands repeated his statement
that Clark had boasted that the demo
Gratis had dragged the republicans into
war. That's what we did" shouted
Mr. Clark.
"And then when the war came with
this problem of consequences and re-
sponsibilites, - flashed back Mr.. Ian
dis, you turned your backs and ran
away"
A tremendous burst of applause
/ greeted this reply, which for fully a
minute continued unchecked by the
presiding officer There is not a word
of truth in that statement" retorted
Mr.. Clark, when the applause died
away.
and that is not all" retorted Mr.
Lands. They not only turned their
backs and ran away, but they are run
ming yet" (Renewed republican ap-
plause.) THAT statement is not true,
either" cried Mr.. Clark.