The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27
MIR. CARNAGE.
 CONCLUDES Rasps Present Philippine
 Policy.
 ~ -- THE SLAUGHTER IN SAMAR Gen. Smiths Order a Disgrace to Civilization. Hopes Administration Will Turn. From "the Bloody Gospel of the Strenuous Life" to the Paths
 of Peace. E
THE SLAUGHTER IN SAMAR

Washington. April 2s.-Mr. Carmack of Tennessee, in the Senate today completed The speech on the Philippine Government bill which he began yesterday. He con- tinued his exceedingly caustic considera- ton of the commissions policy and the ultimate end to which 1t would lead, con cluding by expressing the hope that the administration would turn from the bloody gospel of the strenuous life to the paths of peace. The. earlier portion of the session was devoted to routine business. ' Mir. Jones (Nev), chairman of the Com mittee on Contingent Expenses, reported fnvorably the resolution of the Commit tee on Relations with Cuba, providing for an investigation by that committee of the alleged control of the Cuban sugar crop and sugar lands in Cuba
 Mir. Teller. who had introduced the res olution, said 1t was not what he wanted entirely and was not what he thought ought to be passed.
 Mir. Teller said he desired to deny that he had ever said that the Colorado sugar producers were willing to have the duty tsken off sugar and he made this state ment in view of such remarks having been attributed to him by witness oe- fore the ways and means committed Ihe resolution was adopted without further comment.
 resolution offered by Mir. Proctor Vt) WAS, passed directing the Secretary Of War to send the Senate statement or the number of disappearing gun car ridges under contract, list Of the pias for tho construction of such carriages, the
 rs,. are mounted, and where it is propossdyto mount those under constructions The resoution was adopted, .lsT
 Chinese Exclusion Bill .s,
 Mfr. Platt (Conn) presented q conference report on the Chinese exclusion bill, ask ing that the Senate disagree to the report and insist upon further conference. ffe explained that the only point Of diner- cnce between the conferces of the Senate and the House was that the House con ferees asked the Senate conferees to elim' frate from the substitute passed by the Senate that portion which provides that the present Chinese exclusion law be ex- tended through tho life of the present treaty and remain in force until another treaty shall have been negotiated.
 Mir PIatts motion that the Senate In tist unou it's amendment and agree to another conference was agreed to.
 Messrs. PIstt Connl. Dillingham; tNfo and Clay ViaD were nemed as confcrees on the part of the Senate.
 The olemargarine bill as agreed to by the House WAS laid before the Senate, but went over until the amendments as agreed to could he printed.
 MT. Pritchard fN. co addressed the Sem ate in support of the bill for tho purchase of a national forest reserve in the South ern Appala mountains.
 At tn, conclusion of the morning busi- nees. sIr. Carmack resumed his speech on the Philippine Government bill
 He read Professor Schurmans criticism of the bill to show that Professor Schur- man believed that the Philippine Gov ernment should be administered for the FJlipinos By the terms of tho pending bill he said, the islands were for the Filipinos as the pasture was for the sheep-they lived and browsed there in orde- to raise wool for others so wear end mutton for. others to eat.
 Carpet Bag Government
 ''If the csrpet-bag government you pro- pose to established in the Philippines. he cried. ''is not thousand times bet ter than that which you established in your own country after the civil war Lord God. have mercy upon the people or those islands
 MT. Carmack referred to the cabled ret ports from Manila that General Smith
  to make Samar a bowling wilderness and to kill all over ten as horrible beyond the description of words. The program, be said. was to practice unheard of bar hsrities in the slaughter of the inhabi- tants and to have the torch complete the work of slaughter.
 When the land is without a home and the country without people, the word 'pacj0ed will be written upon the tomb tha nF
 stone of the province of Samar
 From the very outbreak of hostilities hecn a systematic concealment of the truth which was now coming out It was now known. he said, that 1eo.000 people had perished in q single province containing 300.000 inhabitants and yet the people of the United States knew nothing of it until recently The civil govern ment established by this bill, he pre- dicted. would result in recurring insur- rections to be put down by our blood and treasure What for? In order that a few rapscallions and carpet baggers might have unlimited license to thieve and plUnder
 In the course of his remarks he called attention to d report that an American corporation which proposed to raise rub her trees in Mindanao had arranged wlth the Dattos for slave labor, and he had read an amendment he proposed to offer prohibiting the grant of any franchise to persons or corporations which proposed tn employ slave labor He asked Mir. Lodge if the amendment would be agreeable to him.
 Agreeable to Lodge.
 q cannot speak for the committee" replied MT. Lodge For myself. it is perfectly agreeable to me"
 He also gave notice of another amend-
 fn ha of the Philippines States into tho I-nion and asked for Mir. Lodges opin- ion hut the latter declined to reply catexoricslv. saving he would answer fin his n7n time in his own way.
 But Mir Deliver Uowsl asked Mir, Car mack to defnc his oNn position. having fret InveiFhed sEsinst holding the islands in perpetual defr0tism and being now