The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-24
HOUSE NOA-CONCURS IN SENATE
AMENDMENT.
CIVIL GOVERNMENT BILL
For the Philippines Takes mp Most
of the Days Time-The Conference
to-IEnores Action of senate on
the Army Appropriation Bill No
business OF Consequence In Sem
ate Except Di.po.ing of the Mill
tnrS academy Appropriation Bill.

tary Academy appropriation Btrr.
Washington, June 2e.-No. business Of
was transacted in the sen
ate today In open session. excep. IN
agree TO a conference report finally dis
posing OF the military academy appro-
priation bill. So after the disposition of
routine business, the senate went into
executive session and adjourned until
Monday.
A bill appropriating So. 600 for a mon
ument at Fredericksburg, Va, TO Cen
eral Hugh Mercer, a proposition which
was authorized by congress in April
1''S, was discussed. Mr.. GaIlinger. of
New Hampshire, and Mr.. Platt. OF Con-
necticut, urged that there were other
revolutionary heroes whc ought to be
honored with monuments, and Mr..
Cockrell, Of Missouri, registered his op-
position 10 the bill and all similar
measures. The bill vent over on OBJ
lection of Mr.. Warren, CT Wyoming.
House of Representatives.
Debate upon the Philippine civil gov
IA SoIlllIluGu today IN the
mouse from IL a. m. 70 ) D.. m, and q
session was held tonight.
The speakers were given close atten-
tlon, each side enthusiastically applaud
ing Its respective orators. Mir. Jones,
or virginia, the ranking minority men,
Der of the inSular affairs committee
concluded his speech begun yesterday.
Inc other speakers were Messrs. Ham
llton, OF Michigan and Kahn, of Califor-
MIA for the bill and Mr.. Patterson, Of
tennessee, against it. Mr.. Kahn's
speech was largely an interesting per-
sonal narrative of his experience in the
Philippines last summer.
The isthmian canal bill was sent to
conference after the selI1te amendment
had been ~non-concurred in. The house
reiterated the position it had taken
upon n army appropriation bill by
ignoring the action OF the senate and
sending the bill back to the upper
house, after voting to adhere to its dis
agreement to the Objectionable army
post amendments.
Mr.. Jones, discussing the Philippine
bill, argued that under the provisions
of the bill, the Friar lands which the
government was to purchase, would find
their way into the hands of corpora
tons. He declared thar, in his opin-
ion, it WOuld be better for the Filipino
people to live under the present rule
than to have imposed upon them the
civil government proposed by the pend
ing measure which would enable that
civil government to dispose of all the
valuable franchises IN the islands, to
strip the forests of tn .ir timber and to
sell the agricultural lands to corpora
tons and s~yndicateS. Mr.. Jones de-
voted considerable time to the discus
sion Of the ability of The Filipino people
for self government.
He referred to the statement issued
by Secretary Root yesterday giving
$170, 900, 900 as the totai cost to the Unit
ed States Of our control Of the Philip
pines. He said hat in making up the
account he had no doubt the secretary
of war, (the rankest partisan Of them alb
a excluded every possible item in Or
der to reduce the amount to a minimum.
But even the astute secretary Of war,
he laid, had furnished nc estimate of
the blood u possession Of the island
had cost. He thought fully loo, 900 Fill
pinoS had persisted, directly or indirect
ly, as a result of the war waged against
them and that $1,000 American lives
had been lost or wrecked. Mr.. Jones,
took up the charges made against Cen
eral Smith and Major Waller of cruelty
in Samar.
Why is it," he asked, addressing the
other side of the CHAMBER, that you
criticise n court martial Schley, but
you will not touch a nair in the head of
those who have confessed to participant
ing in these diabolical outrages? WHY
criticise an officer of tie navy, and re-
/ fuse to listen to criticism of an officer
of the army?'
ct is the indiscrimlnate criticism OF
the army that we protest against in
terjected Mr.. Steele, OF Indiana.
There has been no sue indiscrimi-
nate criticism" answered. Mr.. Williams,
| of Illinois.
1T has been a recital Of specific
| cases."
1T is not the soldiers who should be
| held up to execratior declared Mr..
Jones, but those who ordered sue out
RACES and those towards VINO seek to
smother Them
Mr.. Jones was warmly congratulated
by his party colleagues rs he closed his
| speech.
At the evening session, Mr.. Kahn de-
scribed in detail some OF the cruelties
inflicted by Filipinos on American
troops. He made a vigorous defense
of the army.
Mr.. Robinson. democrat, of Nebraska,
n Mr.. Small. of North Carolina, both
opposed the Philippine bill.
The house adjourned until II O'Clock