The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-24
SECTIONAL FLAG
 WAVED IN HOUSE Philippine Debate ReVVes HOr-
 TOTS of Civil War SOUTH WARMLY DEFENDED
Richardson Offers to Prove That More Confederates Died In Union Pris- ons Than Union Soldiers Died
 In Confederate Prisons.

Washington, June 23.-Debate on the civil government bill warmed up in the house today and henceforth promises to be of a much livesser character. The in- creased interest is due to the injection into the debate of a comparison of cruel ties charged to have been practiced in the Philippines with those which oc- cured during the civil war. The sub ject has been lightly touched upon once or twice before, but attracted little at- tention until Mir. Grosvenor, Ohio today revived the memory of the extremties to which Grant and Jackson were put during the rebellion. This was follow ed late in the day by a speech from MT. Mahon. Pennsylvania, in which he parad- ed the horrors of 'Andersonville and Lib- bey prisons. He predicted that in the coming election $the American people would stand by tae boys in Blue
 MT. Grosvenor In his speech also de- tended the rule of the house against the criticism passed upon them and paid a high tribute to Speaker Henderson's i'm partiality.
 Mir. DeArmond, Missouri, spoke at con- siderable length in opposition to the ad- ministration's Philippine policy The oth- CT speakers today were MT. Olmstead, Pennsylvania: Williams, Illinois; Corliss, Michigan and W. W. Kitchen, North Carolina.
 Bills were passed to authorize the Sec retary of War to issue duplicates of certificates of discharge instead of certi- fled copies as provided under the pres ent laws; to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to bestow medals upon first Lieut. David D. Garvis, second Lieut.. F. B. Berthoff and Surgeon S. J. Call of the revenue cutter service
 lnforma ation About Wood.
 A resolution wes adopted calling upon the Secretary of war for information as to any payments made by Governor Gen. eral Wood to F. B. Thurber and any other persons or corporations, together with the dates and amounts. of such pay ments for advocating reciprocity with Cuba
 The consideration of the Philippine government bill was then resumed and Mir. DaArmond of Missouri then made a general speech in opposition to the gen erai policy of retaining the islands. He repudiated utterly the charge that the opposition to the present Philippine policy in criticising some of the acts of the army officers in the Philippines was slan- derlng and assailing the army.
 NJ" DeArp.ond agreed with MT. Kahn that .ie surrender of the territory north of Washington on the Pacific had been a mistake, but he pointed out that that territory was contiguous to our border and was capable of furnishing homes for our own citizens and eventually coming into the Union as State, while the Phil ippine islands, already densely populated by an alien people, could never be in- corporated into the Union. The Demo- cratic party, he declared, was not op- posed to expansion founded upon Amer ican principles.
 An Inspiring Sight.
 In conclusion, Mir. DeArmond told of his presence in Havana May 20. when the American flag was lowered and the flag of the republic of Cuba was hoisted. To him as an American citizen he said the sight was Inspiring. Far more inspiring" he continued, than If the American flag had remained Pput' in Cuba and the faith of the American people violated
 MT. Grosvenor in defending the rules of the House against criticism, said: T say, and I challenge contradiction that the present speaker of the House has been indefatigable untiring in his purpose to trt at all sides of this House and all the members of thls House with absolute fairness. (Applavse.) Go over his decisions and find one if you can that Is not jus tihed under parliamentary law and the parliamentary history of our country. Was there ever member of this House now in the sound of my voice, who went to the speaker and asked him to allow a bill to be called up by unanimous con sent that the speaker refused to examine into the merits of the bill that he brought to him?'
 A patriot consideration for the rules, he insisted, would force the conclusion that they were absC lutely fair.
 In conclusion MT. Grcsvenor spoke briefly in defense of the army in the Philippines. In no war in modern times. he declared, had there been less of bru- tality and retaliation thar in the war in the Philippines. That, he said, would be the verdict of history. If everything that had been said of General Jacob Smith were true, he could find its counterpart on beth sides during the civil war. He then proceeded to read E report from General Grant to the goverumen mt at Washington, telling of the arrangement he had made to carry desolation everywhere through the Shenandoah Valley to seize all men under fifty years of age as prisoners of war; to destroy crops and to make the valley "a barren waste
 Civil War Under Discussion.
 Before Phil Sheridan fought his way through he made 1t a barren waste, said MT. Grosvenor He then read from the letters of Stonewall Jackson" edited by his wife, statement that Jackson believ- ed that the black flag should be raised and no quarter given. as the best means of resisting invasion. and saying that he had urged this policy upon Lee. He also read a telegram from General Beauregard urging the passage of bill for the ex- ecution of prisoners. By this means the telegram read: England will be stirred to action."
 MT. Grosvenor said he did not read these things to rekindle the embers of sec tionalism, but to show how deplorable war always was.
 Until that bill was introduced in the Confederate Congress, interrupted Mir. Bartlett of Georgia, had not Lincoln is- sued a proclamation to seize the citizens of the valley of Virginia and try them