The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-24
| WARM DEBATE
IN THE HOUSE
Mahon Accuses Southerners of
Cruelty to Union Prisoners.
NORTH AGAINST THE SOUTH
PHILIPPINE BILL MEETING
WITH STRONG OPPOSITION.

1T 7 ASHINGTON, June 23.-Debate Of.
w the Philippine civil government
bin warmed up in the house to-
4 day, and henceforth promises to he Of
a much Iivelier character The in
creased interest is due to the inieo-
Ton into the debate of COMPARISON
of the cruelties charged to have been
practiced in the Philippines with those
which occurred during the civil war
Inc subject has been lightly touched
upon once or twice before. but attract
ed little attention until Mr.. Grosvenor
I Of Ohio today revived the memory of
} the extremities to which Grant and
/ jackson were put during the rebellion
This was followed late i'm the dav by j
speech from MIR. Mahon OF PennsvIya-
/ MA, i'm which he paraded the horrors
( OF Andersonville and Libby prisons He.
piedicted that in the coming elections
/ the American people would stand bv
/ the boys i'm blue"
/ MI GrOsvenor in his speech. also
deIended the rules Of the house against
/ the criticisms passed upon them. and
l pad a high tribute to Speaker Hender-
! sons impartiahty.
/ Mr.. DeArmond OF Missouri spoke at
considerable length in opposition to the
aiilihlstlation's Philippine policy. The
/ olher speakers today We're Messrs.
/ OImstead Of Pennsylvania. Williams OF
illinois, Corliss Of Michigan, and w. w.
I hichin of North Carolina.
Great Falls a Port Of Entry.
Some routine business preceded the
assumption ~, today Of the debate on the
Philippine civil government bill. Bills
were passed to make Great Falls.
Mont, the port Of entry for the cohec-
ton district comprising Montana and
! Idaho; 10 extend the privileges OF
I transportation of dutiable merchandise
without appraisement to the sub-ports
/ o. Tacoma and seattle, Wash; 10 au-
JhoIlze the secretary Of the treasury
TO bestoW medals upon First Lieuten-
ant David s. Garvis, Second Lieutenant
i. 3. BerthOff and Surgeon S. j. Call
Of the revenue cutter service.
A resolution was adopted calling upon
the secretary Of war for information
as to any payments made by Governor
General Wood to F. B. Thurber and
any other persons or corporations. to-
getber with the dates and amounts of
such payments, for advocating reel
procity with Cuba.
The consideration OF the Philippine
/ civil government bin was then re-
stunned and Mr.. DeArmOnd Of Missouri
made general speech in opposition TO
I the policy of retaining the islands lie
repudiated utterly the charge that the
, opposition to the present Philippine
policy in criticising some Of the acts
Of army officers in the Philippines was
siandering and assailing the army.
Expansion an American Principle.
I The Democratic party, he declared
was not opposed to expansion founded
/ upon American principles Expansion
was one thing, colonial empire was an
other. The Democratic party was anx-
/ iOUs to see the country expand as ex-
/ pansion was understood by the fathers.
/ Expansion upon the American CONT
nent, north or south. he said. was the
/ Democratic idea of expansion. not hold
ing by subjUgatiOn 100000 people 1000
miles beyond our borders.
In conclusion Mr.. DeAlmond told OF
his presence in Ravana May 20 when
the American flag was lowered and the
flag of the republic of Cuba hOisted
To him, as an American citizen. he
said, the sight was inspiring Far
more inspiring" he continued than &c
/ the American flag had remained put
in CUba,and the faith Of the American
/ people violated"
Mr.. GrosvenOr spoke briefly in de-
Tense Of the army i'm the Philippines.
Z in no war in modern times, he declared
had there been less Of brutality and
retaliation than in the war i'm the Phil
/ ippines That. he said would be the
verdict Of history. If everything that
I had been said Of General Jacob Smith
were true he could find its counterpart
q hot 10 fafT 81
then proceeded TO read report from
( General Grant to the government at
Washington. telling Of the arrange
ments he had made to carry desOIatiOn
/ everywhere through the Shenandoah
| valley, to seize all men under 50 years
! Of age as prisoners Of war. to destroy
crops and Take the valley a barren
waste"
Stonewau Jackson Cruel.
Before Phil Sheridan got through
Z he made a barren waste" said AIr.
Grosvenor. He then read from "The
| Letters OF StOnewalI Jackson, edited
by his wife q statement that Jackson
believed that the black flag should be
raised and no quarter given. as the best
means Of resisting invasion and saving
that he had urged this policy upon Lee.
/ He also read a telegram from General
/ Beauregard urging the passage Of the
biil for the execution of prisoners BY
] this means. the telegram read, Eng
land will be stirred TO action"
Mr.. GrosvenOr said he did not read
these kilograms to rekindle the embers
/ Of sectiOnalism. but to show how de-
plorable war always was.
When that bill was introduced in
/ the confederate congress" interrupted
Mr. Bartlett Of Georgia. had not Lin
coin issued a proclamation to seize the
citizens Of the Shenandoah valley OF
/ Virginia and try them by court mar
tial, and had they not been seized p"
Il don't know" replied Mr.. Grosve-
nor
THAT is history" declared Mr.. Bart
lett
IF shat is true" responded Mr.