Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-20
MR.. JONES RESUMES
Philippine Bill Considered in
the House.
MR.. ROOT CRITICISED
SENATE TO ADJOURN UNTIL
MONDAY.
The Nomination of Capt. Crozier to Be
Chief of Ordnance Taken Up
and Confirmed.
MR.. ROOT CRITICISED

Inc House met at II o CIOCh JOldN- ~
bill was passed to recognize the military
service of the officers and enlisted men
OF the LIST regiment of Ohio Light Artii-
Iery This regiment served three months
at the opening of the civil war. but was
never formally mustered into the United
states service.
The consideration Of the Philippine civil
government bill then was resumed, and Mr..
Jones (Va.) resumed his speech. He 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 corporations. He declared that,
In his opinion. It would be better for the
Filipino Poe to live under the present
hybrid RUE taan to have imposed upon
them the civil government proposed by
the pending measure, which would enable
that civil government to dispose of all the
valuable franchises in the islands. to strip
the forests of th-ir timber and to sell the
agricultural lands to corporations and syn
dicates. MIR. Jones devoted considerable
time to the discussion of the question of
the ability of the Filipino people for self
government.
He quoted President Schurman of Cor
nell University. president OF the first COM
mission. to the effect that the Filipino peo-
pie desired independence. were entitled to
It, were capable of governing themselves
and were eatitled eIf-gOvernment.
Does the gentleman think Buencamino
capable of seif-government" asked Mr..
Crumpacker Qnd).
Il think if Buencamino's moral character
were strong as his intellectual power he
would be very great man. replied Mr..
Jones'
Secretary Roots Statement Criticised.
Mr.. Jones referred to the sta tement issued
by Secretary Root giving S1I0.000G0U as
the total cost to the United States of our
control of the Philippines He said that in
making up the account he had no doubt the
Secretary of War. 1.-The rankest partisan Of
them ALL had excluded every possible item
in order to reduce the amount to a mini
num- But even the astute Secretary of
War he said. had furnished no estimate of
the blood our possession of the Islands had
cost. He thought fully 100000 Filipinos had
persisted, directly or indirectly, as result
Of the war waged against them. and that
10000 American lives had been lost or
wrecked.
Mr. Jones took I'D the charges made
against General Smith and Major Waller
OF cruelty In Samar.
why is it," he asked. addressing the
other side of the chamber. that you criti-
else and cOurt-martial Schley. but you will
not touch d hair in the head of those who
have confessed to participating in these
diabolical outrages? Why criticise an Off
of the navy and refuse to listen to
criticisms of an officer of the army"
1T is the fndiscriminate criticism of the
army that We protest against, interJected
MIR Steele Und).
There has been no such indiscrminate
criticism answered Mr.. Williams On.
at has been recital Of specific cases"
1t is not the soldiers who should be held
up To execratiOn. declared Mr.. Jones. but
those who ordered such outrageS and those
towards who seek to smother them"
Mr. Jones was warmly congratulate ted by
his party colleagues as he closed his speech
MI. Harnilton's Speech.
Mr.. Hamilton (MichD. also a member OF
the insuIar committee, followed with a set
speech in support OF the bill After re-
f,rring to the democratic denunciation of
Mr. McKinley's 'imperialistic policy" MIR.
Hamilton said: Now that he Is dead, 1
venture the prediction that it will not be
long before gentlemen on the other side
will have appropriated his memory TO their
own uses. and will have his picture among
their own stage properties, and will be
quoting his utterances as apples of gold
in pictures of silver even as they are
quoting the utterances OF Abraham Lin
coin.
verify. the successors and assigns of
those who stoned the prophets now burn in
ceHse To their memory and garnish the sep
ulchres of the righteous.
We seldom do men justice until after
they are dead. and then we make up for
the mean lies We tell of them while they are
living by the good lies tell of them after
they dead
AT the end of the campaign of 1900 The
old popClistic banner. marked Imperialism
, and M TO /. partly obiterated. which had
been carried by procession of discomfort
with Outriders OF necromancers sooth-
savers. sword swallowerS. serpentine dane
erS and experts in curbstone discussion
was dumped in the scrap heap of inenect ual
political experiment, but is being fshed out
and refurbished now for further political
Use. minus l6 to l." Republican applause.)
He concluded as follows: I'VE are trying
to do what no other nation ever tried TO
DO before We are trying to give to de-
tached and undeveloped people local self
government under the tutelage and pro-
lection of great world power. We are
giving them more than a formal protec-
torate. We are trying 10 protect them
from themselves within and from invasion
without that they may grow in peace and
prosperity"