The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-24

w. w. Kitchen CN. ID opposed the bill and the Philippine policy of the adminis- tration.
 Mir. Mahon (Pa) maintained that the Filipinos were not fit for independence. Speaking of the cruelties charged against some of our officers and men in the Phil ippines. he declared that they were not to be compared with the barbarities or the civil war.
 He read from official reports tales of horrors suffered by the Union prisoners at Andersonville.
 Do not the official figures show" in- terrupted Mir Richardson. the Democratic leader. that a greater percentage of Confederate prisoners died in Northern than Union prisoners in Southern pris- ons%
 T have the official figures here" re- sponded Mir Mahon. "I will put them Tn the Record"
 He read an order to shoot the prison CTS at Andersonville If the Union army got within seven miles of the prison.
 MT. Neville's Question.
 .'If the North was justly indignant over the atrocities at Andersonville, inter rupted MT. Neville (Neb.). why should not the American people now be inaig- nant over the brutalities in the Phhip- pines? Why parade the civil war horrofs as an excuse?, Democratic applause)
 "Jf the administration was directly re- snonsible for the atrocities alleged to have been committed in the Philippines. the Republican party should be swept out of mower" Democratic applause.l
 ssyyhile the union prisoners were suHer- inr at Andersonville." interposed MT. Richardson. did not the Confederate Government have up standing offer 70 exchange those prisoners. officer for oi- ficer and man for man? And was not that proposition rejected?
 .'Yes. but the men Andersonvihe were broken. emaciated, many or .h'nl manlacs. The North refused to exchange able bodied men for men who could not perform military service" replied MT. Mahon.
 q ask again." interrupted MT. Rich ardson, did not more Confederate prs oners die in Union prisons than union prisoners in Southern prisons?"
 q deny it. and will put the reports m the record"
 Ut is true. and can prove it." assert ed Mir. Richardson.
 You want the South to support the Government in prosecuting the war In the Philippines" interposed Mir. Neville, ''why do you now seek to besmfrch the South?" Democratic applause)
 ''I only desire to show that as General sherman declared, war is hell As a. Re- publican, "Mr. Mahon concluded, II say that I do not fear this assault upon our army The American people will stand by the boys in blue when we go on the hustings for the control of the next House." Republican applause) At o'clock the House took recess until o'clock.
 At the night session Mir. Bartlett Demi Ga) replied to the remarks made at the afternoon session by Messrs. GrosvenoI and Mahon as to the treatment of Union | prisoners detained In Confederate priS- ons. He read from a report made by Charles A. Dana. assistant Secretary oi | War upon the conditions in the Southern prisons, saying that the condition of tht | Union prisoners in the South was at worse than that of the Confederate sol diers in the field. He also produced tht l figures from Secretary Stanton's repor of July IS. 1866, showing that of 2200o | Confederate prisoners in Union prisons | 26,576 or over F per cent died. agains | 2, ,576 or about 9 per cent ok the 27000 l 1, prisoners who died in Confederate prisons.
 l The other speakers at the evening ses sion were Messrs. Gibson (Rep., Tenn.) | Neville Dem., Neb.l, Burnett Dem. Ala.). Gains Dem., Tenn.), and MT. Zenor | (Dem., Ind.).
 | At 1920 D. m. the House adjourned un- | til Il o'clock tom orrow.