The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-23
REPUBLICAN POLICY.
Voted to Give President Half a Mil
lion Dollars 70 Spend at Manila.
AN EVASION OF THE LAW
But the Majority Voted In a Sold
Body and Cummings with Them.
HE THEN MADE PLAY TO GALLERY.
Rewarded by a Round of Applause by
the People lie Voted With.
WHAT PHILIPPINES ARE COSTING Us
Enough Alreay Spent to Build the 18TH
milan Cana and Three Hundred
Vessels to Protect Il.
Rewarded by a Round Of Applause by
the People lie Voted With.
WHAT PHILIPPINES ARE COSTING US

Washington, January 22.--At the opening
Of the session of the house today Mr.. DIAL
zell (Pal from the committee on rules
presented a special rule 10 exclude from
the hoor Of the house before the session
all persons except members snd those en-.
titled TO the foor during the sessions, EN-
pioyes Of the house and members OF the
press.
Heretofore IL has been the custom to ad
NIT all persons TO the lloor hfteen minutes
before the house meets.
In answer 60 questions. Mr. Dalzell said
that visitors would be admitted to the floor
upon the cards OF members. The rule was
adopted--1o3 to ~. The house then went
into committee OF the whole and resumed
the debate upon the urgent deficiency bill
II was agreed that general debate should
close Mt 2:30 o'clock this afternoon
Mr.. Padgett CTonu.l, the first speaker, sd
vocated the adoption Of a declaration In
favor OF pledging the United States to give
independence to the Philippines.
After some further remarks by Mr.. Cand-
Ter (SIlssD and Mr. Senior dnd), Mr.. Wat
son Qndl closed the general debate with an
hours speech IN defense of the administra-
tons Philippine policy. He denounced The
statement, which he said was made ON Che
other side that the United States had taken
the place Of Spain as the despoller OF the
Philippines. He produced figures from the
! Spanish budget TO show that so per cent
! Of all the revenues OF the Islands under the
Spanish regime was diverted to the mother
country. on the other hand, he said, every
| dollar raised from taxation since the Amer
lean occupation had gone into the lnsuar
1 txsh. 400
were doing in the Islands IN the way of cd
ucatiop and public Improvement with what
was done In the old Spanish days.
While he was speaking Mr.. Gaines
(Tenn.) attempted to ask him question.
"oh, that Is too much," cried Alr. Wat
son. amid great laughter on the republican
side. He declined to yield.
I'VE have heard these speeches before.
continued Mr.. Watson. undressing himself
10 the other side "Whep william McKln
ley the gentlest memory Of our day, was
president these same epithcts were used,
You remember how they hurled their male
dIctions at his hoad; how the dQlefu
prophet Of Missouri (Nlr. De Armond) proph
csied unutterabie WOO unless all these things
} should happen that he wanted to happen
why. the stately and mourpfu stnzas Of
IsIah, the deep and melancholy reflections
Of Jeremiah, the sharp and eScIamatoN
maledietions of Malachi are but as the mur
mur's breath as compared with the woe
laden and sorrow.burdened prophesics %
j the gentleman from Missouri daughter an
applausel Behold, they did not come &
mass. Those clean hands Of the gron
! statesman now gone were charged as drlp
ring with the warm blood OF his tsliow
men That heart which we now know Z
have been pure was charged with being
nesting place for tyranny md hate Tha
breast which we now know In its aims en-
braced humanity and humanlty's cause
/. was charged with being spawning plac
for oppressons breed They did not he's
tate TO say that that fertile brain whic
throbhed with love for all mankind was fu
of schemes for land-robbing, for lust q
: empire. for greed Of gain We know tina
all these arrows we're hurled at his head
These arrows we're broken at his feet an
left his name untarnished. And now tina
the narrow chasm which separates rs troI
eternity Is brldged, and bis soul has fltte
through It's dark and somber shadows an
william Mckinley stands immortal, IL doe
seem remarkable to me TINT our Democrat
friends should loose the tongue Of yltuperi
n ton, Of SANDER. OF aspersion. Of vihhci
!. lion, 10 speaking Of the republican part
h and Of the boys hghtipg over yonder in III
h Philippines under the shadow Of the Ame
lean nag" tAppause)
J: Mr.. COCHRAN (Mol DECLARED TIA
THE ATTEMPTS TO SURROGATE tn
FILIPINO PEOPLE HAD ALREAD
: COST THE UNITED STATES NOR
n THAN ENOUGH TO Build THE MIC.
RAUGA CANAL AND 70 coNsrRUc
400 wARsHIPs TO DEFEND 1T. YE
THE END WAS NOT IN SIGHT.
When the appropriation Of $4,000 4
a military post at Manila was reached
half dozen democrats, including Mr.. Rlc
ardson (Tenul. were on their feet, b
the chair recognized Mr.. Hull (Rep Iowa
who raised the point Of order that IL W
new legislation.
Mr.. Cannon urged Mr.. Hull to let 4
other side make the point Of order.
81 hope the gentleman will NOT lectu
his own side Of the house" observed
Richardson. rhereupon Mr. Cannon co
fessed the point Of order and the appropri
tIon was ruled out.
In lieu OF the provision Mr. Cannon I
fercd the following amendment; For 4
= proper shelter and protection Of officers al
enlisted men Of the United States on du
:. in the Philippines. 70 be expended in 4
&c discretion Of the president, 100000
J, Mr. Richardson's imediately raised Y
!, same point Of order against this, conten
ing that Il uas IN sesss iasasieal WITH y