The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-21
Mr. Jones Says He is the RaRkeSt Partisan of
 Them All
HOUSE NON-CONCURS IN
 SENATE CANAL SUBSTITUTE
Bill Goes to Conference and Hepburn Will Make Hard Fight for the Nicaragua Route-Hamilton
 Defends Administration.

Washington. June 2o-Debate on the Philippine civil government bill contin- ued In the House from Il a. m. to p. m. and at a session held tonight The speakers were given close attention. each side enthusiastically applanding its re- spective orators. MT. Jones of Nevada, the ranking minority member of the in- sular affairs committee, concluded his speech begun yesterday. The other speakers were Messrs. Hamilton of Mich igan and Kahn of California for the bill, and MT. Patterson of Tennessee against 1t. MT. Kahn's speech was largely an in teresting personal narrative of his experi- ences in the Philippines last summer.
 The isthmian canal bill was sent to con- ference after the Senate amendment had been non-concurred in.
 The House reiterated the position 1t had taken on the army appropriation bni by ignoring the action of the Senate and sending the bill back to the Senate after voting to adhere to it's disagreement to this objectionable army post amendment.
 Jones Resumes Speech.
 Consideration of the Philippine civil government bill was then resumed and MT. Jones of Nevada resumed his speech. He argued that under the provision of the bill the friar lands which the govern ment was to purcnase would find their way into the hands of corporations. He declared that in his opinion 1t would be better for the Filipino people to live un- der the present hybrid rule than have Imposed on them the civil government proposed by the pending measure, which would enable that civil government 10 dispose of all the valuable franchises III the islands, to strip the forests Of their timber and to sell the agricultural lanos to corporations and syndcates MT. Jones devoted considerable time to the discuss sion of the question of the ability of the Filipino for self-government.
 Mr Jones referred to the statement is- sued by Secretary Root yesterday, giving STOOD GOO as the total cost to the United States of our control of the Philippines. He said that in making up the account ne had no doubt that the secretary or war, 'the rankest partisan of them ali' hap excluded every possible item in order to reduce it to a minimum. But even the astute secretary of war, he said. had TUT nished no estimate of the blood our pos session of the island had cost. He thought fully 100000 Filipinos had perished direct ly or indirectly as a result of the war waCed against them and that 10000 Amer ican lives were lost or Wrecheu'
 Mir. Hamilton Speaks.
 MT Hamilton of Michigan, also mem Der of the insular committee, followed with a set speech in support of the bill after referring to the Democratic dcnun- ciation of MT. McKinley's ''imperialistic policy" MT. Hamilton said: Now that he Is dead, I 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 prop critics, and will be quoting his utterances as apple of gold and pictures of silver, even as they are quoting the uteerances of Abraham Lincoln.
 At the conclusion of MT. Hamiltons remarks, MT Cannon, chairman uf the appropriations committed asked unani- nous consent for consideration of the conference report on the sundry civil ap- propriation bill Mir. Cannon expressed the hope that Congress would be able 10 reach a final adjournment by July.
 MT. Patterson of Tennessee objected. MT Hull of Iowa called up the army appropriation bill. He offered resolu- tion to disagree to all the Senate amend ments except thirteen, (relating to army posts) As to eleven and twelve the res olution provided that the House adhere to its disagreement and as to fifteen 1t re- cede and agree with an amendment. It was the action of the House on this bill Gin instructing it's conferees) which caus- ed the controversy with the Senate re- garding the right to take such action.
 MT Dalzell of Pennsylvania and Rich ardson. the minority leader, who were members of the committee chosen, fa- yolod the passage of the resolution. It was adopted.
 Canal Bill Called Up.
 Mir. Hepburn, chairman of the inter- state and foreign commerce committee, asked unanimous consent to non-concur In the Senate amendment to the lsthmian canal bill and agree to the conference asked for by the Senate.
 Mr. Burton of Ohio advised the friends of the Spooner amendment not to object and MT. Williams of Massachusetts said: .I trust no friends of the Nicaragua route will object. I hope that the con- ferees will fight for that route to the last ditch.
 Mir. Hepburns request was agreed to. The speaker appointed Messrs Hepburn of Iowa; Fletcher of Minnesota, and Davey of Louisiana, conferees on the part of the house.
 MT Patterson of Tennessee then op- posed the Philippines bill and supported the minority substitute
 Well may the American people pause, " said he, before the step is taken which reverses all our theories of government and brings us to the old world methods of colonization and empire. Our duty as free republic. standing for human lib- erty everywhere in the past, is to stand for it now in the Philippines.
 Mir. Kahn of California concluded the debate for the afternoon.
 It was largely a personal narrative of his experience on his trip to the Philip pines last year. He told of an interview with Aguinaldo, at which the latter ad- mitted that no promises of independence had been made to him by Dewey and Wildman.
 At 5 o'clock MT Kahn yielded the floor and a recess was taken until o'clock.
 Describes CrueItes.
 At the opening session MT. Kahn de- scribed in detail some of the cruelties in fiicted by the Filipinos upon America"