Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-23

seat IN that distinguished chair. Then
there was Mr.. Tom Reed. the great parlia-
mentary leader. the able man, the patriotic
man; then Mr.. Crisp, a man / loved, a
man yapse pvable characteristics i'm
pressed themselves upon the House:
man without, the experience of Carlisle
and Reed. but a man with a mind to grasp
these questions, and he and they were fore
most and always ready to do the fair
thing. Drouldsselect out Of that trio Of
great men a marked difference in their
treatment OF The members of the House.
but that is not important.
Tribute to the Speaker.
, II say. ahdI challenge contradiction,
that the present Speaker. of the House has
been indefatigabie untiring in his purpose
to treat all sides of this House and all the
membership off, this House with absolute
fairness. b(Applause) Go over his decisions
and find one If you can that is not justi
fed under parliamentary law and the par
Iamentary history of our country. He Is
fair-minded and careful. It Is said you
must go to him with bill in order to get
the right to call it up by unanimous con-
sent. Upon his own motion. with his long
experience In the House, he has adopted
the system under which we are acting,
which is this: He will not recognize any
man to ask unanimous consent for bill
twice over unless there Is some good rea-
son shown In the merit OF the bill itself;
and in order to ascertain that he must
with the member Was there ever a MEM
Der Of this House, now in the sound of my
voice, who went to the Speaker and asked
him to allow a bill to be called up by
unanimous consent, that the Speaker re-
fused to examine into the merits of the bill
that he brought to him."
A patriotic consideration of the rules. he
insisted. would force the conclusion that
they were absolutely fair.
Defense of the Army.
In conclusion, Mr.. Grosvenor spoke briefly
in defense Of the army in the Philippines.
In no war in modern times, he declared,
had there been less of brutality and retalla-
ton than in the war in the Philippines.
That, he said. would be the verdict of his
tory. If everything that had been said OF
Gen. Jacob Smith were true, II he mad Is
sued the order to make Samar "howilng
wilderness" and to kill all over ten years
of age, Mr.. Grosvenor said, he could ma
it's counterpart on both sides during the
civil war
He then proceeded to read a report from
Gen. Grant to the government at Washing
ton telling of the arrangement he had mace
to carry desolation everywhere tnrough tne
Shenandoah Valley, to seize all men over
fifty years of age prisoners of war, de-
stroy crops and make the valley barren
waste.
Before Phil Sheridan got through he
made it barren waste" said Mr.. Grosve-
nor He then read from The Letters OF
Slonewall Jackson edited by his wife,
statement that Jackson believed that the
black flag should be raised and ne quarter
given as the best means OIL resisting inva-
sion and saying that he had urged this
policy upon Lee.
He also read a telegram from Gen Beau
regard urging the passage of bill for the
execution of prisoners. By this means, the
telegram read: England will be stirred to
action"
Mr. Grosvenor said he did not read these
things to rekindle the embers Of sectional
ism, but to show how deplorable war al
ways was.
. when that bill was introduced in the
confederate congress-" interrupted Mr..
Bartlett (Ga.), "had not Lincoln issued a
proclamation Ito seize the citizens of the
Valley of Virginia and try them by court
martial and HAD they not been seized?''
Il do NOT know" replied Mr.. Grosvenor.
THAT IS history" declared Mr. Bartlett.
''If that is true" responded Mr.. Gros-
venor ST furnsshs only another reason to
excuse those ofsour soldiers who retaliated
when the natives in the Philippines sneaked
up and coWard1y murdered their comrades
Mr.. Williams Opposes the Bill.
J. R. Williams 0Il.) followed in opposition
to the biII4 H, spoke for an hour upon the
general question and in support of the poll
cy of giving the Fipinos independence as
advocated by the minority.