The age-herald., 1902-05-17
Most of Them on Duty at
 Newport in Summer
CANNON FED TIE CRITICISM
MT. Williams of Mississippi Read a Laughabe Poem Entitled "Crow-
 nInshleId, the Greatest Tar
 That Ever Stayed Ashore"

Washington. May 1s.-The House had another lively day of debate today, Phil- ippine atrocities and the Schley case com ing In for considerable attention. MT. Cannon of Illinois and MT. Hepburn of Iowa brought on the discussion by crit icizing the extent to which naval officers secured com fortable berths ashore. where upon MT. Williams of Mississippi made very sarcastic speech at the expense l of Admiral Crowninshield, during which he read a poem describing the late head of the bureau of navigation as The Greatest Tar that ever staid ashore" Mir. Williams denied the assertion of 1 MT. Grow of Pennsylvania that Philip l pine war methods were similar to those. of the civil war. Mir. Cochran Of Mis- 1 souri reenforced MT. Williams in this contention, while Mir Landis of Indiana l discussed the resolution adopted by union veterans of Indiana comparing the cop l perheads of the present day who criticized l the army in the Philippines with the oop- perheads of '61-65.
 On Duty at Newport. | During the naval debate MT. Cannon called attention to the numerous naval establishments centered at Newport-the war college, the training station, the 1 torpedo station and asked, with some irony, If the duty of officers at these posts was not chiefly during the hot sum- mer season.
 Although he admired our navy and sup tod fba hri of Ql1 IT. Cannon said one of the dangers of our navy was in the fact that one-third of the 170o officers were not on salt water, | but on dry land.
 MT. Hepburn of Iowa also commented on the large number of naval officers shore duty, many of them enjoying snug and comfortable berths after compara- lively brief sea service.
 MT. Williams of Mississippi asked who would deprive naval officers from secur- ing everlasting renown by staying ashore and deftly pulling the strings"
 With mock gravity he read poem be- ginning;
 ''who is Crowninshield, papa?"
 There was much laughter at the con- cfuding lines of the poem | Great Crowinshield, the greatest tar
 that ever stayed ashore"
 Sampson-Schley Controversy.
 
 In a more serious vein MT. Williams re- ferred to the Sampson-Schley contro- versy. Whatever the official conclusion might be, the American people. he said, l had come to the conclusion that Admiral 1 Schley had everything to do with the bat l tie of Santiago And yet 1t had happened that Historian Maclay had written l history and submitted 1t to the great naval authority, Crowninshield, declaring that Schley had nothing to do with the victory.
 Despite the imperial ukase that the l Schley case must be dropped, MT. Will Hams said the American people were not disposed to be stopped in pursuing their | own conclusions He commented on the l fact that the committee on rules had buried a resolution designed to investi- gate the charge that Admiral Crownin- 1 shield had passed on the Maclay history. Reyerting to MT. Crows remarks yes- terday comparing the civil war condi- tions with those in the Philippines, MT. williams declared as an American he l hurled back the comparison, and he as- serted that never in the civil conflict had there been an order to make a '.howlng l wilderness or justifying murder and | rape by soldiers.
 Speaking for the committee on rules, MT. Grosvenor of Ohio said the Maclay- Crowninshield resolution had not been re- ported, as it would have been mere sound and fury after the schley court of inquiry proceedings.
 Was Never In Use.
 MT. Foss read a dispatch from the Navy Department saying that the third volume of the Maclay history dealing with the Santiago battle was never in use in the Naval Academy and that there | was no purpose to use It.
 Mir Cochran of Missouri asserted that there was absolutely no parallel between civil war conditions and the barbarities in the Philippines
 Mir. Landis of Indiana said the veterans of Indiana reared a magnificent monu- ment at Indianapolis yesterday In mem | ory of those who lost their lives in the l civil war At that dedication resolutions 1 were passed declaring that the criticisms made on war methods in the Philippnes were like the criticisms made by the copperheads from 1861 to 1865. and that the 'copperheads of 1898 to 1902 are no 1 less venomous than their ancest ors."
 Was not that resolution railroaded through against protests7" asked Mir. l Cochran.
 Tt was not" answered MT. Landis, ''it was adopted and received the sup- port of some of the leading Democrats in l Indiana"
 And 1t was opposed by some of the | leading Republicans of Indiana" ex-
 
 | The latter amid much confusion, read I an account of the consideration of the | resolution showing considerable opposi- tion, and expressed the belief that the | soldiers of Indiana never did and never would justify such resolutions. l After sending the fortifcation bill to conference the House, at 5 o'clock. ad- | journed
 THE SENATE. | Washington May 16.--An effort was I made by MT. Lodge of Massachusetts in | the Senate today, to induce the minority | to fix time when a vote might be taken l On the Philippines government bill, but 1 MT. Dubois of Idaho. speaking for the Democratic side, did not desire to specify l date for the vote.
 | Mir. McLaurin of Mississippi concluded | his speech yesterday in opposition to the | Philippine policy of the government which. he maintained, was responsible for 1 all the ills that had come to the United i.Statss In those islands.