The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-20
INFAMOUS CONDUCT.

INFAMOUS tONDDCJ.
Speaking of the Philippines, he said
Rhat our conduct in those islands haG
Been so infamous that it should cause q
BLUSH Of shame TO mantle the check OF
Seycry American. Quoting Mckinley's an
founccment that we must pursue
Smutllod of benevolent assimilation" of
hhc FiiiIinos, Mr.. Tilman said that the
assimilation which had been practiced
could he contrastcd to nothing so well as
kthe parable of the Lamb and the Lion.
81 would be found. he said, when they
hoIdd get up that the lamb would pe
Hnsidc the lion.
+ lie spoke of the effort of building up
MAmorcan schools III the Philippines as
. mawldsh scntimentality," saying that
b Inc system could bc of no avail in view
% the fact that the teachers sent over
&snow nothing of the language Of tie Fill
@pinpS aud the Tiipinos nothing Of the
EEnElish language And yet he said,
I This is the system advocated by the
E,leaginous Senator from Michigan and pre-
kemably endorsed by his constituents,
z lac people OF Michigan
4 Taking this 10 be The position IF the
Sneoplc of that State, he exclaimed, M
god. have mercy OH thair prsillanimous
ssouls,
\ Mr. Money. Of Mississippi, replied 10
Bono points in the speech made by Mr..
H. tchcll few days since.
4 The important question was not what
Should he done Tor the Fiiipinos con
Hinuel AIR Money, but what should be
Hionc Tor our people.
We viii iind before we terminate This
Experiment" he said. that the saddest
n lay of our history is the day that ,ve
+ gled the Spanish treaty
& Mi'. FORAKER said that neither in the
asc Of Louisiana or the Philippines had
\ he people been bought when the terri
&orN became part of the United States
&Snil there is, llo contended, no more at
&cmpt 10 govern the people of the Philip
#pines without their consent than there
#c-as in the case OF the people of Louis
ssnna
Mcssrs. TiHman and canacls made tho
@ooint that an carly promise of statehood
1 bad been made in the case of Louisiana
Ia The liouss.
Il WASHINGTON, d. c. Feb. la-Aga n
B.olday the general debate on the Indian
8entirely 10 eXuaneous topics. AS on yes
sterday the issue raised by Air. heeIe.
&of Kentucky, a few days ago came in
Nor considerable attention and was III
&feature OF the session. Mr.. Bromwe l.
&Mr Kern and Mr.. Fleming, Georgia
EDemocrat, added their views 10 the lit
&erature on the subject, but it was Mr..
! Bouten who entertained the House
3nost
Mr.. Hamilton enlivened the proceed
#ings with an entertaining speech or
TRUSTS. The other speakers were MIR.
eLittle, who discussed conditions in the
$Indian Territory; Mr. Corliss who spok
on the Pacific cable; Mr.. STEPHENS, on
statehood for Oklahoma; Mr.. Sulzer. on
kiucreased pay FOR ietter-cari'iers; Mr..
] Fitzgerald. ON the education OF the ~
adians; Mr.. jackson, on the election OF
ESenators by the people. anu Mr.. New
Hands. on the Hill bin TO redeem silver
Eio!lars in gold.
MIR. Bromwell paid a high tribute TO
tho Germans and elected from Mr..
fWheeler the remark that he had no OBJ
lection 10 Mr.. Broinwell making himself
esolid with his German constituents.
MIR. Kern, who announced that he rep
resented large German Constituency
-. himself q son OF German par