Evening journal., 1916-05-03
MR.. miller FAVORS
Filipino HOME rule
D elaware Congressman
Speaks Against Clarke
Amendment at
House Session
SAYS PEOPLE SETTLED
ISSUE AT ELECTIONS

special TO THE EN ENlNG JOURNAL
WASHINGTON. d. c., May S-The
House Of Representatives on Monday
sent the Philippine bill back to the
Senate with the Clarke amendment
stricken out. which provides that the
President shall withdraw and surren-
der the American rights in the Philip
pine Islands in not less than two and
not more than -four years. The vote
was 2l3 TO 165. thirty or more DEM
ocrats refusing to abide by the Demo-
cratic caucus.
Representative Thomas w. Miller OF
Delaware. was one Of the Republicans
who spoke on the bill. In the course
of his speech. Mr.. Miller said.
Mr. Chairman. the FIRST election
after the Spapish-American War. that
is. Presidential election. was held i'm
the year 1900. and at that time Presi-
dent Mckinley was running for re-
election on the Republican ticket, and
IN tho Democratic ticket Mr.. Bryan.
OF Nebraska. was running In the
Democratic platform was this clause
as TO the Philippine policy;
we condemn and denounce the
Philippine policy Of the present
administration"
President Mckinley went before the
country that year, and was elected by
an electoral vote OF 292 to 1856 In
1904 and 1908 the Democratic platform
had similar pianks. as well as in 1912.
But we see the majority members of
this House. IN spite Of the fact that
The gentleman from Nebraska was
repudiated. few days ago. permitting
that gentleman TO ride them through
the House, because in 1900. when the
issue first came before the country as
TO what we should du-with the Philip
pines. it was settled in a very conclu-
sive manner by the electorate OF the
country
Mr.. Gordon Will the gentleman
yield?
Mr.. Miller. OF Delaware.-"I cannot
yield in five minutes. We have been
told here that to hold the Philippine
Islands Is holding the people in bond
age and depressing them. DO you call
q holding them in bondage when we
went out there and cleaned out the
pest house that existed in the Philip
pine Islands prior to 1898? DO you
call Il holding them IN bondage by inn
proving their public works. by doing
everything that we would do for our
own people. in our own country? II
that is the way the majority side OF
the House look at Il. I must say that
they have completely lost their vision
1T has been said today that those
Of us on this side who vote against the
Clarke amendment are doomed TO po-
litical annihilation next year. I dis
agree with the gentleman from Ala
bama. (Mr Heflin) and I thoroughly
believe that II you put this bill through
the House today 10 will take Democra-
tic members out OF their seats. and not
Republicans And In ] was actuated
by base political motives. 7 would like
10 see this bill go through. and then
the gentleman could see how FAR his
prediction would GO But gentlemen
of the House. I am not actuated by
these motives. I want to see the
Clarke amendment voted out of the
bill first. because. In my opinion. that
is one OF the most vicious amendments
that has ever come on a bill from the
Senate Look what its author said IN
the Senate when he opposed il. He
was not a member of the Committee
that reported out the bill He said:
81 had no particular reason in
Introducing this amendment ox-
cept that on one else would do IT,
either ] OF some one else
had TO do II. am getting as