The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-02
IS BEATEN IN FIGHT
 FOR THE SENATE'S
 PHILIPPINES BILL
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part of it setting a definite time for a. declaration of their independence. The preamble merely states that it al- ways has been the intention of the United States government to grant the islands their freedom and in order that they may be better prepared for it a larger degree of control over the domestic affairs is placed in their hands.
 Manuel L. Quezon, the resident conn., missioner of the Philippines in Con- gross, said he was so greatly disap- pointed over the failure of the Senate bill in the House that he would not return to Congress.
 "This ends my work in Congress- he said: T am not coming back. What is the use? The action of the House tonight makes the fight for indepen- dence harder. I motive that not a single republican voted for the Clarke amend ment. They had it all figured out in advance.''
 QUEZON ADVOCATES BILL
 MT. Quezon had advocated the Sen . ate bill in an earnest speech during
 
 that Japan would not seize the islands if they were freed and moreover that Japan would keep off any European nation that might turn hungry eyes that way.
 Japan is not going to antagonize the European nations and the United States" he said. Japan knows that the Philippine people never would be happy under the Japanese flag and hot me n would have war with some other nation" :"
 Have you confidence enough in the na- tions of the world to believe that you will be left alone after you are free and independent without a standing army and navy?" demanded Representative OShau- messy
 T have no more confidence in the na- tions of the world than the small nation of the American people in 1776 when there were only 100000 of them.' replied MT. Quezon.
 He said he was satisfied. however, that the bill would go back to the Senate, go into conference there to die. If Abra- ham Lincoln were here today, he added, ''he would be bewildered He would have to be introduced to you on the republican sie.'
 tame. Little objection was raised to the democratic plan to rush the measure through. General debate was limited to eight hours by unanimous consent and only seven hours were used. The other hour was given to discussion of the Clarke amendment under the five-minute rule and shortly after 8 o'clock tonight voting began in committee of the whole.
 TIME TO REDEEM PLEDGES
 Representative Jones' argument for the Senate bill was that the time had come to redeem the promise of freedom to the Filipinos and that 1t was useless for the United States ever to attempt to protect the islands in case they were attacked by a strong foreign invader. Representative Towner of Iowa. the ranking minority member of the insular committed, insisted that the islands were valuable possessions and were unprepared for freedom.
 Don't haul down the flag" was the burden of a score of speeches from the republican side. Representative Cooper of Wisconsin, republican. struck dis cordant note on the minority side by de- claring that while the flag was in the Philippines the constitution had not been there.
 Representative Conry, who. with Repre- sentative Fitzgerald. led the solid New York delegation against the Senate bill, brought the long session to a dramatic close by collapsing in his seat as the final vote was taken. He had appeared in the House i'll and weak but determined to see the fight finished. His condition is not regarded as serious.