Show RETENTION OP ISLANDS Champ Clark Speaks Two Hours in Opposition to Proposition Washington Feb 5Tho Democrats continued their assaults upon the Phil ippine policy of the Administration during the general debate upon the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill today Two speeches were made by Democratic members of the Foreign For-eign Affairs committee Mr DInsmore of Arkansa and Mr Champ Clark of Missouri opposing the retention of the Islands Tho speech of Mr Clark which lasted almost two hours was n notable effort replete with unique epigrams epi-grams and attracted much attention No Republican spoke in defense of the Administration today Mr Slblty of Pennsylvania who was elected os u Democrat but who made a speech last week defending expansion expan-sion was goaded today into the announcement an-nouncement that the Democrats could consider his seat constructively on the Republican side Before tho debate began an effort was made to pars a bill looking to the appointment of an expert commission to examine Into the question of the pol lullon of the water supply of cities but it was dfeated Tho Chicago members considered It was aimed especially at I espcchlly the Chicago drainage canal TRIBUTE TO GEN LAWTON Mr Robinson of Indiana by unanimous unani-mous consent paid a glowing tribute to Gen Lawtons patriotic career from the lime he left Fort Wayne as a boy of IS till iho lime he died on the battlefield tl tt lmp tlefield in the Philippines Mr Tlllt of Illinois chairman of the Foreign Affairs committee S then cal led up the diplomatic and consular appropriation appro-priation bill It was Impossible to reach an agreement limiting the dp I I bate as several members Indicated a general purpose to discuss foreign questions In I CONTROL OF CUBA Mr Dlnsinoie of Arkansas the rankIng rank-Ing Democrat on the Foreign Affairs commillee then called attention to some of the questions In which this lw l1 101 I country Is concerned He said the Jurisdiction Jur-isdiction over matters relating to CUlm which was not United Stales territory had been transferred from the Foreign Affairs to the Insular committee This was deliberately made for the purpose I of giving color to our retention of control I con-trol there and ultimately of absorbing i Cuba He had always hoped that someday some-day Cuba would be part of the United I States but he would never favor an nexallon under such condlllons as surrounded sur-rounded the annexation 0 the Hawaiian I Hawaii-an islands WHAT DINSMORE WOULD DO I Speaking of our duly In the Philippines Philip-pines Mr Dlnsmorc said he would proclaim immediately to the people In arms against the United States that It was not our purpose to acquire permanent 1 perma-nent sovereignty but to offer our I I friendly aid to set up a stable government govern-ment When such a government had been established he said we should withdraw from thc Islands Demo 1 crallc appfause Commenting upon Gen Otiss reasons for changing the language of the Presidents proclamation proclama-tion to the Philippines Mr Dinsmorc said Tho biting blistering sarcasm j I I of Gen Oils constitutes insubordination insubordina-tion at the very least Mr DInsmoro said he was not given to adulation but he respected Agulnaldoas one who had the courage to tight for the liberty and independence of his country CLARKS PROPOSITION PROPOs Mr Clark of Missouri a member of the Foreign Affairs committee spo7 against the policy of the Administration Administra-tion Mr Clark In his characteristic way llons laid down the following proposi tonsman A man is not a traitor because he Is i opposed to doing thdse things v vilich I I jeopardize the life o the RepublicAn 1 Republic-An American Is not a pessimist because be-cause he Is unwilling to see his country adopt as a settled policy the political principles of Alexander Caesar and Napoleon In the hands of political Jobbers the American flag like the mantle of charity char-ity will be made to cover a multitude of sins WHAT MISSOURIAN PREFERRED I think more far more of the liberties lib-erties of my children than of all the trade of nil the earth I would like to leave them both rich and free but or the two I would rather leave them free free to labor free to work out their own destiny free to sympathlre with and help all people struggling for liberty lib-erty anywhere and everywhere I would not give the life or one healthy honest moral patriotic ambitious ambi-tious courageous American white boy in exchange for all the Filipinos who I now live or may live In the archipelago this side the great resurrection day DEAD AGAINST ANNEXATION Believing firmly that the annexation aton of the Philippines either by force or with their consent will In the end prove dangerous perhaps ruinous to our government of the people by the people and for the people I am dead against it now and for all time I Notwithstanding1 that President Mc Klnleys speech at Boston len days after the peace treaty was ratified said the Philippine question was now with Congress that Congress was the conscience con-science and judgment of the country IT Clark declared the executive and not the legislative department of the Government was determining the ques ion Congress had fallen so low that il wns now simply a register for the will of the executive department l we look the Filipinos Into partnership the knell of the American Republic was sounded As a private citizen said he 1 wish the President long life and pros perily As 1 politician I hope his deaths death-s sol for high noon March 1 1901 i Democratic applause He iould sacrifice sac-rifice as much for his country as any man but William McKInley was not the country TREATY WITH SULU SULTAN Mr Clark Ialsed a laugh by his reference ref-erence to the treaty made by Gen i Bates upon behalf of the United Slates with the Sultan of Sulu Democrats and Republicans he said had joined Inputting I In-putting B II Roberts out of the IIouso because he had three wives lie asked the Republicans to t Join with thorn In keeping out 0 the House a Sullan with MO wives This distinguished Repub lican official said ho gels 160 1 a month and for the keeping of his harem S5 per month J this keeps on the lime will come when lme wil no Republican Republi-can ofikial will be ofhinl wi properly equipped without a harem and a keeper of a harem Laughter and applause FAVORED EXPANSION Mr Clark nald he was not opposed to expansion He was today in favor otf taking every foot of the British possessions pos-sessions in North America This utter ance evoked Democratic applause He predicted that Great Britain sIHead nil herself over the globe in her attempt to throttle the Republic 0 South AfriCa Afri-ca was to take the first step upon that dismal path that all nations had trod before I believe It Is the beginning of the end of Great Britain said he and I say God grunt ft MR SIBLEYS POSITION Mr Clark spoke almost two hours After he had concluded Mr Slbley of i ennsylvania called down upon himself the vralh of the Missouri Democrats DemoQats ijy reading a letter from a former Democratic member of the House from Missouri who supported the Chicago Platform Indorsing his speech a few das ago He drew a round of ap plause the from the Republicans by telling Democrats that hereafter l they could consl < lsi his l seat constructively on the i Republican side M Ir > C ° ciran ° c Missouri replied to repled ll bioiey in h a warm Jiveminute fvemInute speech Ihen at 510 hl oclock tile Housc adjourned il0 tl0 |