Show TEXAN GOES FOR HAY Burleson Renews Attack on Secretary of State BITTER IN HIS CRITICISM Attack on Cabinet Official on Account of Allegations Regarding Boor Relief Re-lief Funds Subscribed in Illinois Mr Hitt Replies Stating That There Had Been No Developments in the Hatter nnd That the Secretary Secre-tary Had Done All That Was Possible Pos-sible Discuss Military SupplyBill Washington March 26 General debate de-bate on the military appropriation bill was concluded today and consideration of the bill under the fiveminute rule begun During the debate Mr Bur e son of Texas renewed the attack on Secretary Hay on account of the allegations alle-gations regarding the Boer relief fundfc Subscribed in Illinois Mr Hitt of Illinois Illi-nois replied briefly saying there had been no developments in the matter and the Secretary had done all that was possible Several other brief speeches were made some in criticism of different provisions of the bill MILESS PLAN IN ISLANDS At the beginning of the session Mr Cooper of Wisconsin chairman of the Committee on Insular Affairs presented pre-sented the Burleson resolution in Inquiry In-quiry calling upon the President for Information relative to the reported application ap-plication of LIoutGen Miles to be assigned to duty In the Philippines for the purpose putting in operation a plan prepared by him for the pacification pacifica-tion of the Islands The resolution adopted without debate BURLESON ATTACKS HAY The House then went Into committee of the whole and resumed the general debate oji tho army appropriation bill and Mr Burleson of Texas secured the floor and reverted to the resolution passed by the House some time ago calling upon the Secretary of State for information relative to the refusal of tho State department to grant a request re-quest preferred some time ago in behalf of the Rev Dr Hiram W Thomas and wife who desired to enter tho Boer lines In South Africa for tho purpose of distributing relief to noncombatants noncombat-ants In doing so he took occasion to i renew his criticism of Secretary Hay whp he said > had been charged the th-e illI1 nsl l U1l l h ua d rG N f tn ftjrurrneflltb cause 6 England In South Africa AS TO HAYS LETTER He contended that Secretary Hays letter to Mr HILt relative to the application appli-cation on behalf of Dr Thomas was disingenuous arid produced certain plpers and letters in support of his I contention He said that it was not a passport for Dr Thomas which was desired but the good offices oC the State department secure a permit enable Dr Thomas to get through the Boer lines Mr Hays letter to Mr Hitt he declared was an evasion SECOND LETTER READ He read a second letter written March 17th to Secretary Hay by John O Knight acting for the Boer relief committee com-mittee again calling attention to his request of March 11th to which Mr Burleson said no reply had been received re-ceived Furthermore he said the newspapers had announced that Secretary Secre-tary Hay did not purposeto make further fur-ther reply to the Houso resolution PAYS TRIBUTE TO BOERS In the course of his remarks Mr Burleson paid a high tribute to the fighting Boers und expressed the hope that they would keep up the struggle for liberty until every British soldier was driven from South Africa He contrasted con-trasted the magnanimous treatment of Gen Methuen by the Boers with the horrible execution or Gen Scheepera by tho English TEXANS PREDICTION In concluding Mr Burleson predicted that In less than one year there would bo another interchange of notes between be-tween the President and a member oC I his Cabinet and the little proBritish Secretary of State the little author of Little Breeches would follow the other Cabinet officers of a former president Into private life HITT MAKES REPLY Mr Hilt oC Illinois chairman of the Foreign Affairs committee replied very briefly to Mr Burleson Everything Mr Burleson had produced he said had been presented before As far at tfie charge of evasion on the part of the Secretary of State was concerned ho said that the Secretarys frank letter let-ter completely disposed of that Ho had done all he could and was now In consultation with Gov Yates through whoso Instrumentality the Boer fund had been raised and no doubt a way would be found to get the relief funds to the Boers The epithets and vituperation vituper-ation of the gentleman he said he would not reply to but he called attention atten-tion to the fact that the American Government Gov-ernment had offered mediation and would do so again If It were acceptable Mr Patterson of Tennessee criticised the general conditions of the Philippines Philip-pines and charged that a slate of slavery existed there which should bo icmcdled at once BILL READ FOR AMENDMENT The reading of the bill for amendment amend-ment was then proceeded with under the flvemlnuto rule The provision limiting hue longevity pay for retired army olllccrs to the sum allowed anti paid at the date of requirement weint out on a print of order MrStevens of Minnesota then offered a substitute which he said involved two propositions one providing that no further Increase of longevity pay shall accrue to officers now on the retired list and the other that ofllcorfl hereafter here-after retired shall not be paid any Increase of longevity pay above the sum paid nt the date of retirement The amendment was adopted and at 5 p m tho House adjourned |