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Show SIBLEY GOES FOR SMITH Pennsylvania!! Creates Sensation Sen-sation in House. DENOUNCES THE GENERAL Declares That lie Was n DUfrrnco to tho Uniform Ilo Woro and Expressed Ex-pressed the Hope Thnt tho President Presi-dent Would Strip Him of His Unl-foim Unl-foim Within rorty-ElRht Hours-All Hours-All This on Account of the Orders Issued by American Officer In tho Snnifir Campaign. Washington, April 58 Ueptesent.i-tlve Ueptesent.i-tlve Slble, of Pennsylvania, creited a sensnlton here todi) during the Keneinl debate on tho agricultural bill, denouncing denoun-cing General Jacob II Smith for the orders he Issued In tho Saninr cam-ptlgn cam-ptlgn He declired that den Hmltli was a dlsgtnte to the uniform be wore nnd expressed the hope that the Presl. dent would strip him of his uniform within fort) -eight hours now ir was Huonivr.D Mr. bible) 's speech was eutbusl.istl. cs.ll) applauded by the Democrats and was received with some evidence ot approval on the ltcpubllcnti ride. The speech was considered the moie remarkable re-markable In that It enmc from u He-publlcan He-publlcan who left the Democratic party on the Issues rnlsed by the bpin-sh bpin-sh vvar and who has since been nn ardent ar-dent expansionist. Upon the conclusion of the general debnte slow progress was made with tho bill, only thlrt)-flve of tho foity-nine foity-nine pages bclnff disposed of. AaitlCL'IrUUAT. I1II.I. IT. This was District of Columbia day In tho House under the rules but the regular order wis postponed until Monday Mon-day next In order thnt tho lloure might proceed with the consideration of the agricultural bill The navnl appropriation appropria-tion bill was roported and the House then resumed tho consideration ot the agricultural hill. cuktis Din-nNns tunbton. Mr. Curtis made n, brief but fervent defense of flen Tuiiston ngnlnst the criticisms to which bo Ind been subjected. sub-jected. "The people of Kansas," he began, be-gan, "aro proud of the bravery and daring of gallant Kred Funaton Ilo has been criticized hero for nn net which for daring and conception and execution ranks with the grentcst feats of arms ho captured tho new Oeorge Washington Agulnaldo. If another an-other had accomplished what (Jen. runston did," ho sild, "the Democrats would have made him their candidate for president." TACTS AUK CITHD. He called nttentlon to the fact thnt bis promotion bad been recommended by flen Whenton nnd flen. McAr-thur, McAr-thur, both soldiers of the Civil vvnr. ' Holdlers who knew more of vvnr and the rules of war than all tho politicians In this lountry combined" And bis commission," ho added, wns signed by tho greatest president we have ever had the soldier, statesman and martyr, mar-tyr, William McKlnley. LAWS 01' NnUTllAMTY. Mr. Teeley, of Illinois, submitted some remarks In support of the contention thnt the laws ot neutrality wero being lolated by this government In allowing allow-ing tho shipment of mules and horses to South Africa for use by the llrltlsli nglnst tho Iloer republics. He sum public sentiment favored the causo ,of tho lloers nr.d Insisted that neither secretly or openly should out government govern-ment extend old to the llrltlsli. Mr. Teeley and Mr. dlllett (Mass ) clashed nn the interpretation of that portion ot tho treaty of Washington which bound the United States and England as to what constitutes war materials. SIHU1Y AN EXI'ANHIONIHT. Mr. Blbley, ltepnbllcnn. (Pcnns)i-anln) (Pcnns)i-anln) said bo hid been an expansionist expansion-ist and defended the policy of tho tid-ministration tid-ministration In the acquisition of tho Philippines. Duty nnd honor, ho sua, Justllled our position thcie. The iom-inerclul iom-inerclul vvelfnre uf tho nation demanded that we should control that archipelago, archipel-ago, which stands as the gatevvny to the Oriental world. He then slid: DENOUNCES OUN. SMITH. When I have heard tho statements trade that wo were cruel In the conduct of that war. 1 hnvo thought, pi rhaps. laovr,varf"nrekl,;K,t.,.v,uh;ehv''.. fS??h?"in Sr'lS V T t'nlted Stttes, Dne who standi under the sh""low ,( our arm). Issues orders i not i rnnriilite a nro line, but to leuve It a howling ' wlidcrms. nd to kill all above 10 curs old, then It seems to me. that humanltv must have marched backward for eighteen centuries, and that Herod again appears . 1 havo lend of T fnour. tho Tartar, ' havo read of Achilles, havo read of the Sarin en scoiirpi, hut I thank Und that since the tngle scene on Colvorv It has taken eighteen centuries to uroduce a Bnilth HOT CIVILISATION. I have read of tho water cure. Can nnv man whoso hloo 1 pours In h s pulse, any nan who has lend Ids lllble. or whu has been reared at tin Km of Christian woman. Justify tho perpetration of such cruelties upon another man who wears the golse nnd the Imuhe of his erentor? And et wo heird this man attempting to Justify acts by which men aru pumped so full of water as luiirl) to drown them, and then brou.ht back to lite hv thump. Ing them over the Btomuell with the hints of muskets That Is not ilvlllzn-tlon, ilvlllzn-tlon, that Is not chrlstlanlslnff the world I am thankful that these tiro spoiadlo ASKB HOUSE TO PIIOTEST Against that, as a mnn who belongs I hope, not alone to the llcpubllrnn ranks, but to the whole brotherhood of man tho wide worid around, 1 want the members of this House, on this side of the chum-her chum-her and that, to voice their protest against all s leh measures A friend of mlno soil it few minutes ago. 'Oh, 1 know ou had belter wnlt and bear his defense 1 hopo tho Presl-dent Presl-dent of tho I'nlted Stales will hnvo tho courage, upon what the man admits to discharge hlin dlshonorabl) from the set. vice that ho has so disgraced Ho admits ad-mits that ho Issued the tinier to letivo the provlnco a howling waste nnd a wll-derntss, wll-derntss, and to kill nil above lo )ears of nr-a dm 1nttnee.il itth ttifl IHllltl. 1HTTEII IN DENUNCIATION That man never ought to be permltteil to stay In the service of tho United Stalls until the sun gois down lie Is a dtssruce not ulons to the pari) hut to over) man who ever wore the uniform of the I'nlted States, nnd he Is n blot nnd a dlsgrnie to our present civilisation 'lhat man does not llvo who can JUBitfy such orders I, care not how adroitl) his lawers may frame their plea or how subtle be their reasoning, (he fact, admitted ad-mitted by his own mouth, that he Issued such orders Is sufficient for the hope that there la the courage and patriotism and the humanltv and tho Christianity at the othe end of tho nveniio that will not let him wear the Pedernl uniform twent)-four hours hence ENDORSED HY WILLIAMS. Mr. Williams (Mlrs ) heartily endorsed en-dorsed Mr. Sibley s onsliught upon Ocn, Rmlth, whom he described us a "brute In uniform " ' Hut I nm a little nfrald," ho continue I, "that ho docs not strlko tho evil In the right quarter, It Is the s)tem which should be struck out, not tho man who unconsciously carries out the spit It ot the system, Wherever there Is a way ot conquest against a weak and inferior people, deeds of brutality naturally occui. Tho chief dangei Is not the Injury to the weak race, but that the temptation to I tyranny will react upon tho strong raoo nnd make brutes of Its soldiers. For liiRS, rMsifM that reason such wars should be HHiSFv'vKiHI av oiled I agree with tho gentleman IMEhY m litHH from I'ennsylvanl i thit there can bo no ffilClitt 'jllBB Justification for n clvlllred man to Is- flltWi ' linilH sue nn order to lay waste a. whole (sMri ) iHSHfl lountry nnd kill everybody, Including BrTTI" uliH ihlldten uvtr 10 yctrs of nge " uMBli ij ' fllB linEitiNn on aoEMEt. case. WSm HlluH Mr tlnerlrg, of Kentucky, replied to jfvfH'nfil some remarks made n few days ago wIev! m IslH b) Mr (Ulbert of Kentucky, denying VjVli-.VK some of the lalter's stntcntontn con- TTiflf J'Jr-liJHH icinlng some of the conditions thnt pre- GK'JalltoaB vailed when (loebel was assassinated. W M'l J IWlss After some further debate on mlscel- Sf'Wi'Ji'lBB laneous topics, reneral debato closed rfiurtMiintslBH and the bill wns lend for amendment fifsrlsitUsM under the nve-mlnuto rule OiM'i! iifssi STIUCKEN ri!OM HILL. nfsif'i)'!'fB Mr Cannon succeeded In having sev- Mnrar tfilsH ernl Items stilcken from tho bill by rnls- ISO;? PunH lug points of order agitnst them. One HUhl f I'iH piovlded for nn appropriation c $5o,- BB j9KsH WH) for the purchase ot sites n 'ho WW$, f l&tH erection of buildings for use as ea'.ier tlv' NmIsH bureau observatoiles it''--ti ictHIsH Mr. lloberts ot Mnsstehuf etts, of- JiKiCT UiH fered an amendment to perml. city nnd ?W.t.I, visiH lounl) members of the House to elect 1 iAjV i?H whether they would leco1 e flower or fc I4r Hifilll vegetnble seeds i tttiVmM The conference report on the Chinese -t (' 4 1 rtJisH exclusion bill was adopted without de- , ii ii'iRiJjH bate. This tends It to the President. At K'ff, I'rtWH S !0 p. m the House adjourned. ." 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