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Show CONCLUDES HIS SPEECH Spooner Ends Long Debate on Philippine Bill. HE SPOKE FOR FIVE HOURS. In tho Course of Ills Addrers Ho Became Involved ln a Spirited Col-loquy Col-loquy With Senator Hoar, During; Which the t. isconsln Senator Rend a Statute of the State of Massachusetts Massachu-setts Which Offered Reward of 100 for Scalps of Male Indians Galleries Hiss Senator Carmack. Washington, June 1 It was nearl) midnight Saturda) when the Senate comluded Us session, Senator Spooner furnishing tho debate for tho majority ma-jority and Carmack for tho nilnor-lt) nilnor-lt) ln his address Senator Spooner referied to tho l'lllplno army us a collection of miscellaneous pel sons who tmv constituted bands of b limits and cut-thruiits Mr Cnrnnck of Tenressec Inteirupl-ed Inteirupl-ed to inquire If Admiral Devve) had dealt with that kind of people "I suppose." said Mi Sponnor. "th.it the Senator from Ttnnessie will ilalm that the l'lllplno arm) was composed of llliert) -loving, patriotic uud law -abiding citizens " Ml Carmack said ho assumed It wns not an arm) mule up of outlaws and mffans Mr Spooner Slid that one uf th leading generals ut the Filipino nimy- Plo Del Pilar was notorlousl) the lender of a band of cut-tlnouts utid outlaws .Mr Carmack declired that If the "charge' of Mr. Spooner wns uccurato Admlinl Dwj ouijht to be bum. led and turned out of the nau. AOUINALDOS ARMY. Mr Spooner retorted that that was onl) one of the Democratic ihflrgcs agulnst the arm) and nivy. He declared de-clared Agulnaldos nrni) was un army which hod demanded to enter Maallt for loot and rapine, which had violated the ruls of clvlllzd warfaie, which hud perpetrated atrocities rot onl) upon up-on American prisoners, Lut upon countless count-less thnusnnilH of rillplnos, nnd who had lespecled nclthct sx. QUOTES FROM A DIARY. Mr Srooner referred to the dlar) of one of tho officers of Agulnaldo, who des-ilb-d the pcreBrirntlons of Agulnaldo. Aguln-aldo. Mr. Spooner said Agulnaldo liad n government of proclamations. of confiscating and assassinations'! and the evidence nil shows It Mr Spooner quoted from the diary referied to to show that Agulnaldo had said that onio the Independence of the Filipinos wns declared he, Agulnal lo, t.nd his friends would take n trip to Europe with on ul-lowuucc ul-lowuucc of 11,000.000 for expenses, REFER TO LAST, CAMPAIGN. Mr Spooner rofcr-ed to the lnt Presl dentlal campaign und the candidacy of Mr. Ilr)an nnd to tho assertions of ths l'lllplno lenders that the success of Democracy De-mocracy meant tho Independence of the rillplnos, then, aftei lng that tho American people hail passed upon tho Phlilj plao question nf. tti3 polls, nddd "You cannot charge upon the rustication rustica-tion of the treat), nor upon the sending of our nrmy to the Fhllli pines, all the bloodnhed or nil the crucltlis that camo to that nini)." , i AN UNHAPPY THINO. Ho thought It was nn unhappy thing thnt words of encouragement, words denouncing de-nouncing the Senate for having bought unconstitutionally the soveielgnty of the Philippines, saving thnt we weio' vioIatlMg the decimation of Indepen'l-ence Indepen'l-ence and promising thnt In case of Deninciatli' success at the polls tho Filipinos would be gianted Independence Independ-ence under piotcctor.ito. Those statements state-ments hnd piolonged the war, embarrassed embar-rassed the operations nf the On eminent em-inent and ninde It difficult speedily to cairy to fruition the blessings which tho United States desired to confer, SMITH 8 ORDER. Referring to Hen. Smith's ordering the killing of all Inhabitants of Samar above ten )enrs of age, Mr. Spooner-quoted Spooner-quoted the witticism that the pilgrims, on landing, first fell Upon their knees nnd then upon the Indians, He read iron, u siaiuie or .vinssacnusetts, or 172? ins n reward nf 100 for every mo ,an scalp, is )enrs of age and upw i, ami of 50 for scalps of those klllec n battle. , (TERRUPTED EY HOAR. Mr. Hoar Interrupted to say that the Puritans hnd bought nnd pnld for every loot nf Innd iic"iulrcd from the Indlnns mid Hint the statute of 17:2 wns 'cruel nnd ImiIihious" "Do )ou nppiovc It?' he demanded, "when at the beginning of the twentieth century ou make R u precedent? ' HOUOIIT LANDS, THEN SCALPS. "I think,' sail Mr Spooner, "that our f.athein bought the lands of the Indians In-dians In Massachusetts nnd tnen pio-rceded pio-rceded tn buy their sralps." "Stnatois," declared Mr Spooner vbo denounce our pulie) In the Philippines In general language on exparte testimony, ought not lo forget, that our forefathers, brave men In war, also found It neres-saiy neres-saiy tn icsnrt to war to whnt In. time of pence, no man on eaith would ap-pioie" ap-pioie" "Does the Senator approve of that order," dem.iiided Mr. Hoar, 'In war or In pecrc"" IF NECESSARY, YES' "If It were necesm) " sugpsted Mr Spooner, ' In make the Older In .Massachusetts .Massa-chusetts so thnt tho pllgiin, might in licet his home from destiuctlon, his wife from debnucheiv and his children f loin cruelt), I would havo dona what he has done," HOAR AOAIN INTEJHiUPl'KD. "It never was necessniy to In II," Mi Hoar declared "It was u bate ond wicked order mil when the Srnitlor talkb nf forbcais, I am happy tu s ly that the man of that generation who boie in) name Incuri "d obloquy mid III-c"gnltles III-c"gnltles through resisting things then as I do now " Mr Horn said he thanked Onl be nvei had found u man hi a place of power who would not stand up foi the tight. CA.N'N'OT IMPEACH ARMY. "And )ou will never find a mnn, than! Hod," declared Mr. Spooner, "who can properl) impeach the American Ameri-can aimy for acts lhat ought not o have been committed nets of a few Isolated Instancesthe nrmy as a whole." 'Our nNny." replied Mi Hoar, Is composed of brave and humane men. In n war of this kind cruelties always havo occurred nnd the responsibility for them lest not upon tho army but upon those who nro r-sponslblo, fur the. policy." FOR AMERICAN ARMY, "I stand for tho nimy of MeKlnlC)," declarid Mr, Spoonti, "fur tho urmy that tins been charged with tho mission by the American people, who supported support-ed these policies at the polls," Mr Spooner said to Mi, Hoar thnt If be did not believe his flatty was right, and could not net with It, ho would pto for the other pirty. LONO REPLY FROM HOAR. This elicited qulto a long reply from Mr Hoai, who paid u tribute to Mr, Spooner, to Mr. McKinley an) to Mr. Hooicvelt Mr Ho ir said b did not J) Ileve the Demon nib pnrt) was right 111 III, Ir view of the question Hi be-li be-li led that the ltepuhllinn partv would .work out the problem light In the end f ut that the) should hi shown thnt I their piesent polli ) was wiong He rould not be expected to abandon a part) I,, whose policies In the main ho believed to Join n purty to wiiose policies poli-cies he was opposed "Ml STORY HEPPDIATED Reference vvns made b Mr Spooner to the alleged letter that bad lieeii written b) a soldier about 1000 Filipinos Fili-pinos being compelled to ills their own graves This had lieen repudiated Mr. Lodge sild that the War depigment had caused an Investigation tn be made by questioning the soldier himself. CARMACK IS HISSED "Nn doubt " replied Mr earmark, under this suggestion the peddler will "P'tdlate It as ever) soldier In the Philippines has been lequlred tn do" This assertion brought out a small volley vol-ley of hisses, but Ihc disorder was soon suppressed MAJORITY WILL OO AHEM) Dlsiusslng the bills offered b) the mojorlt) and hv the mlnnrlts Mr Spooner said We will go nhead with nn honest purpose, with vour help If we can get It (addressing the Democratic side) if not, we will go on without It and It will not be the tlrst time In conclusion Mr Spooner declared thnt If the Demoeiatb party ever obtained t antral nf the Government, no sueli fatuous and cow anil) pnllo) an suggested sug-gested b) the mlnorll) would be followed fol-lowed At B IB p in the Senate took a recess until 8 o'clock CARMACK TAKES FLOOR At Hie opening of the session Mr C.innaek who hnd made several speeches dining the da) took the Door In explanation of the protnutid nnturo of the d bate he said It had born carried car-ried on b) the inlnorlt) In the hope that the bill would be purged of Its most objection ible features All hope of substantial amendment for Ihe hill was now nlundoned He sioffod nt Senator Moignn's theory that the Filipino Fili-pino Insurgents were the 'tools of wicked consplrntnrs at Hongkong," m) Ins lli-it that was the dishonored plea of despots the pie, of conquest and murder nnd rnhbe-r) In nil ages. TENNESSEAN SARCASTIC. lie proceeded In nn exceedingly rear-cnstlc rear-cnstlc vein to reply In some of Mr Morgan s argument He said he did not know of a more danseioui doctrine than that advanced by .Mr Morgan, that the army wns moro representative of the people than Congress lie did not believe that the United Stnles hid reached the stage of degeneration and decay when the cuslod) of Its liberties rested with tho arm) .Mi. Curium k Insisted It vvns the duly of the majority, ma-jority, to ever) bodj enncerncd. the Amerlcnn people ns well ns the F. plnos, to proclaim wh it Is to be tho ultimate ul-timate put pose of the Administration's policy In tho Philippines CARMACK RESENTS CHARGE. The charge that Democratic Senators had defamed and sl.indeied the American Amer-ican ami) he (earmark) denounced ns a truthless caluniii) le nnd hla collengtics had nnl) assailed the pol-Ic) pol-Ic) that sent tho nrmy to tho Philippines Philip-pines and a few of the ofllicrs who had disgraced the uniform they wore He specifically desired to disci Urn any intention of attacking the army as a w hole IS AGAINST MOII LAW. He (Hinted extracts from many Republican Re-publican papers denouncing the bru-tallty bru-tallty of Gen Smith's order Yet. ho said. Mr Irfidge had found In tho tortures tor-tures mulcted In the Philippines only naturnl acts of vengennre. 'The npol-oglsts npol-oglsts of lynching In the South' ho continued, "will find nble support In the statements of the Senator from Massachusetts 1 have never sought to uphold mob law or the prartlio of lawless vengeance on any criminal, no matter how black his crime" SAYH TRUTH WAS SUPPRESSED. Proceeding with tlm discussion of outrages committed upon the natives. .Mr Cirmack declared that In order to offset the revelations that had been made, tho authorities hero weio an busily engaged In furnishing dclallH of every ounage committed by the Fill, plnos ns they hnd been eniller In the war In suppressing the truth lelatlvo to tho Insurrection REFERS TO ADDRESS. Mr. earmark icferred to Piesldent Roosevelt s Memorial Day nddiesa at Arlington, ,i Ins that he Judged from what the Piesldent had said about lymhlngs In the South that that cry was to be tho administration's favorite ground for defense of Its policy In the Philippines. He had thought Hint tho waving of tho bloody shirt was an effort to revive sectional hatred. TENNESSEAN'H VIEW "Hut I admit I was mistaken," said he "The Republicans used to keep the southern outrngis mill grinding, holding up our terrible nnd bloody eleeds tn tho exerratlon of mankind. That was for political purposes. Now they are seeking precedents to excupe their policy In the Philippines. Tho President gives the rue. He- si)s It Is the same old rebel jell, tho same old pcopln who v milled Grant nnd Lincoln ns they urn now vllllfylns the stoat and 'magnanimous Smith. Oh' .Mr, President, jnu innnnt throw dust In the o)es of the proplo In tint wny. This attempt at diversion will not do." |