Show SENATOR TOR ARRAIGNS THE WAR W R POLICY OF REPUBLICANS Venerable Ven rable Orator Declares His Conscience Compels Him Mim to Dissent From Administrations Views Filipino Fili 0 Fiasco Denounced as the Most Foolish and Wicked Chap Chapa Chapter Chapter ter of American History A ASS May 22 2 A notable VII rv pY contribution c te If the discussion Jon of I tit was wu made in the senate today by Mr r Hoar of I Massachusetts HM views on the sub subject are waH understood Ad hut but Ida ex expression prasert en of them tiie t today vans MC profoundly ante interesting and even e Impressive When I Ithe the venerable VeA senator began to speak j I jevery every senator r at the tha tk capitol was In his seek seat sea s and d wl for lor tk two hours and anda a half hair hit lU address e n he was wu accorded the t most d cartful attention at not t only by his bI ht s colleagues on OR the tiie floor but also aIo by the people in the thronged galleries S Mr Hoar H l confined bin himself closely ely do to his manuscript manu tie fie denounced e the at attitude attitude of the government ROyer to Ja l t the Phil Philippines Philippines Philippines as one of the t most t wicked and foolish chapters In American history He urged that the United States should withdraw w from the Philippines and permit the people there here to erect their own gover government t as a had been done dOM in Cuba He sharply arraigned ar ned General Funston for tor the methods he ke pursued inthe in inthe the capture of ot Aguinaldo Senate Adjourns to Eat Fat The speaker contended strongly that had ad the senate been aware of the facts Funston might not have been confirmed In I his recent promotion He hoped that as 8 the Irrevocable step bad had not buR been taken by the United States better counsels would yet prevail and that this government would leave ve the tRe Phil Philippines Philippines At the conclusion of the address addres a wave of applause app uee swept over the senate sen senate m mate ate and galleries So unusual was the demonstration on the floor of the senate sen en senate enate ate that the Uie presiding officer Mr Platt PiaU of Connecticut Con took occasion to coil call caUthe the senates attention to the violation of Its own rules rule and alad In addition warned the people m fu the e i galleries ne that applause e was wu not le leI eI e I 1 want to call can the attention Atton at of ot the chair suggested Mr 1 Bacon R of C Geor Georgia Georga r gia ga that the main mat applause on the floor of the theAnd senate And on the Democratic side later tarter jeered Mr Air Foraker of Ohio aaa At 66 5 the senate t W 9 a recess radios race of offis w ty c Is P Pl l trl r 1 Oregon great log g nd so n tie hat fis s t rte to t considerable L Mr Vl nE f Texas offered o ered a resolution t that the secretary of war be directed to send to fio the senate copies pl of an all of C the Ute pape In Jn In hill lon which relate reite to charges against Lieu Lieutenant Lieutenant tenant Arnold and aDd Sergeant Serge at Edwards by Private Andrew K W Including the report of t Captain P I W West We t tI I Policy Is to Blame Consideration con of the Philippine gov government government bill 11 was then then resumed Mr Hoar addressing tb senate senat in opposition opposition opposition tion to the policy of o the administration adm in the Philippines t Great interest t was manifested la in the tile of the Massachusetts senator both on the floor and aDd in 18 the gallery Mr Hoar spoke poke deliberately and confined himself hIm lf closely to his manuscript ma He main maintained maintained maintained that ata country co s try is 18 not at war You are fighting for sovereignty he be said you 7 are fighting for the prin principle principle principle ciple of eternal over that people and that ft It l the only question in issue ue in the conflict Iet When it had kad beset been determined to re resort re resort resort sort to fores the he aid said the government took k upon itself relf I the natural consequences l con of that decision The result of the t at arms of such a character c t Inevitably was u that there should be cruelty on one side aide and retaliation by b cruelty on the other and the responsibility rested rated upon those ue who made Jn the policy pOlley Mr Hoar said he lie was to discuss and aDd denounce what seemed ed to him one o of the most moI t wicked and aDd foolish chapters in history yet t he be was spas compelled to I admit adr l he lie said that the Ule men DIeD who were I responsible for It were neither wicked nor foolish Mr Hr Hoar maintained that his hie con conscience conscience 4 science would not permit him to follow these men and his conscience was the only authority he felt bound to obey in this thin matter He said aId that the share which it I was proposed to give he the Fili Filipinos Filipinos pinos in the proposed ed scheme of gov pv government em anent was an admission that many man manof of them were ere fit for The United States was fighting to se secure secure secure cure a dependency not a republic a government of our making and not a government nt of ot the Filipinos making Discussing the testimony taken by fry bythe the Philippine commission Mr Hoar said it had contained some pregnant admissions What vindicates that which has bas been don done so far is the sav sv saving saving ing lug of the islands from anarchy and aad the material benefit ben tit conferred upon the Philippine people Contrary to Precedents What the fathers of the republic said laid l land and our century of glorious history were ere appealed to In vain Their lessons fell upon the ears of men dazzled daul d by military glory and de delirious delirious delirious with the lust Just of conquest He compared the situation in Cuba with that in the Philippines and de demanded demanded mantled to know which was the better Mr ar recited a chapter of the history of this country which he said aid showed that the present policy polley of the government was in contradiction of or the Monroe doctrine as u it was warn a contra contradiction contradiction diction of the Declaration of Independence Independence dence He said that tbt if the present way W was followed the Declaration of Inde Independence would be repealed and noth BOth nothing nothing ing would be left of the Monroe doc doctrine doctrine doctrine trine except the principle of ot brutal selfishness This government had erected a republic re n republic public in Cuba and a despotism in m the Philippines Six hundred millions million of treasure and American lives had bad been sacrificed in that endeavor In Inthe Inthe the Philippines the American flag had been made the emblem of sacrilege p and the burning of homes and of the horror of ot the water tort e He be believed hived that our officers in general were humane But in some cases they had our GUr warfare with a mixture e 01 oi American ingenuity and Castilian cru cruelty cruelty elty city f l the toe J wi t have Meals cost you inquired Mr Ir Hoar For the Philip Philippine Ph Philippine lp pine Islands you jou have lave had bad to repeal the Declaration n of ot Independence For Cuba you have had to r reaffirm and give it new lustre For the Philippine is islands Island Islands lands land you ou have had to convert the Monroe doctrine into in to a doctrine of mere selfishness For Cuba you have acted s son on nn n it and vindicated It In Cuba you have the eternal gratitude of a free tree people In the Philippines you have hae havethe havethe the hatred and sullen submission of ot a subjugated people From Cuba you ou have brought home borne nothing but glory From the th Philippines you have brought home nothing of glory Referring to the cruelties cruel tie committed in th the Philippines Mr Hoar said he be believed the American Amer au soldiers were as aa brave and humane as ever lived They TIley had done simply what hat always would be bedone bedone bedone done in like conditions The chief guilt pUt was wa upon the heads of those who w o cre created created created the conditions 1 After reviewing briefly the capture of Aguinaldo b by General Funston the sate methods of whom he sharply criticised Mr Hoar expressed the belief that the senate did not know what it was doing when It consented to General Genera Fun Funston ston s promotion prom and intimated that the result might have been different if the senate had been fully full cognizant of ot all the facts Statement Is Incredible Adverting again to the horror which has ha occurred in the Philippines Mr Hoar said saidI I 1 hope and believe that they th y were unknown to the war department I know they were unknown to President Continued on em Page Pap 2 SENATOR ARRAIGNS THE POLICY OF REPUBLICANS from page l 1 L LR 1 Roosevelt R and I know they tHY were un unknown known to President McKinley He did cUd sot pot believe eYe that the statement that the war nad 4 been ben conducted with Unexampled humanity o 0 our oar part would be accepted by the people He Be denounced dell the Ute order alleged to toR have R ve been given by bV General Smith th and laid particular stress at on the horrors of the camps campa which he be heike i likened ike to the dreadful scenes scene in An Anderson Andersonville onville derson eler prison during the civil war wai ar He demanded that these th things cease and ad thit the administration declare on what wt eternal principle pd it would act In Inthe inthe the tM Philippines He believed that it would be impossible ble absolutely to peel pad pacify fy the Philippines In conclusion Mr Kr Hoar believed that better counsel yet would prevail than thaD now seemed to exist The irrevocable teP ep had not yet been taken Let us at t least have hav this to say We too have bave lave kept k t the faith of the fathers rathe We took ook Cube Cuba C by It l the hand We delivered her ier from her bondage We Vile welcomed her Mr to tie the family of nations nation We set mankind an aft example never be beheld beheld held before fernery We led hesitating and halting to the deliverance of or their beleaguered am amb ambassadors b in I 1 China Cpa We marched through a hostile country a country cruel and barbarous barbro without anger angel or We returned benefit for in Injury inJury jury ury and Blat pity tot for cruelty We made the he name of America m beloved in the east and aDd in the west Nt We kept faith with ith the Philippine people We kept faith alth with our eur ur own history We kept our OUt national honor unsullied l The flag which we received ree without a rent w we handed down doWIl without a stain Soon after atter the senate aeRate convened today tOllay a resolution offered 0 by Mr Yr Hale of Maine Calne was passed directing the seers secre secretary se re tOry tary of the navy to furnish the senate with detailed items item under uDder the head bead The Pay of the Navy Another resolution offered by lIy Mr hIs I Hide Hale and adopted caned called Upon the secretary of or the navy for full fun information mation matlon concerning tiNt the depth of water at t the Mare Mr island navy yard and awl whether a r battleship battle ever everad had bad ad to the th yard and aDd nd also as to the he depth of water at the Puget Paget Sound navy yard yarL The re resolution went over on objection objection tion ion by Mr Spooner A bill was wag passed pu to o establish an assay y office oce at Port Fort Portland land hind Ore Mr Ir Teller Tener then addressed dd the sen senate senon senate ate on the Philippine government bUs bill discussing at length the action of o con congress c n grass gress on the establishment e of the re republic republic republic public of or Cuba When tie the subject was Wall under consideration fifty resolutions re he said had ben been offered in congress congre all aU of them expressing the sentiment that hat the United States State was to encourage encourage encourage age and aid Id in the establishment of a aree afree free ree and independent government in Inthe inthe the he island leland All AU were committed to that doctrine Commends Tellers Forethought The United States was happily out of or Cuba but he lie believed it would have kave been better had bad the tte United States eec rec recognized originally the Independence of oC Cuba Cubs However nothing which has baa oc occurred curved in m his public pubU career has baa given ell him more snore pleasure than the action of the United States In Cuba CuM The new republic he said had bad come to stay It would maintain peace and order in Cuba hut but sid said he that they the will wiil have commotions there I have bave no doubt He declared that Cube Cuba would become a part pf of the ute United States Stales S e only when the Cuban people indicated ted their desire to enter the Union Mr 11 Teller explained in a colloquy with Mr Foraker Forer that the object of his 18 remarks was to establish the fact that hi hill hia resolution r known wn as the Tel TeI ler Je r g to Cuba absolutely in accord with the senti sentiment ment of congress eo at that time we Mr Hale interrupted 10 fo say that tbt h he regarded it almost as providential that Mr Teller had bad had bad the forethought to prepare such a declaration It had I served to make the United States a I great restraining r force from that day days dayto dayto to this Had it not been eeB for that declaration n he was of the opinion that Cuba today would not ROt be free Personally ly he had entertained a fear tear that lust of ef empire w would uld get pt the better of ot our people and nd that the gov goar government government never would leave Cuba The i r senator from Wisconsin Spooner had bad j i declared at an opportune moment that the United States S could not afford to I have the Teller resolution r transformed tran I Into a legislative lie Ue That statement I Wee WM a Ii warning Mr XI Hale Hate said to those who were wire plotting secretly against the freedom and for tor the annexation or per permanent permanent manent retention te of ot Cuba He ex expressed pressed the belief that had hd a declara declaration ra lion tion n that ut the United States would not inter enter a policy of subjugation and con conquest conquest quest as a result of ot the Spanish war been Hen attached to the Teller resolution re it too would have been adopted In conclusion Mr Teller reller said aid that the action of the United States re cc regarding garding Cuba was worthy our OUt great t nation which in this tJ instance tance had bad ad put aside greed and conquest and had erected a monument among the nations of or the world The final happy solution tion tien of the Cuban Cabo situation had Justi Justified J fled fied fully funy the delay which had occurred The American naff ag had come down dawn from Cuba but bat a better one for tor Cuba Cubs had hd gone up The American flag was WU the best in tn the UM world for tor Americans and aad the tb It ag w wu was s the best bestone be bestone one 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