| Show iiR TALKS OF ISLES Venerable Senator is Given Giv-en Close Attention HAD A LARGE AUDIENCE fe Denounced Attitude of Government Govern-ment in the Philippines as One of JiTost Wicked and Foolish Chapters in American History Urged the Withdrawal of United States Prom the Archipelago Arraigned Fun ston for Methods Ho Pursued in Capture of Aguinaldo Washington May 22A notable contribution con-tribution to the discussion of the Philippine Phil-ippine question wan made in the Sen ntc today by Mr Hoar of Massachusetts Massachu-setts Ills views on the subject arc well understood but his expression of them today was profoundly interesting imd even Impressive When the venerable vener-able Senator began t s speak every Senator Sen-ator at the Capitol was In his seat and for the two hours and a half his address consumed he was accorded the most careful attention not only by his colleagues on the Moor but also by the people In the thronged galleries URGED WITHDRAWAL FROM ISLES Mr Hoar confined himself closely to Sils manuscript He denounced the altitude al-titude of the Government In the Philippines Phil-ippines as one of the most wtckod and foolish chapters n American history He urged that I the ITntcd I States should withdraw from the Philippines and permit per-mit the people there to erect their own government as had been done In Cuba Cu-ba He sharply arraigned Gen Fun ston for the methods lie pursued in theCa the-Ca pture of Aguinaldo and intimated I strongly tljit had tho Senate been aware of the facts Funston might not havo been confirmed In his recent promotion pro-motion He hoped that as the irrevocable irre-vocable step had not been taken by the United States better counsels would yet prevail and that this rSov ernment would leave the Philippines1 2Ic E maintained that this country is not at war MR HOARS ADDRESS You are fighthFT for sovereignly ho said you nro Jlghtlng for the principle of eternal dominion over that people sind that Is the only question Iii Irpue In tho corillirt When It hnd been determined to resort lo force In ihe Philippine ho Kaid ilia Government took upon ltr oir the natural consequence of that led filon The result of the conflict at arms of such u character inevitably was that there should bo cruelty on one side and retaliation by rruplty on the other and the rC9jOfliIljy < rested upon those who L jnndo the policy MEN NOT AV1CKED Mr Hoar said he was to tllscmis end tionouiKp what seemed to him ono of the most wfckod and foolish clunuors hi his tory yet lie wns compllod io admit ho said that I HIP I men who > r rewiionMble for li wcro neither wlokoa nor foolish Ho maintained that his coutclcneo would not permit him to follow thcs men and his 4 conscience was tho only authority ho Ml hound to obey In this ma tIer He said that the share wlilrh It wns proposed 10 give the Filipinos In the proposed scheme of government was an admission that many of them w LflC tit for selfKovern jnom Thy United States was lighting I to BCcuro a dependency not a republic a Government of our making and not a Government of the Filipinos making DISClSSES TESTIMONY Dlscujslng Uio testimony taken bv the Philippine commlsHlon Mr Hoar ifild It had con I a med yorno pregnant I admissions I vk hat vindicates that which has been done io far Is tho saving of tho Islands from nnairhy nnd the material bonellt con ferred upon the Philippine people Whit the lathers of the republic mild and our conlnry i of glorious history wore appealed to hi vain Their logons fell inon tile can 01 nIna dazlcd by military glory and delirious with the lust of conquest1 CUBA AND 1 PHILIPPINES Ho compsirrrl tb > filiation In Cuba with that in tho t Phlllpnlncs and demanded to know which was ihr bettor lie I recited a chapUr nf the history of this cnuntrv which hu sid s1lowl l Unit tho present jiolloy of tho Government was In contra diction of iht < Monroe doctrine as It was a contradiction of the Declaration I of Jn S dopfiulcncp He said that It tho itrcnont way was followed the Docl rntlon of Jn dfp ndcnc would bi repealed and I noth lag would he loft of the Monroe doctrine except the principle of brutal selllshncsu nnpuniic IN CUBA This Government had eroded a republic in Cuba JUKI a despotism In the I5hllli > lrrs Six hundred million I of irrasnro und id f American llvv I had hrcii sic rilliul In unit inliavor In I the tPhlllp Plut3 lie I ArmMlcm siiff bad been inadr the emblim of Mucrllcii and the burning of hmnra and of the I horror of the water tortuie Ke believed that our of Ikem In gnrral wir < humane Rut In K m cases tIly had cirrlfd our warfare with a inlAtiin e of Aineilean ingenuity and Cas F tillan cruelly y JUST HIS OPINION g What have your Ideals cost yon In qilrnl Mr Hoar For the Philippine Isl 5 andr you hivu had lo rcpral I the I Dirlari tlon of Indipondence For Cuba you have had to reaffirm and give it new luster I or tin IhlHppIno island you have hud to convert the Mdnroo dod tijie Into ai doctrine of mcro solllshnits For Cuba J on have aetcd on it and vindicated It la iiba yoi nave tho oirrnal jrratltudo of a I IYCO iicopK in I no i PhllliplncK you Have tho bntrcd and milieu sulmilfHlon of a Kubjiia0tl people From Cuba you p havo broiiKlu homo nothing but ylorv Finin the IpimiPPliK you iiave brousfit homo noihlni of glory AS TO AMKOI5D CRUJCLTIJBS tliM0rMriliilf 10 tile crileitica l commlllcd In llin tii LltiiliuliflCti 1t Vt boar I nul11 lie biHcvid I American oldloui wore 113 brave ami IlillInhili 115 er hived They had 1 lJiIC Blni Jjuy whni always vould hu c donu in like commioiw Tim chief gufu was upon lie tloiii8 of thiot ° Who railed the eoiidl g tloiuj CAPTURE OF AGP1NALDO J After reviewing ljrItJl > the capture of Aiculnaltlo by Cieii Funston tho methods of vhom Jift sharply irltlulK Mr bar I L cxpivaed UK bNliM that I Lilt Hinito did nut know what it was doing wluii It eon hfnicd to Oen lunstons nromoilon and lfltifTdPiI thai Iho rOMill tuight ILVO been r crc lIt if the Henuto hid bcn fully 11 Utizuitit l of nil the lady s JDPINOrNCKS SMITH ORDI3H AdVfrtJnjr ifjaln lo tho t horror whlrh lies oreniT d In thft Ihlllppiiue I Sir Hoar 1 rld I hope and bllovw hey I tv TO un known to tho War departmiiU I J knoxv tnry veiv itnkuown io President Roose volt and I know they sy < unknown to Jnljont MfKluley He I I lid not bel love tlmt I tin statement that the war hud been condvietc l with uuoxampled humanity i on G1 our jiut would IK amiucd by the people 0 Hu denounced tile order allozcil to hnvo i been fclvcsi by Gen Smith and lav par ilmlar < i lti is on th hnrrorn of the recuu i cenirallou camp whlrh he likcmd to the drwidiul aeems In Amlrrsouvllio prison r durhifT I the I Civil I tiv lie I I i lemandta that tlnae ihlngH ixnn and that I he mlnilntK iraUun deelnre on whul t teijutl jirJnuliil1 1 it would act In lh Philippine fie be llevtd thru It would be ImpoSHlbk absio i 1 lutcly to piielfy tile Philippines i HIS PKItOPATlON 5 In cjiirliijijoi he believed tlmt belter 0 4 i rOiiuiil l yet would prevull than I now t t < rpHl to oitt Th Irrvcetibk su lied not yet been uilteu lit UH ai leasl 4 hino this ° fa > Vl ° tto hievo kept the ci 81tl1 of tilt fnthero Wo took CuO bv tho hand Ve delivered her from her ape lonjr bondage o welcomed her lo the family of tin louts Vo net mankind an example never beheld beforo lu modern history ro led hesitating and halting Uuropo to the deliverance of their be lettiiuercd EmbnFsadors In I China AVc tmhehed through it host lIe country a country cruel and hit lila without anger an-ger or revenge Ve returned benclU lor injury and pity for cruelty We made tho nanio of America beloved In iho ISmit und in the West Wo kept faith with iho Philippine ileoilil > Ve kept faith with our own history Wo kept our national I honor unBiiIlied The hug which wo roojved without a rent we handed down without a stain UkUSUAI DEMONSTRATION Spontaneous applause swept ovcr the Senate and the gaileriPH at the conclusion con-clusion of the Mpcorrh Such a deinnn strutlon Is very unusual on the door of the Senate So pronounced was it that the presiding1 olllcer called tin attention atten-tion of Senators to the rule prohibiting uny expression of approval or disapproval disap-proval I Sir Bacon said he wanted It noted that the applause was largely on the floor of the Semite And on the other aide Mr Foraker saidOREGON OREGON SALMON LUNCHEON At 255 the Senate look a recess for thirty minutes In ordqr that Its members mem-bers might partake ot an Oregon salmon sal-mon luncheon given by Jdr Mitchell of Oregon The preceding was so unusual un-usual as to give rise to considerable common L I ISEEKS SEEKS INFORMATION The Senate reconvened at 330 p m Mr Oulberson of Texas offered a resolution reso-lution that the Secretary of War be directed to t sund to the Senate copies of all of the papers In his possession whkli relate to charges against Lieut Arnold and Scrgt Edwards by Private Andrew 1C Weir Including the report of Capr P AY West The resolution went over on objection by Mr Spooner A bill was passed to establish an assay as-say office at rortland Ore TJ3LL13R TELLS OF CUBA Mr Tellor of Colorado delivered a speech in the nature of a history of lie L legislative proceedings through which the new Cuban republic was created cre-ated A resolution offered by Mr Hnle of Maine was passed directing the Secretary Sec-retary of the I Navy to f urn Inn the Senate Sen-ate with detailed I teals I under the head The Pay of the Navy The Senate at 510 p in went Into executive session nnd soon afterward aJJourieil |
