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Show SENATOR MORGAN IS CONSISTENT. Senator Morgan of Alnhima Is the only Democrat who has spoken on the bill to provide civil government for the Philippines who Is consistent With this sole exception they have bitterly denounced military rule in those Islands, Is-lands, nnd )et opposed the proposition to do away with it. Mr Morgan opposes op-poses tho coitlnunwe of military rule, nnd fvvora tho bill which provides for a civil government His position Is logical and sound Ills point that the oulery In this country agnlnst what our officers military and civil, nro doing there, havo kept the lalrones and bolomen In the field, Is undoubtedly correct Tho I'lilplnos are not fighting for llbert), Mr Morstn declared but onl) as the tools of the Junta at Hongkong Hong-kong Thi Jellcntloi of the Islands to religious frccdoii is something Agul-nnldo Agul-nnldo never attempted and could not have brought about, but under our rule It la nn accomplished fact Hla reference refer-ence tn the nlleged cru"ltles was most happ). Investigation of these hy proper nuthorlty Is demandd b) tha entire arm) as a dut) to It, and the men of the nrm) resent the discussion of their acts In connection with a bill which does not call fo- su h discussion Their mouths nre closed said he, and they nre not permitted to appear at the bar of the Pcnat toonswer these charges', nnd h" declared that If the Filipinos nre not fit to be citizens of the United States they nro not fit to govern themselves them-selves He said thnt lie could not believe be-lieve that an) people will suffer harm through our efforts to bless them It was one of th first-rate speeches of the session it complete!) nnsvvered the carping and harsh criticisms of his own part) associates dlscursed ably the measure that was before the Senato Instead of wandering far afield for mud to sling, and put the question before the countr) In Its proper light conservatively conserva-tively and nbly We believe the public opinion of his Stnte Is overwhelmingly with him ln the position he has taken. |