The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-15
The McEnery Philip
pine Resolution.
HOAR'S OPPOSITION.
He Defends His Course on
the Treaty.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE unanimous
consent agreement reached by the Sem
ate last Saturday to vote this afternoon
on the resolution of Mr.. McEnery of
Louisiana. declaring a policy of this
government in the Philippines, was not
vacated. In accordance with that
agreement, the vote was taken on the
resolution at 230 o'clock today, and it
was adopted, rs to %. 1t was notice
able that several democrats who were
present and not paired refrained from
voting. An amendment offered by Mr..
Bacon of California several days ago
was defeated. The vote on the amend
ment was tie-29 to 29-and Vice
President Hobart cast the deciding vote
against the proposition. The voting
was preceded by three hours and a half
of debate.
The Senate convened at II o'clock,
but there were only nine senators pres
ent at that hour, and the absence of
the chaplain again rendered it neces-
sary to proceed with business without
formal prayer.
BY the time the reading of the jour
nal had been concluded the original
number present had been doubled, and
Mr. Stewart of Nevada took the floor
to make a speech in opposition to the
McEnery resolution declaratory of the
policy of this country toward the Phil
| ippines.
Mr.. Bacon of Georgia then addressed
the Senate in opposition to the McEn-
cry resolution
Mr.. Hoar of Massachusetts was OPP
posed to the McEnery resolution. He
maintained 1t gave no hope of freedom
or liberty or self-government to the
inhabitants of the Philippines, and be-
cause it provided that they should
never have part in their own govern
ment or become a part of the United
States.
1t was. he held, an infamous declara-
tlon-a declaration simply that the
Louisiana sugar planters should never
be afraid of the competition of the
Philippine islands. To the Filipinos
the McEnery resolution would be a
message of tyranny, of hate of oppres-
sion and of slaughter
Mr.. Hoar adverted to the references
In speeches to Aguinaldo as an ''un-
principled adventurer," and then en-
tered upon a defense of the Filipino
| leader. He spoke of Aguinaldo's appeal
to the people of the United States as so
remarkable as capable of being draft
ed by mot 10 men on this planet"
Il do not see,' said Mr.. Hoar, with
feeling, "how any American heart, not
of stone, could consent to recognize the
force of that appeal"
Mr.. Hoar stated that he was perfect
| ly satisfied with his entire course in
the whole question of the Philippines
believing conscientiously that he was
right. II am satisfied" he said ''to
stand with the fathers who founded
our liberty and framed our constitu-
ton"
Mr. Hale of Maine said he had not
much hope that the Senate would take
any course that would stop the desoIat%
ing program now being carried out in
the Philippines. Hardly had the treaty
been ratified however, before foreign
war was precipitated. 81 am not dis
appointed" said he. II am not in
clined to say I told you So but [ told
senators when the treaty was ratified
it would be impossible to take any
steps to alleviate the condition of the
Filipinos. Congress will adjourn and
the war will go on, and there is not a
man who will not realize in three
months that it is a war Of CONQUEST
and subjugation.
He said that Admiral Dewey and
Gen. Merritt had said that in three
months not 5000 troops would be needed
in the Philippines; yet we now had
900 men there, and 1000 more and the
| battleship Oregon on the way. And
yet" declared Mr.. Hale, I'VE are told
that we are traitors and held up. and
! blacklisted in the newspapers because
we want to give those people g, chance
at least to show that they are friendly,
and can set up a government OF their
own Instead, we kill them, not by
| CO mi INty1, Il,
sands. More Filipinos have been killed
by the guns of our army and navy
than were patriots killed in any six
battles of the revolutionary war. II
has become gigantic event. The
slaughter of people in no way equal
to us, meeting us with bows and ar
rows and crawling into the jungles by
hundreds, there to die, has stupeffed
the American mind. No one has said
that our mission of commerce and of
| the gospel was to be preceded by the
slaughter of thousands of persons
| Mr.. Bacon's amendment to the reso-
luton was then laid before the Senate,
a yea and nay vote was demanded
resulting 20 to 20. In announcing the
vote the vlce-president said: "The
vote is a tie. The chair votes in the
negative. The amendment is lost"
The vote was then taken on the Nc
Emery resolution, which follows;
THAT by the ratification of the pend
ing treaty of peace with Spain, it is
not intended to incorporate the in
habitants of said islands into citizen
ship Of the United States, nor is it
intended to permanently annex said
Islands as an integral part of the ter
ritory of the United States. But If is
the intention of the United States to
establish on said islands a government
suitable to the wants and conditions of
the inhabitants of said islands, to nre-
pare them for local government
and in due time to make such DISPOSE
ton OF said islands as will best nro-
mote the interests of the citizens Of
the United States and the inhabitapfs
of said islands,"
The resolution was adopted-yeas %
nays 22-several democrats who were
present and not paired Withholding
their votes.
The Senate then, at sos o'clock. went
into executive session. At 10 u. m
the Senate adjourned.