The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-03-03
TRADE AGAINST M'K|NLEY.
Johnson of Indiana Bitterly Attacks
the Administration.
SECRETARY ALGER is SCORED.

WASHINGTON Feb. 25.-Mr. Johnson,
Republican, of Indiana, delivered a
sensational speech in House yesterday
arraigning the administration in bit
ter terms for its alleged imperialistic
program. 1t was carefully prepared
and read from manuscript, quite con-
trary to Mr.. Johnson's usual custom.
He referred in opening to tho recent
banquet ut Boston attended by the
President and members of his cabinet.
Ho paid his respects to Secretary AL
ger, who, he said, had been retained
in tho cabinet despite his incompe-
tency on account of his contributions
to the campaign fund in 1896
Secretary of the Navy Long also
came in for his share Of irony.
He had the audacity, Mr.. johnson
said, to repeat the baseless charge
that those opposed to ratification of
the treaty were responsible for the
bloodshed in the Philippines. AS Mr..
johnson proceeded he amazed men,
bers of the House, who gathered in
the aisles to listen. "Christianizing
with the sword and civilizing with
cannon" he declared was the admin
istrations policy.
The Presidents speech at the Bos-
ton banquet, Mr.. Johnson declared,
was the most disingcnious that ever
fell from the lips of chief executive.
apart from its platltude and profess
sions of virtue, it was" he said, "a
carefully devised and studious mis-
statement of facts"
The sensation Mr.. Johnson was ere
ating increased as he likened the Pres
ident to Pecksniff II the President
really felt that Congress should deter
mine upon the future of the Philip
pines, he asked why the President did
not call up Congress in extra session
and then keep his hands off. He
charged that the President coerced
the Senate into ratifying the treaty;
that he would not permit vote on
the Bacon resolution and only al
lowed the McEnery resolution, which
meant nothing, to pass in order to
lull the opposition of the country
to sleep while he went ahead waging
relentless war against helpless peo-
pie, struggling for liberty. How the
two-thirds vote to ratify the treaty
was secured, Mr.. Johnson said, only
the President could tell.
The people did not indorse the &C
ton of the Senate. If the President
could hush the noise of the self-seek
ers about him he would not hear the
tread of the 1OO,o men whom he
desired to enforce his crusade against
liberty, but the murmurings Of the
mighty army of the American people
who would overthrow him in the end.
The true cause of the Presidents
change of attitude toward the Philip
pines, Mr. Johnson declared, was to be
found in the demands of selfish capl-
talists They were the gentlemen, he
said, who had furnished the money
for his nomination and election and
he had no doubt they had already
pledged him denomination and re-
election. He charged that these men
had already seized valuable conces-
sions in China which the acqui-
sition of the Philippines would
benefit lie said vast conces-
sions had already been granted
in Porto Rico and Cuba and he had no
doubt the board created by the Pres
iden would farm out valuable fran
chises to Americans which properly
belonged to natives of those islands