The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-02
EXPANSION FOR COAL
Senator Teller'S Argument For Re-
tentiOn of Philippines.
GREAT COAL DEPOSITS
CONTROL OF THE WORLDS FUEL
SUPPLY.
One Reason Why We Should Hold
the Islands-Natives Unfit Fer
elf-government - Hoar Sees
Proof of Teller's Hostility to the
Republican Party.

Washington, Feb. 1.-Senators Teller
and Hoar were the speakers in the ex-
ecutive session Of the senate today.
port of the treaty, and Mr.. Hoar re-
piled. Both went over much ground
that had been covered before, but some
new points were brought out.
Mr.. Teller devoted special attention
to the capabilities of the Filipinos for
government. He contended that
they had not yet reached the stage
where they could be considered capa-
BILE of taking care of themselves, and
he based much of his argument upon
the incapacity demonstrated by their
leader, Aguinaldo. He read extracts
from the Philippine leaders Droclama-
ton, cOntending. that they demonstrate
ed beyond question that he was ignor-
ant of the first principles of popular
government, and especially a democrat
ic form of government. He referred
to the fact that the Filipino leader had
in some of his pronunciamentos spoken
as a dictator, which the Colorado SEN
ator said was in accord with the pro-
LESSONS of democracy made for him.
Mr.. Teller also referred to the general
situation in the Orient. enlarging upon
the necessity for the United States to
hold a footing which had been secured
through what almost must be regarded
as providential means. He dwelt upon
the reports of vast coal deposits in the
Philippines, and said they We're inval-
liable on this account to any nation,
for, in the future, the country which
controlled the coal deposits of the world
would dominate the other nations, both
from a commercial and military point
of view. At the present time the United
States, Great Britain and Japan con-
troll the principal coal supplies, and he
predicted that so long as they continued
to control them and were friendly to
one another, they would hold the reinS
of power. Other European nations ap-
preciate the Importance of the coal sup
ply, and this fact. more than other,
accounted for the desire of Russia and
Germany to get a foothold in the Phil
ippines. Russia was. he said, especially
grasping, and it behooved this country
to be on its guard against the en-
croachments of that power.
In conclusion, Mr.. Teller referred to
his antagonism to the administration,
saying that he expected to oppose the
party in power in the next campaign,
but. strongly as he felt on the questions
which separated him from that party.
he was, nevertheless, willing to sink
party questions and subordinate parti-
san advantage to what he believed to
rather than a partisan view.
HOAR'S REPLY.
Rising to reply Mr. Hoar said that !
there could be no doubt of Mr.. Teller'S /
attitude toward the Republican party, /
after his anxiety to have the treaty
ratified had been made so evident, for !
he could not possibly do anything that /
would go farther toward encompassing
the Reorganization and defeat of the !
Republican party than to make certain 1
the ratification of the pending treaty.
Mr.. Hoar devoted the greater part of ,
his reply to a defense of Aguinaldo, /
who he compared to Simon Bolivar, /
the South American patriot. 1t would .
he remembered, he said, that Bolivar 4
also had, upon occasion, taken upon !
himself the title of dictator, and yet .
who. on this account, should accuse the .
Bolivian liberator of being false to his .
people or to their aspirations for free
dom?
Aguinaldo had so far shown himself |
to be a shrewd and able leader. and he
had not, by any act of his. shown him
self to be incapable of the highest de-
gree of leadership.
During the course of his remarks,
Senator Hoar said that the argument
had been advanced that the United
States should be near at hand TO par
ticipate in the predicted partition of
China, and proceeded to say that this
argument indicated a disposition to
grasp even more territory than had
yet been taken. Such a policy. he
thought, should be nipped in the bud, |
as he was very confident that the peo- d
pie of the United States would not
profit by joining the European powers
n their efforts to distribute among
themselves the possessions of this an
,ient empire.
The last remark brought Senator Da-
lis to his feet. While his name had
lot been mentioned. it was evident that
Mr.. Hoar alluded to a remark of the
senator. The latter said he
lad not advocated any participation
" the United States in the process of
but that he had only
Llluded to it's probability, and had said
hat the United States should be on
land to protect her own interests.