The Portland daily press., 1899-10-28

srxny and naxy q - Unissd S>atsa
Ard hsttsvs ~ psspis of tss Usissd
SMsus win slnne ~ him. ~ opponsut
sssnds On TIE same platform. except thas
10 would fsrst havs ossnsion q hestili-
siss willis he sned Cor pesos. Ths parson
wouId 70 forth - peAosmaksr and
whsn thsy spit In his fsos and told him
10 gst out ~ would turn 10 the Presi-
dsns and demand; ss1ips me this sword
Of Gibson snd the Strength Of the Lord.
shss I mag smlte them hip and thigh"
M. AIisn's allusion 10 the Philippines
wns loadly applaudsd and ths applause
wss rsaswsd II the conclusion OF his adj
dres.
Mr.. LITrLEFIELD's SPEECH.
M. Lats1<flsld, who followed. dsvotsd
his spssoh mainly 10 . diacuaion Of the
Philippsss situstion. He prefacsd his
rsnsrks with an elcqusut tribute 20 Mr..
Rssd, adding that MIR. Allsn was . man
worthy 10 succeed 10 the high ONCE va
GATED b. one Of the giants Of the Republi-
can party. n we have TIE ssIne interess
In ether parts OF the district as has been
shown where NO have spoken, said Mr..
lAttisfsld, ! want &, say to you that
Amos L. Aiisn viii have . larger majori-
~ than did Thomas b. Resd.
Turnina to the Philippine question.
Mr.. Littisfisld said that u should be
borns In mind that while spain simply
rslinquished hsr sovereignty over Cuba.
she absolutely csded to this country
Porto Rico and the Philippines. and they
bscsme tire property Of this country. The
constitution made 1t the auty Of the
President to see that the laws were OBJ
served In the PHILIPPINES as In New
Gloucester or any oth~r town. MIR. LIZ
tleteid said that he did not propose to
discuss the question Of expansion for the
country had already expanded by the rati-
fication Of the treaty, a thing In which
both parties participated through the
votes Of their representatives and for
which they were both respon sible. al
though he thought that they would have
no cnuse TO roget their action. Mr.. Lit
tlefield described the great eJ tent Of tn.
Philippine archipelago and its many
Inhabitants. Continuing. he said. In
rart: 1t Is generally admitted by those
familiar with Philippine affairs that
II Aguinadlo were In position to do so.
internccine strife, internecins harl-kari
would follow. Aguinaldo In 1896 was at
the head OF an insurrection which had
Spsnisris, and they bought him off with
the promise Of $500, 900. half Of which
they paid and half OF which they did not
pay. They also promised an armisty
and this promise they did not keep. You
remember that the failure Of the Span
iaras to Keep their promises was one of
ere causes of our war with Spain. Aguir-
aldo returned 10 the philippines ut the
time OF Dewey's victory. He says that he
had O promise that his government would
be reeoxnizei. have line from the
Secretary Of War saying that George
Dewey says no such agreement was ever
made. When IL comes to q question be-
tween Aguinaldo and George Dewey.
stand by George. Well. let us see what
Is the nature OF the young republic OF
the Orient Aguinaluo first issuei
proclamation making himself dictator OF
the insurrection. Then he iesusd anoth-
or making the insurreetion . revoluticn
After this he called congress which he
proclaimed could do nothing without his
consent. More than this he announcsa
that he would not be responsible for his
own acts as dictator. And this Is the
man to whom people In this country rs-
Ter AZ tho George Washington Of the ORR
emit When did George Washington ever
proclaim himself as dictator and an
nounoe that be would not bs responsible
for his own acts
Mr. Liltledeld told some stories OF
Filipino cruelty to emphasize bis asser-
ton that the people were Cnsutted TO SELF
cover n nent. After the capturs OF the
Spanish fribrI he said, one was cut into
small pieoss, another was s,neareh with
oil and burned to death, third was
covered with oil, split leDEthwise on
bamb boo rod and slowly fried over fire.
/ win mention one other instance OF
Filipino atrooity. 1t Is thu CASE Of the
Spanish lieutenant who was captured
with his wife and daughter. The man
they killed. the dauf hter tsey ravishsd
to death and for the wife they had dug
a grave in which they were going to
bum her alive when she was rescued and
taken in disguise to Manila where she
arrived rsving maniac. These things
A guinaldo could not stop or he did not
stop them because he knew his power
would crumbls II he attempted to inter-
fere. Now will tell you of thing for
which Aguinalio was himself response
BILE The Secretary of wsr recently sent
to me an extract from the Instructions
given AguinAlio to his agents in the
plot to massacre all the foreign inhsbi.
tauts In the city Of Manila, a city of $780,
600 or 4OO, 900 people. This plot was fortu-
natsly Uncovered, but through another.
a million and half dollars worth Of
property was destroyed by IRE. may
be called upon soon to vote upon the