The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
DEFENSE OF AGUINALDO
SENATOR DENoUNCES
COURSE OF AMERICANS.
Demands That Anti-expansion Reso-
buttons Be Adopted-Vest Thinks
It a Farce to Adopt Resolutions
After We Have Declared Our
Policy With Cannon.

ment was made by the senate to vote
upon the resolution of Mr.. McEnery
(Dem., Ala.), declaratory of policy of
the United States as to the Philippine
islands. The request for the unanimous
consent agreement was made by Mr..
Mason, which seemed the conclusion of
the debate on then question, and after
several senators who were known to be
opposed to any action on the reSOlu-
ton temporarily had left the chamber
Upon their return to the chamber they
learned what had happened in their
absence, and later in the afternoon, Mr..
Hawley (Rep., Conn., gave notice that
at d proper time he would endeaVor to
have the agreement vacated.
At the conclusion of the morning bus
mess the resolution offered yesterday,
which affirms and approves the doc
tlineS of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, declares that all governments de-
rive their just powers from the con-
sent of the governed, and that the doc
trineS are universal and apply to all
peoples having a society or territory of
their own, was laid before the senate
Mr.. Chandler of New Hampshire
asked for unanimous consent that the
senate, on Monday next at 8 o'clock,
take up all the resolutions bearing upon
our relations to foreign territory ac-
quired and dispose of them by vote be-
fore adjournment. He said this could
be done by midnight of that day. He
believed it perfectly proper to vote upon
any of these declaratOry resolutions.
In the course of his remarks upon the
suggestion of Mr.. Chandler, Mr. Allen
said he observed "the singular absence
of one of the chieftains of the contest
of that evening, referring to the de-
bate on the attempt to pass the Nc
Emery resolution last Monday, after the
ratification of the peace treaty. He then
asked that a vote be taken upon his
resolution now, as it only reiterated the
doctrine Of the Declaration of indie
pendence.
Mr.. Stewart of Nevada said he had
no knowledge that the Declaration of
Independence had been abrogated. If
the senate was to vote to reaffirm that
document some good reasons should be
given the people for such vote.
Mr.. Mason Qlls.), interfering a reply
to Mr.. Stewards implied inquiry as to
the necessity of adopting the Allen res
olution, said: 1T is simply to declare
to the F'ilipinos that when we kill them
we are not forcing upon them the bless
ings of liberty"
Mr.. Allen, in urging immediate action
upon his resolution, said he could see
no conflict between such a declaration
acted upon last Monday.
In a brief speech, Mr.. Carter CMont.) |
said this resolution would have the |
same mischievouS results as that of |
few days ago. He did not approve of a
discussion in this forum of a trouble |
which had been precipitated by rebels |
in arms. He declared that the purpose
Of adoption of the pending resolutions |
was an insinuatiOn against the good |
faith and honesty of purpose of the |
American people.
A FARCE, SAYS VEST.
Mr.. Vest of Missouri said any action |
upon the pending resolutions now |
would be like sending for a physician |
after the patient was dead: 'What," |
he inquired, can be a. broader farce |
than the passage of these resolutions,
when we already have declared our pol |
icy at the mouth of the cannon, amid |
the rattle of musketry and in shooting |
cur doctrines into the people of the !
Philippines"
He declared that when the peace |
treaty was ratified it followed logically |
that the Filipinos would be coerced.
Mr.. Allen closed the debate, replying
to Mr. Carter, saying that the silver
question in Montana and in other in
termountain states could not be OBJ
secured by such Nominations" as that
which Mr.. Carter, he said, had inflicted
upon the senate.
At o'clock the resolutions, under the
rules, went to the calendar, no action
being taken.
A bill was passed granting to the
Clearwater Short Line Railroad COM
pany the right of way through the Nez
Perees Indian lands in Idaho.
The legislative, executive and judicial
bill was then laid before the senate,
pending it's consideration, Mr. Mason
asked the unanimous consent for vote
upon the McEnery resolution next
Tuesday at 2:30 p. m.
MASON DEFENDS FILIPINOS.
Mr.. Hawley objected.
Mr.. Mason then referred to the fact
that a month ago he had asked for
vote on his resolution, saying that if he
had disregarded that thing called SEN
atorial courtesy" he supposed he could
have forced a vote, out he had not
chosen to do this. Mr.. Hawley had OBJ
jected in the beginning, as he had to-
day, saying he had no respect for the
though" said Mr.. Ma
son, 81 was not his equal. 1 claim to
be his peer" he said, land to represent
as good state as he does"
Mr. Mason gave notice that he meant
to continue his warfare in the interest
stay here until the snow should fly next
December if necessary to get the reso-
luton adopted.
Mr.. Mason asserted that the United
States had been the aggressors in the
Manila conflict by trampling upon the
rights of the Filipinos. They had
sought every means of securing a
peaceful settlement and we had driven
them out. When Aguinaldo had asked
Iar T,1-ixriIac~o of q conference |
had refused without know
ing what he had to offer. His request
had been ignored and we had gone on
burning his villages and shooting his
people like dogs, a la Weyler.
Mr. Mason gave deliberate notice of
a filibuster, saying he would speak each
day until the resolutions were acted
upon, II would take all the time l
want" he said, Il begin to appreciate
the glorious privilege OF senatorial
courtesy
stPUPPET OF ENGLAND.
Mr.. Mason then entered upon the con-
tention that the United States was rap
IDLY becoming a puppet of Great Brit
ain, and he read a poem entitled THE
Lions Whelp," which he said illus
trated the relationship. the following
lines from which illustrated its spirit:
''Iknow thee now, my lions whelp.
1T could be none but thee"
'This country was even growing more
cruel than England, and cruel not to
our enemies alone, but cruel to our
own people. He heard it said that the
could not be conquered with
he loss of only 5000 or 1000 lives. Ac-
cording to his way of thinking, one
American life was worth more than
-hnSfs of all the natives on the island.