The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-21
LIGHT is DEMANDED
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS DETER
MINED NOTHING SHALL BE CON-
CEALED FROM PEOPLE
WAR TESTIMONY IS WANTED

Mr.. Pettfgrew Says 1t Is Evident the
Administration Is Disposed to
Hold Back Interesting Documents
Senator HOar Introduces Re1O-
IutiOns Rearing Upon Philippine
Issue-HOIiday Recess On.
WASHINGTON. Deo 2O-In the final
session of the senate today, before the
holiday recess, Mr.. Pettigrew Is. D., in
a Enthusiastically incisiVe speech de-
manded to know whether 1t was to be
the policy Of the representatives Of the
administration to suppress proper facts
and information when called for by q
senator. He said he believed an effort
was being made to prevent the testimony
taken by the war investigation commits
sion being sent to the senate, and de-
clared his intention not to submit to a
suppression OF information to which the
people, in his opinion, were entitled.
Taking Maj. Gen. Brooke's farewell
proclamation to the people Of Cuba es a
text, Mr.. Hale (Me) briefly congratu-
lated the general upon the work he had
accomplished In Cuba, and said he could
now see the dawn of time when the peo-
pie Of Cuba would be Independent.
Mr.. Morgan (Ala.) offered an amend
ment to Mr.. Bsco:s's resolutions guaran-
teefng to the people of Porto Rico, Ha-
wall and the Philippines a republican
government, and Mr.. Hoar (Mass.) intro
duced resolution declaring how the
people Of the island possessions of the
United States should be governed Sen
ator Hoar's resolution embodies the fol-
lowing:
Whereas, The American people and
the several states IN the Union have in
times past, at important periods in their
history, especially when declaring their
i1nI 11fpe establishing their constl-
tuition, OF undertaking new and great re-
sponsibilities, seen fie to declare the pur-
poses for which the nation or state was
founded and the important objects the
people intend to pursue in their political
action; and
Whereas, The close of a great war, the
liberation by the United States of the
Western hemisphere, and Of the Philip
pine islands, IN the far East, and the re-
duction of those peoples to a condition Of
practical dependence upon the United
makes such q declaration proper; there
fore, be it
Resolved, That this republic adheres
to the doctrines which were in the past
set forth in the Declaration Of Independ-
ence, and in its national and state con-
situations: That the purpose of Its ex-
istence and the object to which its po-
litical action ought to be directed are the
ennObling Of humanity, the raising from
the dust its humblest and coarsest mem
bers and the enabling of persons coming
lawfully under its power or influence to
live in freedom and in honor, under
governments whose forms they are to
have share in determining and in whose
administration they have an equal share.
IFS 1nsf nhliQsQ-
tons are:
q To solve the difficult problem pre-
scented by the presence of different races
on our soil with equal constitutional
rights; to make the negro safe in his
home secure in his vote, equal in his
opportunity for education and employ
ment, and to bring the Indian to civil
ization and culture according to his need
and capacity.
SO To enable great cities to govern
themselves in freedom, honor and purity.
So To make the ballot box as pure as
a sacramental vessel and the election re-
turn as perfectly in accord with the law
and the truth as the Judgment Of the SUI
a To Danish illiteracy and ignorance
from the land.
IS To secure for every workman and
to support a life Of comfort and an old
age of leisure and quiet. as BELTS those
who have an equal share in selt-gVerp-
ing, state a na ovor tho CON
tinent and over the Islands OF the sea,
Just so fast and no faster as we can
bring into equality and self-government
under our constitution people and races
who will share these ideals and help to
make them realities.
a. To set a peaceful example Of free
dom which mankind will be glad to fol
low. but never to force even freedom
mon unwilling nations at the point of the
bayonet or at the lannon's mouth.
'f8. To abstain from interfering with
the freedom and just. rights of other ma.
tions or peoples, and to remember that
the liberty to do right necessarily in
wolves the liberty to do wrong; and that
the American people has no rght to taH os
freedom because Of a fear that they Will
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