The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-15
POLICY N DEFINED
M'ENERY RESOLUTION AS TO THE
PHILIPPINES PASSES THE
SENATE
BACON AMENDMENT IS LOST

Senator's Hoar and Hale Appeal in
Vain for Consideration of the
Rights of the Filipinos-Sennte
Is Warned That History Will
Condemn the Slaughter of the
Nutivcs-VOte Was Close.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE unan-
imous consent agreement reached by
the senate last Saturday. to vote this
afternoon on the resolution of Mr.. Nc
Emery Dem, Lao, declaring the pol
icy of this government in the Philip
pines, was not vacated. In accordance
with that agreement the vote was TAX
en- on the resolution at 2:30 p. m. to-
day and ii was adopted, 20 to %. 1t
was noticeable that several Democrats
who were present and not paired re-
Trained from voting. An amendment
offered by Mr.. Bacon Dem, Ga.) sew
eral days ago was defeated. The vote
on the amendment was a tie, 29 to %,
and Vice President Hobart cast the de-
Gliding vote against the proposition.
The voting was preceded by three
hours and a half of debate, the SEN
ate having convened at Il a. m. in or
der 10 admit of discussion on the reso-
luton.
Mr.. Stewart first took the floor to
speak in opposition. He expressed the
opinion that whatever the administra-
ton might do it would not follow the
policy outlined by the resolution. The
country was not prepared to go to the
expense of establishing a government
for the islands; the United States were
not in the business of conQuering ISL
ands, educating their people and then
selling them. He doubted but that we
should hold the islands and thus render
the United States Independent Of other
countries in the production of tropical
products which otherwise must be
source of great expense. Now it costs
heavily to secure these products. Why
not. therefore, hold these islands and
produce our own fruits. sugar etc?
Nj Bacon addressed the senate in
opposition to the AIcEnery resolution.
He declared that il was a vicious and
unfortunate declaration. He declared
that the resolution meant nothing ia
vorable to the Philippines. 1t did not
look to the ultimate freedom and self
government of the Philippines He
looked upon it as an assertion that
while the Filipinos were subjects of
this country they could never become
citizens.
MR.. HOAR OPPOSES.
Mr. Hoar Oass) was opposed to the
AIcEnery resolution, because. he de-
clared, it gave no hope of freedom or
government to the inhabitants Of
the Philippines and because it provid
ed that they should never have a part
in their own government or become
part of the United States. It was, he
held. an Infamous declaratiOn-a dec
laration simply that the Louisiana
sugar planters should never be afraid
of the competition Of the Philippine
islands. To the F'ilipinos the McEnery
resolution would be a message of
tyranny, of hate, Of oppression and of
slaughter.
Mr. Hale (AIe) said that he had not
much hope that the senate would take
any course that would stop the desc
lating programme now being carried
out III the Philippines. Hardly had the
treaty been ratified. however, before g
foreign war was precipitated.
4 am not disappointed" said he.
Il am not inclined to say I told you So,
hut I told senators when the treaty was
ratified that it would he impossible to
take any steps to alleviate the condi-
ton of the FiliDinos. Congress will
adjourn and the war Will so on and
there is not a man who will not real
lie in three months that it is war of
conquest and subjugation."
He said that Admiral Dewey and Gen.
Merritt had said that in three months
not 5000 troops would be needed in
the Philippines, yet we now had 10000
men there and 1000 more and the bat
tleship oregon on the way.
And yet" declared Mr. Hale, eve
are told that we are traitors and held
M and blacklisted in the newspapers
because we want to give those people
chance. at least. to show that they
are friendly and can set up a govern
ment Of their own. Instead we kill
them, not by scores, not by hundreds,
but by thousands. More of the Fill
pin0s have been killed by the guns of
cur army and navy than We're patriots
killed in any six battles Of the Revolu-
tlCnary war. 1t has become a gigantic
eN ent. The slaughter of people in no
way equal to US, meeting us with bows
and arrows and crawling into jungles
by hundreds, there to die, has stupe-
fled the American mind. No one has
sad that our mission of commerce and
Of the gospel was to be preceded by
the slaughter of thousands of persons -
M EMERY RESOLUTION CARRIES.
AIr. Bacon's amendment to the reso-
luton was then laid before the senate.
1t follows:
any disposition intention to exercise per
manent severe gnty, jurisdiction or control
over said islands, and assert their determine
ton, when a stable and Independent gov
eminent shall have been erected there en-
titled, in the Judgment of the United States