Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-02
Senator Hoar Compares the fiIipi-
no to Simon Bolivar.
WANTS TREATY RATIFIED.
Mr.. Keller say. the Piiipincs are Not
Yet Ready or capable 60 Cow
ern Themselves

washington. Fob. i.-Scnntors Teller
and Ifonr were the speakers IN the cx-
ccutlve session Of the Senate today
.ir. Teller mrdc set speech IN support
Of the treaty and Mr. IIonr replied.
Both went over much ground that had
been covered before. hut some new
points were brought out.
Air. Teller devoted special attention
10 the capabilities OF the Fillpinos for
self. government. lie contcndcd that
they had not yet reached ,hc stage
where they could be considered capable
Of taking care OF themselves. ar1 ne
based much Of his argument upon the
lncapacity demonstrated by their lead
e. Agunnido. lie read extracts from
the Philippines icader'n proclamation,
,ontcndinR that they demonstrated he
you'd question TINT he waa Ignorant
Of the fifat principles OF popular gov
eminent. and especially a Democratic
form OF government. lie rcfcrivd to
the fact that the Filipino leader had IN
fome Of his pronunclamcntos spoken
aa "a dictator. which the colorado Zen.
atur said did not accord with the pro-
.ceslons OF democracy made Tor NM
AIR. Teller also referred 70 the gem
tfal situation IN the Orient. cnlarging
upon the necessity for the United states
to hold footing which had been ro-
cured through what almost must DC
y gardcd aH Providcn;inl means. lie
dweit upon the reports OF vast coal de-
posits In the Philippines nrd said they
wer. invaluable on this account To any
nation. for. In the future. the country
which controlled the coal dcponits Of
III. worlds would dominate the other
nations. both from coiGmcrclnl and
military point OF View.
At the present timc. the unl,ci states.
Great Britain and Japan control the
principal coal supplies. and he pre-
dic,cd that 10 long as they continued
e. control them and were friendly 20
one another, they would hold the rclnu
az poNcr. Other European nations MP
nrtciatc the Importance Of the coal sap
ply. ana this fact. more than any other,
accounted Tor the desire " Russia and
Germany TO ret foothold In the Phil
lpiinef. Russia was. he said, cHpccinl-
y rrnrping and II bchoov-L this CONF
tiy To he On Its guard nrainHt the cn-
,fouyhinentH OF that power.
In conclusion, Mr. Teller referred 20
his a. tnguniam to the Administration.
faylnr that he expected TO oppose the
party In power In the next campaign.
but strongly M he felt on the questions
which, roparntcd him from that party.
hc was. nevertheless, Willing 10 hlnk
PARTY questions and subordinate parti-
san advantage to what h. believed to
b. 4 much broader vicw-a patriotic
rather than a partisan Wow.
Rising TO reply. Mr. lioar said that
there could be no doubt OF SIR. Tellcr'a
attitude toward the Republican party
after his anxiety 10 have tho treaty
ratified had been made 20 evident. for
he could not possibly do anything that
would go farther toward cncompnaslng
the dlsornonlzatlon and defeat OF the
Republican party thnn TO make certain
the ratification ~ the pending treaty.
Mr.. iIonr devoted the greater part ~
bis reply 10 n defense Of Agllnaldo. who
b. compared to Simon bolivar the
South American patriot. II would be
remembered. he said. that bolivar also
had upon ono occasion taken upon hlm-
Felf the title OF dictator and yet who
on this account should nccun, the Bell
Wan libcrator OF being false to his
people or 20 their aspirations for free
DOM Aguinnldo had 10 Tar shown
himself 10 be a Hhrrwd and able leader.
and he had not by any act of hts,
N 1wn himself 20 be- lncapable OF the
highest degree OF leadership.
During the course OF his remarl,H,
tonntor ilonr said that the argument
bad been advanced that tho United
fintcs should DO near az hand e. pnr-
urlpntc Ia tho predicted partition ~
'1inn ana preceded TO say that this
nrEumont Indicated diHpoaltlOn to
grasp cvvn more territory that had yet
BEEN taken. Such policy. he thought.
should DO nippcd IN the bud az he was
Nrry confident that the people OF the
United Sintca would not profit by join
inH the European powers IN their rf-
Infw "a distribute among themselves
TIE puaaerrlona of this ancient empire.
Tho iaft rcmark brought Senator
Davis 20 his feet While HIS nnmc lind
not been mentioned II was evident that
NJ lionr alluded TO a rcnara % the
minnesota senator. The intter raid he
had not advocated any participation
Ny the United States IN the process uf
Acknowledgement. but that he had only
alluded Ia ita probability aud had said
merely that the United states should
o. ON hand To protect their own in-
tefcstn.