The record-union., 1899-02-15

hope that the Senate would take any
action that would stop the desoIaring
program now being carried out in the
Philippines. Hardly had the treaty
been ratified, however, before foreign
war was precipitated.
II am not disappointed" said he. Il
am not inclined to say I told you SO,
but told Senators when this treaty
was ratified that i. would be impos-
sible to take any steps to alleviate the
condition of the Filipinos. Congress
win adjourn and The war will go on,
and there is not a man who will not
realize in three months that it is a war
of conquest and subjugarion."
He said Admiral Dewey and General
Merritt had said that in three months
the Philippines, yet We now had 20
coo men there, and 1000 more and the
battleship Oregon on the way. And
yet" declared Hale, I'VE are told that
we are traitors, and held up and black
listed in the newspapers because we
want to give those people chance at
least to show that they are friendly
and can set up a government of their
own. Instead we kill them, not by
scores not by hundreds, but by thou
sands. More Filpinos have been killed
by the guns of our army and navy than
were patriots killed in any six battles
of the Revolutionary War. 1t has be-
come a gigantic event. The slaughter
of people in no way equal to US, meet
ling us with bows and arrows and crawl
ing into jungles by hundreds, there to
die, has stupified the American mind.
No one has said that our mission OF
commerce and of the gospel was to be
preceded by the slaughter of thousands
of persons.
| Il am not enamored of the McEneTy
resolution. 1t contains little that IS
good and a good deal that is bad
| He regarded the Bacon resolution as
much the better. But he SAID IN
conclusion, 1.-The car of juggernaut will
go on The grinding will continue I'M
| til the people finally make themselves
heard upon it,
Bacon's amendment to the resolution
was then laid before the Senate. IL
follows:
THAT the United States hereby dis
claim any disposition or intention 10
! exc else permanent sovereignty, JurlS-
dictton or control over said islands, ana
assert their determination, when sta
BILE and independents government snail
| have been erected there, entitled IN the
! judgment of the United States to rec
| ognition as such, to transfer to sara
Government, upon terms which shall
be just, all rights secured under the
cession by Spain, and to thereupon
leave the government and control OF
the islands to their people"
| A yea and nay vote was demanded,
resulting % to 70.
| In announcing the vote the vice
President said: The vote is a tie. The
Chair votes in the negative. The amend
ment is lost"
The detailed vote follows:
Yeas-Bacon, Bate, Berry, Caffery,
Chiffon. Clay, Cockrell. Faulkner, Cor
man, Gray, Hale, Harris, Heitfeld,
/ Hoar. Jones of Arkansas, Jones of Ne
vada Lindsay, McLaurin, Martin,
Money, Murphy, Perkins, Pettigrew,
Pettus, Quay, Rawlins, Smith, Tlllman
| %
NAYS = Allison, Burrows, Carter,
Chandler, Deboe, Fairbanks. Frye.
Gear, Hanna, Hawley, Kyle, Lodge,
Mcbride, McEnery, Mcmillan, Mantle,
Morgan, Nelson, Penrose, Platt of Con-
necticut, Platt of New York, Pritchard,
Ross Shoup, Simon, Stewart, Teller,
| Warren, Wolcott-29.
| The Vice President voted in the nes-
alive.
| The vote was then taken on the Nc
Emery resolution, which follows:
That by the ratification of the treaty
| of peace with Spain it is not INTENDED
| to incorporate the inhabitants OF the
Philippines into citizenship OF the Unit
| ed States, nor is it intended TO per
manently annex said islands as an IN
tegral part of territory of the unlteu
States but it is the intention OF the
United States to establish on said ISL
ands a. Government suitable to the
wants and conditions of the inhabitants
| of the said islands, to prepare them
| for local self government, and in due
time to make such disposition of said
islands as will best promote the inter
ests of the citizens of the United States
and the inhabitants of the said ISL
ands.''
The resolution was adopted-yeas II,
nays 90. Several Democrats who were
present and not paired withheld their
votes.
The detailed vote follows:
| Yaas-Allison, Burrows, Chandler,
Deboe. Fairbanks, Faulkner, Frye,
Gear Gray, Hale, Hanna, Harris Kyle
Lodge. McEnery, McLaurin, McMlilln'
Mantle. Mason. Nelson, Perkins, Pet
| tus. Platt of New York, Quay, Suil-
van, Teller-26.
Nays+Bacon, Bate, Caffery Carter
Clay, Cockrell, Hawley, Hoar, LINDSAY,
Mcbride, Martin, Money Morgan, Muf-
ply, Pettigrew, Platt of Connecticut
Rawlins, Ross, Simon, Smith, Stewart,
Warren-22
| The Senate then, at 800 p. M, went
into executive session, and at o:lU p M
adjourned.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Miles
| charges court of inquiry will not be-
| gin tomorrow, some members being
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