The Portland daily press., 1899-01-11

Cali us landgrabberS
Referring to the statements that the
pinos liberty. Senator Mason said:
"How Is this liberty to be establishsdY 7
Is 1t to be- done hypodermicnlly with
i3-inch gupY Are not our men and
ships ly ng IN Iloilo? Did not the ma
tives, who have been 1ur allies, drive the
Spanisrds outg Are they not In possess
sion Of their own land, their own homesY
Are they guilty of any crime except love
of home and county. Having worn the
Spanish yoke so long. do you wonder ut
their fear of ours? Shall we shoot them
and burn their homes because God al-
mighty has planted In their hearts and
on their lips the sweet song Of liberty
Forbid it Almighty God.
"But, Mr.. President, we are told that
we must civilize them. Which part of
our civilization shall We give them first.
| Shall we show them how to run mu-
inequalities with doodle aldermen? / zee
the chief OF that great ethical society.
known as lammany Hall, says keep the
| islands; shall we send him to teaJh the
untaught Filipino cleanliness in muni :.
cipal politics? shall we teach them 10
| worship money or the man who has its
Shall We hove special instructors to teach
them
HOW TO KILL POSTMASTERS
and their wives and children because OF
their oomplexionsS Shall we have illus
trations showing in large pictures the
works Of our mobs within the last ninety
days In North Carolina, South Carolina
and Illinoisf Shall We teach them how
TO organize trusts so that one or two
men can raise the price Of the necessaries
Of life to the people9 shall we amend
and print Lincoln's Gettysburg speech so
that 1t will read "A government OF all
the people, by part of the people for n
few OF the peopleg"
"Gentlemen. may say / belittle our
own institutions oh, no. simply call
attention to the beam In our own eye
to prevent, II possible, our breaking our
neck trying to pnd the note In the eye oil
the Filipino ten thousand miles away.
Have we the right to purchase SOW
ereignty? And II We have such right.
have we the right to purchase IL from
spain, who had no right and whose title
we had already discredited among the
nations of the world? II we purchase
the spanish title of sovereignty, would
We have the true title! VINO wants to
govern the Philippine islandsl Who
among US wishes to vote for laws to gov
ern them, ten thousand miles away /
never saw their homes. / never spoke
with one of them and | don't know their
language. / could not live In their eli
mate; ] don't know their Institutions.
Who Is there here on this hill In Washing
ton, / say, to write laws to govern
thcse people. whose very language We do
not understandY
"Ah, MIR. President, the fever has been
upon US. Thank God l believe the
crisis is past. The people have been lsshed
into fury by the press. The glorious
set this national pulse beating high, but
THE LAND GRABBING FEVER
is gradually receding and the un Datural,
un- merican desire to govern another
without his consent, thank God, is not
40 strong today rs 1t was but few days
since.
"Mr. President, am through. l do
not expect to Q cape bitter criticism.
have seen so much of sacrifice on the part
OF others In all of the past for the cause
of liberty, that l would for IL sacrifice
my seat among you, In which take
great honor. as cheerfully as would part
with "a crust of bread.
II have wished for that magnetic
strength that would help me to burn
within your hearts the sacred word OF lin-
ertJ, not Spanish liberty for Cuba, not
liberty for you prescribed by ne, not
liberty for me prescf ibed by you; not
English liberty for America, not Ameri'
can liberty for the Philippines, but liber-
" universal, for which our fathers died.
While MIR. Mason WAS discussing the
statement of the possible bonn bardment
of Iloilo, which he said WAS currently
reported was In contemplation, MIR. Gal
linger of New Hampshire remarked that,
as MIR. Masons statement WAS very
serious, he would like to krow upon
what information 1t WAS based.
"I have some information replied the
Illinois senator, (which l cannot here
and now communicate to the Senate.
What ] have said, however, is reported
and has been day and day In the des-
patches of the Associated Press. | may
say that base my statement upon tie re-
ports OF the Associated Press. These re
ports are that we have threatened TO
bonn bard Iloilo with its women and
children, where our flag has never been
raised"
Mr.. Gallinger expressed regret that Mr.
Mason could not give the source OF his
most important Information, but so far
as he was concerned, he could not accept
his unsupported statement or that OF u
press association.
"1his statement, interjected Mr..
White OF California, has been published
throughout the country. We all know
that when untrue statements are 81 pub :
lished, they are denied by the administra-
ton. Instead of denial IL is met with
q silence that is alike ominous and con-
vincing."
MIR. Gallinger: Convincing to the
Senator from California, bnt not to me.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Mason's speech
he was accorded the usual compliment In
the Senate OF cordial congratulations
from many of his colleagues and mem
bers of the House OF Representatives VINO
had heard the speech.
At the request of MIR. Morgan, the Sen
ate unanimously agreed TO the hmita'
ton of the debate ON the Nicaraguan
canal bill to Is minutes speeches after
S O'Clock next Tuesday.
MIR. Iurley was then recognized to
sneak on the Nicaraguan canal pill He
announced himself as an advocate OF u
canal bill, and said he was opposed to the
nendipg bill. be based his lection
largely upon the ASSERTION that the Clay
ton bulwer treaty was in full force at
the present time.
Al the conclusion OF MIR. Turley's speech
a bill was passed directing the President
TO appoint Paymaster General I. II.
stanton "A major general, aud retire him