The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-15
After Three and q Half Hours Debate Il
Was Passed, rs to n.
THE AMENDMENT BY BACON WAS DEFEATED
Tho Resolution Adopted Fixes No
sctficd Policy In the philippines.
Rig Battle In the House.
tspecisl pispatch to The Pos, J

Nttu DollGy III TtEdIu W Nut h'ipPAuS
islands 1t counts for nothing and leaves
this government free TO act as 1t chooses
in regard TO them. The Bacon amendment
that did specifically declare that IT was the
intention OF this government to turn over
the islands to the inhabitants thereof when
they were ready for local self-government
was defeated The chances are that the
resolution will pass tho house, as 1t is
meaningless and binds the administration
in no way and gives 1t the right to estab
lish there a military government without
| annexation or giving to those people the
right of citizenship. 1t contemplates gov
| erning them just as the administration sem
| ators have all along indicated 1t was the
| intention to govern them.
The unanimous consent agreement
! reached by the senate last Saturday to vote
| this afternoon on the resolution of Mr..
| McEnery DAD, declaring policy OF this
| government In the Philippines was not va
| Gated. In accordance with that agreement
| the vote was taken on the resolution at
! 2:3O p. m. today and II was adoptcd-26
TO ~. II was noticeable that several DEM
+, ocrats who were present and not paired,
rcfrained from voting.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Bacon
| tDem., Cal several days ago was defeated.
| The vote on the amendment was tic
! - to 29--and Vice President Hobart cast
! the deciding vote against The propositions.
The voting was preceded by three hour
/ and II half debate. the senate having con-
! Vcncd at II u. m. IN order to admit of dis
! cussion of the resolution.
Mr., Stewart first took the floor to speak
!, in opposition. lie expressed the hope that
+, whatever the United States would do IL
I would not follow the policy Indicated by
1 Tho resolution. This county was under no
| obligation to go to the expense of cstab-
| fishing government of the Islands; the
United States were moi in the business of
/ capturing countries. educating their people
and then selling them. on the contrary
| he thought We should hold the Philippines
and thus render the United States inde-
pendent of other countries in the produce
lion OF tropical products which must be a
| source OF great expense. Now 1t costs
$3.50, 900 900 to secure these products. Why
not, therefore, hold these islands and pro-
duee our own fruits sugars, etc.
Mr., Lindsay also expressed the belief
that the time was inauspicious for the
the subject of the government OF the
Philippines, but said II any expression was
TO be given II should be clear and distinct
ind unmistakaoc in terms
Mr.. Lindsay offered substitute recit-
/ ing that the acquisition of territory carried
mil II TO the Union as States. Mr.. Lind
say gave notice that he would ask tho sc...
ate to vote on hiR resolution as soon as
the senate had voted on the McEncry res
solution.
Mr.. Bacon then addressed the senate in
opposition to the MoEnery resolution He
declared that II was a vicious and upfor-
tunatc declaration. He maintained that The
resolution meant nothing favorable TO the
Philippines II did not look TO the future
md calf -
ipnos. He regarded II as simply n dec
inration that while the Philipinos were
subjects OF this country they could never
become citizens of the United States.
Mr.. Honr was opposed to the McEnery
| resolution, because. he maintained II gave
no hope of freedom or liberty or self. gov
! eminent to the inhabitants of the Philip
| pines aud because 1t provided that they
should never have part In their own gov
ernment or become part of the United
| states II was he said, an infamous dec
! laration--a declaration simply that the
! Louisiana sugar planters should never he
| AFRAID of the competition of the Philippine
| Islands. To the Philipnos the McEnery
resolution would be n message of tyranny,
| of hate, OF oppression and OF slaughter
Mr.. Hoar advertod to the references in
| speeches TO Aguinaldo 0s an ''unprincipled
| adNonturer. and then entered upon de-
| Tense of the PHILIPPINE leader. He spoke of
! Aguinaido's appeal to the people of the
| thltcu oitteb us so remarkable as capable
/ OF being drafted by mot ten men on this
| planet"
II do not see, said Mr.. Hoar with feel
Ing, "how any American heart not OF stone
could fail TO recognize the force of that
appeal"
Mr.. Hoar said he was perfectly salts
Ned with his entire course In tho whole
| question Of tho Philippines believing cen.
scientiously that he WIGS right.
/ y am satisfied, said he, ITO stand with
| the fathers who founded our liberty and
| framed our constitution
Mr.. Hale tMe) said he hail not much
| hope that the senate would take any
| course thut would stop the desolatinc
| programme now being carried out In the
( Philippines. Hardly had the treaty been
ratified, however, before foreign war was
pteclpitatsd, 4 am not disappointed,
said he, Il am not inclined TO say Il told
you So but told senator's when the
treaty was ratified 1t would be Impossible
4 TO take any steps TO alleviate the condl-
| iion OF the Philippines. Congress VIII
1 adjourn and the war.Will 20 on. aud there
Is not man who viii NOT realize In three
months that II is war OF conquest and
4 subjugation"
I He said that Admiral Dewey and General
| Merritt had said that In three months not
4 5000 troops would be needed In the Phil
I ipplncs, YET We now have 20 0Gn mon there
/ and 1000 more and the baitleship Oregon
on the way And yes" declared SIR
b
I and held up and blachlsied Ia the news
paLers because we want TO give those peo-
I pie chance NJ least 20 show that ihcy ave
! friendly aud set up government az their I
owl, Instead we kill Thorn. nof by scorsf,
not By hundreds. but by thousands More
! Philippines have been killed by the guns /
OF orr army and navy than there wsre I
| patriots killed in any SIX battles Of the J.
revolutionary war II has become Il gil I
gsnic event. Tine slaughter Of psopia in |
no way equal 10 us, meeting us With bows |
ana arrows, and erawfing into junglos by !
hundreds. there 10 die. has stupefed the |
American mind. No one has said that
orr mission uf commerce and OF the gos-
pG was To be preceded BIZ the slaughter
OF Thousands OF persons,
~ am not enanored OF the MeEncry
resolution. It contains little thai Il or
any good and q great deal that IL bad I"
He considered the Bacon resolution as
much better. He said in conclusion: The
war ~ the Juggernaui vii, 40 on The
grinding VIII continue until the people
hilslly make themselves heard upon IT.
Mr. Mnsop delivered \ speech IN which
he atiqaliei The policy pursued III the
Philippine Ne said. however. thai he
was AN oplimiSl ana believed the people
of the United States would declare for
human liberty as we'll IN tho Philippines
or IN this rouniry.
4