The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-07
WOICOTTs ATTACK.


mined at the next presidential election
They intend that the American people
shall be called to pass on the questions
arising out of the war and that this
shall be the issue of the next cam
paign.'
We'll, now" he continued, Il suppose
that a fair judgment, charitable judg
ment, would enable me TO say that the
senator from Colorado, of all the SEN
ators on this floor, would be the only
one capable of making such an utter
ance while we were considering such
great question"
At this point Mr.. German was inter
rupted by a man in the gallery, VINO
cried out several times in a constantly
mean? What do you mean?" ''WhSss
do you mean?"
Confusion reigned on both sides of the
senate and in the galleries for a mo-
ment, but this was dissipated by
laughter when it was realized that the
poor fellow who caused the interruption
was not responsible for his utterances.
Resuming his speech, Mr.. German
said:
aspirations of public men amount
to but little. That the political desire
for preferment of any man would con-
troll his vote upon this treaty is incon-
ceiva'ble to me, and he who entertainS
such an idea is on a very low plane in
the consideration of measure so grave.
WOLCOTT IAIPALED.
Il have known gentlemen who float
between parties, who have been strong
advocates of public question and yet
support a party antaSOniStic to II.
have seen statesmen who were wild
with the thought of the free coinage of
silver, and yet who on every occasion
found strength and a resting place in
the Republican party, and that party
believes in a single standard of another
metal.
But I want to disabuse the senator's
mind of the false impression he seems
to have and those who have followed
him.
"On the 3rd OF March next, if I shall
be spared so long, L will have served on
this floor eighteen years. During that
whole term 1 do not believe that l have
ever uttered a word that wounded the
feelings of a brother senator. l do not
believe I could have been capable at
any time of attempting to affect public
questions by criticism of the personal
conduct or views of any senator"
Mr.. German referred to the news /
which had been flashed over the cable
from Manila during the past few hours
and demanded to know who believed, !
if we had made such a declaration re
garding the Philippines as we made
Cuba, that the deplorable
fight at Manila would have occurred. !
He expressed the opinion that if the
treaty was ratified it would be the be-
ginning of a war which would cost us
of lives and millions upon
millions Of treasure.
1T will not be four years" declared
Mr. German, before our people VIII
resent this action. 1t is known now
that the people will resent it, and the
are providing against that
by increasing the standing
army to 100000 men. not alone for ser
vice in our far-away possessions, but !
for service right here at home, to police !
our own country"
MENERY'S RESOLUTION.
The senate then went into executive /
session, and at 1925 p. m. resumed leg1S- /
.ative business in open session, taking !
up the resolution offered earlier in the /
day by Mr.. McEnery.
Mr. Hoar proposed an amendment, /
that the proposed govern /
ment in the Philippines should be with /
The consent Of the people theeof.
A motion 10 lay on the table prevail |
amend the resolution by inserting the |
hem against their will"
Mr.. Aldrich moved to lay the amend
nent on the table, and the motion was /
,arried, 46 to 80.
At the instance of Mr.. Aldrich, the
'esolution was amended in two or three
5erbal particulars.
The word pending was struck out
# the resolution, as the treaty was not
hen pending. In the fourth line of the
'esolution the word said was struck
tut, and the words the Philippines"
Inserted, so the resolution would not
include Porto Rico.
Mr.. Bacon of Georgia then offered a
portion Of his resolution as an addi-
ion to the McEnery resolution.
Mr.. Vest inquired if the AIcEnery res
,lutiOn did not exclude the idea that
Ill governments derive their just power
rom the people, and the further idea
hat the people of the Philippine islands
hould have Self-goVernment.
People of the kind in the Philip
,ines," declared Mr.. Gray, have no
light to demand any more explicit
Promise than is contained in the Nc
Emery resolution. / am not in favor of
DING on my knees to these people. L
m not in favor of going with addi-
ional promises to a people who are
hooting down our soldiers, who lifted
hem from the thralldOm of Spain and
arried to them the messages of free
ON.
II do not propose to surrender to
hose whose guns are pointed at Cen
raj Otis, and who have killed our men
n land and ship. Let us wait yet a !
tile while until we know what may
evelop.''
Mr.. Lindsay CKy.) opposed any
mendment, maintaining that the Nc !
merry resolution would do all for the !
'ilipinos that we promised to do for the ]
ubans. Why. he demanded, should
re promise more to a people who are !
hooting down our men than to those
tho have always been our friends?
Mr. Caffery declared that the McEn-
ry resolution provided for nothing
lore or less than a despotic protector
te, without any guarantee of local
government.
sPOONER'S SUSPICIOUS. t
Mr.: Spooner CWis.) spoke in oppo-
tion to making promises to the. people {
no have their guns pointed at our s
oops.
From information which 1 have now ;
and / say this on my own responsible 1
VI believe it was a premeditated, I
re-concerted and wanton attack, made
18th the idea of affecting the action CT l
lie senate upon the peace treaty. 1t
M own DSlitA lllett lue liStiSdtlCAi e
: the attack came from the city of ;
Washington. Hours before we learned q
: the attack, in fact, on Saturday s
light, Agoncillo, who has been here as
representative of the Filipinos and !
iiled 10 receive any sort of recognition I
ON this government, silently folded
is tent, like the Arab, and stole away
, Canada Somebody may be able to
xplain that circumstance but L have
OF yet heard any explanation offered ,
II it, exceDt that he knew. that the