The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-28


contradicts now.
A Toiler and a Moiler.
For the purposes of my argument
continued Mr.. Vest, Il content myself
with the statement that we We're to
take nothing less than the island Of
Luzon If this be true, how is it that
the president said in his Boston speech
that this contingency has come on us
by the act of God? He says there has
been no disposition to exercise the power
of conquest: that the people of the
United States are called upon now un-
der an omnipotent providence to dis
pose Of the responsibilities placed on
them by accident of battle. If the ISL
and was to be taken why does he tell
us that he is an instrument Of provi-
dence?
Il know of but one parallel of this
scheme of Christian philanthropy. 1t is
to be found in one of Dickens novels
cBleak HouseD. An eminent divine lays
his hands upon Poor 10, and says to
him: Young man, come with me and 1
will do you good
LET me alone cried the vagrant.
Let me alone. Take your hands off
me-
In solemn and sepulchral tones,
equal to those of my friend from Mon
tana (Mr. Carter), the Reverend Mr..
Chadband replied: Young man, l Will
not take my hands from your shoulder.
j am toiler and a moiler and / intend
to do you good in spite of yourself.
So continued Mr.. Vest ''it is with
the president. He places a hand on the
shoulder of the Filipinos and says: I
am toiler and moiler and I intend
to save you in spite of yourself And
he wants 100000 missionaries with rifles
to shoot his good resolutions into them"
Il He said that all those who We're OPP
posed to the plans of the administra-
ton were called traitors, but he repudi-
ated the charge with scorn. 'If spoken"
he said, cit is a slander; if written,
libel.' 4
Grim Spectre of Lucre.
Mr. White of California spoke against
the bill and against the present policy
in the Philippines. To-day, he said, the
guns of the Filipinos were pointed
against us, and our guns We're pointed
against them. The president recognized,
he said, the seriousness Of the situation,
as all thoughtful persons did. 1t seemed
that the Filipinos had been saved from
Spain only to be turned over to another
master. The principal ground of their
resentment was that no policy had been
outlined for them: no assurance given
them of fair and just treatment Mr..
White said he could not contemplate
the situation in the Philippines with any
other feeling than that of shame. There
was no possibility of assimilating the
Philippines. The outlook was very
gloomy. Hhe advocated the freedom of
the people of both Cuba and the Philip
pines. He agreed with Mr.. Sewall that
war was likely with Cuba.
"Why, if We were to give the Cubans
their freedom, were our armed SOL
diers anchored on that island? How
vain and visionary the theories of men
when behind it all is the grim specter
of lucre.''
Even this great republic might re-
verse itself. He had felt from the be-
gining that the country was on the
verge of ruin and he found in the pages
of history justification for this appre-
hension. We claim, he said, to be
Christian, civilized and progressive
people, but are we in earnest? Are
we not about to discard the emblems
of peace and enter upon an era of con-
test? War may come, but if it does
come, it must be freedom to defend
liberty, and not war of conquest, if
it is to receive my vote
An amendment of Mr.. Thurston strik-
ing out the paragraph relating to the
age limit for the appointment of Off
GERS in the provisional regiments, was
agreed to.
Amendments.
Mr. Hawley offered as an amendment
a proviso of the 18th section, author
izing the president to enlist temporar-
lily in the service for absolutely neces-
sary purposes in the Philippines, vol
unteers, officers and men, individually
or by organizations, now in those ISL
ands and about to be discharged; and
directing that they shall be counted as
part of the volunteer force authorized
NV or nd
enlisted for more than six months nor
beyond the time necessary to replace
them. 1t was adopted.
Mr.. German offered the following
amendment as provision of section
Is:
THAT each and every provision of
this act shall continue in force until
July l. 1901, and on and after that date
all the general staff and line officers
appointed to the army under this act
shall be discharged and the numbers
restored in each grade to those exist,
ing at the time of the passage of this
act, and the enlisted force of the line
of the army shall be reduced to the
number as provided for by law prior
to April l, 1898, exclusive Of such addi-
tions as have been or may be made
under this act to the artillery, and eX-
cept the cadets provided for by this act,
who may be appointed prior to July l,
lSUl, ana PROVIDED, IuTlHef. t1ldC no
officer who has been or may be promot-
ed under existing law, or under the
rules of seniority shall be disturbed in
his rank
Mr. Warren, a member of the military
affairs committee, opposed the amend
ment and could see no reason for it's
adoption. The bill, he said had been
pronounced by Mr.. Cockrell as good
bill before God and man. He agreed
with that statement, but said the adop-
ton of the amendment would make it
a bad bill.
The amendment was adopted. 6S voting
in the affirmative and none in the mega
tive. Mr.. Warren was paired against
it. Mr.. Bacon cf GncrG q sa. d the adop-
ton of the German amendment sim
plified the situation materially. This
bill would place an annual expenditure