The Portland daily press., 1899-01-11
ONE OF MOST NOTABLE UT
TERANCES OF SESSION.
Rugged in Language, Pointed in II.
lustratiOn.
COMMANDED ATTENTION OF SEN.
ATE FROM FIRST TO LAST.

ATE FkOM FIRST TO LAST.
God Help the Party Who Urges War ON
Native who Defends Only His Liber-
ties and His Home--sugggcsts Send
ing Croker TO Them to Teach Them
the Art of Municipal Governments
Agreement Reached for 10 Minute
speecheson Canal Bill.
Washington, January i0.-Senator Ma
son of Illinois occupied the Senate for
nearly an hour and half today with a
speech In support OF his resolutions de.
olaring that the United States will never
attempt to govern the people of any
country without their cvnsent In many
respects the speech was one Of the most
notable utterances in the Senate thus far
this session. Rugged in language, point
I'D and effective in illustration, Mr.. Ma
son commanded the attention Of the Ssn-
ate and Of the galleries from the first sen :.
tence of his speech to the apostrophe to
liberty which formed his peroration.
Several times spontaneous applause swept
over the galleries, but under the stringent
rules of the Senate 1t was quelled quick
ly. 1t was several minutes after the con-
clusion of the speech before the Senate
could proceed with It's business ON &C.
count of confusion incident to the con-
gratulations which many of Mr.. Mason s
colleagues hastensd to extend to him.
The Nicaraguan canal bill was die
cussed by MIR. 1urisy Of Tennessee, who
opposed the pending measure. An agree
ment was reached to consider the bill on
Tuesday with 10 minutes to discuss each
amendment.
At tie beginning of todAy's session MIR.
Chandler introduced Senate resolution
for the distribution Of the appropriation
nill. He stated that the text Of the reso-
luton was the same as that now before
the Senate committee on rules. he there
fore asked that the present resolution be
placed on the calendar stating that either
he or MIR. Carter would move to take 1t
up at an early day.
The Senate today passed n bill autho-
rizing the secretary of agriculture TO pre-
pare report showing the average fuc-
tuatiun from year to year Of farm pro-
ducts
Mr.. Mason of Illinois took the fioor for
his announced speech upon his resolution
declaring that all just powers of the gov.
ernment are derived from the consent OF
the governed and that the United
States will make no attempt to govern
any people against their will.
In the course Of his. speech Senator
Mason said:
For over one hundred years every lover
Of liberty has pointed TO this sentence
Of the Declaration OF Independe noe:
"That all just powers of government
are derivsd from the consent or the gov
erned,' rs reason for their fight for
liberty. This sentence has been
PILLAR OF FIRE BY NIGHT 1
and has stirred the hearts of the oppressed
all over the world. In the light of this
sentence crowns have fallen into dust
and the foundation Of republics has been
laid. You ask for expansion. See how
we have expanded In the time since this
sentence was written. Not only have
republics started up in place OF mon
archies but inonarchies have themselves
RTHuuhlly UfOhucuou lutO
governments. getting nearer and nearer
{, the voice Of the people. Our own was
the hrst great republic and In the better
and broader sense, our fias floats from the
dome of every republic. The other day
while the distinguished Senator from
Massac usetts. asked the senator from
Connecticut (Platt), what he was going
to do with the sentence that "all Just
powers of government are derived from
the consent Of the governed" he an
swered, from the consent Of some of the
governed"
MIR. President, when any great cause
which is agitating the minds of the peo.
pie needs for its defense such shallow and
n-Americsn evasions as this that cause
ligent people. 1.-The Filipino Is begging
to treat with us as to his own land. He
acknowledges our gallant service. There
Is no honest commercial treaty that an
honest nation could ask that they are not
willing to consent TO. They want liberty
as we did and when seventy million peo-
pie have heard their ory for mercy and
independence the father in New England
will plead for the father In Manila; the
mother In Illinois will pray for the poor
mother In the Islands Of the sea; the faith
ers will vote as the mothers pray; the
views Of seifishness will have had It's
run and God help the party who urges
war on the native who defends only his
Liberties and his home. All, Mr.. Presi-
dent, have We got to fight and plead Tor
these people as we did for CubaS Are
We to hear Ayuinaldo and his followers
called
ROBBERS AND CUT THROATS,
as we heard of tho brave Garcia and his
followers within the last l2 months in
this ohamberf Why not make them our
friends forever. instead of our enemies?
Why stineily withhold the jewel Of In
Why not finish this war as
we begun it, for humanity's sakei Why
not with atfree and open handagive to