The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-07

a government upon them against their
WILL
Mr.. Aldrich moved to lay the amendment
On the table and the motion was carried
to 30.
At the instance of Mr.. Aldrich the reso-
luton was amended in two or three verbal
particulars.
mir. Bacon, of Georgia, then offered por-
ton OF his resolution as an addition to the
MeEnery resolution.
AIR. Vest inquired il the McEnery resolu-
ton did not exclude the idea that all gov
eminent derived its just powers from the
consent of the governed, and the further
idea that the people of the Philippines have
self-government.
people of the kind in the Philippines
declared Mr.. Gray, have no right 10 De
mand any more explicit promise than Is
contained in the McEnery resolution. l am
not in favor OF going on my knees to these
people.
No Additional Promises
IT am not In favor OF going with addi-
tional promises to people who are shoot-
ing down our soldiers, who lifted them from
the thraldom of Spain and carried to them
messages of freedom
II do not propose to surrender to those
whose guns are pointed at General Otis ana
who have killed our men on land and snip.
Let us wait yet a little while until we know
what may develop.
Mr.. Lindsay, Of Kentucky, opposed any
amendment, maintaining that the McEnery
resolution would do all for the Filipinos
that we promised to do for the Cubans.
why" demanded he, SHOULD we promise
to people who are shooting down our men
more than to those who have always been
our friendS?'
Mr.. McCaffery said the McEnery resolu-
ton provided for nothing more or less than
a despotic protectorate, without any guar
antee of local self-government.
Mr.. Spooner, of Wisconsin, spoke In OPP
position to making promises to the people
who have their guns pointed at our troops
From information which l have now
and L say this on my own responsibility
believe it was premeditated, preconceiVed
and wanton attack made with the idea Oh
affecting the action of the senate upon the
peace treaty. 1t is my own belief that the
instigation OF the attack came from the
city of Washington.
Action of Agoncillo
'.Hours before we learned of the attack,
in fact, on Saturday night. Agoncillo, who
has been here as the representative of the
Fiipinos, and has failed to receive any sort
of recogni jSn from this government, silent
ly folded his tent, like the Arab, and sto,e
away to Canada. Somebody may be able
to explain that circumstance, but have not
yet heard any explanation offered for it
except that he knew that the attack was to
be made.
"I am not in favor of complicating the
situation by making promises to the tliip-
mos Nobody doubts that We will treat
them with all the justice that they may de-
serve"
Mr. Bacon suggested, in reply to Mr..
Spooner, that the utterances which may
have caused the hostilities were made on
the other side of the chamber by those who
were advocating the pressing OF a govern
ment upon the Filipinos which they were
not willing to submit to.
Without any further remarks upon the
McEnery resolution, the senate adjourned.
THE HOUSE
Washington, February 6-This was sus-
pension day in the house, and quite a num-
Der of bills were passed, several of them OF
Importance. The census bill prepared by
the house committee went through by
vote of 147 to AZ. Bills were passed extend
ing the anti-contract labor laws over the