The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-01-13
MR.. MASON'S SPEECH
The Senator From Illinois Op-
posed to Expansion.
MAKES . DEFENSE FOR AGUINALDO.
Introduces Declaration of Independ-
ence as Resolution - Answers
Senator Plat of COnmecticut.
Pays His Respects to Croker.
WASHINGTON. Jan. IL y ghe Unit

WASHINGTON. Jan. 11.--Itls1re Unit
ed States senate yesterday nator Ma
son of Illinois spoke on his resolution
to have the Declaration of Independence
adopted as an evidence of the future
policy of the republic. lie said in part:
1T is easy to drift with the tide, but
it is not always safe. 1t is pleasant to
remain in the harbor when the storm
is on but sometimes the storm within
the inner conscience is more dang rous
to peace of mind than the storm with
out the harbor is to human life.
THE simple resolution | have intro
! duced has nothing necessarily to do
with any treaty so far as / am inform
ed, nor do | intend to speak of any pro
posed treaty.
The resolution | present does not in
volve a question of law, but is q ques
tion as to the future poi icy of tins re
public. My resolution recites the Doc
laration of Ind epeudence. ! do not apol-
ogize for the resolution. l regret its ne
cessty
I'VE ought to begin to learn the mex
orable law of compensation. You can
not govern the Philippines without tax
ing them. You have not yet their con-
sent, and the proposition of taxation
without representation is made again.
Look out for tea parties Those little
semisocial funct ons are likely to break
out even there, for Hail Columbia. and
Yankee Doodle have been heard in the
archipelago
"The other day when the distinguish
ed senator from Massachusetts asked
tot
what he was going to do with the SEN
tence that all just powers of govern
ment are derived from the consent Of
the governed he answered, From the
consent of some of the governed
Mr.. President when any great cause
which is agitating the minds of the peo-
pie needs for its defense such shallow
and unAmerican evasions as this. that
cause will not live long in the minds of
intelligent people.
THE Filipino is begging to treat with
US as to his own land. He acknowl-
edges our gallant service. There is no
honest commercial treaty that an hon
est nation could ask that they are not
willing to consent to. They want lib
erty. as we did, and when 70,000000 peo-
pie have heard their cry for mercy and
independence the father in New Eng
land will plead for the father in Ma
Mia, the mother in Illinois will pray for
the poor mother in the islands of the
sea, the fathers will vote as the moth
ers pray, the poisoned view of selfish
ness will have had it's run, and God
help the party that urges war on the
native who defends only his liberties
and his home.
''Ah, Mr.. President, have we got to
fight and plead for these people as we
did for Cuba? Are we to hear Agui-
naldo and his followers called robbers
and cutthroats as we heard of the
brave Garcia and his followers within
the last IL months in this chamber?
Why not make them our friends for
ever instead of our enemies?"
Referring to the statements that the
Americans intended to give the Philip
pines liberty. Senator Mason said:
How is this liberty to be establish
ed? Is 1t to be done hypodermically
with 13 inch gun? Are not our men
and ships lying off Iloilo? Did not the
native who has been our ally drive the
Spaniard out? Are they not in posses
sion of their own land, their own
homes? Are they guilty of any crime
except love of home and country? Hav-
ing worn the Spanish yoke so long, do
you wonder at their fear of ours? Shall
we shoot them and burn their homes
because God Almighty has planted in
their hearts and on their lips the sweet
song of liberty? Forbid it, Almighty
God!
"Shall we show them how to run mu-
inequalities with Doodle aldermen?
see the chief of that great ethical So
ciety known as Tammany Hall says,
Keep the islands, Shall we send him