The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-06
INTEREST At fever HEAT.
Continued from Pare one,

Continued from Pare one,
ington, was ready to pack ,ip ana 20
away, giving up everything, but the
4 action Of those who have opposed the
1 treaty and the ASSURANCES ne has re-
ceived from some one resulted In his
| remaining and the eilcoura cement
/ which the Fflipinos have received from
the United States has no doubt led to
the attack upon the American forces"
senator German.
Senator German OF; Maryland, who
Is the leader and organizer Of the OPP
said, al; to the effect the conflict at
Manila would have upon the treaty
1t will have no erect whatever.
/ What has occurred is the result of
| what has been predicted BY the oppon-3
ents Of the treaty }al the time. The OPP
ponents of the. treaty said that trouble
| would come If we handled those people
without gloves and undertook to force
ourselves upon them without their con-
| sent. This battle can have no effect
upon the opponents OF the treaty in
any way
senator Pettigrew.
| Senator Pettigrew We could have no
possibly difficulty with the people OF
/ the Philippines If we had given to them
/ z
propose to overthrow their newly es-
! tablished liberties. Instead, we made a
treaty with Spain by which the gcpun-.
| try was coded to us ana we began at
once to occupy It with troops and send
| reinforcements, which was sufficient to
cause alarm. The. dispatch OF several
| thousand more regulars lately, OF
course, created much d ppre hension on
the part of the people of the Phillip
pine republic. We should do now what
we should have done in the first place,
state to the people of those islands our
good Intentions and say to them:
Establish your republic and we will
not allow other nations to Interfere
Give us your bonds to reimburse us for
our expenses In securing you your lib
erty; we will welcome you to the fam
lily of the republics of the world. =
The course of the administrati ton on
the contrary, has been one of criminal
aggression and apparent bad faith.
There can be no question in the minds
of any one who has read the instruc-
tions to the peace commissioners that
the presidents purpose always was to
make a permanent claim to the island
Of Luzon. To turn upon an ally lii this
way is certainly the greatest interna-
tional crime Of the country. i believe
the treaty should be amended at once
SO as to give assurance to these people
Of our good faith and thus make them
our friends, even under these trying
circumstances. We should even now
withdraw our military forces and al
low them to establish military gov
eminent of their own.
Senator Pettigrew said that, in his
opinion. the fighting would not delay
vote on the treaty. The opponents of
the treaty, he said. had counted SO
votes as opposed to ratification. but
had lost one of them and he could not
say whether the latest news would
cause any other changes.
Senator Elkins.
Senator Elkins, who has been very
active for the treaty. expressed the
opinion tonight tho enough votes
would be found to ratify it. T.lls morn
ing he said he did not see where they
were to come from, but he has had in
formation since, indicating that one or
two wavering senators would find in
the conflict which has occurred at Ma
Mia an excuse to vote for the treaty
Senator Elkins said the position of
+ Aguinaido was perhaps logical with the
treaty unratified, as Spain had gotten
out and the United States did not take
possession. so Aguinaldo says: Il am
| here and will take possession, The
senator added that the only thing to
do was to ratffy the treaty so as to
definitely fix the status Of the Philip
pine islands,
Senator Hale, one Of the republican
opponents of the treaty in the senate,
could not be seen. ,s Il q.
Senator Martin OF Virginia, who is
one of the opponents of the treaty,
said: THE: news from Manila will not
have any effect on the treaty. No man
will change his mind on this account
It cannot affect the status in the SEN
ate. S.5s f
senator Teller.
Senator Teller, who has from the first
been. a stauneh supporter OF the treaty,
said Our army is In Manila by right
of conquest and under the laws OF war.
We are justified In maintaining our
position there against all who may at
tack u.s.. 4 have been uneasy in regard
to the situation ever since i saw that
Aguinaldo had been authorized by his
so-called congress- to declare war upon
the United States.
"There was never any danger Of the
United States making an attack upon
the Filipinos, but there has been dam
ger from the outset that they, not
knowing the conditions here and labor
ing under excitement, would make an
assault upon our forces But under the
circumstances the government has been
powerless to do anything to prevent
the present serious combination of af
fairs In Manila, Under the laws OF ma
tions the Philippine people are citizens
of Spain and, OF course, there is moth
ing to do but fight them until they
surrender and bring them to q sense of
their position, 1t Is impossible now for
our government, to withdrew. II 1t has
| not troops enough to subdue the insur-
gents, we must send enough. The oc-
currence will not,preyent our doing jus
tice by the Filipinos In the end. but it
certainly postponed the establishment
of government there fer the present.
Il think it most unfortunate that the
peace treaty was not ratified the first
week after 1t came to the senate. 7
don't suppose that the islanders have
read the speeches which have been
made in, the senate predicting the
wicked things this government would
do in case Of the ratification of the
treaty, but have no doubt the delay
has had the effect Of causing the opin-
ion among the natives that our govern
ment would be embarrassed by the
sentiment of the American psnple nd