Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-02
Spoke on the Peace Treaty in
the Senate.
The COAL FIELDS
In the Philippines Must Be Kept BY
the United States Said the
Colorado Senator

Washington, Feb. 1.-Senators Teller
and Hoar We're the speakers in the ex-
ecutive session of the senate today.
Mr.. Teller made a set speech in sup
port of the treaty and Mr.. Hoar re-
piled. Both went over much ground
that had been covered before, but some
new points We're brought out. Mr.. Tel
Ter devoted special attention to the cap
abilities of the Filipinos for self govern
lnent. He commended that they had not
yet reached the state where they could
be considered capable of taking care of
themselves and he based much of his
argument upon the ~incapacity demon
strated by their leader, Aguinaldo. He
read extracts from the Philippine lead
ers proclamation, c%ontending that they
demonstrated beyond question that he
was ignorant of the first principles Of
popular government, and especially a
democratic form of He
referred to the fact tina the Filipino
leader had in some of his p~ronuncia-
mentos spoken as a dictator, which the
Colorado senator said did not accord with
the professions of democracy made for
him.
Mr.. Teller also referred to the general
situation in the Orient, charging upon
the necessity of the United States to
hold a footing which had been secured
there by what almost must be regarded
as providential means. He dwelt upon
the reports of vast coal deposits in the
Philippines and said they were invalu-
able on this account to any nation, for,
in the future, the country which con-
trolled the coal deposits of the world
would dominate the other nations, both
from a commercial and military point of
view. At this time the United States,
Great Britain and Japan control the
principal coal supplies and he predicted
That so n as they continued to control
them, and We're friendly to one another,
they would hold the reins of power.
Other European nations appreciated the
Importance of the coal supply and this
fact, more than others, accounted for the
desire of Russia and Germany to get a
foothold in the Philippines. Russia was,
he said, especially grasping, and it be-
hooved this country to be on it's guard
against the encroachments of that
power.
In conclusion, Mr.. Teller referred to
his antagOnism to the administration,
Saying that he expected to ppose the
party in power in the next campaign,
but strongly as he felt on the questions
which separated him from that party,
he was, nevertheless, willing to sink
party questions and subordinate partisan
advantages to what he believed to be a
much broader vieW-a patriotic rather
than a partisan view.
Rising to reply, Mr.. Hoar said that
there could be no doubt of Mr.. Teller's
attitude ~,-e, tLD N~-,-
after his anxiety to nave the treaty rati-
fled had been made so evident, for he
could not possibly do anything that
would go farther toward encompasSing
the disorganizatiOn and defeat of the
republican party than to make certain
the ratification of the pending treaty.
Mr.. HOar devoted the greater part of
his reply to a defense of Aguinaldo, who
he compared to Simon Bolivar. the South
American patriot. 1t would be remem-
bered, he said, that Bolivar also had,
upon occasion, taken upon himself the
title of dictator and yet who, on this ac-
count, hou accuse the Bolivian liber-
ator of being false to his people or to their
aspirations for freedom? AguinaldO had
so far shown himself to be a shrewd and
able leader, and he had not by any act
of his shown himself to be incapable of
the highest degree of leadership.
During the course of his remarks SEN
ator Hoar said that the argument had
been advanced that the United States
should be near at hand to participate in
the predicted partition of China and
proceeded to say that this argument in
Dictated a disposition to grasp even
more territory than had been taken.
Such a policy, he thought, should be
nipped in the bud, as he was very con-
fident that the people of the United
States would not profit by joining the
European powers in their efforts tc
distribute among themselves the pos
sessions of this ancient empire.
The last remark brought Senator Davis
to his feet. While his name had not been
mentioned, it was evident that Mr.. Hoal
alluded to a remark of the Minnesota
senator. The latter said he had not adj
vocated any participation by the United
States in the process of ACKNOWLEDGMENT
but that he had only alluded to its prob
ability and had said merely that the
United States should be on hand to pro-
tect their own interests.