The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-07

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Political leaders IN this chamber Be-
-1sTs mat Few issue would De brought
be1ors lhs American people . b deter
mined ~ the 1ext presidential slseI1o1-
They intend thai he ADzEsoS1 people
shah b called 10 pass On the questions
arising ont q the var, and thai This
shah Be the issue o. .he next cam
Z psil- We'll now continued M
German. i suppose that & fair 5udg-
menL a charitable judgment would
enable ne 70 say that the senator from
I Colorado o. al the senator's On this
Z floor, would be the only one capable q
making such an uTtsrznce while We
were considering such grear Quss-
ton
Al 55 D N The Senate resumed ae-
tive business IN open session M Al
Grich moved thai the Senate take up
Z for consideration the resolution offered
earlier in tie day by Mr.. AcEnery-
{ The motion prevailed Mr.. Eozr pro
passed an amendment providing thai
5 The proposed government II ths Philip
pines should Be with the consent q
I the people" Mr.. Eozr II support @
his amendment congratulated those
who favored the trssIyss ratification
for nog proposing 10 support such 3
{ resolution. II vas q case Of batter
late than never. He believed i such
Z declaration had been adopted several
days ago the 0eplorable Occurrences Of
T the past Two days in Manila would
I have been averted and many precious
Z lives would have been saved.
M Aldrch, in moving 10 lay the
amendment On the table, said il was
q sufficient answer 10 Mr.. Hoar 70 say
I that had il not been for objections by
the trezty's opponents. this CT some
I similar resolution would have been
adopted several days ago.
The motion TO lay On the table pre-
vailed, Is 10 81, the detailed vote be
/ ing as follows:
! Yeas-Aldrich, Allison Baker. Bur
rows Carter, Chandler, Clark Cullon,
Davis, Deboe, Fairbanks Eikins, Fora
ker, Frye. Gallinger, Gear, Gray. Han
I na- Hansbrough, Hawley, Kenney.
/ Lindsay. Lodge, Mcbride. AeEnery,
Mcmillan Mantle, Morgan, Nelson,
/ Penrose, Pettus, Plat OF Connecticut
Platt Of New York. Pritehard. QUAY.
/ Ross Sewel, Shoup, Simon, Spooner,
Stewart, Teller. Thurston, Warren,
Wolcott-45
Nays-Allen. Bacon, Bate. Perry.
Butler, CanerT. Chiffon Clay. Cockrell.
Daniel, German, Hale Harris. Heit-
I field, Hoar, Jones of Arkansas, Jones Of
Nevada McLaurin- Martin. Mason,
144--Sr -AA-NA--4- GUA-s- AlEpLE- EEE-
kins. Pettigrew. Rawlins, Roach,
Smith. T1llman, Turley, Turner. Vest
Welling1on-31.
Mr.. Hoar then moved TO amend the
resolution by inserting the words "or
TO force g government upon them
against their will"
Mr.. Aldrich moved TO lay the amend
ment on the table. and the motion was
carried. 46 TO 80.
10 s-- -
resolution was amended in two or three
verbal particulars.
Mr.. Bacon of Georgia then offered
portion OF his resolution as an addi-
ton TO the McEnery resolution. Mr.
Bacon supported his proposed declara-
ton, maintaining that the United
States ought TO declare against our
permanent dominion in the Philippine
Islands and TO declare that we do not
propose TO deny the inhabitants OF
those islands self-government
Mr.. Gray of Delaware, one OF the
peace commissioners. said he had al
ways been willing TO vote for such q
resolution as that offered by Mr.. Nc
Emery, and he might later be willing
10 vote for more explicit declaration
| but, in the present unhappy condition
al Manila, he thought the United States
| had been entirely true TO our principles
and our declarations
Mr. Vest inquired if the McEnery re-
solution did not exclude the idea that all
governments derived their Just powers
| from the consent Of the governed. and
the further idea that the people of the
Philippines should have govern
ment.
People Of the kind in the Philip
pines" declared Mr. Gray. have no
right to demand any more explicit
promise than is contained in the Nc
| Emery resolution.
I am not in favor of going on my
knees TO those people. am not in favor
of giving additional promises 10 a peo-
pie who are shooting down our soldiers
who lifted them from the thraldom of
Spain aud carried them messages Of
| freedom.
I do not propose 10 surrenderto those
whose guns are pointed at Gen Otis
and who have killed our men on land
and ship. Let US wait yet a little while
until we know what may develop"
Mr.. Cafery declared that the Nc
Emery resolution provided for nothing
more nor less than a despotic protecto-
rate without any guarantee of local
self government. He declared that the
attitude of the United States in the
Philippines was a false one and had
been a false one from the beginning.
To this Mr.. Gray took sharp excep-
ton. He declared We were in Manila
by virtue of the protocol Our soldiers
there, he said, We're a finely disciplined
body OF men who knew their position
and their duty. The Filipinos were our
allies, vet they had the hardihood 10
attack and kill our people because thew
were not allowed to enter and loot the
city.
Mr.. Hoar inquired whether the Fill
plnos did not hold that part of the
Philippines outside of Manila bv as
good a right as we held Manila.
Mr.. Spooner of Wisconsin spoke in
opposition TO making promises 10 peo-
pie who had their guns pointed at our
troops. After discussing the condition
which now confronted the United
States with respect to the Philippines,
Mr.. Spooner said: Something has
been said about the effusion of blood
at Manila, to the effect that it was in
defence of the Filipinos' right of self
government.
That attack upon our soldiers was as
wanton, wilful and gross a violation of
law as was ever committed From in
formation which l have now-and 7
say this on my own responsibility-I
believe 1t was premeditated precon-
certed and wanton attack made with
the idea of affecting the action of the
Senate upon the peace treaty.. 1t is
my own belief that the instigation for
the attack came from the city of Wash
lhston. Hours before we learned of the
attack, in fact on Saturday night
Agoncilllo, who had been here as a rem
resentative of the Filipinos and has
failed to receive any sort of recogni-
ton from this government. silently
folded his tent, like the Arab and stole
away to Canada. Somebody may he
able to explain that circumstance. but
nave not vet heard any explanation Of
fered for it except that he knew tbat
the attack was to be made. | am nor