The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-02
PROGRESS OF TREATY DEBATE
TELLER SPEAKS FOR ACQUISITION
OF TIE PHILIPPINES.
declares Natives Incapable of Caring for
Ihemselves-Import of the Vast
Coal lDepostts-HOarL LiISens AguinaldO o
to Simon Rolivar-DisposittOn to G rasD
MOre ton of Chima.

Washington, Feb. 1.-Senator Teller
and Hoar were the speakers in the exec
utive session of the senate to-day Mr..
Teller made set speech in support of
the treaty and Mr.. Hoar replied Some
new points We're brought out. Mr. Tell
er devoted especial attention to the cap
abilities of the Filipinos for self-govern-
ment. He contended that they had not
yet reached the stage 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
er's proclamation contending that they
demonstrated beyond question that he
was ignorant of the four principles of
popular government and especially OF a
democratic form of government
He referred to the fact that the Fill
pino leader had in some of his pronun-
ciamentos spoken as dictator, which
the Colorado senator said did not ac-
cord with the principles of democracy
made for him. He dwelt upon the re-
port of the 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 control
ed the coal deposits of the world would
dominate the other nations, both from
commercial and military point of
view At present the United States,
Great Britain and Japan controlled the
principal coal supplies and he predicted
that so long as they continued to con-
troll them and We're friendly with one
another they would hold the reins Of
power. Other European nations appre-
ciated the importance of the coal sup
ply and this fact more than any other
accounted for the anxiety of Russia and
Germany to get foothold in the Phil
ippines. In conclusion Mr.. Teller refer
red to his antagonism to the partisan
movement
Mr.. Hoar said there could be no doubt
of Mr.. Teller's attitude towards the re-
publican party after his anxiety to have
the treaty ratified had been made so
evident, for he could not possibly do
anything that would go further towards
accomplishing the disorganization and
defeat of the republican party than 70
make certain the ratification of the
pending treay Mr.. Hoar devoted the
greater part of his reply to defense
of Aguinaldo, whom he compared to
Simon Bolivar, the South American
patriot 1t should be remembered, he
said, that Bolivar had taken upon HIM
self the title of dictator and yet, who
on this account could accuse the Boliv-
ian liberator of being false to his peo-
pie or to their aspirations for freedom?
Aguinaldo had so far shown himself
to be a shrew and able leader, and he
had not by any act of his shown HIM
self to be incapable of the highest de-
gree of leadership. During the course
of his remarks Senator 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 said the argu-
ment Indicated a disposition to grasp
more territory then we now have.