The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-01-20
WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Debate in the Senate on the McKin-
ley Policy.

| warm debate has been going on i'm the JJnitet
| States Senate ON the Phillippine Islands The Ad
miristration ba, been severely criticised nv Re
| ,rh,;oar os ,vo,I a. nor,oorot,o co,a,o,s nd ~
| sofan,,ors ~ Mou,,Ia ho,a nal. ,ar,o daf,,,sa.
NJ eovor,doe penuhI;car Of Ind;ono 60, ~, a.
defense that God had chosen the neon,e of IN,
limited States as His trustees to carry RELIGION anf
neace and nrosneritv tn the Filinninos Mr. wo,
colt Rennblican of Colotado said We had ,ater
the Philippines not as a conquest but as one of tn,
highest duties we owed the human race.
When we inaugurated the war, he said. no one
dreamed of the Philinnines but wben II closed 81
op;ctlv and 90 v,ctor,orsl, NO for,d ooo ooo
H. a,,s-,,s,, So .., 100000 ~
s ~. ..u.s, spAh
aoa,in,, ders,ct We had ,.ten .haa, -
have allowed them to drift belplesslv into The
power of another would have raised international
complications.
NOT THE LoRp,s rRusrrrs
Mr. Rerrv nemoorat ~ artons.s ros.-.o, =,
that nav, of Mr. pevo-id aas sr.oo,, =, IT,, ~,
Indiana Senator had asserted that .od had so,ao,.
ed the American people as His trustees whose n
nointed work was To ert tend 10 the pbi,,n;nas on,
tho F;,ininos the o,v;l,zo,io, a,a ,;ha, -.
.,.,s,,,, ~ -. -.-1"u - WIN
were N enl;gbtep tho world
Mr. Berrv did not admit tbat tho rsr;c.,, ,,o,,,,.
were the trustees of the J,ord in tho phi,in,,;ns
matter. He said that when men asserted that thev
were the tres snre. of the Lord bp warta5 sor,o
more substantial nroof of the assertion thar tho;r
own word.
The admission of tho accuracv If s,,ot ,.,,,,o,
shin Mr. perrv believed wop,d u,t;mo,aI, aas,ro,,
tho foundations Of tho cova-,r,or, NJ -
that Tho corraot ,,ev ~ ,,,a ,,' n,,'
,,;,as NO ,asa, T., ~ poaan ~oao,,,sa' ~ ~
reso,,,o-, 49, ad,,,.os -, ~, 49,.
ano,har .,,, yvo,,d ha &C., a., e.. ph,,,s.,,s
,,,,;o,, 80 =. ~, -, ~.
,vo,,d ai, al, a.. oorn,,aro,a, "a ,-,atau,s,
vantspes denicted Inv Mr. Reveridge
He placed the responsibility for the insurrection
upon the President declaring that If his nroc,ana
tion had not been issuod not oun would bs 20 Noon
arad 40 80 A., 80 .e,.,...,h,, ..,,
-. aNN - 80, NO ~, " ~. s.s o,oou "oatu
nao issueu .na'
the nosition he now oecyniss h., sosa,,su
clans twasnot 10 Ia :, =, ~. =; ~
,rn .v-rr,onvr, = - "-oAe N'''e'
s,,
~, fe''is'e"' nepuoiiean south Dakoea' resum-
ed nisspeecn upon tne general Philippine question
~ nau 'een $40 before, ne oesan those VINO deny
~ o'Ae's e1''''o' ious re'Aii 1t ior tnem
r. n... 81,
ui'e.''eu az iens.n ,ne cohsutu-
eio.ai ques'iohs in'oifeu III the ADMINISTRATORS
fhihppihe pohcy' ana then entered upon sharp
a.'ack on lhe treaty MADE oy the Americans with
sae euiu'n Oh eu.u. ne charged tnat poiygamy and
so I. msie no. oiy inuolseu. ou. maintained by
.ne on,'ou s1'es 'nrousn 'ae treaty win the Sui
W. nc uee'A'eu 'ne nepuoi'can party was gong
ousoi powe. as she cnanpion Oh slavery and re-
puaiA.or Oh tne DeclArauoh Oh independence
MI. rel.grew citea Egypt as one OF the countries
olousi oluel Ineiisn cisih.ing sway. Asa result
osel o.'oo ninions On .ne Engnsn government were
"finsins 1Aes from tne oppressed people in Egypt
IN lne name Oh civilization.
Aside from all these considerations Mr.. Pettigrew