The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-10
HOLD T HEM FAST,
This is the Opinion Of the Junior.
Senator Of Indiana.
SENATOR H0AR MAKES REPLY.
Compared the Beauty and Eloquence
Of the Speech to the Incident in
Which Satan Tempted Christ
With all the Kingdoms OF
the World and the
Glory Thereof.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 9.-"That man lit
tie knows the common people of the Re-
public, little understands the instincts OF
our race who thinks we will not hold it
the Philippine archipelago), hold 1t fast
and forever, administering Just govern
,ment by the simplest methods
This sentence was the keynote Of the
speech delivered in the Senate to-day
by Mr. Beveridge, the junior senator from
Indiana. 1t was the maiden speech IN
the Senate of about the youngest MEM
her Of the body. The announcement that
he would deliver an address embodying
his observations in the Philippines attract
ed an unusually large number of auditors
to the galleries. On the floor OF the SEN
ate every member in the city was in his
seat, and scores Of representatives came
over from the House.
The occasion was inspiring. and NJ.
Beveridge rose to it brilliantly. His ora
ton was replete with striking sentences
and well-arranged information. Spoken
with all the earTeStness, VlGor ana eto-
quence of a fine orator. enthusiastic III
his subject he rose at times to his sub
iect with the power of passionate dramatic
utterance. The speech created a pro-
found impression.
SCHOLARLY AND REFINED.
Mr. Beveridge is scholarly and refined
in appearance, with a striking face ana
figure. Throughout his speech he was
easy and natural, and entirely free from
Tx ND
great earnestness. When he declared.
with deep solennity, to those Whose
voices in America have cheered those mis-
guided natives on to shoot our soldiers
down. that the blood Of those dead and
wounded boys of ours is on their hands,
and the flood Of years can never wash
that stain away there was deep, al
though suppressed, sensation among his
auditors.
At the conclusion of the speech tre-
meudous and llnrestrained applause swept
over the galleries, and 1t was notabse
that Secretary of the Treasury Gage. who
occupied a seat in the Senators Gallery,
was a Participant in it.
Mr.. Hoar Republican,, OF Massaehu-
sets, replied briefly. to MI. BeVeridge. Al
though he did not enter fully into tse
merits of the question under dlsc,lSslon,
he did not feel that some of the Indiana
Senator's statements ought to go 10 the
country uuchallensed. He declared tha'
not the American opposition to the war,
but the Presidents proclamation to the
,Fiipinos, was responsible for the HOSTILE
ties. He ridicu!ed Mr.. Beveridse's state
ment that the F'ilipinps were not capable
Of self-government, End quoted General
Otis reports 10 s;howt that they were.
Mr.. Allen. of Nebraska, offered a reso-
luton, calling upon the Secretary of war
for. complete information as TO the trans
port service. 1t was adopted.
THE SPEECH.
Mr.. Beveridee spoke in part as follows:
mfr President: I address the senate
at this time because Senators ana Mem
bcrs of the House on both s1des nave
asked that ] give to Congress anu the
country my observations IN me fhinp-
pines and the Far East, and the coHciu-
sions which those observations compel;
and because oc the hurtful resolutions
introduced and hurtful utterances made
in the Senate, every word OF winch VIII
cost and is costing the lives of Amerl-
can soldiers.
cai3dor. The Philippines are ours for
over. territory belonging TO the United
states as the Constitution calls them.
And Just beyond the Philippines are
Cl,ina's ilimitahle markets. We will
not retreat from either we viii NOT
repudiate our duty i'll the Archipelago
We will not abandon our opportunity IN
the Orient we will not renounce our
part in the mission Of our race, trustee,
under God of the civilization OF the
world And we will move forward to
our work not howlng our regrets IKE
slaves whipped to their burdens. out5
with gratitude for 4 task worthy OF our
strength, and thanksgiving to Almishty
~ Il
people f,enceforth to lead III the resen-
Grafton of the world.
..This island empire is the last land lett
in all the oceans. IT it should prove
mistake TO abandon it; the blunder once
made would be irretrievah!e Il It
proves mistake to hold it. the error can
be corrected when we WILL every other
progressive nation STANDS ieaus " re-
..Mr. President and Senators, adopt the
resolution offered, that peace may quickly
come and that we may begin our saving.
regenerating and uplifting Work.Adopt
il and this l,loodshed VIII cease when
these deluded children Of our Islands
learn that this'is the final action of the
Representatives Of the American aeonie
in CONGRESS assembled. Reject it. and
the world, history. and The American
people will know where to forever tiS the
a e,fuI respo,ts' llitv for the consequences
that will surely follow such failure to do
our manifest duty. How dare we delay
when our soldiers blood IS flowing.
GET THEE BEHIND Me-,
Mr.. H oar addressed 1he Chair. He said
the beauty and e.equence of the speech
had recalled that incident In which Satan
had taken Christ up into an exceed.nglr
ls.gh mountain. ana showed him all the
kingdoms of the world and the glory
thereof, and promised that all shouid be
hts II i.t. would but fall d own ard Voc
s;iip him: and he had replied: Get thee
behind me Satan.''g,5
Mr.. Hoar declared the Filipinos had tie
Spaniards ilemmed in Manila, and the
latter were obliged to surrender. He
thought II would he necessary to revise
the Constitutions i,efores these Filipinoss