Atlanta age., 1900-01-13
KEEP ISLANDS,
SAYSINDIANIAN
Young Beveridge Makes Strong
ExpansiOnist Speech.
ADMINISTRATION IS SUSTAINED
1.-The Islands Are Ours, and Should
Be Held AS SuCh"--Senator
Hoar Replies.

In the senate Thursday, Mr.. Allen,
of Nebraska, offel ed resolution CALI
ing upon the secretary of war for
information as to the name of the
transports, the persons from whom
they were acquired, the prices paid
and all other information relating to
the transport service. 1t was adopted.
At the conclusion of the routine
business Mr.. Beveridge, of Indiana,
was recognized for his speech on the
Philippine question. The text of his
address was resolution which he
offered few days ago, which declares
"That the Philippine islands are ter
ritory belonging to the United States;
that it is the intention of the United
States to retain them as such, and to
establish and maintain such govern
mental control throughout the srchi-
peligo the situation may demand.
1t was brilliant audience which
greeted Mr.. Beveridge when he began
to speak. Every gallery was crowded.
Forming fringe about the table were
many members of the house of repre-
sentatives, who had been attracted to
hear the maiden effort in the senate of
the young Indianian. Throughout
the effort, which was very long, Mr..
Beveridge commanded the attention
of his colleagues of the senate and Of
his auditors both on the floor of the
chamber and in the galleries. He
spoke rapidly, with notably clear
enunciation and at times with pas
sionate force and dramatic fervor.
The attention of Washington had
been attracted to the boy senator first
by his election, which the Republican
politicians of Indiana had said was
impossible: next by his action in go
ing out to the Philippines to study
the conditions there himself; then
again by newspaper notices of hardly
complimentary nature which had q
tendency to misrepresent the young
man, and lastly, by his announcement
of set speech upon live topic in
the first session of his service rs q
senator.
A new senator is not supposed to
make q speech for year or two after
his advent. But Senator Beveridge
cared little for ethics. There was
nothing of the sophomore in his man
ner of delivery and nothing of the
novice in his treatment of his subject.
Almost all of the oratOry which has
been heard on this subject heretofore
has come from the men opposed 10 the
administration policy. Those who
favor the expansion side have had lit
tie to say and none of those who have
talked have taken the frank open,
ground of the senator from Indiana,
who argued that this government
should not only refuse to hold ont any
promises of independence of howso-
ever equivocal nature, but that we
should declare it our purpose to hold
the Philippine archipelago as a per-
manent possession and should give its
inhabitants a colonial government.
The fact that Senator Beveridge
had made the Investigations for him
self; that he brought testimony from
the foremost men of the islands to
bear out his contention that it would
be a good business proposition for US
to hold these islands; that the people
are incapable of self f-government, and
that such government would be an
injury to them rather than bless
ing, gave peculiar value to his speech
in the opinion of his hearers.
At times he was quite dramatic in
his utterances, particularly when he
charged that the blood of American
soldiers must be upon those here at
home who had been instrumental in
keeping alive the insurrection by their
opposition to the policy of the admin
istration.
Mr.. BeYeridge concluded his speech
at 2:25. He received great applause
from both the floor and galleries.
Mr.. Hoar followed Beveridge and
addressed himself to the Indiana SEN
ator with great earnestness. 1t would
be base thing he said, for this coun-
try to strike down the young republic
in the Philippines.
Mr.. Hoar said he could prove by
Otis and Dewey that there was Fill
pino government
Otis in all communications said the
president Of the Philippines desired to
establish their independence. Mr..
Hoar said Aguinaldo was brought over
and placed at the head of 10000 peo-
pie who desired independence and who
were furnished arms by the United
States government.