The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-01-10
MR. >HOAR ACCUSES M'KINLEY
DECLARES HE rs RESPONSIBEE
FOR PHILIPPINE VAR.
eridge In the Sennte--President's
Proclamation to Fnipinos Acted as "a
Fircbrand-It Was Changed by Otis
but the Rebels Got an Actual Copy.

Flrebrand-t was Changes. ny Jus
but the Rebels Got an Actual Copy.
| Washington, Jan. 9.-"That man little
| 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
fast, and hold it forever, administering
| lust government by simplest methods
| This sentence was the keynote OF the
speech delivered in the senate to-day
by Mr.. Beveridge, the junior senator
from Indiana II was the maiden
speech in the senate of about the
| youngest member of the body. The
announcement that he would deliver an
address embodying his observations in
the Philippines attracted an unusually
large number Of auditors to the gal
| leries
| Mr.. Beveridge spoke rapidly and with
great earnestness When he declared,
| with deep solemnity, to those whose
| voices in America have cheered those
| misguided natives on to shoot our SOL
diers 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, although suppressed sensation
among his auditors. At the conclusion
of the speech tremendous and unre-
strained applause swept over the gal
leries, and it was notable that Secre-
tary of the Treasury Gage, who occu-
pied a seat in the senators gallery, was
participant in 1t.
Senator Hoar briefly replied to Mr..
Beveridge. II am glad" he said, ito
| welcome to the public service his en-
thusiasm, his silver speech and the
earnestness with which he is disposed
to discharge his duty" Yet, he said,
he had listened in vain for those words
which the American people have taken
on their lips in a solemn crisis. The
words right Justice duty" and
freedom were absent from the eloquent
address The beauty and eloquence of
the speech had recalled that incident In
which Satan had taken Christ up into
an exceedingly high mountain and
showed Him all the kingdoms of the
world and the glory thereof and prom
ised that all should be His if He would
but fall down and worship him. and He
had replied. Get thee behind Me
Satan"
Mr. Hoar declared that practically
every statement of fact in the speech
was refuted by government reports re-
ceived from Admiral Dewey, General
Otis and from other official sources.
Where did Spain get the right to sell
her rights In the Philippines Mr..
Hoar asked. Where did the United
States get the right to buy and sell peo-
pie like sheep He was certain that for
all the wealth and commerce and glory
which he had eoquently depicted the
senator from Indiana would not have
great injustice done Mr.. Hoar de-
clared the Filipinos had the Spaniards
hemmed in at Manila and the latter
were Obliged to surrender. He thought
1t would be necessary to revise the
constitution before those Filipinos
could be bought and sold. He did not
believe Mr.. Beveridge would advise the
American people to do this thing or to
do anything so base as to strike down
the infant Filipino republic.
The Massachusetts senator made fire.
quent reference to and quotations from
the reports Of General Otis and Admiral
Dewey and other officers in the Philip
pines. These showed that when Aguin-
aldo arrived in Luzon from Hong Kong
the insurgents had an army of 100000;
that In the island of Luzon the Fill
pinos maintained courts, schools mu
nicipal governments and churches and |
that peace and order prevailed pretty |
generally. Spanish prisoners were kind
ly treated "This" declared Mr. Hoar, |
sis the condition of things which it is |
proposed to crush under our heels, And |
that" he commented, you call glory" |
Mr. Hoar referred to Mr.. Beverdge's |
statement that the present condition of |
warfare was due to- utterances in this !
country. This he denied and pointed |
out that in December 1898, the presi-
dent had sent proclamation to Cen
eral Otis for publication to the Fill
pinos. General Otis received the proc
1amation with the statement that after
full consideration of the terms "sover-
eighty" right of cession," etc, he was
convinced they were calculated to cause
nm immediate outbreak of hostilities.
General Otis amended the proclama-
tion by making the statement: 'I am
convinced that it is the intention of the
government of the United States to
seek the establishment Of the most lib
eral government in the Philippines"
This appeared in the proclamation
published to the Filipinos, but copy of
the actual proclama ton of the presi-
dent fell into the hands of the Filipino
leaders and precipitated hostilities. Gen
eral Otis had promised Mr.. Hoar said
a government to the Filipinos in which
they would be able to exercise a full
measure Of their individual rights
Ibid he utter this promise to a people
incapable of governmental half
savages and half Spaniards?" demand
ed Mr.. Hoar. He thought it bold to
charge these men who had opposed this
war from the beginning with the re-
sponsbility of all the blood being shed
He declared there had not been time
when, if General Otis had been able to
give assurance Of independence to the
the war would not have ter
After reading some passa ges
from official reports, Mr.. Hoar con-
cluded, promising to discuss the ques-
tion fully in the near future.
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