The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-01-26
SENATOR PRAISES
ADMIRAL SCHLEY
Wellington Delivers caustIc Anti
Imperiallst Speech.
POLICY ROASTED RoUNDLY
Handsome Tribute Paid Schley
On Santiago Victory.

For an hour Thursday Mr.. Yelling
ton, Republican, Of Maryland, occu-
pied the attention Of the senate, con-
tinuing the debate on the Philippine
question. He took as his text the
resolution he introduced last Tuesday,
declaring that the United States should
not take permanent possession of the
archipelago, but after subduing the
insurrection-which he sincerely de-
plored-should confer upon the Phil
ippines theright to govern themselves,
affording them such protection as they
might need.
Mr.. Wellington referred to the part
the people Of his own state had taken
in the Spanish war, saying:
"On that July morning which, By
its rising sun heralded the destruction
Of the Spanish naval power in Santiago
bay, as 1t illuminated the line of Amer
lean warships advancing to deal death
and destruction to the Spanish feet,
surrounded by q halo Of glory, the
martial figure of a son of Maryland,
Winfield Scott Schley, guided and di-
rected the great contest. And though
now it seems to be the policy of ca
bal of one of the departments of this
administration to rob him of the glory
which Justly is his, the verdict of the
American people has been recorded
and he will go down to history as the
true hero of that naval battle.
ga year and a half has passed since
that great battle; and yet there is no
indication that we intend to keep faith
with the Cubans, but there is every
indication that by the power of syndi-
Gates, cabals and combinations there
is to be continued in Cuba the despot-
ism of military government, in which
the Cubans themselves have no part,
which is beyond the pale of any law
save that of force, and is not recog-
nized by our constitution. A very
Pandora's box of national troubles has
been opened and difficulties and dan
gers are gradually taking form and
surrounding us.
"But the great question that now
confronts us as a result of this war is
the question of the Philippine islands.
1t would have been well for us as a
nation if Admiral Dewey could have
retired from the bay of Manila on the
morning after he had destroyed the
Spanish feet, but he dared not do 80.
He had destroyed the Spanish power
and it would not have been proper for
him as representative of the conquer
ing nation have departed and to have
left anarchy and chaos remain instead
of authority War finally came be-
tween the United States and Filipino
/ forces, who had been working for the
same end, the destruction Of Spanish
power. "
After picturing the possibilities Of
an indefinitely continued desultory
war, Mr.. Wellington said:
cit is neither fair nor just to attack
! the president or the administration
for the conduct of the present war.
When the unfortunate contention be-
gan he could not do otherwise than
uphold American authority and stand
by American arms, and during the
interregnum between the two sessions
of congress it was his duty to continue
this war for the upholding of Ameri-
can authority on the islands. The Amer
lean forces could not be withdrawn,
for their retreat or embar kation would
have marked the beginning of internal
disorder and possibly foreign inter
vention."