The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-16
Filipino he would fight until he was
gray against the aggression of the United

Filipino he would fight until he was
gray against the aggression of the United
States.
II have no doubt he would fight"
remarked Mr.. Wolcott sarcastically, III
| he were a Tagalo. Perhaps they might
take him by adoption. l can picture
him now, clad in the pleasant, genial
smile for which he is noted, blazing
away with his blunderbuss against every
one in sight suggestion that the
senator and Aguinaldo effect an ex-
change might, for the purpose of expert
ment, not be a bad idea. If the ex-
change should take place and Aguin-
aldo, brave, loyal and patriotic, stood
here representing the state of South Da-
kota, whose sons have bled and died in
| defense of the flag, he would not be
found tradueing theN president of the
| United States. and slandering and
maligning the soldiers at the front,
charging them with being swind1ers and
depredators'
DEFENSE OF PRESIDENT
The resolutions, to which Mr.. Petit
grew had been speaking, Mr.. Wolcott
declared, were of no Importance. be-
cause they were smothered and en-
| gulfed in the broader resolution that
called for all information In the posses
sion of the executive. They were SIM
| intimation that there had been crooked
and dishonorable conduct. No step had
been taken, Mr.. Wolcott asserted, that,
did not reflect honor upon the president
Of the United States, He read from the
| presidents message the extract, about
| the duty of the government after the
insurrection was over "to spare no effort
| to build up the waste places to open
schools and churches to foster trade
|
words that it was their liberty, not our
| power which We. are seeking to en-
hance.
That" said Mr.. Wolcott, lis the last
public utterance OF the president, whose
treatment Of the. Flliplnos is described
| by the senator from South Dakota as
brutal and 'cruel.''
We had taken the Philippines, he said,
not as a conquest, but as one of the
| best duties we owed to the human race.
| We had entered into the war with Spain
| because we could not listen to the cries
| of distress that came from Cuba. When
| we inaugurated the war no one dream
ed Of the Philippines, but when 1t closed
| so quickly and VIGOROUSLY we found
100000 people suffering from oppression
| and cruelty, Spain defeated and bank
rupt, and the Philippine islands floating
derelicts. We had taken them, because
to have allowed them to drift helplessly
| into the power of another power would
| have raised International complications.
We would have been compelled to take
them had they been as bleak and as
barren as the Desert of Sahara.
MIR. BEvERIDGE DENOUNCED.
| Mr.. Wolcott said we might be compelled
to keep the islands indefinitely. He then
directed his attention to the speech de-
livered by Mr.. Beveridge last week, say
ing that the senator from Indiana had
told of a mountain of gold, of coffee,
of hemp, Of corn of the rich and tempt
ing valley of Luzon, and he had said
that our commerce by the retention of
the islands would be richly rewarded.
"Mr. President" said Mr. Wolcott
'the argument of the senator from In
diana IS base and sordid. This war, If we
consider first our duty to the people of
the islands, is the noblest ever fought,
but If our purpose in retaining them IS
| that they are rich, the war will go down
as miserable and degraded one as ever
| disgraced the history Of the middle ages.
; There was a disposition, he continued,
| referring again to Mr.. Beverages speech,
| to treat the question with a sentimental
ity somewhat maudIin 1t was possible
| We were a Christian people, as Mr.. BeV-
eridge said, whom God Almighty had
made q trustee for the civilization of
| treble our fleet of war vessels, We would
| have to join England and Germany in
| the partition of China. We must needS
seize Madagascar and Port Arthur
| my own idea of the mission of Amer
ica,'' said the senator, lis that it is the
last hope of republics; that our broad,
| large fertile area will gradually fill ZIP
by the admission of the foreigner and
oppressed of other lands and that in
days Of peace We will work out the no.
| blest and highest social problems. We
| will say to the rulers of the old world:
| You may hold your thrones as long as
the people will permit, but this CONT
| nent shall forever be devoted to liberty.
You shall not. step your foot upon 1t.
That is our destiny. believe 1t Is idle
to talk Of our being Gods chosen peo-
pIe."
Mr.. Wolcott said he was startled by
| Mr.. Beveridges statement that charity
| did not begin at home, but was Uttered
| in from the outside With the municipal
corruption that all admitted existed, it
was ridiculous talking Of appointing
a. lot of Indiana politicians as commits
| sioners to the Philippines, and let the
| reflected glory of our republic shine
| across the seas to make their admins
tration pure and holy. If that was so
then the islands would be worth millions.
though they only consisted OF lava beds
| and the craters of dead VOLCANOES. But,
Mr.. Wolcott said we were bound to make
many mistakes, and before We finished
we might believe we had taken over from
Spain O. home for incorrigibles.
But concluded Mr.. Wolcott, ''in the
closing year of the century, when the
world is growing more beneficent, When
the rich are growing richer andAthe pooF-
er classes richer, too, the time will come,
if we do our duty. when the sun which
now shiues SO brightly over our own
country will shed its refulgent rays upon
far distant seas.
MIR. PETTIGREW REPLIES.
Mr.. Pettigrew replied briefly to Mr..
Wolcott. The latter had stated, he said,
that he never had a kind word for his
associates in the senate. Yet, Mr.. Petit
grew said, his relations with his col
leagues had been most pleasant. The
senate could not hide behind the large
personality of the senator from Colorado.
81 have not spent much tine," said Mr..
Pettigrew, 'in laudng him, although ]
am ready to confess he has large
voice.
He did mot think the senator's attack
upon him was worthy of reply. He did
marvel, however, at the division in the
ranks of the imperialists. The senator
from Indiana (Beveridge) said his motive
for expansion was greed; the senator
from Colorado CWolcotD said it was
philanthropy The latter motive was
what actuated Spain in her conquest OF
the Western hemisphere Her pretext
was civilization and religious zeal. Those
were the motives Of PiZzaro, who butch
cred people right and left. Proceeding
Mr.. Pettigrew pointed out the names OF
many iMustrious men who had opposed
the policy OF their home government te
aggressions abroad, notably Fox ano