The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-02-27
WOLCOTT'S SPEECH
IN WHICH MR.. PETTIGREW is
NEATLY FLAYED.
The Representatives of the Discontented
and Unhappy and Envious should he
Traded for Aguinaido and Something
to Boot-The Mission of Our Republic

below.
The SENATE having under considerati@Sn on
Mr.. Pettigrew on the Sd instant:
Resolved. that the secretary of war
be- and he is hereby, directed to inform
of the officers of the Philippine army,
came TO General OTIS 5ooo with AZ nag l,tor of
The fighting commenced between our
forces and those of the Ftlipnos and
stated to General Otis that General hi Agni, @
begun accidentally and was not author,
lied by him, and that Aguinaldo wished
about a conclusion of hostilities he pro-
posed the establishment of "A neutral zone
would be agreeable to General Otis, so
that during the peace negouauons there
might be no further danger Of conflict
General Otis replied that lighting hay
ing once begun must aust 20 on 70 ~ me grim I'm
retary of war TO make such an answer
Did General Otis telegraph the secretary
'Aguinaldo now applies for cessation
of hostilities and conference. Have de-
afterwards reply? Was he directed by
the secretary of war TO reply; and what
answer If any. did he or the secretary
Of war make 10 the application to cease
iishting?" and Mr.. .Pettigrew having sub
mitted some remarks thereon
Mr.. Wolcott said:
Mr.. President; Any general discussion
upon our final duties toward the Philip
pine Islands seems to me out of place
and premature at this time. All our en-
ergies should be devoted to first quelllng
the unimportant insurrection which there
prevails. and finally. and when order Is
restored. to turn our attention to the
great problems that Will face us in that
archipelago. l should not have ventured
to take the time of the Senate even for
few minutes, upon this occasion had 1t
not been for the remarkable and intem-
south Dakota (Mr Pettigrew).
There could be no better demonstration
fl,. Krft1tt ~ hA TO IA Z IA n
public forum than the speeches which the
senator from South Dakota has made for
in this country some seventy million peo-
pie; Of all sorts-the good, the indifferent;
through different communities. small in
each. but aggregatng numerically many
and unhappy.. who view the world with
jaundiced vision people who. perhaps;
success OF others. view with suspicion
and hatred every other person, whose life
cess. They see some wicked motive in
the conduct of everybody except them
When the sun shines they see only the
shadow it casts. and behind every good
act they find lurking some sinister and and
malevolence are nourished. and the world
seems to them all askew. II Is but a
hatred 1t is but step from dislike
q the people who succeed when
try whose administration they do not APP
prove and to hatred of the flag and the
them, II is fitting that such people
should be represented here. and l know
Of nobody in the whale United States SO
from South Dakota, who. during all the
years which ] have served with him in
ute ntterSnees9has ShS never never haa a a W Rind '' or
friendly word to say OF any person or of
And it is not alone, Mr. President. that
such people should be represented. so
that the opinions OF everybody may be
ventilated in this body. but 1t is also to
my mind important that we should have
from South Dakota. that they may serve
as an example and warning and n de-
tcrrcnt to the Thousands of young men
who every year are growing to manhood
and who must some day take their share
in the burden of government. and upon
wnom eventually the mantle of response
billty must fall. that they may learn how
ri habit grows by usage.' and that they
grow to manhood and responsibility. that
they should cultivate n good digestion,
n hopeful heart, and "A cheerful mind.
Mr.. President, l do not share the opin-
ion which has been expressed in the Sem
ate that the utteransees of senators here
gents in the Philippine Islands. II Agui-
nqldo has his ear to the ground to hear
as we do how utterly trifling and unim-
portant are these expressions of sympa,
thy which are from time to time heard
in this chamber. There is not real hon
orable Democrat in the United States
own party were in power the policy
would be first to crush the tnsurrection
against the flag and against the main
tenance of order and our laws abroad,
and then determine what should be
utterances encourage the insurrection will
not fight; they will take it out in sympa--
thy. And II our soldiers in Manila will
take care of Aguinaldo and his strag-
Cling followers, as they seem to be do
ing very well. the American people here
ers in the Senate and outside of IT.
Mr.. President the senator from South
mencement, OF his speech; that Il he
were a FiliDino he would fight until he
have no doubt the senator would fight if
he were TaEal: and II Is possible, and
take him by adoption. | can picture him
now. clad chiefly in that genial and
pleasant smile which he always. wears
here. blazing away with his blunderbuss
against everything in sight; GaughterD
The suggestion was the Senator's own
and it touches the Imagination. 1t leads
one to think of what would be the con-
sequence If the Senator changed places
with a Tagal. The exchange might for
purposes of experiment. at least. not be
without attractiveness Qaughter). and |
naldo, who is brave. loyal and patriotic.
and AGuinaldo stood in the Senate rep
kota, which sent its soldiers to the Phil
ippines and left some of them dead in
gal though he is be found i'm this body
traducing the President of the United
States and the commander in chief of
our armies. and slandering and malign-
ing our officers now at the front and
charging them with being "swindlers and
defrauders."
Mr. President the resolution which we
are assuming to discuss is of no i'm
portance and everybody knows that. 1t
is covered and engulfed by n resolution
which calls for ali the Information the
department will furnish. 1t is really of
no value whatever. but X serves to indi-
cate to the Senate and to the country
some suspicion that there has been some
where some crooked or dishonorable con-
duct in the departments or by the eNecu-
tive or this nation. Mr.. President, there
Is nothing hidden. there is nothing that
Is not as open as the day, and there has
been no step taken from first to last in
these negotiations that does not reflect
hnnnr md credit unOn the nennln of the