The Portland daily press., 1900-03-08
Floor and Galleries Crowded to
Hear 1t.
Auditors Were Not
Disappointed.
Adjournment Out OF Respect to
MIR. Harmer.

wash.nston, March Tile Senate sell
dom aoeords to any Of It's members .
eIsiter compliment than It gave today
20 MIR. Lodge OF Msssachusests its, The
announcement that he woald deliver q
speech on the Philippine question drew
10 ths Senate every zen ator now In the
city and to the gallsrieJ an unusually
large numte of auditors Through out
the delivery OF ths speech, despite tine
fact that It Consumed three hosrs, the
Massaohusetts man was given close atten
tion. Ken interest was aroused In the
utterarc, not only be cause of the oratoIiesi
ability OF MIR. Lodge, but also1 because,
as chairman Of the Philippine commit
tee and a p:oninent msmber on 70 eign
relations, who had studisd the Philip
pms question exhar stively. he was ex-
&C ed to PRESENT q notable addition to
the literature to ths problem which now
o. nfronts Congress and the American
peope.
Nei her his colleagues in the senAte CT
his othGr auditors were disappointsd In
his address.
When be had concluded he was otsr-
whelned with con Eratulntions from
10th SIDES of the chamber. Soon after
Mr.. Ledge hid concluded. the Serate
adjourned out OF n spec TO the memory
of tho late Rspretentanys Harmer.
Soon after the Senate convened, Mr..
Sullivan of Mississippi offered rssolu-
tion that the Philippine Islands were tie
right ul property, honoiably acquired. of
the United States, and that while the
"mifgu ded Filipincs continue the prgs-
int war brought on by them, the right
full an ho:iiy OF the United States, 60
long as a sing'e gun in the r hands IL
tra!nsi upon our flag. mo orpiessIcn OF
intention IS the future course of the
United Slater with respect to them
should he made by the United States
| Senate"
Mr.. Sullivan asked tina. the resolution
lie on the table until lie should call it up
MIR. Mas1n of Illinois then gave notice
that to morrow, after tie morning hour,
he would enter n molten that the com.
Eaittts of foreign relations be discharged
exI 70 ;gIve OF the Senats's sympathy with
the Beers in their struggle with Great
Erltain. de had, he said, introduced the
resolution on Deosmber 9, ard 1t had
tesn in the hands of tbs commi ttee ever
since.
at Ia clearly the intention Of tt % COM
mittee on foreIgn relations" ta'd Mr.
Mason, "to take no action In rsgAId to
the restitution and want 1t brought In
to the Senate and placsd on the calendar.
"Ihe COMMITTEES could give us o re-
pert II it would. Il q majority OF the
committee Is opposed to the rss1lu lion
let them report II adversely. IL would
be- making some progress. / am salts
fed that 30 per cent of the psople OF the
country are In sympathy with the Beers
In their war with Great Eritain, and
am Just as certain that q majority of
this body would favor the resolution. II
10 the IL crest child play for rs to sit here
ard not be able to get vote On the reso-
luton"
In accordance with notice previously
given. Mr.. Lodge of NRssao hus stts, then
addressed tho Senate on the Philippine
question.
AS chairman OF the COMMITTEES on the
Philippines and as q member OF tbs
committee on foreign relations Mr.. Lodge
was expected to make notabls utteFaucs
on the question.
MIR. Lodges spasch was based on the
bill introduced by Mr.. Spooner Of Wis
consin, vtsting in the President authority
to.govern the Philippines until Congress
should otherwise provide by legislation.
SENATOR LODGES SPEECH.
Referring to the arguments that enor-
nous expense will be entailed upon the
United States on account Of the Philip
pines. Senator Lodge said:
There is no reason to doubt that In
comparatively short time peace and order
will be restored, and when we are oonsid-
ering what burden the possession Of the
Islands Will impose upon us We must
proceed upon the normal conditions of
peace. Under Spanish rule, with all It's
bad administration and profound COR
ruption, the islands not only paid all
| their expensss. but made ed times at leAst
q return to the spanish treasury. With
revenues we'll and honestly administered
and with wise and honest expenditure,
the Islands in our hands would not only
easily pay all the expenses OF the military
establishment. but OF the civil govern
ment a. we'll. and We could ct the same
| time. by our superior hi nesty and eff
cheney, greatly tighten tbs burden Of
taxation. In . word, the Philippine
Islands, as We should govern and admin-
lister thsm, would be entirely self sup
porting, and would throw no burden OF
expense 40 all ON the people of the United
States after psaoe and order were once re-
stored and business was again flowing in
| Its normal chRnnels."
Mr.. Lodge drew luminous picture of
the commercial possibilities Of the Phil.
| ippines and VI ths enormous Advantages