Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-10

down and Worship him. and lie had re-
piled: Get thee behind me. Satan
| Hoar declared that practically every
! statement of fact in the speech was re-
| futed by government reports received
| from Admiral Dewey, Gen. Otis and from
other official sources Where did Spain
get the right To sell her rights in the
Philippines, loar asked. Where did the
United Statcs~Sct the right to buy ant
sell people like sheep? lie was certa'n
that for all the wealth and commerce
and glory which he had eioquently de-
picted, the senator from Indiana would
not have a great injustice done.
Hoar declared that the Filipnos had
the Spaniards hcmmed in At Manila and
the latter were Obliged To surrender. lie
thought IT would be necessary to revise
the constitution before those FilipinoS
could he bought and sold. lie did not be
licve Beveridge would advise the Ameri-
can people Ia do this thing or to do any
thing 50 base as to strike down the in
FAINT Filipino republic
The Massachusetts senator made fire.
quent references to and quotations FROM
the reports of Gen. Otis and Admiral
Dewey and other officers in the Philip
pines. These showed that when Asui-
naldo arrived in Luzon from Hong Kong
the Insurgents had an army OF 3o"~; that
in the island of LuZon the t'ilipinoS irdir-
tanned courts. schools. municipal govern
ments and churches. and that peace and
order pretty generally prevailed. and
Spanish prisoners were kindly treated.
,rhis declared iI2ar: lis me e"ndi-
crush under our heels. And that he
commented, YOU call glory"
Iloar referred to Bevcridgc's statement
that the present condition Of war was
not due to utteranccs in this country
This he denied and pointed ont that in
December. 1898 the President had sent a
proclamation to Gen. Otis for publication
10 the F'ilipinos. Gen. Otis received the
proclamation with the statement that
after fun consideration of the terms soy
ereienty' and right of ccssion." he was
a. ~ 4 a. a Len la oh To.
cause an immediate outbreak of hoStili
tics. Gen. Otis amended the proclamation
by making the statement: II am CON
WINGED that il is the intention of the gov
crnment Of the United States To seek the
establishment of The most liberal govern
mcnt in the Philippines
This appeared in the proclamation pub
lished to the t'ilipinos. but copy of the
actual proclamation of the President felt
into the hands Of the Filipino leaders and
precipitatcd hoStilitieS.
Gen. obs had promised. Iioar said a
government to the Filipinos in which
measure Of their individual rights.
Did he utter this promise to Il people
incapable of f-goVernmcnt-to half
savagcs and half-Spaniards? ?" demanded
Hoar. He thought it bold to charge
those men who had opposed this war
from the beginning with the responsible
ity OF all the blood being shed. He de-
clared there had not been time when if
Gen. Otis had been able to give assur-
anccS of Independence to the FilipinoS,
the war would not have terminated.
After reading some passages from Off
cidl reports. lioar concluded, promising
to fully discuss the question in the near
future.
When the Philippine debate had been
concluded for the day, Carter, Mont. |
called up the bill comforting additional
authority upon the director Of the census. |
II was found impossible either To amend !
or pass the bill because of the lack of a
quorum. and at / O'Clock the Senate adj /
Journtd.