The Portland daily press., 1900-01-12

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He sheasht thsrs was no dispss itssn In
any qssrtsr 20 suppress informstion. He
believed with the smenament he proposed
90 Mr.. Hoar's resolution would cover evsry
point upon which Information was de-
sized.
Nr. Hoar said he was In general sooord
with his coilsasus's idsss as 10 the rsso-
tuition. He would he glad 10 have the cor
rsxpondeuce between che President and
the peace commission at Paris but would
not insist upon thst now. He wanted,
however, the distinct recommendations
and instruction If the PRESIDENT 70 the
Philippine commission. Mr.. Lodge sue
eested that the resolution OF MIR. Petit
grew and his own substitute be lsie on
the table and thst of MIR. Hosr with his
propossd Amendments be adopted.
To this ar. Pettiarsw objected. He
had asked in his resolution for spscffic
information, which he desired. It made
no differences to him, he sAid. what snfor-
mstlon the Massachusetts, Senators
wanted. Mr.. Pettigrsw then launched
Into rsthsr sensational spsech, Contain
Ing bitter attacks upon the administra-
tion.
1t was evident, he said, that the object
Of the administration was TO keep DE-
tailed information from the people and IL
was quite ~ svidsnt that the political
success Of the President and OF the He
publican party was Of greater concern TO
the imperlaiists than whether the infor-
nation asked for should reach the FIJI
pinos. Such an objection to Tho sending
to the SENATE OF information rs that 1t
would be communicated TO the Fllipinos
was ridiculous since the Fiiipinos already
were In possession of It.
"The trouble with the impsrialists. +"
said Mr. Psttigrew, is that they have
eonfoundsd the interests Of the people OF
the United States with the political de-
sires and ambitions of their runy Presi-
dsnt and regarded him and his success as
more important than q rightful treat
ment OF the Filipincs."
MIR. Pattigrsw said h, wanted the In :
formation which he was seeking, whether
the President regarded the publication Of
1t as compatible with the public interests
or not.
"If any amendment is TO be made TO
the resolution" he said, cat ought TO be
made to read that the Information should
| be transmitted to the Senate II not In.
compatible with the Presidents interests
as candidate for reelection. The fact
is, this whole business Is bound up in the
Presii entis desire again 10 be q candidate
of his party for President.
Mr.. Pst,igrew then devoted some time
to u discussion Of the censoring OF de-
spatches from the Philippines. He de-
oIared that important and significant
fects had been stricken from news de-
spatehss from Manila and from official
reports because 1t was regarded by the
powers that be ss undesirable that they
should reach the American people.
Gas an ins sncs OF this work" he said,
;'the Sulu treaty was manglsd md partly
suppressed until after the election In
Ohio. He discu ssed at length the proclA-
nation issued by the President. declaring
that 1t WAS In suoh shape TINT General
Otis recon III ended 1t should 20 changed
in order not to provoke hostilitiss on ths
part OF the Fiiipinos. subsequently, he
said, IL was altered materially, and as al
tered, was published to the Philippine
natiyes. AS originally drawn 1t was to
his mind. fat declaration OF war and
when Aguinaldo and his leaders came In
TO possession OF the original they 90 re-
gardsd 1t. "Ths whole wretohed busi-
ness'' declared MIR. Psttigrew, vehement
", was one Of concsalment and duplicity
intended 30 deceive not only the people OF
the United States but also the islanders
themselves.
In substan tiation of his charge that the
dispatches from the Philippines were
censored In the interest OF the admins
tration, MIR. Psttigrew quoted from a let
| tar written by Nr. Robert II. Collins.
Associated Press representative ut Ma
Mia. In this letter Mr.. Collins related
the substance OF an interview upon the
subject of censoring dispatches which he
had had with General Otis. Mr.. Petit
grew read the statements of Nr. Collins,
In which he had said 1t was the evident
Information from reaching the people of
the United States, When he (Collins) had
eiea a despatch containing Information
which he thought was proper to send to
the United States. he had been informed
by the csnsor that he had been instructed
to cut out anything that might hurt the
administration. Subsequently. when he
had desired to send q story relating to the
use of silver in the Philippines. the CEN
sur had told him that his Instructions
were to allow nothing to pass him which
would be helpful TO William Jenntn %
Bryan In the United States.
Mr.. Pettigrew declared that the Presi-
dent himself really began the war In the
Philippines, was responsible for IL.
"h," he said. ''ths administration had
had spark Of honor in dealing with the
Fiiipinos, 1t would have told General
Merritt TO lay the whole truth Of the in
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