The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-02-06

alGleAce or admirers Win views on the
Philippine question. tersely expressed He
denounced the raising OF the flag on every
straw thatch IN the Pacific for the pUr-
pose Of keeping It there. drew forceful
parallels from the conduct OF bygone ma
tions and bygone warriors. and turned the
light OF ridicule on our contract with the
Sultan Of Sulu and his 300 wives.
For over two hours the Missourian re-
called the House. depressing at times 10
pay his respects to the English people and
to hope for their defeat by the Boer
armies in South Africa He Is a member
Of the Committee on Foreign relations.
and secured time during the afternoon.
when the diplomatic and consular appro-
pratiOn bill. called up by Chairman HIT.
was under consideration. Mr. Clark was
tn the best OF form, and adorned his en-
phatic Uttcrdnces by quotations from liter
ature. and references to ancient and mod
ern history. So while his effort was elo
quent, II was also scholarly. There are
few better read men in the House than
he
Laid Down several Propositions.
Representative Clark, in his Characters
tic way. prefaced his speech with the fol-
lowing propositions:
order to be a patriot.
"A man is not a traitor because he is
opposed TO doing those things which jeop-
ardize the life OF the republic.
AN American is not q pessmist because
he is unwilling TO see his country adopt
as a settled policy the political principles
OF Alexander, Caesar, and Napoleon.
''In the hands Of political jobbers the
American flag. like the mantle OF charity
will be made TO cover a multitude Of sins
81 don't care a bsubee about Againaldo
and the Philippines.
My sympathy, my heart, my solicitude
goes out to Americans.
Il think more-far more-of the liberties
OF my children than Of all the trade of all
the earth.
Il would like 10 leave them both ricn
and free: but Of the two / would rather
leave them free-free to labor, free 10
work out their own destiny, free TO SYM
pathize with and help all peoples strug-
Cling for liberty anywhere and every
where.
II would not give the life OF one healthy,
honest. moral patriotic. ambitious, cour-
ageOus American white boy in exchange
for all the FilipinOs who now live or may
live in the archipelago this side the great
resurrection day.
Believing firmly that the annexation of
the Philippines, either by force or with
their own consent, will in the end prove
dangerous, perhaps ruinous, 10 our gov
eminent of the people, by the people, and
for the people, / am dead against it now
and for all time"
MIR. MckinIey's Boston speech.
Representative Clark recalled President
III =
1888 ten days after the peace treaty was
ratified, i'm which the President said the
Philippine question was now with Con-
gress; that Congress was the conscience
and judgment Of the country. Yet, he
said, the executive and not the legisla-
tive department of the government was
determining the question. Congress had
fallen so low that ii was now simply a
register for the will of the executive de-
partment. If We took the FflIpinos into
partnership. the knell of the American
republic was sounded las a private citi-
zen" said he, Il wish the President long
life and prosperity. AS politician, / hope
his death is set for high noon, March T.
1901. Democratic applause) He would
sacrifice as much for his country as any
man. but William Mckinley was not the
country.
Il ask you reformers over there" con-
tinued Mr.. Clark. ARE We. the American
people. in condition 10 go into the world
as missionaries TO carry the blessings OF
liberty and settled government TO these
other people? My friend from Pennsyl-
vania quoted Scripture the other day in
favor of the imperial doctrine Why, the
devil quoted Scripture on a celebrated oc-
casion in favor of his proposition. Laugh
teri / will quote you bit of Scripture
that fits it like a glove: Let every mar
set his own household in order before hi
goes 10 meddling with the households Of
other people Q4aughter) What kind o.
a condition are We in TO do missionary
work? Let us see what we are doing
right now. Hanging niggers in Missis
sippi burning niggers in Kentucky, hang
ing Italians in Louisiana, a double-headet
government in Kentucky, and under TIVE
governments, with two legislatures, an'
they cannot hold a court without calling
the militia. Out in Illinois one Sunda!
evening last summer they had battle, II
which more men were killed-and by |
strange concentration OF circumstance
and events, every one OF them mad
black hide-more men were killed than a
the battle of Pale Alto.
Preachers Mobbed in Maine.
tial law. Up in Maine, the home Of civi
Iization and patriotism and learning, las
summer they mobbed two preachers, tar
red and feathered them, and rode then
on a rail because they preached the doc
trine OF Jesus Christ. UaughterD tn
Washington Post stated that they woul
have burned them, but the lucifer
wouldn't work we'll Q.aughter) Than
God. the lucifers were out OF fix, or. j
the closing days of the nineteenth centur
in the State of Maine we should have ha
two humble followers of the Saviour be
ing burned alive because they preache
me doctrine of the holy Nazarene.
Last summer a mob with hate in II
eve. murder in its heart, and rope in IL
hand chased a colored man and brothe
through the woods in Connecticut, bu
whether they ever found him or not
don't know. He has never been heard c
since. Q.aughter) What must the soul
Of Charles Sumner, Harriet Beeche
Stowe. William Lloyd Garrison. and thos
distinguished philanthropists think of ths
Il they think at all amidst their preser
environments? 0-aughter)
Let US take another instance" cor
tinued Mr.. Clark. with great force. "a
last summer the United States courts
this country were run overtime, ana all
them liable 10 be struck down with nerN
Gus prostration. and what were they ID
ing? Busy issuing injunctions at the con
mand OF the plutocrats Of the land again'
men exercising the GOd-given right {
earning their bread in the sweat Of the
faces.
Quay and wanamaker.
Let US come East a little. II wis
John Wanamaker says about Matthe
Stanley Quay is correct, Quay ought 10
in the penitentiary the rest OF his natur.
life daughter. and II what he says ism
true. WanamakeE IL the greatest lia
since the days OF Ananiss and Sapphir
NaughteTJ / think they are both RICH
10 tell you the truth about Il. daughter
] will not undertake 10 decide such
delicate question OF Republican morals ar
Republican etiquette. (Renewed laughter
THE city Of Philadelphia. from when'
ny distinguished friend and brother, NJ
afams comes. has become So CORFU