The Lamar register., 1900-02-21

In response to many requests for the
speech OF Senator Woicott on the , Ehii.
lppines, the full and exact text Is gwen
The Senate having under consideration
the following resolution soom''teN "S
be, and he is hereby, directed to inform
Sf the offiesrs Of the Philippine army,
came to General Otis with a nag OF
Truce en- February ) lSs2 he Ss,,Sr DAY "tSST aSr
forces and those OF the Ftltpinos, and
stated to General Otis that Gersraii Agui, ..
begun accidentally. and was not auihor55
ICED by him and that Aguinaido wished
10 have Il stopped. and that to bring
posed the establishment OF neutral ISne
between the two armies 9i : Nl9Sa iS,t 'iltS a.
might be no further danger Of eonnlct
SeneFsP Gsi%ssP 6as fSS TsSnsd i mat tshtiRE S9y
ing once begun must GO on 20 thS gfin
retAry OF war 70 make such an answer
Did General Otis telegraph the sscrsiaFy
'Aguinaldo now a2pliss for a % cessation i,l
OF hostllities and conference Have de
clined TO answer And dtd SsneTal SSts tt,s
the secretary Of war to reply and NhAt
answer. II any. did he or the secretary
fiehtinr and Mr PettiKrew having sub
uIitted some remarks thereon
MIR. wolcott said:
Mr.. President: Amy general discussion
upon our final duties toward the Phthp-
pine Islands seems 70 me out OF place
and preEla ture II this time. All our en-
erEies should be devoted to nTEt quetttnE
prevails and finally, and when order y
restored, 10 turn our attention 10 the
great problems that viii face US In that
archipelago I should not hHNe FtnklstA
to take the time % the. Senate sNyb tgT
not bsen FOR ths remarkable ana iuygm-
PeraSe 1itsranSSsss g. the senator iF'in
There could Dc no better demonstration
of the value OF the Senate as Al open
senator from South Dakota has Irl1de tor
the past two legislative days Tier" arN
in this country some seventy mutton ls2-
pie, OF all sqrtS-the good the insiif' sfrtii
and the bad. mostly E0oG- ugt scattered
through different communities. small IN
each but aEETyEatlRs aHEnsFiSat5S Sa.;.f ,,,.,
and unhappy. Who view the world Win
Jaundissd vision people who, B,erhaps
deserytf prgsEssi'y T'h .is ss''iSsi {Ss
success q sihS-s. View sltH .'J.i i,sa
and whose efforts afv crgTnya vita suc-
cess. TheI SEE some Etcksd noilt" II
the oonduct of everybody except them
when the sun shines they see only ths
SHADOW Il casts. and behind every Enf'z1
act they md Iurking, some sinister and
nalrv olencs are nour,shed and the woyt3
seems 70 them sh asksN j Is Sat ,Ii a
hatred, II l. but a step from dls,tks
IN " hose adrninistratiou they do not ap-
prove and 70 haired q the dag aiaa me
them. 1t IS sitting that ssrh Pcgple
should De repErssnted here and Ea9y
g nobody IN n. WHOLE uHiis5 states 50 80
from South Dakota who. dgriHg ~ ;hs
years which I have served With kfrl n
Gtterancss-haa never had a kind OF
friendly word to say Of any person or ot
ANY cause
such people should be reFres~utta- 20
that the opinions OF every body may b.
my mind important that We should haNe
such uttrTanEes aE those Of the senator
from South pakata. thaE they may serve
terrent to the thousands Of young msu
who every year are growing 80 manhood
and who must some day take their share
in the burden OF government and upuE
Wuorn eventually the mantle pf response
ih.!!!!stty must NJ fall that they may kern bas
may see how important Il Is. As they
grow TO manhood and responsibility that
hupsful heart. and a cheerful mind
Mr. President. ! do not share the cpfn-
ate that the utterance- Of seaatoTs here
have any sort q effect upon The tfssug-
gents N the t@uLllhbtHs AEA1nA=a II NNAsA-
nRIdo has his ear 70 the ground to hear
what is going on here. he knows as well
as we do how utterly triiinE and unirn-
portant are these expressions OF sympa-
thy which are from tine 70 rlnp heard
In this chamber. There Is not a real hon
orahls Democrat IN the United States
who would not admit to you that Il his
own party were In power the policy
would be Hrst 10 crush the insurrectIon
against the fax and gE-ainat the main
tenance Of order and our laws abroad
done These people here Whose coElsts NJ
utterauCes encourage the lnsurrec2I1u will
not fight, they Will take Il out In Sympa-
thy. And r. our soldiers IN Manila Win
CLING followers. as they seem 10 be do
Ing very well. the American people here
will take care OF AEulnaIdU's sympa thlE-
ers In the Senate and outside of *.
Mr.. President. the senator from South
Dakota said the other dav. IN the com
mcncement Of his speech. that n he
were a Fthuino he would ilEht until he
OF the armies Of the United States.
have no doubt the senator would fight II
ho were a TaEal. and IL Is possible and
! suggest 70 INC senator; that they might
take him by adoption, I can picture him
r.nw. clad chiefly IN that genial and
pleasant smile which he always Wea RS
here. blazing away with his bluuderbuss
against everything in sight Laughter }
The EUEEes ton Was the Senator'S own
and u touches the imagination. II leads
one 20 think Or what would be the con
sequence II the. Senator changed places
with a TaEal The exchange might FOR
purposes Gt experiment. at least not be
without hTtraCttEFUess laughter and !
1tIlgNe " ne changed L4acvs with AEu!-
and A=uInaI1o stood In the Senate rep
TesenuuE the great state Of South Da-
kota, which sent its soldiers 10 the Phil
the trenches there hg would never, Ia
gal though he i. be found IN this body