The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-10
Senator BeV, ridge on
the Philippinps

the Philippines
Washington, Jan. 9-"That man little
knows the common people o.: the feput-
lie; ltuc undors aud tho instincts Of
our race who thinks we viii NOT hold 4.
dhe Philippine archipelago fast ana hold
t forever administering just government
by simplest methods"
This sentence was the Keynote of the
speech delivered IN the senate TODAY b,
Mr. Beveridge. the Junior senator from
Indiana II was the maiden speech in he
senate Of about the younEe-. member Of
the body The announcement, thar he
would deliver an address embodylng his
Observations in the Philippines attracted
an unusually large number of auditors 10
the galleries. on the noor of the senate
every member in the city was I'm his seat.
and scores Of representative came over
from the house. The occasion was in-
spring and Mr. Beveridge rose TO t
brilliantly His oradon-foi properly 10
was AN orauon-was deeply interesting n
was repee with striking sentences and
well arranged Information spoken with
all The earnestness. v'gor ana eloouenca
OF One orator. enthusiastic in his sub-
iect, 8nd rose at times to hs subject with
the power Of passionate dramatic utter-
ances the speech created profound inn
preston upon all who heard it.
BENERlDGE ELOQUENT.
Pr Be> aridge is scholarly and refined
Ia appearance with q strknr face an
figure. Throughou bis speech he was
easy ara natural and enthely lrae from
maunerisms. he spoke rapidly and with
great earueatness when he declared.
with deep solemnty GO those whose
voices in America have cheerel those
misguided natives ON TO shoot our
soldiers down THAI the blood of hose
dead ana wounded boys of ours is on
their hands and the food OF years can
never wash hose stains away" there
was deep although suppressed sensa-
tion among his auditors At the con-
cluslon Of the speech tremenduous and
unrestrained applause swept over the
galleries. and It was notable that secre-
tary Gage. who occupied seat I'm the
senator's gallery. was participant in IT,
SENATOR HOAR REPLIES.
Mr.. Hoar, Rep. Mass replied briefly
to Mr.. Beveridge. Although he did not
enter fully into the merits Of the questi N
under discussion. ne did not feel that
some Of the Indiana senator's statements
should so to the country unchallenged.
Mr. 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. Mr.. Hoar asked. Where did
the United States get the right to buy
and sell people like sheep?
He was certain that for all the wealth
and commerce and glory which he had
eloquently depicted, the senator from
Indiana would not have great injustice
done
Mr. Hoar declared the Finpinos had the
Spaniards hemmed IN Manila and the
latter was obliged TO surrender. He
thought it would be necessary to revise
the constitution before those Filpinos
could be bought ana sold. He did not be-
lieve Mr. Beverdge would advise the
American people 90 90 this thing or to do
anything so base as 20 strike down the
infant Filipino republic.
QUOTES OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The Massachusetts senator made fire.
quent references 10 and quotations from
he reports Of Gen. OILS and Admiral
Dewey and other officers IN the Philip
pines. These showed, ne asserted. that
when Asulnado arrived IN Luzom from
Hong Kong, theinsurgents had an army
OF 10000; that In the island OF Luzon the
Filpinos maintained courts, schools.
municipal governments and churches and
that peace and order prevailed pretty
generally. Spanish prisoners were kindly
treated "This' declared Mr. Hoar 'fs
the condition of things which q is pro-
posed to crush under our heels"
And that" he commented "you call
glory"