The age-herald., 1900-01-10
Senator Hoar Makes Short Re-
 ply to the lndianian.
DENIES SOME OF THE STATEMENTS
He Praises the Eloquence of Senator Beveridge, But Said the Words Right Justice, Duty and Free
 dom" Were Missing

Washington, January 9-"That man little knows the common people of the republic, who thinks we will not hold it (the Philip pine archipelago) fast, and hold it forever, administering just government by simplest methods"
 This sentiment was the keynote of he speech delivered in the senate by MT. Bev- eridge, the junior senator from Indiana. It was the maiden speech in the senate of about the youngest member of that body. The announcement that he would deliver an address embodying his observations in the Philippines attracted an unusually large number of auditors to the galleries. On the floor of the senate every member in the city was in his seat, and scores of repre- sentatives came over from the house. The occasion was inspiring, and MT. Beveridge rose to it brilliantly. His oration-for prop erly 1t was an oration-was deeply interest- ing. It was replete with striking sentences and well arranged information. Spoken
 
 with all the earnest vigor and eloquence of a fine orator enthusiastic in his subject, who rose at times to his subject with the power of passionate dramatic utterance, the speech created an impression upon all who heard it.
 MT. Beveridge is scholarly and refined in appearance. He spoke rapidly and with great earnestness. When he declared, with deep solemnity, to those "whose voices In America have cheered those misguided na- lives on to shoot our soldiers down, that the blood of those dead and wounded boys O ours is on th6ir hanis, and the flood of years can never wash that stain away, there was deep, although suppressed sen- satfon among his auditors.
 Throughout the speech, which was very long, MT. Beveridge commanded the atten- tion of his colleagues of the senate and or his auditors both on the floor of the cham Der and in the galleries He spoke rapidly, with notably clear enunciation, and at times with passionate force and dramatic fervor.
 At the conclusion of the speech tremen- lions and unrestrained applause swept over the galleries, and it was notable that Sec retary Gage who occupied a seat in the senators gallery, was a participant in it.
 It was 2:2S D. m. when MT. Beveridge com pleted his address.
 Hoar Makes Reply
 MT. Hoar, who had been a careful listener to the speech of MT. Beveridge, as soon as he could make himself heard, said that he had been delighted win the eloquence Of the senator from Indiana. "I am glad, said he, "to welcome to the public service his enthusiasm, his silver speech, and the earnestness with which he is disposed to discharge his duty"
 Yet he said, he had listened in vain for those words which the American people have taken on their lips in solemn cris1ses. The words fright, justice, duty and free- lom' were absent from the eloquent ad- dress. The vigor and eloquence of the speech had recalled that incident in which Satan had taken Christ up into an exceed ing high mountain and shown him all the Kingdoms of the world, and the glory thereof, and promised that all should be lis if he would but fall down and worship him; and he replied: "Get thee behind me, Satan"
 MT Hoar declared that practically ev- cry statement of fact in the speech was re- tuted 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?
 MT. Hoar declared that the Fflipinos had the Spaniards hemmed In Manila and Hhe later were obliged to surrender. He thought it would be necessary to revise the const- tuition before the Filipinos could be bought and sold. He did not believe MT. Beveridge would advise the American people ito do this thing, or to do anything so base as to strike down the infant Filipino republic
 Reference to Reports from Otis
 The Massachusetts senator made fre- quent references and quotations from the feports of Gen. Otis. Admiral Dewey and other officers in the Philippines. These showed, he asserted, that when Aguinaldo arrived in Luzon from Hong Kong the in- surgents had an army of 3o000; that in the island of Luzon the F4lipinos maintained courts, schools, municipal governments and churches. and that peace and order pre- walled pretty generally. Spanish prisoners were kindly treated,
 'This," declared MT. Hoar, lis the con-