The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-04-18
|,,o Senator Begins His
[,,ment on Philippine
i Question.
interest in the Address
! Manifested by the
Senator's.
kutionality Of the Question,
|n.t He Would DO With
Them.

|,yc7oy, April ls.-At the be-
| # the session OF the senate Il
na,sed granting to soldiers of
(x;c,n war pensions Of $ls a
In certain cases.
| ,be transaction Of the routine
! Mr.. Iloar addressed the senate
Philippine question. Intense in
=. manifested in the address by
! Mr.. Hoar's position upon the
WAS we'll understood, but, rs it
,vr, too, that the speech was to
the greatest Mr.. Hoar ever
N, from his point Of view, the
in the uttcrancc was intensified.
took for his text the rcsolu.
Mr.. Beveridgc Of Indiana, de.
that the Philippine islands are
/ belonging to the United States
|, the United States government
koyern the archipelago. Mr..
rpoke with deliberation. but
with his usual forccfulncss.
kes.ed his colleagues not to inter.
m in the course Of his speech, in.
'ha, the state OF his health rem.
undesirable that he should Ell.
! a running debate.
Hcar began his address by speak
he prosperous condition Of the
sn people at the close Of the war
pain. He told Of the glory Of
taic, and Of u victory in the in.
hberty. He praised President
Tvs course ut that time. saying
Lgment he was the best beloved
who ever sat in the chair of
ton.
lulnc. he S;lld:
American people. SO far as !
Fe-e all agreed that their victory
with it the responsibility Of
lng the liberated peoples from
)idity 0. any other power until
Pull establish their own indie.
|ce in freedom and III honor.
hnd here today to plead with
TO abandon the principles that
Proaeht those things to pass.
You 10 keep to the policy tina,
lde the country great, that In.
be Republican party great, that
DE the president great.
when we made the treaty OF
We had adhered to the purpose
Ehred when we declared war; il
dealt with the Philippine isl
We promised to deal. have deal'
PET = deal with Cuba, the coun
N1f have escaped tho loss Of 6.0O(
sIdiers, other thousands O1
% aud shattered lives. tho sick
many more, the expenditure OF
gas OF millions. and. what is fal
|'aah all. the trampling under
-
lis cherished ideals.
1''t"'ionaiity oT the QUESTION.
FAins upon the constitutionality ty
qaesilon at issue Mr.. Hoar said
'aa' this acquisition Of territory
ans governing. can be only ,
''f a constitutional end. And
wa lhat you eau no m re hol,
'efh territory than you can hole
MAJ cannon or fleets for an,
'Aail IA constitutional end"
wing this Mr.. Hoar traversed tn,
,1'iohal and international field o
l.,'lpplne controversy coverin;
VI The same ground he aud other
o'eFed heretofore in the pendln,
slon.
e''lhS to the authority to be foun,
Of independence fo
'''i' Mr.. Hoar declared: "Ther'
.asioh enough in it, but it is tn
D' ~ OF freedom and not Of despot
:. HE, not Of death; never wa
'o"'h IN all human history o.
, ''l the seed Thomas Jefferson
= 1t has covered the continent
=" both the seas. It has savet
'''l'erlca. 1t il revolutionixini
=, : ~ Is the expansion Of freedom
- rom your tinsel, pinchbeck
eAl"nsion as the growth Of
=, youth into a strong man differ
we expansion Of an anaconda
~ swallows his victim. Ours il
;;p"islon Of Thomas Jefferson
- me expansion Of Aaron Burr
'es'lhed to n short life and to
lc.
'"Scnt II the Governed.
~'ofy accession Of territory t
D"i'ry ever made we recognixe'
~ ~ 'octrlne Of consent Of the gov
~ "i' the doctrine that tcrritor.
,.'a =, must be held to be mad
nave tried governing men Q