The Portland daily press., 1900-01-16

when men asserted they were trustees OF
he Lord he want<d some more substap-
Iisl proof ,f the assertion than their own
word.
Mr.. Berry ar Iued that the correct view
Of the situation In the philippines was
taken In the Bacon resolution II that
resolution we're adopted to-day he believed
hat
NOT ANOTHER GUN
would be arei In the Philippine reyoiu-
lion and at the saare time the United
States would gain all commercial and
advantages depicted by Ar.
3everidge. He placed the responsibility
Tor the insurrettion upon the President,
declaring that II his proclamation had
not been issued MT a guu would have
been fired and not drop OF onr soldiers
blood would have been shed. He said In
his cpiniou, the President had Issued that
unwiliiDgiy; that he had
been forced into ths position he now &C.
cupied by sohemins politicians. 1t was
not too late to repair the wrong done and
1t could be repaired BY the adoption Of
the Bacon resolution.
NJ pa,,irra,v rss,uaa MIA snsacb upon
be general Philippine question. his text
telng his resolution of inquiry. As has
,,aar sa,a ha,o,. ha hsgun those who
ds,v fr.sdor, 20 ,ths,s cannot lang re-
tain 1t for themselves. The result OF fol-
lowing to Its logical conclusion such a
policy would be the destruction Of the
Mr. pe,t,grsv discussed at
,.n,,h the copst,tnti,nAl ouestIons In
,olvsd IN tho adm,nistrat,on's pbiIjppine
policy. lie then entered upon severe
attack on the treaty made BY the admin
istration with the sultan OF Sniu. ne
charged that polygamy and slavery were
not only endorsed but maintained py the
United States through the treaty with
the Sultan. he declared that the hepnb-
loan party was going out OF power As the
champion OF slavery and repuaiator Oh
the declaration OF Independence.
At two O'Clock the financial Dill, as the
unfinished Business, was inid pefore tne
Senate. BY unanimous consent it was
arranged that Mr.. Pettigrew should con-
clude his speech and be followed by MIR.
woloott. with a brief reply before CON-
siderstion Of the financial bill should be
Resuming, Mr.. Pettigrew cited Egypt
rs one of the countries brought under
English "civilizing sway" Asa result
he said over $500 minions OF ths English
government were wringing taxes from
the opprs ssed people In Egypt In the
name OF civilization. Catholic Ireland
also bowed down
UNDER TIE ENGLISH YOKE.
7, v. dasir.d IN mako war n, Catholics.
bowsrar ,,a o,,Id d,d them naarer
noa .s,ds ,ror, ali thea ,ons,ss,a.
So, Al. pa.,,or,,v aron,5 that tho
A r,o-Ic,,s co,ia M, dominate the
I, wos n h,s.o,,cJ fact hs
.s,a,t.,d ,h,t ,ba 49,, ro.. ,o,ld mt
,iva In tho tr,n,c. II oouId M mora live
,ho-a thar cou,, n polar hsar K,nIins,s
nosr, ..Tho whits Mar,s Ruraan /" bs
- Via, as cor,ar,,.,bIa rurn,,,
\, m, com,os,c,.l aida Of tho ouss,iop
bs o,,tardea that trads d,d m. fo,Iow
,hsoa, uov vera vs IN ga. r,oh ann
n b,o standing army In the Phil.
,,n,res In ordsr that nsonIs WIN EARNED
five cspts n d,v must tra1s with ms Bs.
s,dss we did NOT even supp,v our own
troops In the phil,nnInes The caal which
rror eIIsd ,ur transnorts came from
Caroiff and Iittls exospt canned goods
wer, shirnad for the use of our trooDs.
In China. bs said. he had sssn $500
Cbinamen working in a outton mill for
wagss that averaged ~ 20 n month IN all
var and fhese emuloves boerdeJ than.
sslvss Yst onr vork,nsmsn were IN be
asksa IN o,prsts with six m,l,,ons NJ
spch workers In the hiI,un,ns. The
nsonIs of the un,tsd Ststss ware 70 bs In.
vited 10 nav t,xes to support an army OF
to subsIdIze sbips 20 carry
t-ade in order that the trusts Of this
conntrv MIGHT ax,,oit tho labor of tb.
Pbilinrinas MIR. psttigrsw said n his
oould he o,rried ont itwouJd
bs. first IN Withdraw our troons. se,ono
to allow the Pbilippines 10 sat up an in
dependent government and third, he
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