The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-13
NI[|NS.FOR THE F|L|P|NOS.
rorxTRY GUILTY OF DEcEIv-
ING THE NATIVES.
r..h senator Says the Resolu-
a,s Of spooner, Giving the Pres
-. Authority to Govern the
as,.spes Is Imperialism.


NAs.. me senate convened at 10 a. m.
~ ~. - hours before the regular hour
w1L.s,ne 10 be consumed In the read
~ Alaskan civil code bill. During
w.stsr part OF the two hours only
three senators were In the cham
=. clerks in the two hours read l2a
..~.s Of the bill
~ ~. ~ Nebraska offered the following
..st,tIou which was passed:
80, ire president be requested, II not
-,atibje with the public interest, to
49, inc senate whether or not any
m'sra.,cation has been received by this
-s-srrent from its consular representa-
= pretoria, embodying the requests
-,ss nf,sidents OF the South African re-
800. far mediation or intervention, with
80 10 ending the war now In progress
sssssn these republics and Great Brit
3. = ysported In the British press. and
~ Incompatible with the public inter-
= - furnish the senate with a copy
rueh communication or communica-
rar,sne business having been concluded
ps.ains addressed the senate on our re-
stsens with the Philippines. He had read
~ MI OF Spooner comforting authority
~ the president TO govern the Philip
~ until congress otherwise provided
sThat bill." said he, rs but the pro-
sue Of the swelling act In the imperial
nsmA"
=. hsd read the act OF 1909, comforting
IN The president the power to govern
n tsfritory Of louisiana
1avlIns read some opinions OF Kent and
ssxeY English publicists as a basis for
u. ..~s,vnenf
THOSE people--the FilIpinos--never ac-
ksovledKed their allegiance to this gov
,,smsnts he said. Hence they are not
I Insurection against the United States
i var Of aggression Is being waged
sealns; them. The purpose, / believe, In
u drafsing Of the bill proposed by the
castor Gpooner) Is to secure recogni-
IN by congress OF state Of war In the
HlIppinss II comes to us in disguise,
10 lcf the purpose have stated, and to
Is|Ieye this Administration from its pres
II anomalous position"
Ayter saying he presumed that the
Vssthss Of BeveridEe and Lodge, voiced
N sentiments and presented the pro-
gnnms Of the administration, Rawlins
\ an opposed to the carrying out Of
M NogYammA No vote of mine will aid
As carrying into effect Of the policy out
Med by those senator's ] oppose the pro-
lmmme because II is In violation OF the
Instrumental principles upon which our
M Institutions are erected, because II il
opposition to the constitution; because
rSpposes to rule by dcspotic power
lni By rights secured under the constitu-
Mn, because i q not expansion, but retro
psGaien Of all that we have held highest.
" because II IL unjust, immoral and
ktsfh Of the plighted faith Of this ma
r."
response to an inquiry by spooner.
~~f1 a.. ~ - L. q.
hienAl argument upon the rights OF in
hD1lantA on the insular possessions that
~ Treaty az Paris conferred upon con-
m ne authority to determine the civil
~ and political status OF the native
6ln1ftanta Of the islands derived from
~ b the United States. In accord
ssH With the treaty II did not, however,
n Nd confer that authority upon con-
- Win regard 10 other than native In
Aeliants Of the Islands. He maintained.
nsseseN that the constitution must nee
lilly extend over the outlying territory
~ TIE Americans, Germans. Frenchmen
~ nshfrs on these islands could be gov
Fatd " congress only under the ilmita-
ness u The constitution
Mvahs declared the Filipinos had been
SesNsi Nv tho rrerfa tiora issued 10
Nm ~ The United States and II. ora
~ They have been Induced" said he
% htfeve that the great white republsc
Hokf 70 them With deceptive and forked
M4e ard Y IN 10 that fact that may he
Mnhsd The death Of many brave Ameri-
Y soldiers and the waste and bloodshed
IA have occurred"
nahs Rawlins was criticisine the ai-
mEffaron for Its conduct OF the war in
SPalHtpines he remarked again tho. the
" b The Islands
.ssnnef Inquired n Rawlins had not him
Nness'y consented 10 state OF hos
auss p the Philippines by voting to In
-. ne army. knowing that the soldiers
Y e employed IN tho Philippines
a. had apprehended," continued
that those troops were TO bs
. lie Philippines. Did he suppose
vsfc 70 he sent on n picnic or to
When the senator from Massa-
'n thoarl became convinced that
@iasrs authorized by that bin were
- smpsoyed In war against the FIT.
~ ne voted against the measure. II
vile and outrageous rape 81
- may he nardoued n cannot SEQ
~. sns senator can reconcile his past
SsssNn MS present position. When
49, ny solemn enactment raises an
~. II specified purpose and then
~ ns President EMPLOYS the army Cor
~ Fa.pose ] do not see how senator's
$1,000 eh for the enactment can CON
rsShty crtttrfse the pre4fAant