The Portland daily press., 1900-01-16

eyes upon Mr.. Petsigrsw. who Sat close
to him. and who steadily returned the
gaze Of his assailant.
.Durins all the years I have known
him." continued Mr.. wolcott, pitilessiy,
81 never knew him 10 saya
kIND OR FRIENDLY WORD
about . single person or single caass.
It is not only valuable that suoh persozs
as have mentioned should be represented
here, that thsis Views should be aired,
but 10 Is of great importance that these
views may serve as warning and .
determent 10 the young men who are
growing to manhood and upon whom
eventually the responsibility OF govern
ment will. They should see how I'm
portant 1t is that they should cultivate .
good digestion, q hopeful heart and q
cheerful mind"
Mr.. Wolcott said he did not share the
sugge.tIons thst utteranoes here had any
influence upon the insurgents. II Agui-
naldo had his ear to the ground. he must
know how utterly trifiing was the
csptious csvilIing that went on hers.
There was not sn honest Dem ocrat who
did not admit that IL his party were 10
power, the 1rst thing to be done would
be to crush the insuIrsotion.
eff our soldiers In Manila will take care
of AguinaIdo and his sympathizers, as
they are doing" he said. "our people At
home will take care Of ARuinsldo's sym
pathizers In the Senate and the country. ="
Mr.. wolcstt recalled Mr.. Psttigrsw's
statement that II he (Psttisrew) were
Filipino he would fight until he was gray
against the sggressions Of the United
states.
"I have no doubt he would fight" re-
marked Mr.. woloott sarcsstioally, elf he
was TagAl II possible they might take
him BY adoption. can picture him now
-olad In the
GENIAL, PLEASANT SMILE
for which he is noted, (lauehter) blazing
away with his blunderbuss against every
one in sight. A suggestion that the Sen
ator and Aguinaldo inaugurate an ex-
change might, for the purpose of expert
ment. not he without Its attractions. II
the exchange should take place and IL
Aguinaldo, brave, loyal and patriotic,
stood here representing the State OF South
Dakota, whose sans have bled and died In
the defense of the dag, he would not be
found traducing the Prtsluent of the
United States and slaEdering and ma
ligning the soldiers at the front, charging
them with being swindlers and defraud-
era"
The resolutions to which MIR. Petit
grew had been speaking, Mr. Wolcott,
declared, were OF no Importance because
they wers smothersu and engulfed In the
broa Ter resolution that called for all In
formation In the possession Of the exeou-
tive. They were simply petty carpings
which contained the suspicious intima-
tion that there had been or ooked and dis
honorable conduct. No step had been
taken, Mr.. Wolcott asserted, that did not
reflect honor upon the people Of the
United States. He read from the Prssi-
dents message the extract about the duty
of the government altar the insurreotion
WAS over, TO spare "no sffort to build up
the waste places. to open schools and
churches, tn foster trade an industry,
and concluding with the words that 1t
was "their liberty not our power, hioh
we are seeking TO enhance.
"That," said Mr. Wolcott, "is tie last
public utteranoe of the President. whose
treatment Of the Filipinos is described by
the Senator from South Dakots, as
BRUTAL AND CRUEL
There might be something worse In
store for the sAvages of the island" MIR.
Wolcott said, "than asking them to take
pot luck with American laws and Amsri-
can government and the proud destiny OF
the American republic"
Turning to the other view of the case,
MIR. Woloott ssid that wbil5 the utter
anoes of MIR. Pettigrew were doplorable,
he was still unable to aCquiesoe In the
uttsrannes OF the sxtrsmists on the other
side. We had taken the Philippines, he
said. not as conquest but as one OF the
| hig hest duties We owed the human race.
( We had entered into the war with Spain
| because we could not listen to the cries OF
ulhtTeNs bntl ChtHd Suph. We haA
grded up our loins for tbs fray with the
assertion that we were no: entering upon
war of aggression. When We inaugu
rated the war no one dreamed of the
Philippines, but when 1t closed SO quick
ly and so VIGOROUSLY, We found five
million people suffering from oppression
and cruelty, Spain defeated and bank
rupt and the Philippine islands floating
| derelict We had taken them because to
| have allowed them TO drift helplessly In
to the power OF another would have
raised International complications. We
would have been compelled to take them
had they even been as elack and barren
as ths desert OF Sahara.
MIR. Woleott said we might be compelled
to keep the Islands indefinitely. lie then
directed his attention to the speech de-
lirered by Mr. Reveridge last wesk. He
did not approve of the resolution of MIR.
Beverdge. The Senator from Indiana
|