Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-04-25
He Makes a NIastcrly Speech in the
United States Senate,
ABOUT IMPERIALISM.
He Pleads fuT tho Abandon ncnt Of tho
Present Policy Toward Our
Spanish War Possessions
and Praises Agu.nnido.


the policy of 'imr"rialisin" upon W hich,
hs maintained this government has em-
Aarkcd. AS prepared, his address was
so, 900 words in length, but Mr.. Hoar
omitted much of it owing to an incipient
nttack of the grippe from Which he was
suffering. He spnke tor three hours and
while II was a trrmedruus strain on him,
the more Important passages OF the ar
gumcut were dclivcsd with force snd
vigor.
The speech was brilliantly written and
was illuminated wiki splendid rhetorical
flgurcs and was rich with citations from
history
One of tho notable partsof the address
WIS thr eulogy of Aguinoldo. Mr.. Hoar
did lOt likcn the lnsurgeut Leader to
Washington, as hns boon done hereto
fore, but to KosSeth, Oom Pau, Joubert,
Nathan Hale and other builders of the
church of liberty. In state craft he
likcncd Aguiuullo aud his associates to
7thc leadership of tho Filipinos ns the
best iiicn ever produced in the Asiatic
racc-a race which handed down to us
'fhe scriptures of the Old and new tesla
mrnts, the poetry of David, the elo-
quence of Isaiah, the wisdom o. Solomon
and the profound philosophy of Paul"
One of the most effective parts of the
address WIS his fancied rollcall Of some
Of the distinguished statesmen Of the
United States on the question of the re.
tenton of the Philippines. He began
with George Washington and closed
with WILLIAM Mckinley, each in SOIL
tcncc given the reason for his vote
Every vote was negative except that OF
Aaron Burr. When tho name Of VIII
ham Mckinley was called, he replied:
''There has been cloud before my
vision for moment, but | see clearly
ne@, go back to what | snid two years
ago forciblc annexation is criminal as-
grcssion governments derive thuir just
gsawcrs from the consent Of tho gov
erned, not of SnIne of them, Int of all OF
Chem will stand with the fathers of
the republic. I will stand with the
founders Of tho Republican, party. No"
Tho effect was dramatic rs NJ, Hoar
pronounced his peroration, the stiffness
in the chamber was intense Applause
swept over the galleries, but it was
hushcd quickly by the president pro
ten.
Mr.. Hoar began his address by speak
ing Of the prosperous condition of the
American people at the closeof the war
with Spain. He told of the glory of
that conflict and of a victory in the in
tercSt of liberty. He praised President
MGKinlcy's course at that time, saying
i'll his Judgment he was the best beloved
president who ever sat ia the chair of
Washington.
Continuing he said i'll part:
1.-The American people SO far as 1
know Were all agreed that their victory
brought with it the responsibility of pro-
tecting the liberated peoples from tho
cupidity of any other power until they
could establish their own independence
III fretStom and in honor.
II stand here today to plead with you
net 10 abandon the principles that have
brought those things to pass implore
sou to keep to the policy that has mado
this country great; that has made the
Republican party great; that has made
the president great III when we made
the treaty of peace we had adhered to
the purpose we declared when we de-
ciared war, if we had dealt with tho
Philippine islands MS we promised TO
deal, have dealt and expect to deal with
Cuba, the country would have escaped
the loss Of 5000 brave soldiers, other
thousands of wrecked and shattered lives,
the sickness of many more, the expendi-
tnre of hundreds Of millions of dollars
and what is far worse than all. the
Srnmpling under foot of its cherished
ideals.
II do not expect to accomplish any
thing for liberty in the Philippine is
lands, but through the Republican party,
upon it the fate of these islands for years
to come is to depend. 1 cannot look with
any favor upon Mr. Bryan as IN alter
native"
Mr.. Hoar said the policy pursued
would change our republic 10 an empire
and defeat and overthrow the Ropubli-
can party. Ho discussed tho constim-
tionality Of holding the Philippines, tho
expansion policy aud gave his vlows as
10 what should be done with the Philip
pines,
The remainder of the session was dc.
voted to the Alaskan bill,
\ The naval appropriation hill occupied
che attaislon os ,hc house.