The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-18

II ID the expansion or freedom and not
Of despotism, of life not Of death.
Seed Planted By Jefferson.
Never was such growth in all hui
man history as that from the seed
Thomas jefferson planted. 1t has COW
cred the continent II has taken IN
South America. It is notwithstanding
Europe. 1t is the expansion of free
dom. 1t differs from your tinsel. pinch
beck, pewter expansion, as the growth
of a, healthy youth into a strong man
differs from the expansion Of an ana
cOnda when he swallows his victim.
Ours is the expansion Of Thomas JET
ferson. Yours is the expansion Of
Aaron Burr. 1t is destined 10 as short
a life and TO like fate.
IN every accession of territory 10
this country ever made we recognized
fully the doctrine of consent Of the
governed. and the doctrine that terri
tory so acquired must be had to be
made into states
You have tried governing men OF
other races than your own at home for
a hundred. years. You haze dealt with
the Indian, you have dealt with the
negro, close at haxd, knowing all about
them. And now you go forth to lay
your yoke on 10000 600 of them. / sup
pose you feel encouraged by your sue
cess. There are 100000 more 1000
miles away, of whom You know moth
ing. You go forth Jauntily and boast
ingly, as Louis Napoleon went to meet
his doom at Sedan"
Tribute to Aguinaldo.
Mr.. Hoar discussed at great length
the Filipino rebellion and the causes
which, in his opinion, led up to it. He
made an earnest and vigorous defense
Of the Filipinos, especially of Aguin-
aldo, who. he declared, was brave,
honest and patriotic" In the course
of his eulogy of Aguinaldo he said:
He deserves to be remembered with
that small band who have given life
and everything dearer than life to their
country in a losing cause. He shall live
with KOSsuth, with Dom Paul, with
JOUbert, with Emmett, with Egmont
and Horn, with Nathan Hale, with
Warren, with all the great martyrs of
history, whose blood has been the seed
of the cause of liberty"
Mr. HOar maintained his we'll known
position that the Filipinos. had achieved
their Independence: that the United
States had made them its ally and was
bound to recognize their independence.
and that they had proved themselves fit
for such independence and capable of
elf-government. As one bit of proof
Of their state craft he declared:
The state papers of AguinaIdo the
discussion Of the laws of nations. by his
attorney general, the mastery appeal
OF Mabini are the products Of the Ash
atlc mind They are not unworthy of
the Asiatic mind, the vehicle through
which came to US the Scriptures Of the
Old and New Testament. the poetry o.
David, the elOquence of Isaiah. the
wisdom Of Solomon, the profound phil
osophy Of Paul.
Responsible For the War.
The senator presented an elaborate
oeIense OF the Filipinos against the
charge that they were responsible for
the present war. fully justifying their
action IN resisting the American forces.
As an illustration Of what he would do
with the Philippines. Mr.. Hoar said.
would declare that we would not
take these Islands to govern them
against their Will I would reject a
cesSlon Of sovereignty which imDlies
mat sovereignty may be bought and
SOLD and delivered without the consent
OF the people [ would require ali for
islands.
I would offer to the people Of +bA
Philippines our help in maintaining or
def unJiI they have reasonable OppOr-
tunlty to establish a government of
their own. I would aid them by ad-
wee, # they desire it. to set I'D a free
and independent government. womb
invite all the great powers Of FurOne
70 unite IN any agreement that that in
oependence shall not be interfered with.
would declare that the limited
States will enforce the ssue. doctrine
as applicable to the Philippines that
we declared as to Mexico and Havti
and the South American republics
would then. in not distant future
IeaTe them TO work on their own saliva
tlon, as every nation on earth in the
oeglnnng Of time has wrought out its
own salvation.
Refers to TiIlman.
In the course Of his remarks Mr.
Hoar quoted a paragraph from. a recent
speech Of Mr.. Tillman Is. CT in which
the latter had said that the peon1e ~
the south had shot negroes. stlIffed hal
lot boxes and finally had taken from
the negro the rights granted nv tbe
fourteenth and fifteenth amen7T,er,ss
Mr. T1llman rose to interrupt him b1If
MI. Hoar declined to yield. saving
l have alluded to the senator from,
oouIn Carolina only to quote his own
words, and to say that he is beyond all
question: one of the most powerful and
OcliSIiCuOuS leauerS or the Democratic
party. L take it that the senator does
not LT consider that as an aspersion."
AS Mr. Hoar concluded. applause
swept ,S over the galleries. Many of his
SoheaSueS. particularly those on the
democratic side, congratulated him
consideration was resumed of the
Alaskan civil code bill. the nendino-
question being the amendment offered
by Mr.. Hansbrough as to alien loca-
tion, holding and transfer Of mining
without reaching a conclusion the
at Ass h m adjourned. anu