Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-01-13

| the result OF personal investigation OF
| affairs in the territory under discussion
and. whatever may be thought OF his
views regarding the points OF constitu.
tioral law applicable to the governinr
OF the Philippines, the enormous figures
that he uses in estimating their future
commerce, or Of his belief that as "trus-
tees of the worlds progress" the Ameri-
can people can do nothing else than per-
sist in their present course until every
vestige OF rebellion is stamped out, con
siderable weight must be accorded those
portions of his speech that deal with the
character of the islands and of the peo
pie, as we'll as his opinions. formed upon
the spot, of the conduct of the war
which has been open to so much criticism
here.
His estimate of the Filipinos as indoI
lent, improvident, with no aptitude, dull,
stupid, superficial and never thorough,
and as incapable of self government as
children, and. withal. so little enlight-
ened that not 100 out of the s, 900 900 com
prehend what Anglo-Saxor government
means, Is on a par with the opinions ex-
pressed by others. but lacking the au-
thority that goes with the senatorial
utterance.
The plan of government that he out
lines is comprehensive. and, under the
circumstances. is of peculiar interest.
Its keynotes are simplicity and strength,
and he insists that the meaning Of these
words must be written in every line of
Philippine administration. ~ protesto-
rate he thinks impossible because there
are no hereditary rulers through which
to administer government as there are
in Java and in the Malay possessions of
the English.
What he says about the necessity of
sending ideal administrators rather than
politicians to the new possessions will
meet with ready assent, for, in the wise
choice Of officials lies the success of the
whole project, as he admits that it were
better to abandon the islands with all
their advantages than to attempt their
government by any but the most perfect
administration our country can produce.
1t was 2:2S p. m. when Mr.. Beveridge
completed his address. AS he resumed
his seat storm of applause swept
through the galleries, which was pro-
longed to an unusual extent. President
Pro Tenn Frye made a passive effort to
repress the demonstration, and finally
announced that applause was not per-
mitted in the United States senate. This
Frye himself joined.
Mr.. Hoar then addressed the chair.
He had been a careful listener to the
speech of Mr.. Beveridge, and for some
time had been getting his informal ton
together for a reply. AS soon as he
could make himself heard, he said that
he had been delighted with the elo-
quence of the senator from Indiana.
Yet. he said. he had listened in vain for
those words which the American people
have taken on their lips in solemn
crises. The words fright" Justice"
duty" and freedom" We're absent from
the eloquent address.
Mr.. Hoar declared that practically
every statement of fact in the speech
"c, refuled by government reports re-
ceived from Admiral Dewey, General
Otis and from Other official sources.
Where did Spain get the right to sell
her rights in the Philippines? Where
did the United States get the right to
buy and sell people like sheep? He was
certain that for all the wealth and COM
merce and glory which he had eloquently
depicted. the senator from Indiana
would not have a great injustice done.
Mr.. Hoar declared the Filipinos had
the Spaniards hemmed in at Manila, and
the latter were obliged to surrender.
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wise the constitution before those Fill
ipinos could be bought and sold. He
did not believe Mr. Beyeridge would ad-
vise the American people 'fo do this
thing, or to do anything so base as to
strike down the infant Filipino republic.
The Massachusetts, senator made fire.
quent references to and quotations from
the reports of General Otis and Admiral
Dewey, and other officers in the Philip
pines These showed that when Ag-
uinaldo arrived in Luzon from Hong
Kong the insurgents had an army Of
10000: that in the island Of Luzon the
Filipinos maintained courts, schools,
municipal governments and churches,
and that peace and order prevailed
pretty generally; Spanish prisoners were
kindly treated. This" declared Mr..
Hoar, "is the condition of things which
it is proposed to crush under our heels.
And that" he commented, you call
glory"
General Otis had promised, Mr.. Hoar
said, government to the Filipinos, In
, which they would be able to exercise q
full measure of their individual rights.
Ibid he utter this promise to a people
incapable of f-government-to half
savages and half-Spaniards? demanded
Mr.. Hoar. He thought 1t bold to
charge those men who had opposed this
war from the beginning with the re-
sponsibility of all the blood being shed.
He declared there had not been a time
when, if General Otis had been able to
give assurances of independence to the
Filipinos. the war would not have ter
minated.
Senator Rawlins (Utah) introduced a
resolution which was referred to the
Philippine committee, directing the com.
mttee to inquire into and report:
| What form of government, insur-
gent, revolutionary or dictatorship
other than that Of the kingdom of Spain
existed in the Philippine islands prior
to Dec. 10, 1893. and to what extent Spain
had actual control OF the islands.
2-Can sovereign power be justly and
in accordance with International law
be claimed in the absence of power to
| control.
Local Men Would Pool Issues.
Fall River. Mass, Jan. 10.-The report
! to the effect that the Wade, Barrows &.