The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-16

against the aggressions of the United
States.
CLAD IN a SMILE.
IT have no doubt he would fight re-
marked Mr.. WoIcott, sarcastically, III he
were u Tagal. 1t is possible they might
take him by adoption. I can picture him
now-clad principally in the genial, pleas
ant smile for which he is noted Qaughter),
blazing away with his blunderbuss
against every one in sight. A suggestion
that q senator and Asuinaldo inaugurate
an exchange might, for the purpose OF
experiment. not be without its attraction
If the exchange should take place, and If
Aguinaldo, brave. loyal and patriotic.
stood here representing the State OF South
Dakota, whose sons had bled and died
in defence of the nag, he would not be
found traducinS the President of the
United States and slandering and malign-
ing the soldiers at the front, charging
them with being swindlers and defraud-
era."
The resolutions to which Mr.Pettigrew
had been speaking. Mr. Wocott declared,
were simply petty earnings which con-
tanned the suspicious intin1ation that there
had been crooked and dishonorable con-
duct No step had been taken. AIR. VOL
colt asserted. that did not reflect fonor
upon the people of the United States. He
read from the Presidents message clos
ing quotation. lie made which was that
it was "Ther liberty not our power which
we are seeking to enhance.
That said Mr.. NNolcott, was the last
public utterance OF the President, whose
treatment of the Filipinos is described
by the Senator from South Dakota as
brutal and "cruel.''
Mr.. INolcott said we had taken the
Philippines, not as a conquest, but as one
Of the highest duties we owed to the
human race. When we inaugurated the
war no one dreamed of the Philippines,
but when it closed so quickly and so
VIGOROUSLY we found that 100000 people
suffering from oppression and cruelty,
Spain defeated and bankrupt, and the
Philippine Islands a ; floating derelict.
We had taken them because to
have allowed them to drift helplessly into
the power of another would have raised
international complications. we would
have been compelled to take them had
they been as bleak and barren as the
desert of Sahara.
EASE AND SORDID.
Mr. Wolcott said we might be compelled
to keep the islands indefinitely. He dis
approved, however, of the alluring
pictures of gold and commercial reward
in the Beveridge resolution, which he
stamped as base and sordid
..This war;" he said, .'if we consider
first our duty to the people Of the islands
is the MODEST ever fought, but If our
idea in retaining them Is that they are
rich, the war will go down as miserable
and degraded a one as ever dissraced the
history Of the Middle Ages.
a CHOSEN PEOPLE.
1t was possible, he said, that we were
a chosen people, as Mr.. Beverage had
said,. whom God Almighty had made a
trustee for the civilization Of the world.
but if so we would need to treble our
feet Of war vessels, we would have to JOIN
England and Germany in the partition
Of China we must needs seize A1adagas-
car and Port Arthur. III
my own idea of the mission of Anne
RIGA" said the Senator,t'is that it is the
last hope of the republics; that our broad,
large, fertile area will gradually I'LL up
by the admission Of the foreigners and
oppressed, OF other lands, and that IN days
4 Of peace we will work out the noblest and
highest social problems. believe it is idle
Z to tell of our being Gods chosen people. !"
Mr.. Pettigrew replied briefly, saying his
relations in the Senate had been most
pleasant, and the Senate could not hide
behind the large personality Of Mr.. Wol>
colt. He did not think the attack upon
himself was worthy ofEreply. and said
that while he had not spent much time in
lauding Mr.. Wolcott, he was ready to
confess he has. largeEvoice Z
Ss st rnarvelled at the division in the
ranks Of the s1mperia1ists. The senator
from Indiana (BeverIdge) had said thar
motive of expansion wa greed, the Il
senator from Colorado olcott) said ut
was Nphiianthropy. The latter was the
motive which actuated Spain her con-
quest OF the western world. g Her9pretextS
swassciviization and relig ious zeal. Those
were the motives, of Pizzarro, who but chs
cred people right and left Proceeding
Mr.. Pettigrew pointed outsthe names of
many ilIustrious men who opposed the
policy of their home governments to ns-
sressions abroad notably Fox md Pitt
Who had denounced the course of King
George "a gainst the American colonies.
LIT Is these: champions Of dom. "a 10
) ne, who dared TO denoui1ce the course
4 Of their government IS. :
FINANCIAL BILL
s The Financial sBill was then considered.
Mr.. Rawlins Of Utah, addressed the Sem
ate in opposition TO the measure. which
1 he intimated was one; OF the objects of
those who favored imperialism.
He denounced The bill az sanctifed by /
4.'Yall street and blessed by the British
a financial lromorers....'s r e declared 81 the
efforts Of the Republic lean party to bring
about bi metallism had S. been er1dos1s
and 8treacherouss and that there was no
example in history Of greater dupltcity.6
ne devoted his Chief tte11tion to- the
House Bill. forSwhich the Senates measure
is substitute spo ntipE ont W1lat he re.I
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