The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-30

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ons Are Too Free With American
Affairs - Senator Hoar Argues
Against a Quarrel With Great
Britain-SessiOn of the Senate En-
Hyened by the Incident.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-Senator Ma
son tRep., Ill.) rose today soon after
! the senate convened to a question of
privilege and sharply attacked the Brit
| 1sh government and the British vice con-
sui at New Orleans, because of All in.
| terview in which the vice consul had as
sailed Mr.. Mason for the position he had
| taken in behalf Of the Transvaal repub-
! lie in its war with Great Britain. Mr..
| Mason attacked not only the corsul, but
the policy Of Great Britain in levying
| war upon an inferior nation.
| Mr.. Hoar Rep., Mass.) thought the
consufs purported remarks Sc serious
| that it ought to be investigated by the
| government, but at the same time he dep
recated any attack upon Great Britain,
people with which the American people
ought not only to live in peace but as
| loving and devoted friends.
Mr.. Lodge (Rep., Mass.) sharply ar
raigned the British consul for his utter
ances against United States senator,
and believed it ought not lightly to be
passed
Mr.. Tillman Oem., S. c. delivered a
forceful and quite characteristic speech
on the Philippine question, in which he
maintained that this government ought
| fO ayta IN t1,o
govern themselves the United States
! guarding them against the aggression of
other nations.
| Mr.. Mason had read newspaper clip
ping of an interview with the British
consul at New Orleans, saying that the
| British public was disgusted with the po-
| sition taken by the American people and
some of the senators in congress on the
! subject Of the British-Transvaal war.
| That position was assumed, the consul
was quoted as saying, simply because the
| American people were mercenary. Today
| they were favorable to the Beers be-
| cause they had achieved little success;
| tomorrow they would be just as favorable
to the British when they had achieved
victory The consul also attacked SEN
ator Mason specifically.
MR.. MAsON'S PROTEST.
Mr.. Mason said the consul's utterance
was scarcely worth attention except that
he was one of the accredited representa-,
tives of great nation to this coun-
| try
"It is not the first ,time,' declared Mr..
Mason, that a British diplomat has at
| tempted to run this country. So far as
| his personal attacks upon me are con-
cerned, have no concern. They do me
honor. The more venomous the at
| tacks by the British upon me and those
who think like me, the more we are
made the subjects of British stupidity
| and asininity, the sooner will the Amerf-
can people get on the right side Of the
| controversy"
He declared that 95 per cert of the
people of America were in sympathy
| with the Beers in their contest with
Great Britain
81 want to say" said Mr. Mason, L
ask for no special defense from the state
department in this matter, for with the
help of God I'll try to take care of my
self But" said he, there is one thing
I should like to inquire about. What
has become of the arbitration treaty that
was submitted to this senate? L am told
| the United States government cannot
| mediate in this war until that treaty mas
become ratified. If that is so l want
that treaty discovered and ratified so
that the barrier against mediation shall
be removed
Mr.. Mason then urged the committee
on foreign relations, to which his reso-
luton of sympathy with the Beers had
| been referred, to make report on 1t In
order that a vote might be had upon 1t.
.tDon't take that child to the grave
M for, L
| notice now that there will be resuT-
| reetion of It every day after this Week.
! You,lI have a chance to think about 1t
at least once every day unless you go 70
the cloak rooms while discuss 1t.
PHILIPPINE QUESTION.
Tn accordance with previous announce
won't Mr. Tillman (S. CO delivered an
| oddress on the Philippine question. HIS
/ diso,,ssion of the subject took Wlae
range. Referring to the speech OF MI.
Reveridge. in which the Indiana senator
| charged that American opposition TO the
war in the Philippines was the chieI
factor in prolonging it, Mr.. Tlllman saio.
"If senators on this floor ana patrlotic
Americans throughout the couh'i
tboneands of. them belonging to the
nartv which elected Mr. Mckinley presl-
6ent-have felt it their duty to protest
AGAINST the inhuman and d1shonorap-e
| Conduct of our government. If they nave
believed that the Stars and Stripes were
being disgraced and that the Ohlteo
States was waging war OF CONQUEST
upon a lberty-loving people, ask that
senator in Gods name, would he have US
remain silent? l repeat with scorn the
charge coming from any source Whatever
that 7 am not as loyal to the flag as any
man on this floor, and if it is sought to
| locate the responsibility for the blood
| that has been spilled,7I am ready, IN
this presence, to speak what beheVe ana
/ declare the truth as see 1t. 1mpugn
no mans motives; but whether the presl-
dent be most to blame, or WhelAefs lne
crime rests on his dupes and subservlent
dependents, l say, with all the emphasis
of nv nature. that l and none of those
who voted against the treaty are respon-
sible for the spilling of one drop OF this
innocent blood that has been shed, and l
will not endure patiently and without re-
sentiment any such accusation
RACE PROBLEM
l Mr. Tillman then discussed at length
the race question as it relates to the
philippines, in the course of which he
| exnressed strong dissent from the state
ment made recently by Senator Morgan
that the Civil war was precipitated by
! designing politicians, who desired to
thrust the negro, with social and politi-
cal equality, upon the whites of the
| South.
Regarding the assertion that the Fill
pinos were not capable of self-govern-