The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-18
HOAR'S GREAT SPEECH
ON FLOOR Or SENATE
Massachusetts Mans Brilliant Effort in Opposition
to Nations Policy of Imperialism.
Says Course Will Result in Overthrow Of Republican Party
Pays Tribute to AguinadO

Washington, April 17.-For more than
three hours today Mr.. Hoar, the senior
senator from Massachusetts. occupied
! the attention of the senate with a
speech in opposition to the policy of
imperialism" upon which he main
1 tanned this government has embarked.
As prepared, the address was SO. 600
words in length, but Mr.. Hoar omitted
much Of it owing to an incipient at
tack Of the grippe, from which he was
suffering. He spoke for three hours.
and while it was a tremendous strain
/ upon him, the more important passages
| or the argument We're delivered with
/ force and vigor.
The speech was brilliantly written.
was Illuminated with splendid rhetori-
| cal figures and was rich with citations
| from history. One of the notable parts
/ or the address was the eulogy of Agui-
naldo. Mr.. HOar did not liken the in
| surgent leader to Washington. as has
been done heretofore, but TO Kossuth.
] Dom Paul, Joubert, Nathan Hale and
| other builders of the church of liberty.
In stateeraft he hkened AguinaldO
and his associates in the leadership of
the Filipinos TO the best minds ever
a race
/ Which handed down to us ''the scrip
lures of the Old and New Testament.
| the poetry OF David, the eloquence of
| Isaiah, the wisdom of Solomon and
the profound philosophy Of Paul"
A Fancied Roll Call.
One of the most effective parts of
the speech was his fancied roll call
of some Of the distinguished statesmen
Of the United States on the question
Of the retention of the Philippines. He
began with George Washington and
closed with William Mckinley, each in
| a sentence giving the reason for his
vote. Every vote was in the negative,
| except that Of Aaron Burr, who voted
Yes" and said:
You are repeating my buccaneering
expedition down the Mississippi. am
TO be indicated at last"
WheE the name OF William Mckinley
was called he replied: There has been
a cloud before my vision for a moment,
| but l see clearly now; / go back TO
what 1 said two years ago: 'Forcible
annexation is criminal aggression; gov
| ernmentS derive their just powers from
4 the consent Of the governed, not of
some of them, but all of them. l will
/ stand with the fathers of the republic.
l will stand with the founders of the
! Republican party"
/ The effect was dramatic. As Mr..
Hoar pronounced his peroration the
/ stiffness in the chamber was intense.
/ Applause swept over the galleries, but
( it was hushed quickly by the president
pro tenn.
( A bin was passed granting to soldiers
| of the Mexican war pensions of $12 a
month in certain cases.
c,.aooT, - NJ uoo~
After the transaction of the routine
business, Mr.. Hoar addressed the q N
ate on the Philippine question. Int use
interest was manifested in the address
by senator's Mr.. Hoar's position on
the subject was well understood, but as
il was known, too, that the speech was
to be one of the greatest Mr.. HOar ever
delivered from his point of view, inter-
est in the utterance was intensified.
Mr.. Hoar took for his text the resO-
luton of Mr.. Beveridge of Indiana de-
claring that the Philippine islands are
territory belonging to the United
States, and the United States govern
ment must govern the archipelago. Mr..
Hoar spoke with elaboration, but
scarcely with his usual forcefulness. He
requested his colleagues not to inter
rupt him in the course of his speech,
rendered it undesirable that he should
enter into running debate.
Mr.. Hoar began his address by speak
ing of the prosperous condition of the
American people at the close of the war
with Spain. He told of the glory Of
that conflict and Of a victory in the
interest of liberty. He praised Presi-
dent McKinley'S course at that time,
saying in his judgment he was the best
beloved president who ever sat in the
chair Of Washington. Continuing he
said:
Protect the People.
"The American people so far as I
know were all agreed that their vic
tory brought with it the responsibility
of protecting the liberated peoples from
the cupidity of any other power until
they could establish their own indie
pendence in freedom and in honor.
Il stand here today to plead with you
not to abandon the principles that have
brought these things to pass. I i'm
plore you to keep to the policy that
has made the country great. that has
made the Republican party great, that
has made the president great.
IF, when we made the treaty Of
peace we had adhered to the purpose
we declared when we declared war: if
we had dealt with the Philippine is
lands as We have dealt and expect to
deal with Cuba, we would have es-
capped the loss OF 5000 brave soldiers
and other thousands of wrecked and
shattered lives and the expenditure of
hundreds of millions and what is far
worse than all, the trampling under
foot of it's cherished ideals.
Il 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 is
lands for years to come is to depend.
/ cannot look with any favor upon Mr..
Bryan as an alternative
From Republic to Empire.
81 believe not only that perseverance
in the present policy will be the aban-
donment of the principles upon which
our government is founded, that it will
change our republic into an empire,
that our methods Of legislation. of dip
lomacy, Of administration must hereaf-
ter be those which belong TO empires
and not those which belong TO repub-
lies; but I believe persistence in this
attempt will result in the death and
overthrow Of the Republican party"
Touching upon the eonstitutionality
of the question at issue Mr.. Hoar said:
Il hold that this acquisition of terri
tory, holding and governing can be only
a means for a constitutional end. And
I maintain that you cansno more hold
and govern territory than you can hold
and manage cannon or fleets for any
other than a constitutional end"
Adverting to the authority to be
found in the Declaration of Indepen-
dence for expansion Mr.. Hoar de-
clared: