The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-04-18
AGUINALDO
Is EuIOgized and mis- Buccaueer.
ing Praised.

WASHINGTON, April t7.--For more
than three hours today Mr. Hoar the /
senior senator from Massachusetts, oc-
cupied the attention Of the senate with |
q speech In opposition TO the policy OF
Imperialism, upon which. he maintain |
ed, this government has embarked AS
prepared the address was 80 900 words
In length. but Mr. Hoar omitted much
OF Il, owing 10 an attack If the grippe.
He spoke for three hours and while
Il was an immense strain on him. the
more important passages were deliver
ed with force aad vigor.
The speech was brilliantly written,
was Illuminated with splendid rhetor-
ical figures and was rioh with citations
from history. One Of the notable parts
Of the address was the euiogy Of Ag-
uinaldo. Mr.. HOar did not liken the
insurgent 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 statecraft, he likened Aguinaldo and
his associates In the leadership Of the
Filipinos to the best minds ever produc-
ed In the Asiatc race--a race which
handed down 70 rs the scriptures Of the
old and new testaments, the poetry Of
David, the eloquence OF Isaih. The wis
dom OF Solomon and the profound
philosophy OF Paul"
One Of the most effective parts Of his
address was his fancied roll call OF
some OF teh distinguished statesmen Of
the United States on the question Of
the retention OF the Philippines He be-
gan with George Washington and
closed with VIM. Mckinley. each In
a sentence giving a reason for his vote
I1very vote was In the negative except
that of Aaron Burr who voted yes, and
explained, "You are repeating my buc-
c.anneering expedition down the Miss
issippi aim TO be vindicated at last"
When the name OF William Mckinley
was called ne replied: There has been
q cloud before my vision for a moment,
but I see clearly now; go back to
What / said two two years ago; 'Forci-
bAe annexation IS criminal aggression
governments derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed, not OF
some of them, but Of all OF Them.
will stand with the fathers Of the re-
public I win stand with the founders
OF the republican party. No
The effect was dramatic. AS Mr.. Hoar
In tihe hamber was intense. Applause
prsonounced his peroration the stiffness
swept over the galleries, but IL was
hushed quickly by the president pro
tenn.
In the course OF his remarks Mr.. Hoar
quoted a paragraph from a recent
speech OF MIR. Tinman in which the lat
ter mad said that the people of the south
had shot negroes stuffed ballot boxes.
and finally had taken from the negro
the rights granted by the 14th and 18th
amendments. Mr.. Tillman arose 20 IN
terrIpt him, but Mr. Hoar declined to
yield.
AS Mr.. Hoar concluded applause
swept over the galleries, many OF his
colleagues congratulated him.
consideration was resumed OF the
Alaskan civil code bill the pending
question being the amendment offered
by MIR. TIansbrough as to alien location,
holding and transfer of mining claims
Mr.. Spooner. in an extended legal argu-
ment. vigorously opposed the amend-
ment. He maintained THAT aliens had
ample opportunity to locate mining
claims in territories OF the United Sta :
tes and pass a good title TO them.
Mr. Carter, In charge OF the bill, an
rounced mis- opposition to some portions
OF the Hansbrough amendment and
offered as a substitute for 1t. one which.
he said, would protect the citizens OF
the United States in the location OF min
ing claims and give them the right to
locate them dn territories OF the Uni
ted States.
WITHOUT reaching a conclusion the
senate into executive session alt 4:5o p.
M and adjourned.