The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-04-21
senator HOAR'S SPEECH.
The Massachusetts Senator Makes
His Promised Speech on
the Philippines.
INTENSE INTEREST WAS MANIFESTED.
He Made an Earnes and Vigorous
Defense Of the Fflipinos. Espe-
cialfy of A~guinaldO. Whom He
Ciassed with kossuth, Dom Paul.
Joubcrt mad other Patriots.

cfa1fy of A~guin01dO. Whom He
Ciussed with kOssuth, Dom Pa a
Joubcrt mad other Patriots.
Washington, April 17.-At the be
gin ming of the days session of the
selate a bill was passed granting to
soldiers of tie Mexican wal pensions
of s12 a month in certain cases.
After the transaction of the routine
business, Mr.. Hoar addressed the SEN
ate On the Philippines question. In
teDse interest was manifested in the
addi ess by the senator. Mr.. Hoar'sposi-
| tier on the question was well under
stood, but as it was known, too, the
| speech was to be one of the greatest
Mr.. Hoar ever delivered, from his
po.nt of view, the interest in the ut
terance was intensified.
Mr.. Hoar took for his text the reso-
luton of Mr.. Beveridge, of In
diana, declaring that the Phil
irpine islands are territory belonging
to the United States, and that the
United States government must gov
ern the archipelago. Mr.. Hoar spoke
with deliberation. but scarcely with
his usual forcefulness. He requested
his colleagues not to interrupt him in
the course of his speech, indicating
that the state of his health rendered
il undesirable that he should enter
into a running debate.
Mr.. Hoar discussed at great length
tie Filipino rebellion, and the causes
which, in his opinion, led up to it. He
made earnest and vigorous defense Of
tie Filipiros, especially of Aguinaldo,
who, he declared, was brave, honest
aEd patriotic"
He deserves to be remembered with
that small band who have given life
and everything dearer than life to
their country in a losing cause. He
shall live with Kossuth, with Dom
Paul. with Joubert, with Emmett,
with Egmont and Porn, with Nathan
Hale, with Warren, with all the great
martyrs of history whose blood has
beer the seed of the church of lib
crty."
Mr.. Hoar maintained his well-knOwn
pc sition that the Filipinos had
achieved their independence. that the
United States had made them its
allies, and was bound to rec
ognize their independence, and
that they had proved themselves
fit for such independence and capable
of self-government. As n bit of
proof, of their statecraft, he declared.
The state papers of Aguinaldo, the
discussion of the law of nations by his
attorney general, the mastery appeal
d Mabini, are products of the Asiatic
mind. They are not unworthy of the
Asiatic mind, the vehicle through
which came to us the scriptures OF
he Old and New Testaments, the po-
e,ry of David, the eloquence of Isaiah,
the wisdom of Solomon, the profound
philosophy OF Paul."
The senator presented an elaborate
defense of the Filipinos against the
charge that they were responsible for
the present war, fully justifying their
action in resisting the American
forces.
AS to what he would do with the
Philippines, Mr.. Hoar said:
Il would declare now that we will
net take these islands to govern them
against their will.
Il would reject a cession of sou
ereignty which implies that sovereign.
ty may be bought and sold and deliv-
cred without the consent of the peo-
pie.
II would require all foreign govern
ments to keep out of these islands.
81 would offer to the people of the
Philippines our help in maintaining
order until they have a reasonable OPP
portunity to establish a government
of their own.
81 would aid them by advice, if they
desire it, to set up Il free and indie
pendent government.
Il would invite all the great powers
of Europe to unite in an agreement
that their independence shall not be
iuterfered with.
II would declare that the United
States will enforce the same doctrine
as applicable to the Philippines that
We declared as to Mexico and Hayti
and the South American republics.
Il would then, in a not distant fu-
own salvation, as every nation on
earth, from the beginning CT time,
has wrought out it's own salvation"