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fsrrsd to the ANAL vote In the stata Of
u compared with the popuia-

tion.
Money ana Chandler Tilt.
Msnsy INTERRUPTED to explain the point
prit6hArd had made, whom he. In turn,
WAS interrupted BY Chandler. who asked
Il IN election had been held IN mississippi
lat year. S.8
Money replied evasivsiy.
Chandler - Well wish the senator
would examine ana tell us II an election
wss held IN his state last year.
Money announced that there was an cleo
ton In Mississippi last year. and minated
that he HAD replied evasiveiy to Chand-
ier's question because, as he said. II am
a. afraid Of the senator (Chandler) as 1
am Of monkey in . powder maEaxine
wit before. but I'm glad to give him any
Information I have"
Turner's rilipino Speech.
In accordance with notice previously CIV
en-, Turner (washington) addressed the
senate on the Philippine question. His
discussion took wide range.
Neither the stately periods OF the presi-
dents message nor the fervid oratory OF
the senator's address said he, can
change the facts Of history, or rnetamor-
phose the proposed course OF action al
ready partly accomplished, which involves
. shocking and perfidous breach OF nation
al faith into an act Of policy. defensihle
on the grounds OF Justice. morality and
national duty.
..Perfidy and bad faith were involved in
the pretensions put forth by the admin
istration Of either legal or moral right to
absorb and govern the Philippine islands.
without the consent OF their people. The
people of those islands," said he, were
brave. resolute. liberty-loving people.
and their struggles ought to win them the
admiration and respect OF every member
Of the American senate
Ola story of an Alliance.
Turner then related the oft told story OF
m alliance which was formed between the
United States forces and the Filipinos for
subjuGation Of Manila and the expulsion
Of Spain from the islands, and expressed
the opinion that had our army been delayed
for few weeks the Filipinos themselves
would have captured the city. He declared
the Filipinos believed they were fighting
for their independence, yet the presidents
message set up the claim that independence
was m afterthousht, founded on the sim
lister ambition OF certain Filipino leaders.
This assertion. Turner said, was unfounded
and he quoted extensively from official doc
uments In maintainence OF his declaration.
Action II Unparalleled.
Our action has no parallel in the history
OF the world from the beginning OF time
downto the present moment said Turner.
II venture to say there n not one Ameri-
can voter IN n hundred who would not
have repudiated the prstsntions Of the adj
ministration as perndious and dishonorable.
tr&tion az perfidious and dishonorable,
II called on with full knowledge of the
facts to sanction them in the beginning
and before the present war began"
Turner eontroverted the Presidents state
ment that the islands were ours by every
title Of the law and equity. because the
F'tlipinos had assumed the sovereignty by
the God-siven right OF revolution. II the
United States had any rights at all in the
Philippines. they were gained purely by
purchase and could not, in his opinion, be
fixed In law by the treaty OF Paris, be-
cause the Filipinos weresnpt party to that
treaty.
referring to the speech OF Beveridge
a. 4 rhapsody, Turner said It lacked the
majestic harmony which can be evoked
only when the nobler chords are struck.
FiIipfnos Capable Self-Government.
sIIe maintained that the Fillpinos knew
that the function OF q government was to
preserve life and liberty and property and
believed they were abundantly able to
maintain such government.
Compares with War i'm south Africa.
ALREADY our Philippine experiences are
beginning 10 have the boomerang effect
predicted by the senator from Indiana"
said Mr. Turner. There is a primitive
people in South Africa-a mere handful,
pious and simple, brave ana heroic, but
careless of the great wealth lying under
their hands, Indifferent to It's civilizing in
fiuences and disposed to live their own
simple lives in their own simple way. They
are the last link that connects us with one
OF the great heroic epochs in the worlds
history. A great nation having racial ten
denotes similar to our own has seen the
present deplorable condition Of affairs
among this South African people and has
determined to improve and civilize them
in the same way We are improving and
civiiizing the simple and brave F4lipinos.
They are not succeeding so well, unfortun-
ately, in their self-imposed task as we ares
The Africanders are proving themselves
to be worthy sons Of heroic sires. They
are making heroic fight and one which
has become the wonder and admiration of
mankind throughout the world. Because
OF what we, in common with mankind owe
TO their blood, because they are bravely
lighting a ruthless invader Of their homes
and fireAdes, because they are fighting for
liberty to govern themselves and their at
fairs in their own way because when they
go down another republic will have perish
ed, they undoubtedly carry with them in
their struggle the profound sympathy Of
the American people.
I'm other days our sympathy would have
been expressed through governmental
channels. But now the ghost of liberty
murdered in the Philippines stands in the
way. We cannot even preserve a decent
neutrality between this heroic people and
their essailants. II is yet permitted to US,
however. as individuals to avert our eyes
and as these noble men go down to death
and oblivion to say to them, as now do,
Thou lost survivors of heroic age, hail
and farewell"
Turner, after brief legal and constitu-
tional argument bearing upon the status Of
the United States In the Philippines, made
the point that annexation of the Philip
,,ines vro,Iid debauch the citizenship of tha