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slandering and maligning the soldiers at
the front, charging them with being swind-
lers and deprecators'

slanderfng and maligning the soldiers at
the front, charging them with being swlnd-
lers and deprecators."
THE PRESIDENT DEFENDED.
The resolutions to which Mr.. Pettigrew
had been speaking. Mr.. wolcott declared.
were of no Importance. because they were
smothered and engulfed in the broader
resolution that called for all information
in the possession Of the executive They
were simply petty earnings. which con-
tanned the suspicious intimation that there
had been crooked and dishonorabie con-
duct. No step had been taken, Mr.. VOL
colt asserted, that did not reflect honor
upon the people of the United States. He
read from the Presidents message the ex-
tract about the duty or the government,
after the insurrection was over, to spare
mo effort TO build up the waste places.
ito open schools and churches, Ito fos-
ter trade and industry" and concluding
with the words that IL was their liberty.
not our power, which We are seeking ID
enhance" That" said Mr.. Wolcott. lis
the last public utterance of the President,
whose treatment of the Fflipinos is de-
scribed by the Senator from South Dakota
as brutal and cruel "
We had taken the Philippines, Mr.. VOL
colt said, not as conquest, but as one
of the highest duties owed the human
race. We had entered into the war with
Spain because we could not listen to the
cries of distress that came from Cuba.
When We inaugurated the war 10 one
dreamed of the Philippines, but when IL
closed quickly and VIGOROUSLY we
found five million people suffering from
oppression, Spain defeated and bankrupt
and the Philippine islands floating dere-
licts. We had taken them because to have
allowed them to drift helplessly into the
power of another would have raised in
ternational complications. We would have
been compelled to take them had they
kna md kor nc n
Sahara Mr.. Wolcott said we might be
compelled 10 keep the islands indefinitely.
He then directed his attention TO the
speech delivered by Mr. Beveridge last
week.
Mr.. Pettigrew replied briefly to Mr.. VOL
colt The latter had stated. he said. that
he had never had kind word for his as
sociates in the Senate. Yet Mr.. Pettigrew
said his relations with his colleagues had
been most pleasant. The Senate could not
hide behind the large personality of the
Senator from Colorado, Il have not spent
much time" said Mr.. Pettigrew, 'in laud-
ing him, although / am ready to confess he
has large voice" He did not think the
Senator's attack on himself was worthy of
reply. He did marvel, however, at the
division in the ranks of the imperialists.
The Senator from Indiana CBeveridge) had
said the motive OF expansion was greed,
the Senator from Colorado CWolcotD said
IL was philanthropy" The latter was the
motive which actuated Spain in her con-
quest of the western world. Her pretext
was civilization and religious zeal. Those
were the motives of PiZZarro who butch
cred people right and left Proceeding Mr..
Pettigrew pointed out the names of many
illustrous men who had opposed the policy
of their home government to aggressions
abroad. notably Fox and Pitt who had de-
nounced the course of King George against
the American colonies. 1T is these cham
pions of freedom" said he. "who dared to
denounce the course of their governments"
At the conclusion of Mr.. Pettigrews
statement an order was made, at the re-
quest of Mr.. Lodge, that the resolutions
under consideration go over until to-mor-
row without losing their place.
Consideration of the financial bill was
then resumed. Mr.. Rawins addressed the
Senate in opposition to the measure. AT
$40 p. m. the Senate went into executive
session and opening the doors adj
journed.