The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-10
MR. BEVER|DGE ON
THE PHILIPPINES
He Argues That We Should
Retain Them.
VAST NATURAL RICHES
PEOPLE NOT CAPABLE OF GOV
ERNING THEMSELVES.
SENATOR HOAR MAKES A BRIEF REPLY
He Praises the Beauty and EIoquence Of Beve-
ridges Speech and Then Proceeds to
Shoot Verbal Bullets Through
is Its Diaphanous Tissue,
Its Diaphanous Tissue.

A. OiaPidHOuo iiSouCs
Washington, Jan. 9.-'That man little
knows the common people of the republic,
little understands the instincts of our
race, who thinks we viii not hold it (the
Philippine Archipelaho) fast and hold it
forever, administering just government
10y simplest methods"
This sentence was the keynote of the
speech delivered i'm the Senate today by
Mr.. Beyerdge, the Junior Senator from
Indiana. 1t was the maiden speech
in the Senate of about the youngest MEM
Der of the body. The announcement that
he would deliver an address embodying
his observations in the Philippines at
tracted an unusually large number of
auditors to the galleries. On the floor OF
the Senate every member i'll the city was
i'll his seat and scores of Representatives
came over from the House.
Mr.. Beveridge is scholarly and refined
i'll appearance, with a striking face and
figure. Throughout his speech he was
easy and natural and entirely free from
mannerisms. He spoke rapidly and with
great earnestness. When he declared.
with deep soleGnnity, to those whose
voices in America have cheered those
misguided natives on to shoot our sol
diers down, that the blood of those dead
and wounded boys of ours is on their
hands. and the flood Of years can never
wash that stain away" there was deep.
although suppressed sensation among his
auditors. AT the conclusion of the speech
tremendous and unrestrained applause
swept over the galleries, and it was nOta-
bic that Secretary of the Treasury Gage,
who occupied Il seat in the Senators gal
lery, was a participant in it.
Mr.. Hoar, (Rep.. Mass.), replied brief
ly to Mr.. Beveridge. Although he did
not enter fully into the merits OF the
question under discussion, he did not feel
that some of the Indiana Senators state
ments ought to go to the country an-
challenged He declared that not the
American opposition to the war, but the
Presidents $ proclamation to the Filipinos
was responsible for the hostilities. He
ridiculed Mr.. Beveridges statement that
the FilipinOs Were not capable of self
government and quoted General Otis re-
ports to show that they were.
Mr.. Allen. (Neb.). offered a resolution
calling upon the Secretary of War for
complete information as to the transport
service. 1t was adopted.
BEVERIDGE'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Beveridge then spoke, his argu-
ment in effect being that the Philippines
will give us a base at the door of all the
Fart: that the power that rules the
Pacific is the power that rules the world;
that no land in America surpasses in
fertility the plains and valley of Luzon;
that much gold can be found there; that
we must hold the islands if we would
rot have a European power seize them:
that the people are semi -barbarians; that
Aguinaldo is q brave, cunning Schemer:
that the war should be prosecuted with
vigor to q successful close; that the
blood of our slain soldiers is upon the
hands Of those at home who opposed
the Administration Philippine policy;
that the ICilipinos are children incapable
of self government and that they are
indolent people who need a strong, SIM
pie government administered for them;
that our Declaration of Independence
applies only to people who are capable
of governing themselves, not to those
who are partially sunk in barbarism.
In conclusion Mr.. Beveridge said that
God "had made us adopts i'll government
that we may administer government
among savage and seville peoples" add
ing, Were it not for such force as
this the world would relapse into bar
barism and right"
MIR. HOAR'S REPLY.
Mr.. Hear addressed the Chair. lie
said the beauty and eloquence of the
speech had recalled that incident in
which Satan had taken Christ up into
an exceeding high mountain and showed
him all the kingdom of the world and
the glory thereof and promised that all
should be his if he would but fall down
and worship him; and he had replied:
Get thee behind me- Satan
Mr.. Hoar declared the Filipinos had
the Spaniards hemmed in Manila. ana
the latter were obliged to surrendqr.
He thought it would be necessary to Re
wise the Constitution before those Fill
pinos could be bought and sold. lie
made frequent references to and quota
tons from the reports of General Otls
and Admiral Dewey and other officers III
the Philippines. These showed that
when Aguinaldo arrived in Luzon from
Hong Kong the insurgents had an army
of 10000. In the island of Luzon the
Filipinos maintained courts, schools,
municipal governments and churches, and
peace and order prevailed pretty
generally. Spanish prisoners were KIND
ly treated. "This," declared Mr. Hoaf,
''is the condition of things whlcN IL IS