Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-10
Mr.. HOAR ON FILIPINOS
Declares They Are Capable of Maintaining
Peace and Order.
Quotes Reports in support of His Posi-
tfOn-AlIeged TamperinS With
Presfdcnt's Proclamation.

the Philippine question in the Senate yes
terday afternoon Mr.. Hoar, as stated in
The Star, addressed the chair at some
length in reply to the Indiana senator. He
had been careful listener to the speech of
Mr.. Beveridge and for some time had been
getting his information together for a re-
ply. AS soon he could make himself
heard he said that he had been delighted
with the eloquence of the senator from In
diana.
Il am glad said he, 'to welcome to the
public service his enthusiasm, his silver
speech and the earnestness with which he
is disposed to discharge his duty"
Yet, he said, he had listened in vain for
those words which the American people
have taken on their lips in solemn crises.
The words right Justice" duty and
freedom were absent from the eloquent
address. The beauty and eloquence of the
speech had recalled that incident in which
Satan had taken Christ up into an exceed
ing high mountain and shown him all
the kingdoms 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 that practically every
statement of fact in the speech was re-
futed by government reports received from
Admiral Dewey, General Otis and from
other official sources.
Where did Spain get the right to sell her
rights in the Philippines" Mr. Hoar asked
Where did the United States get the right
TO buy and sell people like Sheep" He
was certain that for all the wealth and
commerce and glory which he had eloquent
Il depicted the senator from Indiana would
not have a great injustice done.
Mr.. Hoar declared the Filipinos had the
SpaniardS hemmed in Manila and the latter
We're Obliged to surrender. He thought it
would be necessary to revise the Constitu-
ton before those Filipnos could be bought
and sold. He did not believe Mr.. Beverage
would advise the American people to do
this thing or to do anything so base as to
strike down the infant Filipino republic
When Asuinaldo Arrived in Luzon.
The Massachusetts, senator made frequent
references to and quotations from the re-
ports of General Otis and Admiral Dewey
and other officers in the Philippines. These
showed that when Aguinaldo arrived in
Luzon from Hong Kong the insurgents had
IN army of 10000; in the Island of Luzon
the Filipinos maintained courts, schools
municipal governments and churches, and
that peace and order prevailed pretty gen
orally. Spanish prisoners were kindly
treated.
This" declared Mr.. Hoar, 'is the con-
dition of things which it is proposed to
crush under our heels. And that" he COM
mented, you call glory"
Mr. Hoar referred to Mr.. Beveridges
statement that the present condition of
warfare was due to utterances in this coun-
try. This he denied and pointed out that
In December, 1893 the President had sent
proclamation to Gen. Otis for publication
to the Filipinos
Otis and the Presidents Proclamation,
Gen. Otis returned the reclamation with
the statement that after full consideration
of the terms Sovereignty" right of ces-
sion, ETC., he was convinced they were
calculated to cause an immediate outbreak
of hostilities. Gen. Otis amended the proc
lamation by making the statement: II am
convinced that it is the intention of the
government of the United States to seek
the establishment of the most liberal gov
eminent in the Philippines"
This appeared in the proclamation pub
li sts, to 9TH the rilipinos but copy of the
into the hands of the Filipino leaders and
precipitated hostilities
Gen. Otis had promised Mr.. Hoar said
a government to the Filipinos in which they
would be able to exercise a full measure
of their individual rights
D1d ne utter this promise. to a people
incapable OF seif-gOvernment-to half saw
ages and hat Spaniards?' demanded Mr..
Hoar. He thought it bold to charge those
men who had opposed this war from the
beginning with the responsibility of all the
blood being shed. He declared there had not
been time when, If Gen. Otis had been
able to give assurances of independence r.
the fliplnos, the war would not have ter
minated. 'ei
After reading some passages from official
reports Mr.. Hoar concluded, promising to
discuss the question fully in the near I'm
ture.
When the Philippine debate had been CON-
ciuded FOR the day Mr. Carter (Mont) called
up the bill comforting additional authority
upon the director of the census. II was
found impossible either to amend or mass
the bill because Of the lack of a Quorum
anu at o'clock the Senate adjourned