The age-herald., 1900-01-16

Washington, Januay 15.-A spirited debate on the Phillipine question occupied the at- tention of the senate for nearly three hours today. MT. Berry. (democraD, of Arkansas, first addressed the senate on the resolution recently introduced by MT. Bacon. of Geor- gia. He was followed by MT. Pettigrew, in support of his resolution of inquiry. MT. Petugrew was very bitter in his attacks upon the administration
 M. Wolcott, or Colorado, replied to MT. Pettigrew, scathingly arraigning the South Dakota senator for the attitude he had as- sumed on the Philippine question. He de- clared his belief that if Aguinaldo himself occupied the seat held in the senate by MT. Pettgrew, representing the people of South Dakota, who had sent their sons as sol diers to the Philippines, he would be too patriotic. too devoted to the interests of the country, ito take the attitude assumed by the present senator from South Dakota
 At the conclusion of the Philippine reso- lution MT. Rawlins, of Utah, addressed an elaborate argument to the senate in oppo- sition to the proposed financial legislation.
 At the conclusion of the routine business the resolution of MT. Pettigrew calling on the secretary of war for information re- garding the Philippine insurrection was laid before the senate. MT. Pettigrew declined MT. Hoar's request to substitute for his resolution on the same subject the one pre- scented by Mir. Hoar.
 MT. Berry, of Arkansas, had read the res- olution offered by MT. Bacon, of Georgia, and also that of MT. Beyeridge, of Indiana.
 Those who desired to discuss the Philip pine question, he said, were met by the objection that they were aiding those who were in arms against the United States and were responsible for the loss of life among our soldiers He regarded this position as absolutely unwarranted, and declared that no man who was @ man would be deterred from speaking by charges that were abso- lutely unfounded by facts. MT. Berry be- lieved that the two resolutions which he had read from the desk fairly represented the views of the two great parties in this country. He was certain that the resolu- tion of Mir. Beveridge reflected the senti- ment and feelings of the administration be- cause it had been favorably commented up- on by the administration speakers and newspapers throughout tine country. The resolution had been indorsed, he said, by the administration leaders, yet it conferred an authority and a power upon this coun- try as absolute as was possessed by the Czar of Russia.
 What Is Imperialism?
 What-is imperialism, Mr. Berry asked, if it be not the assertion of such power as is asserted by the resolution of MT. Bever- idge? He declared his unalterable opposi- tion to such declaration, and believed the people of the United States would not ap- prove so plain a violation of the eonstitu- tion.
 Mr. Berry referred to that part of MT. Beveridge's speech in which the Indiana senator asserted that God had selected the American people as His trustees. whose appointed work was to extend ito the Phil tppines and natives tine civilization and lib-- erty with which the American people, us His chosen children, were to enlighter the world. MT. Berry did not admit that the American people were the trustees of the Lord In the Philippine matter. He said that when men asserted that they were the trustees of the Lord he wanted some more suIbsltantial proof of the assertion than their own word.
 The admission of the accuracy of such a