The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-17

or Mt. IOWne MeTe ETP6Ieu VIII INT
most violent outbursts of applause. cheers
and waving of hats. The speaker had close
at hand a book of quotations from the
writings and public addresses of Abraham
Lincoln, from which he frequently read
extracts.
AT one point Mr.. Towne said: "In a de-
bate which / had the honor TO have a few
days ago with an Ex-Governor and ex-chief
justice of the State of Nebraska he ex-
hibited a great deal of constituencies about
quotations from Abraham Lincoln, and he
said In one OF his speeches on that occa-
sion that it panied him to hear a Demo-
crat quote Abraham Lincoln. n ! told
him that l thoroughly believed his con-
entirely reasonable for the reason that
Abraham Lincoln can only be quoted to-
day by opponents of the present policy of
the party that he founded and made i'm
mortal"
INTEMPERATE UTTERANCES.
The speaker INDUCED in a. great many
Incorporate utterances, of which the fol-
lowing is a fair sample: IF any man in the
United States within three years past had
raised his voice to say tina the time would
ever come in the history of a republic
when a President of the United States
would be engaged with land and naval
forces in waging war against an uncon-
senting people TO subjugate them to the
power of the United States he would nave
been said to be insane. And the circum-
stances were such that this awful departure
from the duty and the habit and the prin-
ciples of the American people are presented
In sharpeSt contrast to the noblest conduct
she ever exhibited to the people of the
world. II L were asked, my friends, to point
to a moment of time when Columbia stood
before the world in an attitude best cal
culated to challenge their admiration and
gratitude I should choose that sunny morn
ing in April, 1898, when she arose in her own
uncloaked majesty and Immortality said TO
the listening ears of all mankind, Cuba is
and of right ought to be free. n
war is begun for the liberation Of one
people and. presto, by administration
magic, We find it continued for the sub
jugation of another people. Who will JUS
tify it? Who will even explain 1t? Nobody
ever has. They have been challenged to a
thousand lines. When brought to the bar
Of the conscience of the American people
they plead a superior Jurisdiction and say
that IL was done according TO the demands
or commands of Providence. But, my
friends. the records show the design and
the accomplishment to be of human orr
gin"
Mr.. Towne reiterated the assertion that
the Filipinos are more capable of self
government than the Cubans and declared
that when Admiral Dewey entered Manila
bay they were engaged in a struggle for
independence exactly similar to that con-
Quoted by the Cubans and against the
same p~ower-Spain. at was one of the ac-
cidents of war he said, (which took us
W (At Il ntiiDPllCSs u ClOulu dn NilC
change a purpose of liberty into a purpose
of enslavement?' Mr.. Towne also repeated
the assertion that Aguinaldo was an ally of
Admiral Dewey and declared that
the two co-operated in annihilating
the power of Spain.
A PECULIAR STATEMENT.
He then continued with a statement di-
rectly opposed 10 the testimony of Briga-
der General Charles King given in this
aitv c0n1a months aoo The cnoalor caiI
Nov, then. information was received by
these struggling people that reinforcement
were coming from the States. They were
no longer treated cordially and reciprocally
by our generals. They were little by little
Put further and further away from the
lines Of our army-dispossessed of the city
of Manila. Now then in the city of Wash
ington on the 18th of August. 1898. the pro-
tocol OF peace was signed wherein ii was
provided that, pending a treaty which
should settle formally the disposition of the
entire Philippine archipelago, the United
States should hold and occupy the city,
bay and harbor of Manila. Now, my friends.
this is one of the very few points which
/ desire TO make upon the history OF these
complications In the Philippine islands. Let
other events arrange themselves in proper
perspective by a few that stand out as
determining factors in that policy. My
friends, the treaty of peace negotiated at
Paris in December, 1898, was not ratified by
the Senate of the United States until the
9Th of February, 1899. The Constitution of
the United States says that treaties shall
be made by the President of the United
States through the consent and approval of
the Senate of the United States. No treaty
is i'm force until it is ratified by the SEN
ate. Mr.. Mckinley knows this, because in
August, 1899, he made a speech in Pitts
burg In which he said Until the treaty was
ratified we had no authority beyond the
city, bay and harbor of Manila Now,
mark you, he therefore had no more power
beyond the city walls of Manila than you OF
l have at this moment to exercise sovereign
rights in the islands of the sea-not an
atom.
A MESSAGE SENT.
Yet on the list of December he sends
a message to General Otis to be embodied
in a proclamation to the Philippine people
and which was issued as a proclamation in
substance by General Otis on the 3D. OF
January following, with certain modifca.
tions made because the general says he
thought the language used by the Presi-
dent was calculated to invite opposition
and violence by the Philippine people. Yet,
through General Miller's inadvertence Oh
otherwise, a genuine copy of the proclama-
ton transpired and was published, wherein
he announced to the people of the Philip
pine islands that the destruction of the
fleet by Dewey and the fall of Manila haC
given Jurisdiction over the enIlre archi-
pelago by right of conquest to the United
States, and wherein he tells them in diplo-
matte language that they must submit &c
this assumed jurisdiction or be shot tC
death. Six weeks before he had a scintills
OF authority under the Constitution hi
made the claim.
II do not know how in the Republican
lexicon conduct like this may be fully
characterized, but L do know this, that be-
fore the Sd day of January. 1899. not one
man in the United States would have hest.
tated TO say that If a President declared
war against a foreign nation, another PEG.
pie, without the sanction of Congress and
assumed jurisdiction over islands not vel
| conveyed to him by treaty, he would be-
guilty of u~surpation and ought to be i'm.
| peached.'
Mr.. Towne grew quite facetious anC
demonstrated marked ability as a come.
dian in his illusions to the treaty between
the United States government and the Sui
\ tan on Sulu. His witty remarks were
tinged with venom by declarations tina
President Mckinley in making that treaty
sanctioned polygamy and slavery.
POOR SENTIMENT TO APPLAUD.
A portion of Mr.. Towne's address which
elected prolonged demonstrative applaus,
was the following:
"With mailed boot we may march from
one end of their islands to the other
trampling their bodies as well as theil
rights under our feet; We may create al
endless desolation and call ii peace, blu
when il is over what have we gained? TIL,
1 hatred of the survivors where We Nigh
have had their friendship and cooperation
initely with an army, as General Otis says
i OF from Go, 600 to loo. 900 men, costing us from
$50. 000, 700 to 500. 000.0e a year. And wha
else? The distrust of all mankin beside