The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-17

business Mr. Hoar addressed the senate
on the Philippine question Intense in
terest was manifested in the address by
senators. Mr.. Hoar's position on the
subject was well understood, but as it
was known that the speech was one OF
the greatest Mr.. Hoar ever delivered,
from his point of view, the interest in
the utterance was intensified.
Mr. Hoar took for his text the resolu-
ton of Mr.. Beveridge of Indiana, declar-
ing that the Philippine islands are terri
tory belonging to the United States and
the United States government must
govern the archipelago. Mr.. Hoar spoke
with deliberation, but scarcely with his
usual forcefulness. He requested his
colleagues not to interrupt him in the
course of his speech indicating that the
state of his health rendered it undesir-
able that he should enter into a running
debate. He spoke in part as follows:
SENATOR HOAR'S SPEECH
Mr.. Hoar began his address by speak
ing of the prosperous condition of the
American people at the close of the war
with Spain. He told of the glory of that
liberty. He praised President McKinley's
course at that time. saying in his judg-
ment he was the best beloved president
who ever sat in the chair of Washington.
Continuing, he said:
THE American people, so far as I
know, We're all agreed that this victory
brought with it the responsibility of pro-
tecting the liberated peoples from the GU
pidity of any other power until they could
dom and in honor.
Il stand here today to plead with you
not to abandon the principles that have
you to keep to the policy that has made
the Republican party great, that mas
made the president great
IF when we made the treaty of peace,
We had adhered to the PURPOSE we de- de-
dealt with the Philippine islands as we
promised to deal, have dealt and expect
to deal with Cuba the country would
have escaped the loss of 5000 brave SOL
diers, other thousands Of wrecked and
shattered lives, the sickness of many
more the expenditure of hundred of mill
ions and what is far worse than all. the
trampling under foot of its cherished
7 do not expect to accomplish anything
! for liberty in the Philippine islands, but
| through the Republican party Upon 1t
the fate of these islands for years to come
is to depend. can not look with any
| favor upon Mr.. Bryan as an alternative.
Il believe not only that persever-
| ance in the present policy will be the
abandonment Of the principles upon Wnlch ;il
| our government is founded, that 1t VIII
! change our republic into an empire, that
our methods of legislation of diplomacy.
| of administration must hereafter be those
| which belong to empires, and not those
which belong to republics, but / believe
| the defeat and overthrow of the Repub-
Touching up the constitutionality of the
question at issue Mr.. Hoar said
/ ''I hold that this acquisition of territory,
holding and governing can be only a
/
maintain that you can no more hold and
| govern territory than you can hoid ana
| manage cannon or fleets for any other
] than a constitutional end"
Following this, Mr. HOar traversed the
| constitutional and International field OF
| the Philippine controversy, covering much
| of the same ground he and others have
| covered heretofore in the pending discus
| sion.
| Adverting to the authority to be found
| in the declarat ton of independence for ex-
pansion. Mr.. Hoar declared:
There is expansion enough in It, but
| it is the expansion of freedom and not
| of despotism of life, not of DEATH Never
| was such growth in all human history as
| that from the seed Thomas Jefferson
| PLANTED. 1t has covered the continent. II
| is on both the seas. It has saved South
| Africa It is revolutionizing Europe. Il
| is the expansion of freedom It differs
| from your tinsel pincnback. pewter ex-
| pansion. as the growth of a healthy youtf
| into a strong man differs from the expan-
| sion of an anaconda when he swallows
| his victim. Ours is the expansion oi
| Thomas Jefferson. Yours is the expansion
I of Aaron Burr. 1t is destined to as Shor1
a life and to a like fate.
In every accession of territory to this
country ever made we recognized fully
the doctrine of consent of the governed
/ and the doctrine that territory so acQuir
ed must be held to be made into states.
You have tried the governing men OF
! other races than your own at home for {
Indian. you have dealt with the negro
| close at hand. knowing al about them
And now you go forth to lay your yok'