The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-19
S[RS UP BAD BLOOD BETWEEN TWO
VI WESTERN SENATORS.
NOLGOTT'S REPLYTO PETTIGREW
The south Dakota Senator
in Scathfng Terms His Language
Personal and Very Abusive-Senator
ments Contained I'm the Resolution of
senator Beveridge of Indiana-Sen-
ator Pettigrew Replies.
SENATE.

EO4dJ III lnS SENATE, III nc COuISC VI
which Senator Pettigrew, Of South Da-
kota, was scathingly arraigned by Sen
ator Wolcott, of Colorado.
AT the opening Senator Berry, of Ar
kansas, had read the resolutions pre-
scented Senators Bacon, of Georgia,
and Beveridge, of Indiana. Those who
desired TO discuss the Philippine ques-
ton. said Senator Berry. were met by
the objection that they We're aiding
those who We're in arms against the
United States. and were responsible for
the loss of life among our soldiers. He
regarded this position as absolutely
unwarranted The Beveridge resolu-
ton has been endorsed, he said. by the
administration leaders, yet it conferred
an authority and a power upon this
country as absolute as was possessed
by the cZar of Russia
What is Imperialism" Senator Berry
asked, if it be not the assertion of such
a power as is asserted by the resolution
of Senator Beveridge?" He declared
his unalterable< opposition to such a
declaration and believed the people o. 4
the United States would not approve so
plain a violation of the constitution.
Senator Berry did not admit that the
"a poppy NALS II OolSSo VI
the Lord in the appointed work of CIV
ilizing the Philippines. He said that
when men asserted that they were the
trustees of the Lord he wanted some
more substantial proof of the assertion
han their own word; that such a trus-
teeship ultimately would destroy the
foundations of the government He
argued in favor of the Bacon resolution
and sal if that were adopted today,
not another gun would be fired in the
Philippine revolution and all the ma
terial advantages sought by Senator
Beveridge would be gained.
He placed the responsibility of the
insurrectiOn upon the president, declar-
ing that If his proclamation had not
been isSued not a gun would have been
fired, and not a drop of our soldiers
blood would have been shed. He said
that, in his opinion, the president had
issued that proclamation unwfllingly;
that he had been forced into the posi-
ton he now occupied by scheming poll
ticians. The wrong could be repaired
by the adoption of the Bacon resolu-
tiOnS.
PETTIGREW SPEAKS AGAIN.
Senator Pettigrew resumed mis- speech
upon the general Philippine question,
his text being his resolution of in
quiry. He said the logical conclusion
of a policy OF denying freedom to 9TH
erS would b. the destruction of the re-
public. He discussed at length the
constitutional questions involved in the
administrations Philippine policy. He
then entered Upon a sharp attack on
the treaty made by the Americans with
the sultan of Sulu. He charged that
pOlygamy and slavery were not only
endorsed, but maintained by the Unit
r d States through this treaty. He de-
AIRED that the republican party was
kinn ont 0f n0y-A1- ne tho m
If slavery and a r~epudiator of the dec
laration of independence.
At 2 O'Clock the financial bill, as the
unfinished business, was laid before the
senate. By unanimous consent it was
arranged that Senator PettigreW should
conclude his speech and be followed by
Senator WilcOtt with a brief reply, be-
fore consideration of the ~inancia bill
should be resumed.
Senator Pettigrew cited Egypt as one
of the countries brought under EngllSh
''cfvilizfng sway AS a result, over
$500 minions of the English govern
ment were wringing from the OPP
pressed people in Egypt in the nam
of civilization. Ireland, Cathol1c Ire
land, was also bowed down the
English yoke. If we desired to make
war on Catholics, however, we could
find them nearer home. Aside from
all these considerations, Senator Petit
grew argued that the Americans could
not dominate the Philippines 1t was
an historical fact, he asserted, that
the Aryan race could not live in the
tropics. He contended that trade did
not follow the flag and that We nave
to ship our supplies there.
He referred to the competing of our
working men with 5000, 900 cheap work
ems in the Philippines, the taxing to
support an army of occupation n
what he called the subsidy of ships to
carry trade that the trusts might ex-
ploft the labor OF the Philippines. To
hold the FilipinoS without their con-
sent. he said, gave the lie to every
Fourth of July Grafton eve de1vered
in this country. He agreed with Lin
coin that a house divided against ftseir
could not stand.
WOLCOTTS SCATHING REPLY
Senator wolcott. of Colorado. bio
ed. He said u first duty is to qusil
the irsurrection. When that prevail
ed il was time enough to bring order
out of the chaos that existed there. He
would not have replied at all save Tor
the remarkable and Incorporate ut
terances of the senator from u
Dakota. No better demonstration or
the value of the senate as a puolc
forum could be found than this speech:
There were in this country 1O,OOO,OOO OF
DeSrple. good. bad and Indifferent In
the warm sunshine some saw only the
shadows: behind every good action they
looked for a lurking sinister p
There was but a steep from lndlvldual
To national hatred, hatred OF the coun-
try which nourished n protected
them. Tt was fitting that such people
should be represented here. And L
EnS,v of no man so fitted to- speak for
them as the senator from South Dako-
"a" said Senator Wolcott, turning his
eyes upon Senator Pettlgrew VINO SAT-
close to him, and who steadlly return
ed the gaze of his a~sSailant-
During all the years 1 nave Known
him., continued Senator Wolcou., L
never knew him to say a kind or TREND
Nv word about a single person or a
single cause. 1t IS not IT. uao
that such persons as / have mentloneu
should be represented here. tnal Inels
views should be aired and ventliaueu
but it is of great Importance that pnuSe
views may serve as a warning TO 0he
young men who II growing 20 nia n-
h11J on7 1,pon Wh0un EVENTUALLY IlS