The age-herald., 1900-04-18
HOAR'S ADDRESS
 WAS POWERF u He Spoke in Opposition to Policy
 of Imperialism FINE TRIBUTE ID AGU|NALDO He Likened Him to Kossuth, Dom Paul, Joubert and Nathan Hale
 and Builders of the
 Church of Liberty.
FINE TRIBUTE 10 AGU|NALDO

Washington, April 17.-For more than three hours today MT. Hoar, the senior senator from Massachusetts, occupied the attention of the senate with a speech in opposition to the policy of imperialism upon which, he maintained, this govern ment has embarked As prepared, the ad- dress was 50,OO0 words in length, but MT. Hoar omitted much of it, owing to an in- cipient attack of the grippe, from which he was suffering. He spoke Tor three hours. and while it was a tremendous strain on him, the more important passages of the argument. were delivered with force and vigor.
 The speech was brilliantly written, was illuminated with splendid rhetorical fig ures, and was rich with citations from his- tory. One of the notable parts of the ad- dress was the eulogy of Aguinaldo. MT. Hoar did not liken the insurgent leader to Washington, as has been done heretofore, but to Kossuth, Dom Paul, Joubert, Ma than Hale and other builders of the church of liberty. In statecraft he lkened Agui- naldo and his associates in the leadership of the Filipinos to the best minds ever pro- duced in the Asatic race-a race which handed down to us the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, the poetry or David, the eloquence of Isaiah, the wisdom of Solomon and the profound philosophy of Paul"
 One of the most effective parts of the address was his fancied roll call of some of the distinguished statesmen of the United States on the question of the reten- ton of the Philippines. He began with George Washington and closed with Will liam Mckinley each in sentence giving the reason for his vote. Every vote was fs.r< hot of Anr Irr who voted ''yes," and explained: You are repeating my buccaneering expedition down the Mississippi. I am to be vindi- cated at last.''
 A Cloud Before His Vision
 When the name of William Mckinley was called, he replied:
 "There has been a cloud before my vis- ion for a moment but I see clearly now; I go back to what I said two years: 'Forci- ble annexation is criminal aggression; gov- ernments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, not some of them, but all of them I will stand with the founders of the republican; party. No."
 The effect was dramatic as Mf. Hoar pronounced his peroration; the stiffness in the chamber was intense. Applause swept over the galleries, but it was hushed quick Iv by the president protempore. In the course of his remarks MT. Hoar quoted a paragraph from a recent speech e MT. Tillman of South Carolina, in which the latter had said that the south had shot negroes, stuffed ballot boxes and finally had taken from the negro the rights grant ed by the fourteenth and fifteenth amend ments MT. Tillman rose to interrupt him, but MT Hoar declined to yield, saying:
 "I have alluded to the senator from South Carolina only to quote his own words and to say that he is beyond all question one of the most powerful and conspicuous lead
 L. T 4oI~& I. the senator does not consider that as an aspersion." Uaughter).
 Consideration was resumed of the Alas kan code bill, the pending question being the amendment offered by Mr. Hansbrough as to alien location, holding and the trans ferring of mining claims. MT. Spooner 1i Wisconsin and MT. Carter opposed the amendment Without reaching conclu- sion the senate went into executive session, and at 4:55 D. m. adjourned.