The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-10
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hands; and the flood of all the years can
never wash that stain away. In sorrow
rather than anger 1 say these words,
for / earnestly believe that our BROTH
ers knew not what they did
INCAPABLE OF SELF-GOVERNMENT
But. senator's, it would be better to
abandon this combined garden and
Gibralter of the Pacific, and count our
blood and treasure already spent a pro-
ftable loss, than to apply any academic
children. They are not capable of self
government. How could they be? They
are not of a self-governing race. They
are Orientals, Malays, instructed by Span
iards in the latter's worst estate. They
know nothing of practical government eX-
cept as they have witnessed the weak.
corrupt, cruel and capricious rule of
Spain. What magic will anyone employ
to dissolve in their minds and characters
those impressions of governors and gov
erned which three centuries of misrule
have created? What alchemy will change
the Oriental quality Of their blood ana
set the self-governing currents Of the
American pouring through their Malay
veins? How shall they, In the tWinkling
Of Of, an eye be exalfed to the ne1gh.s OF
thousand years for us to reach, Anglo
Saxon though we are?
Let men beware how they employ the
term "self-gOvernment." 1t is sacred
term. 1t is the watchword at the door of
the inner temple of liberty; for liberty
does not always mean self-government.
Self-goyernment Is a method OF liberty.
quired only after centuries of study and
struggle and experiment and instruction.
and all the elements Of the progress Of
man. Self-government Is no base and
common thing, to be bestowed on the
merely audacious. 1t is the degree which
crowns the graduate of liberty, not the
name of Hberty's infant class. who have
not yet mastered the alphabet Of free
dom. Savage blood; Oriental blood; Malay
Blood Spanish example-are these the
elements of self government?
lists. not as We would wish it. I have
talked with hundreds of y these people,
getting their views as to the practical
workings OF government. The great
majority simply do not understand any
participation In any government what
ever.
Mr.. President and senators. adopt the
resolution offered that peace may quickly
regenerating and uplifting work. Adopt
1t and this bloodshed will cease when
these deluded children of our islands learn
sentatives of the American people in
congress assembled. Reject it and the
world. history and the American people
will know where to forever fix the awful
responsibility for the. consequences that
will surely follow such failure to do our
manifest duty. How dare we delay when
our soldiers blood is flowing?
When Mr. Beveridge completed his adj
dress a storm of applause swept through
the galleries, which was prolonged to ;ar1
unusual extent. President Pro TEN. Frye
made a passive effort to repress the
demonstration. Meantime Mr.. Beveridge:
was receiving congratulations of his col
leagues and many members of the house.
MR. HoAR REPLIES.
Mr.. Hoar, who had been a careful lis
tener to the speech of Mr. Beveridge. as
soon as he could make himself heard
said that he had been delighted with the
eloquence Of the senator from Indiana
'I am glad" said he, ito welcome to
the public service his enthusiasm, his
silvery speech and the earnestness with
which he Is disposed to discharge his
duty"
Yet. he added, he had listened in vain
for those words which the American
people have taken on their lips in SOL
emn crises. The words fright and JUS
tice, duty and reform were absent from
the eloquent address. The beauty and
eioquence of the speech had recalled that
incident in which Satan had taken Christ
up into an exceedingly high mountain and
showed Him all the kingdoms of the
world and the glory thereof and promised
Him all should be His if He would but
fall down and worship him, and He re-
piled, Get thee behind Me, Satan
Mr.. Hoar declared that practically
every statement of fact in the speech
had been refuted by government reports
received from Admiral Dewey. Gen. Otis
and other officials.
Where did Spain get her right to sell
the Philippines? Mr.. Hoar asked. Where
did the United States get the right to
buy and sell people like sheep? 1t was
certain that, with all the commerce, hope
from Indiana would not have great In
justice done.
Mr.. Hoar declared the Filipinos had the
Spaniards hemmed in in Manila, and the
latter were obliged TO surrender He did
not believe Mr.. Beveridge would advise
the American people to do this thing, or
to do anything base as to strike down
the infant Filipino republic.
REPORTS QUOTED FROM
The Massachusetts senator made fire.
quent references to and quotations from
reports of Gen. Otis and Admiral Dewey
and other officers in the Philippines.
These showed, he asserted that when
Aguinaldo arrived in LuZon from Hong
Kong the insurgents had an army of 3d.
OG0: that in the island Of Luzon the Fill
pinos maintained courts, schools, munich
pal governments and churches. and that
peace and order prevailed pretty general
ly. Spanish prisoners were kindly treat
ed,
i"Thts," declared Mr.. Hoar. lis the con-
dition of things which 1t Is proposed to