Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-24

Washington. May IS senator
Spooner (Wis) made a notable speech
in favor of his bill providing that upon
the suppression OF the nsurrectou in
the philippines the government Of the
islands shall deyolve upon the preSi-
dent until such time as congress might
direct otherwise. senator Spooner was
almost too i'll to stand, but defended
with characteristic vigor ana eloQuence
the policy Of the administration in the
Philippines, maintaining that no other
policy under the circumstances was
possible and that none other could
nave been adopted without diShOnor to
the country. Late in the afternoon
Senator Carter Of Montana presented
the credentials of Senator Clark. Sem
ator Wellington CMdD presented reSo-
luton to welcome the ENJOYS from the
south African republic and gave notice
that he would speak on the subject
next Monday, Senator Allen offered a
resolution requesting the president TO
transmit to the senate a translation OF
the constitutions Of the South African
Republic and Orange Free Safe. 1t was
adopted. A resolution calling upon
the secretary of war for certain tnfur-
nation regarding the situation of our
affairs in the Philippines passed. The
resolution OF Senator Jones tArkD III
recting the secretary Of war to make a
thorough investigation of operations of
the North American Trust company of
Havana, its organization and its rela-
tons TO this government was adopted
Senator Spooner then spoke on his
bill NO people" said Senator Spoon-
er, can give more evincing evidence
of highest devotion to liberty than WINS
given by the American people when
they demanded the Withdrawn If Sna,r
from Cuba. did not taka
kindly 70 tho acnuisitior a.
the phiIinninas NV tho ,nant,.
Paris and at one time | think /
might have voted against the trcatv's
ratification. But | have never been
able to see how the president could
have concluded treaty with Spain
that did not include the cession of
the Philippine islands. That sentI-
ment, the sentiment for the acaujsi-
zion of those islands, pcrvaded our
entire people. 1t has been commended
we ought to have demanded that
Spain relinqush to us the sovereignty
Of the Philippines" said he. land
then let them be governed by their
own inhabitants; but this could not
have been done. We could not omit
ciailh them TO t1e world in the inter
est oI phlahthropy There has nevc"
Deeh an houf since the capitulaton of
Manila 10 our forces when, without
"'S"oloI 20 our country, we could
nav SAM" away from Mania. Our
"u'H ,neIe was TO MAINTAIN our hon
v. an" "io'''I the 'hhapitahts OF the
senator Spooner then referred to
those senator's VINO nave seemed to
eAuIt sometimes IN coupling the
names OF haIi-cast FiIip'nos with that
Vi our own Washington ana read a
portion OF proclamation issued by
one o. ABnlhaioos leaders warning
'"e rII'pinoS ID Manila That upon
'p'1'"eu "d.e an oiherS De eXter-
'''""''" ",'n""i compassion AFTER the
'A''' ''''",.oh ol t"' army OF occupa-
.,'". was t",'' ever anything
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senator 9p'oher ihen entered upon 4
discussion OF the constitutional phases
OF inc Fhllippihe question. A so-caIied
PhIllpplne republic was in existence
when our troops first invaded Manila
but not such as TO command our recog-
milton. There was in reality no PHI
lipplne nation and it would have been
absurd for rs to attempt to recognize
that which claimed to be such. But for
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Filipinos would aut for that avo,t no