The Forrest City times., 1900-04-20
SENATOR HOAR'S SPEECH.
The Massachusetts Senator Makes His Promised Speech on
 the Philippines.
INTENSE INTEREST WAS MANIFESTED.
He Made an Earnest nBd Vigorous Defense of the Filipinos. Espc- cinliy of Aguiunldo. Whom He Chased with kossuth, Dom Paul, JOubcrt md Other Patriots.


 JOr,bcrt nnd Other Patriots.
 Washington, April 17.-At the be- giI ming of the days session of the seLate q bill was passed granting 10 soldiers of the Mexican war pensions of SIP a month in certain cases.
 After the transaction of the routine business, Mir. Hoar addressed the sen- ate on the Philippines question. In- tense interest was manifested in the address by the senator. Mir. .Hoar's posi- tior on the question was well under stood, but as it was known, too, the speech was to be one of the greatest MT. Hoar ever delivered, from his po.pt of view, the interest in the ut terance was intensified.
 MT. Hoar took for his text the reso- lution of MT. Beveridge, of In- dlana, declaring that the Phil iTpine islands are territory belonging to the United States, and that the United States government must gov ern the archipelago. MT. 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 undesirable that he should enter into running debate.
 Mr. Hoar discussed at great length the Filipino rebellion, and the causes which, in his opinion, led up to it. He made earnest and vigorous defense of tie Filipinos, especially of Aguinaldo, who, he declared, was "brave, honest and patriotic
 He deserves to be remembered with that small band who have given life and everything dearer than life to their country in losing cause. He shall live with Kossuth, with Dom Paul, with Joubert, with Emmett, with Egmont and Horn, with Nathan Hale, with Warren, with all the great martyrs of history whose blood has beer the seed of the church of Hb- erty."
 Mr. Hoar maintained his well-known 1 DC sition that the Filipinos had achieved their independence, that the l United States had made them it's allies, and was bound to rec ognize their independence, and that they had proved themselves fit for such independence and capable | of self-government. As one bit of proof, of their statecraft, he declared: ''The state papers of Aguinaldo, the discussion of the law of nations by his attorney general, the masterly appeal | of Mabini, are products of the Asiatic mind. They are not unworthy of the Asiatic mind, the vehicle through which came to us the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, the po- etry of David, the eloquence of Isaiah, the wisdom of Solomon, the profound philosophy of Paul."
 The senator presented an elaborate defense of the Filipinos against the charge that they were responsible for the present war, fully justifying their action in resisting the American | forces.
 As to what he would do with the Philippines, Mir. Hoar said:
 ''l would declare now that we will not take these islands to govern them against their will.
 ''I would reject a cession of sov- creignty which implies that sovereign ty may be bought and sold and deliv- cred without the consent of the peo- pie.
 ''i would require all foreign govern ments to keep out of these islands.
 ''l would offer to the people of the Philippines our help in maintaining order until they have a reasonable op portunity to establish a government of their own.
 ''I would aid them by advice, if they I desire it, to set up free and inde pendent government.
 'I would invite all the great powers of Europe to unite in an agreement that their independence shall not b, iuterfered with.
 II would declare that the United States will enforce the same doctrin, K applicable to the Philippines tha we declared as to Mexico and Hayt and the South American republics.
 q would then, in a not distant flu ture, leave them to work cut theil own salvation, as every nation or earth, from the beginning of time has wrought out it's own salvation"