The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-18
HIT HARD BY HOAR.
SIashes McKinley's Philippine Policy
with a Sclmltar.
RARE TRIBUTE TO AGUINALDO.
Compares the Filipino Statcsman.War.
rior with kOssuth and Hale.
M'KINLEY PATTERNS AARON BURR.
II the President and Ills Advisers Keep 1t
Up Republcauism Is Dead.
FlLlPlNOS ARE PROSECUTED PATRIOTS
senator Justined Them Fighting for
Their Homes and Firesides--Ih~
senate Was spclibound.
M'KINlEY PATTERNS AARON BURR.
II the President and Ills Advisers Keep It
Up RepubIlcauism Is Dead.
ARE PROSECUTED PATRIOTS

Washington, April iT.-ror more than three
hours today Mir iioar, the senior senator
from Massachusetts, occupied the attention OF
the sclAto with a speech IN opposttlon 10 the
policy OF "impcrHlism' upou which, he mani
taincd his government has embarked.
As prepared. tho address was hO,0o0 words in
llcnelh. but Mr. Iloer omitted much of it owing
to an lncipiont attack OF the grippe from
which ho was sufferns lie spoke for three
hours aud whilc it was tremendous strain
on him The moro important passages OF the
argument were delivered With force aud sigor.
The speech wns hrnlnntiy written, was
Illuminated with splendid rhetorical fgures
ANA was rich with citations from history. Ono
q the notable parts Of the address WAS the
oulogy Of Agunado Mr.. Hoar did not hken
thu insurgent leader to Washington, as has
been done heretofore. but to Kossuth, Dom
raul. Jnuhert Nathan Hale and other build
ors Of tho church OF liberty. In stateoraft he
iikenod Aguinaldo and his associates in the
Leadership OF tho Fnlplucs to the best minds
over produced IN the Asatic raee-a race
witch handed down to us "tho scriptures of
the Old and New Testamcnts, the poetry OF
pavid, the eloquencc OF isaiah the wisdom
OF solomon ana the profound philosophy Of
Paul"
one OF the most effective parts OF tho ad-
dress was his rancied roll call Of some OF tho
distinguished Statesmen OF the United States
Oh the question OF the retention Of the Phil
ipp.nee. He began with Gooree Washington
and ciescd w.ia William Mckinley, each in
a sentence giving Ii, reason for bis veto.
Every vote was In the resatiya except that
OF Aaron Burr, who voted Yes and sx-
planned; you are repeating my bucoaNasr-
Ing expedition down the Mississippi. an
TO be indicated az Inst
| When tho name Of William Mckinley was
called he replied. There las been a cloud
before my Vision for a moment, but ! SEQ
clearly nov: / go buck TO whit | said two
years ago--'forcible annexation IL criminal
Aggression governments derive their Just
powers from the consent OF the governed, not
OF some OF them, nut az OF them; VII,
stand with tho founders of the republican
party. No"
Tho erect was dramatic as Mr.. Hoar pro-
nouncod his peroraton, The stiffness In tho
chamber WAS intense. Applause swept over
tho galleries, but II was hushed quickly by
tho president pr0 feinpure. la the course OF
his remarks Mr. lioar quoted paragraph
from u recent speech OF Mr., Tllman OF south
carolina in which the Inter had said that tho
people Of the South had shot negroes. stunned
ballot boxes and finally had taken from the
negro .he rights granted by the fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments. Mr. Tlllman rose
10 INTERRUPT him. but Mr.. Hoar declined to
Weld SAYING. II have alluded to the senator
from south Carolina only TO quote his words
aud TO say that be Ia beyond all question ono
Of tho most powerful and conspicuous lead
crs OF the democratic party, ] take Il that
the senator does not consider that as an is-
persion." (Laughtcr)
Mr.. Hoar began his address by speaking OF
the prosperous condition OF the American peo-
pie al the close OF the war with Spain. He
told OF tho glory OF that conflict and OF n VIC
tory In tho interests OF liberty. He praised
saying In his Judgment he was the best be-
loved president who ever sat In the chair OF
Washington.
Continuing he said in part; "The Ancri-
can people so far as ] know were all agreed
that the victory brought with 1t the RESPONSE
blity Of protecting the liberated peoples from
the cupdity OF any other power until they
could establish their own Independence IN
freedom and honor.
u staud here today TO plead with You not
to abandon the principles that have brought
those thngs to pass. | implore you to keep
to tho policy that has made the country great;
that hac made tho republican party that has
tho treaty OF peace, we had adhered 70 the
purpose VIC declared when we declared war;
II we had dealt with the Philippine islands
as wo promised to deal. have dealt and tx-
poet to deal with Cuba the country would
have escaped the loss OF COCO brave soldiers,
other thousands Of wrecked and shattered
lives. the sckness g; uahy more. the ~
penditure Of hundreds OF millions and what
IS far worse than all the trampling under foot
az lts cherished ideals.
II DO not expect TO accomplish anything
for liberty IN the republican marty. In
II the ,ate Of the islands for years 10 come
Is TO depend. I cannot look with any favor