Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-19
Senior Massachusetts Senator Op-
poses Policy Of the Ad-
ministration.
pERlLous PATH TO ENTER UPON
Believes "Imper,a," Policy Will
Wreck the Republican Party.
Sees No Hop, in Following
Bryan, However,.
Senator Hoar's Speech.

Socatlng sell government.
Senator Hoar's Speech.
Senator Hoar began his address by
speaking of the prosperous condition
OF the American people at the close of
the war with Spain. He told of the
glory of that conflict and of the vic
tory in the interest of liberty. He
praised McKinley's course at that
time, saying that in his Judgment he
was the pest Beloved president who
had sat in the chair since Washing
ton. Continuing, he said:
The American people, so far as I
know, all agree that victory brought
with it the responsibility of protect
ing the liberated people from the Gu
pidity of any other power until they
could establish their own independ-
ence in freedom and in honor. / stand
here today to plead with you not to
abandon the principles that brought
those things to pass. / implore you
to keep to the policy that made the
country great; that made the repub-
lican party great; that made the pres
ident great. If When we made the
treaty of peace we had adhered to the
purpose we declared when we declared
VIZ; if we had dealt with the Philip
pine islands as we promised to deal,
have dealt and expect to deal with
Cuba, the country would have escaped
the loss of 5000 brave soldiers, anoth-
er thousand wrecked and shattered
lives, the sickness of many more, the
expenditure of hundreds of millions,
and what is far worse than all, the
trampling under foot of the cherished
ideals. do not expect to accomplish
anything for liberty in the Philippines
but through the republican party
Upon it the fate of these islands. for
years to come, depends. cannot look
with any favor upon Bryan as an
alternative.
II believe not only that perserver-
ance in the present policy will be an
abandonment of the principles upon
which our government was founded;
that it will change our republic into
an empire; that our methods of legis-
lation, diplomacy and administration
must hereafter be those belonging to
an empire and not those which belong
to republics; but 1 believe that per-
sistence in this attempt will result in
the defeat and overthrow of the re-
publican party"
Constitutional Aspect.
Touching upon the constitutional
aspect of the question at issue SEN
ator Hoar said:
II hold that in this acquisition of
territory, holding and governing can
be only the means for the constitu-
tional end
Following this Senator Hoar
traversed the constitutional and in
ternational field Of the Philippine
controversy, covering much the same
ground he and others have covered
heretofore in the pending discussion.
Adverting to the authority to be found
fnsthe declaration of independence for
expansion Senator Hoar declared:
"There is expansion enough in it.
but expansion of freedom and not
despotism, of life and not of death.
Never was such growth in all hui
man history as that from the seed
Thomas Jefferson planted. 1t has COW
cred the continent. 1t is on both seas.
tionizing Europe. 1t is the expansion
sci, pinchbeck. pewter expansion as
the growth of a healthy youth into a
strong man differs from the expansion
victim. Ours is the expansion of
Thomas Jefferson. Yours is the eN.
pansion of Aaron Burr. 1t is des-
tined to short life and q like fate.
Consent of the Governed.
"In every accession of territory this
country has ever made it recognized
fully the doctrine of the consent of
the governed and the doctrine that
territory so acquired must be held to
be made into states.
You tried to govern men of other
races than your own at home for a
hundred years. You dealt with the
Indian; you dealt with the negro
close at hand, knowing all about
them. And now you go forth to lag
your yoke on 100000 of them.
suppose you feel encouraged by your
success. There are 1O,OOO,O0O or more
1000 miles away, of whom you know
nothing. You go forth iauntily and
boastingly as Louis Napoleon went to
meet his doom at Sedan
Senator Hoar discussed at great
length, the Philippine rebellion and
the causes which i'll his opinion led
up to it. He made an earnest and Wig
orous defense of the Filipinos, espe-
cially Aguinaldo, whom he declared
to be brave, honest and patriotic.
Senator Hoar maintained his we'll.
known position. He declared that the
Filipinos had achieved independence;
that the United States made them its
allies and was bound to recognize
their Independence: that they had
proved themselves fit for such indie.
pendence, and capable of self govern.
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