The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-10
SENATOR HOAR
ANSWERS QUIGC
Replies to the Representatives
Essex Club Address.
DOES NOT WANT US To SKULK.
Policy Outlined for Cuba Should Be Carried
Out Ia Philippines.
AGUlNALD0 HONEST AND PATRIOTIC.
Sen,'~ STs This is Prosn BY tho Dispatches
Ssnl By Animal uswsy and Gen. OTIS FI-
pInos Capable Of SsE-Gosrnmsnt

washington, Jan. Ex-senator Hoar
or Massachusetts has made public :,
long letter he has addressed to the edi-
tors ot the Journal, Advertiser, Herald
asd Globe of Boston. i'm answer 10 a
speech made by Representative Ouigg
al the Essex clab the last saturday
hisht an December. In phis speech Mr..
0u'sg' referring TO senator Hoars al
ti'ude on the Philippine question. de-
CARED mat the senator wants us I,
skulk from our duty" Senator Hoar
takIs the words quoted as his text. He
says:
wish to put against his statement
my 1npnauc denial. What | want the
Aineilttn people 10 do is 10 do i'm The
Fhllippines exactly what We have done.
are doing and expect TO do in cuba
We nave liberated both from Spain ana
W IA e had no thought.Of giving eth
ef baCk TO Spain. Having delivered
Them from Spain We were bound I'm All
nohof 10 protect their newly acquired
hpctty against the ambition or greed nf
any other nation on earth And we
Nt'e equally bound TO protect them
aga nst our own. We were bound to
stand by them. a defender and prttec-
established in freedom and in honor:
uhul they had made treaties with the
powers or The earth and were as Sc
cure IN their national Independence as
SWltEefhnd ~ secure or as San Domin-
go or Venezuela is secure.
Now, II this BE q policy OF skulkjng
frcm duty. I fail TO see IT,
IT we were bound in honor and
righteousness AS matter Of principle
70 abs ain from depriving cuba OF thu
lDCrty we bad given her because n was !
a right. we are In my judgment all the |
more bound TO abstain from depriving /
me people OF the Philippines nf their |
liberty because il is right.
~ am right IN affirming this as
matter Of principle. then the question
becomes question " fact.
are the people OF the Philippines as
Wei entitled 10 their freedom and indie
pendence as the people of Cuba?
Had they contributed az much ia
achieving their indeps psndence as had the
people 81 Cubap
Do they desire their Independence
rs DO tho peonlc Of Cuha?
Are they ft to govern themselves
~ are ihe people of Cuba7
'flave hev forfeited their right 10
their Independence bv any misconduct.
"a - aF--at lacking the army of tho
United Sta-es wantonly and without
Now he facts which erable Us 20
'nsWer on these Questions. about which
~" peon'e have been so much misIed
'n' 20 he Last summer conre to ne MT .
"~"th from the representative of tho
W." n'~"~ - o'r army aud navy In
ne Phit'0N'~"s 7 hove two Witnesses
@ -"'l. c.. Ot'~ "nd Admiral Dewey.
lFut bef"~" "'ir~ the evidence l.t j
No sfate v.No' would do todav as 7 :
owe statad 'rhnf d~7ired ~ do before
- var h"nke --'' 7 would scra Ge,
V" j ~ Gov. Nn's or Admiral Dawe,.
' nZ0n. 7 Warld hove gather amour |
~ ''hipet 90 tho bae' men ornonc
''' n'"oS. "-N h~va tho coofdenoc 20
r no nnople "nd d~e'~e No .ain~ brt
neif W fare. III al provinces and mn
lo'nal'ties whore civil eovernn1ent y,
oW established possessing the conf
"0"e ot the people I would consult
I'm their rulers aud represputatj1es
""uld led N" a'd of the army ontV
: Keen order 7 would permit Tho pen-
y" 10 mako p0d admin ster l,vs euh
.rt TO sunarv sion ~ peacs has settled
'" n aTaln uDNn hat country So soon
: " 90 Ms the go~ernmeut can r,aip-
'n t'saif neacefulv and IN order
QUO bv deorees Withdraw the author
V M ih" United St~res. making a
e'ir with th"m that We would pro-
- hfm against the cupicity of any
her nation "Nd would lend our aid !
n q reasonable time To mafntair or
r ana law ' would not her'ta'o ir
We're reedful 20 vote To make them
loan or moderate sum to replenish
cir wasted trea surv."
Senator Fonr's letter tbcp osscrt~ |
80 'ho f'eN7' he's Of Adn,irai Dewey
~ Fen OTIS tsoNe of the latter read
N'r' b s9vs h7vi~q haeu u.itl,AsiJ
rs f9~ fror' nuhiic Sr -'vledee) os.qh-
" among otN@- thin~~ 'l,a' Aquirotd.,
p. e. n'f~oii" arf ''~ oh hoeen lead
~ Tho 0"0n'e or thN Phutnplnas
Ihot fN't Uc0n'n lr'.- from, .ba no
'r'r~ desi'od ind -nepdaooa. r,-t tba,.
- f"~ ir6"perdenoe: tho. g., ont
ak cf hoe ii'''cs --o4 .,-t tb.fr rorrt -
? oiire: nvf ftot Cow Ottc o., o-,a,,l
th" p"0sidcp's nrcota a,.,attc.- hoforn as
WE y as 20 aasu~o tNo Ftini,os "a'
- " woe tho n'rnoeo of -, pacnl, Ito
tho T-r'tod States ~ s-gve then, "lr 7
'"v 10ssilNo wav tho ruti r,,-., -,,... ~ ch,
f"''"7l rig'te o~i IN -',. which Is of
heritage ~ a free peonie" rot