Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-04-18
SPEECH By H0AR
Venerabls Senator Begins His
Argument on Philippine
Question.
Intense Interest in the Address
Was Manifested by the
Senators.
Constitutionality Of the Question.
What He Would Do. With
Them.

Them.
WASHINGTON, April 18.-At the be-
ginning of the session Of the senate a
bill was passed granting to soldiers Of
the Mexican war pensions. of $12 a.
month in certain cases. ;& =. s.@
After the transaction of the routine
business Mr.. Hoar addressed the senate
on the Philippine question. Intense in
terest was manifested in the address by
senators. Mr.. sHoar's position upon the
subject was well understood, but, as it
was known, too, that the speech was to
be one Of the greatest Mr.. Hoar ever
delivered, from his point of view, the
interest in the utterance was intensified.
Mr.. Hoar took for his text the resolu-
ton Of Mr.. Beveridge Of Indiana, de-
claring that the Philippine islands are
territory belonging to the United States
and that the United States government
must govern the archipelago. Mr..
Hoar spoke with deliberation, but
scarcely with his usual forcefulness.7
He requested his colleagues not to inter
rupt him in the course of his speech, in
dicating that the state of his health rem
dered it undesirable that he should en-
ter into a running debate.
Mr.. Hoar began his address by speak
ing 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 a victory in the in
terest of liberty. He praised President
Mckinley IS course at that time, saying
in his Judgment he was the best beloved
president who ever sat in the chair of
Washington. .S
Continuing, he said: I.
.'The American people, so far as 1
know, were all agreed that their victory
brought with it the responsibility of
protecting the liberated peoples from
the cupidity of any other power until
they could establish their own inde-
pendence in freedom and in honor.
81 stand here today to plead with
yon not to abandon the principles that
have brought those things to pass. B /
implore you TO keep to the policy that
has made the country great, that has
made the Republican party great, that
has made the president great. T.:
When we. made the treaty OF
peace, we had adhered to the purpose
we declared when we declared war; if
we had dealt with, the Philippine ISL
ands as We promised to deal, have dealt
and l expect to deal with Cuba, the coun-
try would have escaped the loss OF 5000
brave soldiers, other thousands Of
wrecked and shattered lives, the sick
ness OF many more, the expenditure of
hundreds OF millions, and, what is far
worse than all, the trampling under
foot OF its cherished ideals. T.:
Constitutionality of the Question.
q Touching upon the constitutionalitv
Of the question at issue Mr.. Hoar said.
AZ hold that this ACQUISITION of territory.
holding and governing. can be onlv .
means for a constitutional end. And 7
maintain that Won can no more hold
and govern territory than Won can hold
and, mana pe cannon or fleets for anv
other than q constitutional end ), =
Fnl1oxuino, This Mr.. Hoar. fro varsad tha
constitutional and international field of
the Philippine controversy covering
much Of the same ground he and others,
have covered heretofore in the nending
discussion. rs :
Adyerting to the authority to be found
in the declaration of Independence for
expansion, Mr.. Hoar declared: ..There
is expansion enough in it. but il Is the
expansion Of freedom and not Of despot.
ism; Of life, not Of death; never lev was
snch growth in all human history as