The Harrison times., 1901-01-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. DC, Jan. Z. 1901
From Our Regular Correspondent


The debate in the senate on the Ar
my bill has brought out several in
teresting points. The administra-
tion senators have been compelled TOD
ackno wledge that the situation iuj
the Philippines is to-day worse than
it was when Mr.. Mckinley wrote1
his message to congress, and that il
is more likely to grow worse than
better in the near future; that in anyj
event a large number of troops sl
quite as MANY. if not more than are
there now, must be kept on the isl
lands for an indefinite period Ser
ator Hoar resumed his old positior5g
of antagonism to the Mckinley Phil
ippine policy, and urged that IL
Filipino leaders be given a hearing
at Washington, and that the policf5
of determination be Abandoned
Senator Caffery denounced the Arul3
bill, because its real purpose-the a
termination of the Filipinos wa
masked, and declared that althoua
this sort OF thing might be call
benevolent assimilation, it VI
no less tyranny and simply a sup
imposed yoke of imperialism Sena-
tor Teller began his speech by pre-
dieting that 100000 instead of1OO,-
900 men provided by the bill, would
be needed to carry out the present
policy, and that for century to
come the islands would have to be
heavily garrisoned. He referred to
his having, two years ago, in d
speech, laughed at the idea of any
thing imperialIstic being seen under
the American flag, and added i'm
pressively: Il now retract that as
sertiOn." He characterized the ac-
tions of the present Philippine com
mission as gross Imperialism uneq
ualcd anywhere on the face of the
earth, and said, Under the law they
have a right to be there, but under
Gods law, which is higher, they
have no place there at all. Their ac-
tiOns are the worst form of imperial
ism" In reply to a question from
Senator Cafferv, Mr.. Teller said:
"As Mr. Lincoln announced in re-
gard to the Mexican war, war
that he did not believe in, he would
vote for such force as the govern
ment needed so have no doubt that
aslcng as the flag floats from the Phil
ippine Archipelago, | will (reluctant
as NAV bel vote to maintain the
army and the flag there If that is
illogical, it is illogical because there
is no better wav out of it" In clos
ing Mr.. Teller fired this broadside at
Mr.. Mckinley: The president has
assured us that there is no danger of
imperialism, but if imperialism can
be made worse than it is now in the
Philippines, you'll have to increase
the ability of the human mind for
absolutism."
Senator Jones, of Ark, has offered
resolution for an investigation by
the senate committee on military
affairs OF the charges of croOkedness
in connection with a combine of of
ficials to control the Philippine out
put of hemp, made by Maj E. L.
Hawkes., against Col Heistand, and
some other prominent officials. In
a few remarks on the necessity for
the investigation, Senator Jones
says: The ex-army officer, Mai.
Hawkes. has been removed from the
public service, as the newspapers
state, and it is stated by one of the
secretaries, on account of his being
guilty of some bad conduct The ru
mors are that the other man was
guilty as he was in connection with
those things If it is true that the
man who remains in public service
is equally as guilty as the man who
was removed, the facts ought to be
known If there has been anv in
famous conduct of that sort, it
should be understood" In a letter
to Secretary Root, Mai. Hawkes.
says of his charges: 81 will simply
say they are true, or Adj Gen Cor
bin. Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn,
Gov. Allen, and Judge Boyd mistate
the facts as to their connection with
the proposed hemp company"
That many inventors should have
desired to file the first applica tlnn-
for a L. s. patent in the 20.h CEN
tury was natural The honor was
secured by DR.. Calvin Pollock, of
Kirksville, Mo, through the energy
OF Messrs c. A. Snow & Co Wash
inoton u { his attO,nevS