Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-02-28
SENATE
Settles Fate of
! Philippines.
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Will Also Keep Strong
Hold on Cuba.
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Senator Hoar DenOunces
;, j. Policy
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Of the Administration
as Despotism.
Warm Session of the Senate Wed.
nesday Night.

nesday Night.
Washington, Feb. 2s.-(Spl)-Demo
Gratis Populists and Silver Republicans
last night permitted the Republicans
in the Senate to adopt the amend
ments to the army appropriation bill
providing for the civil government of
the Philippines and bearing upon the
relations which are to exist between
the United States and Cuba.
The isshe is great triumph for
President Mckinley, and has been ac,
complished by the application of prac,
tical politics. Appropriations in which
Democrats We're interested were held
back and other appropriations We're
agreed to, but more influential than
these things was the threat of the
President to call Congress in extra
session unless it enacted this legisla-
tion.
The vote on which the Spooner, or
Philippines, amendment was adopted,
was the test. 1t was 40 to 81. When
this was announced it was perfectly
clear that the Cuban amendment would
have clear sailing.
The Cuban amendment was taken up
shortly before IL o'clock and after sew
eral fruitless attempts to amend it was
adopted. at 1910 by vote of 43 to 20.
The principal struggle was over the
third section, which Senator Jones of
Arkansas tried to have amended so as
to prevent interference by the United
States in the domestic affairs of Cuba.
This was voted down by vote of 81
to AZ, and an amendment offered by
Senator Foraker in different language
II accomplish the same purpose, was
voted down by an equally decisive ma
jority.
Mr.. Hoar, the Massachusetts Senator,
expressed the conviction that a great
change is going on in the minds of the
American people and of the Republican
party as to the policy to be pursued in
the Philippines. Although" he said,
81 am opposed to the proposition con-
tanned in this amendment to commit
to five men despotic power over 12,0OO,-
600 of men. Yet | bear in mind that
that power is now and will be for some
time in the future exercised by one
man. l do not therefore think it wise
to bring on an extra session of Congress
by what would in the end be unavail,
ing opposition"
Mr.. Hoar predicted that the proposed
legislation would wipe out the last
hope that the example of the United
States is to continue to work out its
great result in the ideas of down trod.
den people of the rest of the world"
"You may" he declamed, in conclus'
ion, talk about benevolent assimila'
tion and use other honeyed phrases
but your act is pure, simple, undiluted
unchecked despotism." ~.
Mr.. Tillman Is. c. declared Con
gress was about TO abandon its prero
gatives and turn them over to an oil
garchy-a new despotlsni-of five men
to be appointed by the President.
Mr.. Lindsay, Qly.) made n brief ar
gument against the Spooner Philippine
amendment. His principal objection
10 the proposition was that it added
nothing to the security of the Philip
pine people and opened the door to ser
ious abuses.
Mr.. Teller gave notice of an amend
ment to the Philippine section as fol
lows; That tie Constitution Of tho
United states is hereby eyteaGed over
ava declared 10 be in force in the