Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-07
CHAMP qARK'S LETTER
Senator Towne's Master
full Speech.
H0AR'S POINTED COMMENT.
Said That All of Towne's State
ments Were True.
HOW REPUBLICANS MADE ANSWER

Immediately Swore In tl.e Orators
Successor Brilliant Opening and
Noble Closing of n Great Address.
Greeted by Vociferous Applause
From the Galleries - Addicks of
Delaware In the Role of Dog In
the Manger-Nebraskn's Senatorial
Middle still BofIing-ship Subsidy
Steal Certain to Go Through.
Especial Washington letter.
Charles A. Towne closed his brief
senatorial career with a masterful
great speech on the Philippine ques-
ton. The Washington Post, which
stands with the administration on that
subject, says that Towne drew the lar
gest audience which the senate has
seen this session of congress- 1t even
notes the astounding fact 'that at one
Towne with great interest Towne's
speech must have been clincher to
work that miracle, for no man in
Washington has his mind more thor
oughly made up on the Philippine and
all other questions. e., it is made up
to do precisely what the administration
wants done.
| was told by yeracious statesman
that when Towne finished the chcrubic
Hoar, who spoke volubly against Nc
Kinley's Philippine policy but who
voted for Mckinley. said to another
Republican senator: why didn't some
one on our side make that speech? All
he says is true, and the documents ON
which it is based are open to every
body's inspection.
The Washington Post remarks fur
ther. with a sort of ghoulish glec, that
Towne's speech was to swear in Sena-
tor Clapp, his Republican successor. be-
fore Towne's friends and admirers had
ceased to congratulate him and before
he had gathered up his manuscript.
That is a fine piece of sarcasm. surely!
ssT'he answer of the Republicans was
sheer brute force and answered
Towne's speech about as much as if
Boiler Maker Jeffries, heavyweight
champion of the world, had knocked
him down at the conclusion of his re-
marks.
1t must be said for Senator Clapp
that it was an exceedingly gracious
thing for him TO defer ms taking VI
the oath of office long enough to give
Towne time to deliver an grafton
which bids fair to become historic.
take off my hat to Senator Clapp Of
Minnesota.
Exordium Versus Pcroration.
Did anybody ever notice the fact that
most people take it for granted that
the peroration of a speech is certain
to be its finest part? AS a matter of
| fact the exordium frequently equals
and sometimes excels the peroration.
Nearly every one who reads this can
repeat offhand verbatim OF in sub
stance Webster's peroration in his
"Reply to Hayne," beginning when
my eyes shall be turned" etc. But
not one in thousands remembers word
of the magnificent exordium, which, in
grandeur of thought splendor of die
/ ton, felicity of expression, is about on
par with the peroration which every
body knows by heart and which every
body has declaimed at school. That
cxordium is as follows:
"Mr. President, when the mariner
has been tossed for many days in
thick weather and on an unknown sea.
he naturally avails himself of the first
pause in the storm, the earliest glance
Of the sun, to take his latitude and
ascertain how far the clements have
driven him from his true course. Let
lis initiate this prudence and before we
float farther on the waves of this de
bate refer TO the point from which we
| departed, that we may at least be able
| to form some conjecture where we arc
now."
Splendid Beginning.
It's ten to one shot that Towne'
peroration will be widely printed and
/ the exordiun neglected. / hereby
snatch from Oblivion that splendid ex
/ ordium. 1t is in these words:
Mfr. President, the presentation on the l0tf
~.
/ (Sir. Teller of petition signed by more thar
1000 inhabitants of the city of Manila was an un
4 exampled and most remarkable circumstance
/ Whatever the future has in store, this documen
is historic. 1t is spread upon the records of thu
senate There it must remain SO long as ou
1 archives are preserved To all coming ages it
i mute eloquence will speak with most mraculou
organ Either it will have proved quickenint
appeal to the ancient spirit of the republic or il
my opinion, its rejection must dedicate the twen
iieth century to a reaction prejudicia, il moi
i fatal, to free institutions.
Who are the signers Of this petition? They ar
teaceable tradesmen merchants lawyers, doctors
teachers, mechanics and artisans at Manila. Whom
do they represent? They claim to speak the senti
ments and aspirations of the Philippine people
| OF what do they complain? OF the assertion owe
4 them by force of arms of alien and arbitrary
rule. What nation thus asserts its power agans
them? The republic of the United States o
America. What is it they desire? independence
/ and self government. To whom do they presen
their appeal? Let the answer be made in th
words Of the petition itself
''We have not hesitatcd, therefore, to presen
this appeal to the United States congress- trusting
that the latter may better understand the rea
aims and aspirations of our people. Therefore tn
Philippine nation, bearing in mind not only th
heroic history Of America, but also her sacred ira
ditions, her humanitarian doctrines and her deaio
persecution of men struggling to be free agains
greater odds and greater wrongs than those whicl
| inspired the fathers OF the American republic. w
ask this Of Americans in the name Of Washington
in the name Of Jefferson, in the name OF Lincoln
in the name of justice and in the name OF Co
eternal Judge Of the world
Sir, confess that this appeal moves me. Wha
American can remain inscnsible to the unhapp
plight Of o small and relatively feeble people en-
gagged in a hopeless contest with vastly stronge
antagonist for the sacred privilege of self govern
ment? Is not there something infinitely patheti
in the Circumstance that we should today be usin
s the very power conferred upon US by our libertie
to subjugate weaker nation invoking those yer
liberties against us and whom our own glofiou
example inspires to resist our aggression? Thei
summons in the name Of Washington, Jefferso
and Lincoln to challenge justice in the court
heaven is most solemn adjuration. Never herr
tofore would the United States have hesitated I
stake its cause on such issue. Do we dare I
do it now7
In my opinion, Mr.. President, the prayer Of th
people should be granted. Not less advantae
than Justice not less glory than duty, demands
As tending to support this contention, therefor
propose, as briefly as is consistent With the IN
| portance Of the subject and considering that
tention has been heretofore repeatedly called
them in this chamber to review the circun
stances OF the origin OF our interest in the Phl
| ippines the conditions existing in ths isianos