The daily sentinel., 1901-01-30
and Junction. Colorado. Wednesday. January 80. 1901
TONNES TALK.
Senator From Minnesota Makes
An Impassioned Address on
Philippine Question.

thrilling scene 10 the senate today. On
the very threshold of President Nc Kin.
ley's attempt to force congress to abdicate
it's whole civil power over the Philippine
islands. Senator Towne made three
hour speech in favor Of Philippine indie
pendepce, speech that will rank with
any Grafton since Webster.
Again and again the galleries an SON.
ate applaudsd his lofty appeal for justice
and mercy, and when he finished he was
surrounded by his colleagues and greeted
like hero.
It'was Senator Towne's first speech on
the floor, and it was his last.
Ten minutes after he sat down his sue
cessor took his oath and the orator who
had dominated tho scene for hours,
sweeping all before him by the force and
beauty of his extraordinary sloquence
left the place.
The announcement that 1owne was to
speak on the Philippine question filled
every seat in both public and reserved
galleries. A number of representatives
came over from the house and stood on
the floor during the entire time occupied
by Mr.. Towne in delivering the address,
The attendance of senators was also very
large.
Mr.. Towne closed at 3:15 having
spoken just three hours. There was a
round Of applause shortly before he
closed which the presiding officer checked
with a warning TO the galleries, but the
galleries broke again into applause a.
Mr.. Towne closed. He was heartily con-
graduated by senators and representa-
tives. ass
Immediately follas,shs Nj. Town.'s
speech, the credentials o. bis successor
Mr.. Clapp, OF Minnesota, were present.
ed, and, after being sworn in, the new
senator took his seat and Mr.. Towne re-
tired.
The following is Mr. Towpes perora-
ton:
"The retention Of the Philippines will
commit US to the whole programme of
empire. There is law among nations,
as Hamlet says there is among men, by
which bad appetite grows by what it
feeds on. No nation in history has re-
sisted it, and to every nation that has
yielded to it, it has brought disaster
Athens succumbed to it and perished.
Rome INDUCED the mad ambition and
folio we'd it to her doom. 1t was the ruin
OF Venice 1t will work the destruction
OF England, in my opinion. ere the close
Of this fateful century. Are we, with all
the lessons of history before us, to prove
tho next victim OF this insatiate passion,
the greatest, most lamentable, most
gratuitous sacrifice in all human
tragedy?
~ do not wish to convey the impress
sion that in my opinion the present pol
icy will at one fell swoop convert this re-
public into an empire in fact. But do
say that tho seeds of empire lurk in this
policy and in time will bring them to
their flower and fruit unless we make a
seasonable prevention.
"Godspeed the day when tho American
people, whose annals blaze with records
Of unequalled heroism and who again
and always, if some great cause demand
it, would freely pay with life itself, the
price of its defense, shall have the moral
courage to do their civic duty-a rarer
thing than to face undaunted tho can
mons mouth-and with their sovereign
voice declare that this unholy war for
greed and empire shall be stopped, and
that no soldier Of the United States shall
ever again in all our history be sent to
other lands to war on people fighting for
their liberty.
II shall not willingly cease to dream of
the twentieth century devoted to the de-
monstration, the first and only one in
history, that q government Of the people.
for the people and by the people, need
not perish from the earth. There is an
inspiration in the thought that to our ba-
loved country may be reserved the cul-
minsting glory Of the ages in crownipg
with success the long experiment of
righteous self government"
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