The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-01-11
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER

ASHlNGTON, ~. u, Jan alS tln.
Mr.. EDIToR:-The debate in the Senate
on the Army bill has brought out several
interesting points. The Administration
Senators have been compelled to acknowl
edge that the situation in the Philippines
is to- day worse than it was when Mr.. Nc
Knley wrote his message to Congress,
and that it is more likely to grow worse
than better in the near future; that in any
event large number of troops, quite as
many, if not more than are there now,
must be kept on the islands for an indefi-
mite period. Senator Hoar resumed his
old position Of antagonism to the Mckin-
ley Philippine policy, and urged that the
Filipino leaders be given a hearing at
Washington, and that the policy of OK
termination be abandoned. Senator CAT
ferry denounced the Army bill, because its
real purpose-the determination of the
Filipinos-was masked, and declared that
although this sort of things might be
called benevolent assimilation" it was
no less tyranny and simply superimposed
yoke of Imperialism. Senator Teller be-
gan his speech by predicting that 100000,
instead of the 100000 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 speech, laughed at the
idea of anything imperialistic being seen
under the American flag, and added i'm
pressively: II now retract that assertion"
He characterized the actions of the present
Philippine Commission as gross imperial
ism unequaled anywhere on the face of
the earth, and said: Under the law they
have right to be there, but under Gods
law, which is higher, they have no place
there at all. There actions are the worst
form of imperialism" In reply to ques-
ton from Senator Caffrey, Mr.. Teller said:
LAS Mr.. Lincoln announced in regard to
the Mexican war, a war that he did not
believe in, he would vote for such force
as the government needed so l have no
doubt that as long as our flag floats from
the Philippine Archipelago, I will, reluc
tant as | may be, vote to maintain the
army and the flag there. If that is illogi-
Cal, it is illogical because there is no ct
ter way out of it," Ia closing, Mr.. Tell +
fired this broadside at Mr. Mex nlev:
The President has assured US that there
is no danger of Imperialism, but if i'm
perialism can be made worse than it is
now in the Philippines, you'll have to in
crease the ability of the human mind for
absolutism.'
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, has offered
a resolution providing for an investiga-
ton by the Senate Committee on Military
Affairs of the charges of crookedness in
connection with combine of officials to
control the Philippine output of hemp.
H eistand and some other prominent Off
cials. In few remarks on the necessity
for the investi cation, Senator Jones says:
"Tbe eX-army officer Major Hawkes. has
been removed from the public service, as
the newspapers state, and as it is stated
by one of the Secretaries, on account Of
his being guilty of some bad conduct.
The rumors are that the other man was as
guilty as he was in connection with those
things. If it is true that the man who re-
mains in the public service is equally as
guilty as the man who was removed the
facts ought to be known. If there has
been any infamous conduct of that sort it
should be understood' In letter to
Secretary Root, Major Hawkes. says of
his charges: Il will simply say they are
true, or Adjutant General Corbin, ASsis
tant Secretary Meiklejohn, Gov. Allen,
and Judge Boyd msstate the facts as to
their connection with the proposed hemp
company"
Representative Williams, of Mississippi,
came very near voicing the sentiments of
conservative members of the House, re-
gardlcss of politics, when he said, in a