The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-29
MORALS BLUNTED
BYLUST OF EMPIRE
Senator ToWne Spoke on
Philippines.
CEASE HOSTILITIES.
He Charged That We Broke Faith
With Filipinos.
A PREARRANGED EME.
4 PREARRANGED SCHEME.
After Two Years OF Wasting WAR, Dc
ciarcti the Senator. We Hold Only
Such Ground as Our Troops
Stand Upou-.irc Under OBJ
legations TO Give the rco-
pie Independence.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. zS,-The Senate to-
day listened to a speech from Senator
Towne, OF Minnesota, in advocacy Of his
resolution for n cessation of hostfities in
the Philippines. Both the floor md CALLER
les were crowded.
Tic rest. of the day was devoted to the
1naian appropriation bill.
DIR. Frye, the presiding officer, laid be-
fore the Senate a cablegran5' from the
Director OF the T-ede1nl party in the
Philippines, praying authorization for
President Mckinley 10 establish civil gov
erIlment in the Philippines.
R1r Towna then spoke. The charge that
AguinaIdo had sold his country to the
Spapiards7 for q bribe, he deciared, WAS
.gratuitous in its,calumpy, when we con-
slider that the official publications of our
own Government contradict and destroy
it."
The Senator declared that I'VE were in
alliance with the Filipinos, an alliance
sought by ourselves, availed of by us Tor
our own advantage, nnd finally, to our
everlasting shame. repudiated by US when
we found it NO longer necessary and when
luezt of Empire had 50 blunted our moral
ssensibiiities that We could mount from an
act of pcE1idy- no the grand larceny Of
nation
PREARRANGEp SCHEME.
1T is not easy 10 fix with accuracy the
time when The design was formed 10 take
forcible possession of the philippine
Islands" said Mr. Towne. Upon the ar
rival Of General Merritt at Manila, dis
tinct change Of tone was observable be-
tween The United StatesS officers and the
lEilipinps, The altered attitude being so
marked as 10 force the conclusion that
part OF General Merrftts s preaTrallSed
scheme was to manoeIger oGt of an EiWk-
ward iriendlineSs with ,A@I3natdo ana
thus secure footing for the development OF
some secret policy with HNich he had
come already frcighted from Washington
''All doubt of the ,rear'ranSed plan WAS
banisied,'' in Mr.. Towne's opinion by the
president himself. Either the third ar
ticle of the protocol with Spain does not
mean what ii says or the President of the
United States in causing the issuance on
December %, 1885, of his famous beneF"-
lent assimilation proclamation, broke the
ulighted faith OF this Government.
III we are bent npon slaughter, said
he. '.let it he in open Suisc. Let us boldly
raise the sombre flag of international
piracy, whistle scruple down the wind
then close in upon our feehie victim 10 the
cry OF Loot and Glory.
rfr. Towne maintained that the United
States was under the obligation Of COM
,nissioncrs if rot indeed Of alstuai promise
n grant Independence TO che ffiiplnos,
who he contended. We're able l" govern
themselves. As the result OF TWO years
of wasting war, We occupy about ofe-ilFe-
f,,apllreatGl part of that archipelago No
district is really "pacified. We hold the
a,>o1nd our troops stand on, practically
.:otling more.
INEVITABLE DISASTER.
after the elections the resistance in
ilf. Philippines increased and 1T mad peen
announced in the Senate within week
that sixty thousand American soidleFs
would be needed in the islands for an in
definite period.
The retention Of the Philippines Will
commit us to the whole programme Of
erlr,jre. There is Il law among nations DI
Which Il bad appetite grows by what 1t
feeds on No nation in history has resist
cd it aud TO every nation that had yield@d
10 ii, it had brought disaster Athens
s;Ifrcrlnl,ed to IL and perlShed. konne IL
dulged the mad ambition ana followed IL
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 o.
history before us. to prove the next victim
.5t inns lnSatiate passion, me greatest
most lameuiable, most gratuitons sacrifice
IN all Eman tragedy?
SUCCESSOR SWORN.
Immediately following Mr.. Towne's
sneech the credentials of his successor.
Moses L. Clapp, of Minnesota, We're pre-
senttd and he was duly sworn in
TIE credentials OF Joseph W. Bailey as
seaGtor from Texas, and of F- NJ. SIM
mons as senator from North Carolina,
also We're presented.
Mr.. McComas, OF MARYLAND, moved that
the credentials of the North Carolina SEN
atcr DE referred to the Committee on
Privileges and Elections.
Mr.. Chandler. chairman of the Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections. gave as
surance that no rights would be waived
by the present reading of the credentials,
and thercupon Mr.. McComas withdrew his
motion.
The Indian appropriation bill then was
taken up. AIr. Chandler gave notice that
&c the bill WAS not disposed OF tomorrow
he would ask for night sessions
The Senate at o'clock adjourned until
tomorrow.
In the House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S-The major
portion OF the day in the House was oecu-
pied by District OF Columbia business.
The bill TO revise and codify the postal
laws was finally passed. Its friends suc<
ceeded IN confin:ng the measure strictly
to the condi1ication and revision of eN-
ssting laws. All attempts TO amend 1t in
any Vital particular failed
The most interesting feature OF the
day was an attempt to secure a vote upon
the Senate bid. 10 appoint a commission
10 corsider and adjudicate the claims of
United States citizens against Spain,
which this government assumed by sec
tioy seven of the treaty of Paris. These
ALREADY aggregate. S2s,eoo,o 600.
The House at the last session recon-
mitted similar bill with instructions TO
report back Z, bill to confer jurisdiction in.
these cases upon the Court of Claims.
Mr.. Haughen appealed to the House to
vote Down the substitute and pass the