Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-01-29

makes It's main plank sovereignty OF
United States with liberty TO each citi
zen to pursue peacefully his political
ideas The hour IF peace has sounded
On our platform are grouned mnny Fill
ipinos Of hitherto irreconciliable Ideas. but
more obstinate decline to join, for though
willing to accept the sovereignty of the
United States, the prospect .f indefinite
continuance of military government
makes them distrust the purpose Of the
United States and delays their submits
sion.
Legislation Badly Needed
adjournment of the present congress
without giving the president authority to
establish purely civil government with
usual powers, and postponement for at
least year Of such government until Il
new congress, will certainly confirm this
distrnst. The directory of the federal
party believes in comforting such author
ity on the president as would inspire con-
fidence, and hasten acceptance of the
sovereignty of the union and the coming
of peace. he directory, therefore prays
both houses of congress to authorize Pres
ident Mckinley to establish civil govern
ment whenever he believes 1t oppor-
tune"
This is signed by the directory of the
federal party, namely: Frank II. Bourns.
DIR. Pardo De Tayero, Florentino Torres.
Ambrosio Flores. Jose Mar Tomas Del
Rosario, G. s. Arellano.
After the disposal of routine business
Mr.. Towne was recognized for a speech
He spoke on his resolution of last Friday
for the immediate cessation of hostilitieS
In the Philippines. His speech contained
the following In part:
lie referred to the petition presented to
the senate few days ago by 1000 Fill
ipinos for a wessaton of hostilities and
for the granting Of Independence to the
people of the Philippines. lie maintained
that 1t would prove "a quickening appeal
to the ancient spirit Of the republic, or
its rejection must dedicate the twentieth
century to a reaction prejudieial, II not
fatal, to free institutions
While discussing events which led the
United States forces to the Philippines,
Mr.. Towne referred with particularly to
the charge thnt Aguinaldo had sold his
country to the Spaniards for bride. He
declared the accusation was "gratuitous
In its caiumny. when we consider that the
official publications of sur own govern
ment contradict and destroy IT.
The senator declared that I'VE were in
alliance with the Eilpinos, an alliance
sought by ourselves, awaited of by us for
our own advantage, and finally, to our
everlasting shame in the estimation of
honorable men, repudiated by us when
we found it no longer necessary, and
when lust of empire had so blunted our
moral sensibiities that we could mount
from an act of perhdy to the grand lar
ceny of nation
A Reference Made to Dewey.
Referring to Admiral Dewey's denial
that he had ever treated the insurgents
as allies, Mr.. Towne said sarcastically:
Il fear the honest sailors Technology
has suffered from recent contact with the
nice determinations of administration di-
plomacy."
rival of General Merritt at Manila "a dis
tinct change of tone was observable be-
tween the United States officials and the
Filipinos, the altered attitude being 70
marked as to force the conclusion that
part of General Merritt's prearranged
task to maneuyre out of an awkward
friendines with Agulnalde. and thus to
reach Il footing for the convenient devel
opment of some secret policy with which
he had come fresh freighted from Wash
ington,t If there was doubt of the pre-
arrangement of the plan, it was banshed
in Mr. Townes opinion, by the president
himself The third article of the protocol
with Spain reads THE United States
will occupy and hold the city, bay and
harbor of Manila pending the conclusion
of treaty IF peace which shall determine
the control, disposition and government
of the Philippines" Yet despite that
definite provision, the president, the SEN
famous benevolent assimilation procla-
nation
Thus. he continued, 1.-The dilemma is
this: Either that article of the protocol
does n9t mean what it says, or the pres
ident of the United States. in causing the
issuance of the proclamation to which I
have referred, broke the plighted faith of
this government. 1t is not agreeable to
me to this language, but | deyoutly
believe that the republic is at the gravest
crisis of its history, and | feel that a
necessary preliminary to its getting out
is to couse the people to realize how it
came to get in.
Mr. Towne said Of the presidents proc
lamation that, among the roses of it's
soft rhetoric of love, its fair speech about
our coming not as invaders or conquer
ors, but as friends of the mild sway of
justice and of benevolent assimilation
the already awakened distrust of the Fill
iplnos clearly beheld the unsheathed and
glittering steel of despotism, If we are
bent on slaughter said he, "let 1t be in
open guise. If we lust for this peoples
land, let us not gloss our enterprise with
false and sinister pretense. Rather let us
boldly raise the sombre flag of interna-
tional piracy, whistle seruple down the
wind, and then close in upon our feeble
victim to the cry of ''loot and glory!
Obligated to Give Independence.
Mr. Towne maintained that the United
States was under the obligation of cir
cumstanees, If not, indeed, of actual
promise, to grant independence to the
Filipinos and that, among nations, the
former was quite as binding as the lat
ter.
Senator Tewne then argued In support
of his contention that the Filipinos were
capable of governing themselves, pointing
put that so per cent OF the population
of Luzon can read and write and holding
that the government established by
Aguinaldo was strong symmetrical and
progressive, even in the difficult and dis
turbing conditions which surrounded it.
He declared that the Filipino statesmen