Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-28

When the Senate convened today the pre-
siding officer, Mr.. Frye, called attention to
the following cablegram, which was read:
MANILA, January q.
president OF the Senate and Speaker of
the House of Representatives, Washing
ton:
Accessions to federal party by thousands
IN all parts Of archipelago. Attitude of
hitherto 1rreconcilabie press and the gen.
eral public opinion show that labors OF
party to bring peace will soon be crowned
with success. Until now political parties
have attempted formation on plans more
or less questioning. American sovereignty.
Our platform makes main plank sover-
eighty of United States with liberty to each
cltizen to pursue peacefully his political
IDEAS. Hour of peace has sounded On our
piatIorm are grouped many Filipinos Of
nitnerto 1rreconcilable ideas, but some more
obstinate decline to join, for though willing
10 accept sovereignty Of United States the
prospect OF Indefinite continuance Of mil
ltary government makes them distrust pur-
poses OF the United States and delays their
Adjournment of present Congress with.
OUT giving President authority to establish
purely civil government with usual powers,
ana postponement for at least a year of
such government until new Congress. will
certainly confirm this distrust. DIRECTORY
OF the federal believes comforting such au-
tnorlty on President would inspire conf.
Ience' hasten acceptance of sovereignty of
!. union ana the coming Of peace. Directory
therefore, prays both houses of Congress to
authorize President Mckinley to establish
civil government whenever he believes 1t
oppertune:
"(signeD Frank. H. Bourns, DR.. Pardo
de Tavero, Florentino Torres, Ambrosio
flaIes. JOS Mar Tomas Del Rosario, C, s.
Areliano, directory Of federal party
MI; Jones (Ark.) presented the credentials
Oh ms colleague, Mr.. Berry, for the term
beginning next March.
MIR. Towne's Speech.
After the disposal of routine business Mr.
Towne (Minn.) was recognized for a speech,
winch was to be at once his maiden effort
and his valedictory. He spoke on his reso-
luton OF last Friday for the immediate ces-
sation of hostilities in the Philippines.
The galleries were well filled to hear Mr..
Towne and senators also gave him close
attention, while In the rear of the Senate
was circle Of representatives who came
over from the, House to hear him Mr..
w IMh9 n,a SPOKE Re Il fgll and resonant tones
of the Senate. =
In opening his address Mr. Towne re-
1erred to the petition presented to the Sem
ate few days, ago. by zoos Filipinos for a
cessation of hoStilttes and for the granting
or independence to the people of the Phil
lpplnes He maintained that it would
prove quickenings appeal to the ancient
spirit OF the REPUBLIC or it's rejection must
dedicate the twentieth century to a reac-
ton prejudicial, if not fatal to free insti-
tutOns" 70
The senator declared that I'VE were in
alliance with the Fflipinos, an alliance
sought by ourselves, awaited of by US for
our own advantage. and finally, to our
everlasting shame in the estimation of hon
ore Die men: repudiated by US when we
found it no longer necessary and when lust
of empire had so bllnted our moral sensi-
biities that could mount from an act
OF perfidy to the grand larceny of ma
Referring to Admiral Dewey's denial that
he had ever treated the insurgents as al
lies, Mr.. Towney said, sarcastically: II
fear the honest sailors terminalogy has
suffered from recent contact with the nice
determinations of administration diplo-
macy" .=.--5E.- .. 49,. --,
Mr.. Towne maintained that the United
States was under the obligation of circum-
stances. If not. indeed. Of actual promise,
to grant independence to the Filfpinos. and
that. among nations, the former was quite
as binding as the latter.
. Capable of Self-Government.
Senator Towne then argued at length In
support of his contention that the Filiptnos
were perfectly capable of governing them
selves, pointing out that 80 per cent of the
population of Luzon can read and write.
and holding that the government establish
ed by Aguinaldo was strong. symmetrical
and progressive, even In the difficult and
disturbing conditions which surround it. He
declared that the Filipino statesmen would
creditably meet almost any emergency of
administration In even the most advanced
government, and would have dignifed and
ornamented the early struggles for nation
ality of any people known to history"
Il,
elections the resistance in the Philippines
Increased. and that 1t had been announced
In the Senate within week that 10000
American soldiers would be needed In the
islands for an indefinite period.
It was habit of the defenders of the
administration policy to sheer at the term
imperialism he said, but 1t could not be
sneered away.
emperor, just as the Romans found that
they could have more than royal mas
ter though he did not wear the hated name
Of king" asserted Mr.. Towne.
Appetite for Empire.
1.-THE retention Of the Philippines will
commit us to the whole program of en-
pire. There Is a law among nations, as
Hamlet says there Is among men, by which
a bad appetite grows by what it feeds on.
No nation in history has resisted it, and
to every nation that had yielded to 1t 1t
had brought disaster. Athens Succumbed
to 1t and persisted. Rome INDUCED the
mad ambition and followed it to her doom.
It 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 u.s.
to prove the next victim OF this insatiate
passion, the greatest. most lamentabe.
most gratuitous sacrifice in all human
tragedy?
II shall not willingly cease to dream of
a twentieth century devoted to the demon
stration, the first and only one in history.
that a government saf the people, for the
people and by the people need not perish
from the earth: There lis is an na, Inspiration in
may be reserved the eliminating glory Of
the ages in cTowning with success the
long experiment, Of righteous self-govern-
ment" f.
Mr.. Tovvne's successor Present.
Mr.. Moses E. tIapp the successor of Mr..
Towne entered: theIl chamber during the
latters speech this afternoon.
THE, d HOUSE.
At the opennelof the session of the House