The age-herald., 1901-02-28
The SpOOner and Cuban Amend-
 ments Were Adopted ARMY BILL FINALLY PASSED All Democratic Amendments
 Were Voted Down AVALANCHE OF PASSIONATE TALK Notable Speech of the Day Was De- livered By MT. Bacon of Georgia, In Which He Discussed the
 Republican Policy.
AVALANCHE OF PASSIONATE TALK

Washington, February 27.-The Senate passed the army appropriation bill at 1854 o'clock, containing the propositions of the Republican majority for the tenn porary government O; the Philippines ant for the future relations between the Uni ted States and Cuba Many amendments were offered to both propositions, but were voted down. The original Spooner amendment regarding franchises as pro- posed by Mir. Hoar, the latter proposition having been accepted by the majority yesterday.
 Not since the enactment of the resolu- lions declaring state of war to exist between the United States and Spain has there been such an avalanche of passion ate history as the Senate listened to to- day. Throughout the session the army the controv arteI questions being the Spooner Philppia= amendment and tae Platt Cuban emen8H al.
 Curiously enough the a.tate aas 7a- fined entirely 1o ths #emeeraas afae ef the chamber with one zasn Bo1H amendments were s,uaunce5 ss @sio and pernicic ezsa'atfHu snFe-ss the principle 2 '.#= ses.-.4..= .e paralleled i Ih- hia.5. - aas.f= enactments
 The most u.#pi speech e ras delivered by -ll. 4,aCo... - ----s---. .IL. had been thoroughly aroused by reports that the Democratic members had been induced by questionable means to with draw their opposition to the proposed leg islation and he passionately branded as a libel upon Congressman and Senators any and all such statements. Personally he declared he would defeat the amend the majority would have to accept the responsibility for them.
 The closing hour was sensationalIy fierce and he declared that the only pos sibe object of such action was that the "plunderers and vultures'' might have an opportunity to prey upon the prostrate land of the Filipinos. Senators Turner, of Washington, Tillman, Pettigrew, Hoar, Teller, Mallory. Lindsay, Culberson, ot PTS addressed the Senate, all of whom denounced the proposed legislation.
 Early in the evening the voting began on the minor amendments to the meas ure. All of them were offered by Demo- cratic Senators and all were voted down by heavy majorities.
 Hoar is Alarmed.
 Mir Hoar, of Massachusetts, expressed the conviction h1at a great change Is go- ing on in the minds of the American peo- pie and of the Republican party as to the policy to be pursued in the Philip pines "Our fathers did not penetrate in to position their children cannot hold" he said, and he was satisfied that when the light should come they would be found to adhere to the great declaration of our independence. In view of this change of sentiment he considered it bet ter to postpone further discussion in or der that the change might go on. Al though" he said, "I am opposed to the proposition contained in this amendment 10 commit to five men diplomatic power pver 1000, 900 of men. yet 1 bear in mind that that power is now and will be for soma time in the fl1tI1ra eyeroiSed hv opa nan. I do not therefore think it wise to bring on an extra session of Congress, by what would in the end be unavailing opposition"
 MT. Hoar presented. documents signed by native Filipinos which he said were convincing evidence that those people were not savages. MT Hoar predicted that the proposed legislation would wipe put the last hope that the United States is to continue to work out its great ex- ample among the down-tYodden people of the rest of the world
 "You may" he acclaimed in conclu- sion, talk about benevolent assimilation and use other honeyed phrases, but your act is pure, simple, undiluted, unchecked despotism.' - '." '''
 MT. Tillman, or south Carolina, de- clared Congress was about to abandon its prerogatves and turn them over to an oligarchy-a new despotism of five men to be appointed by the President. He said that the President ought to be left with his present power-the war power-which he thought was ample and he urged that the committee amendments be voted down.
 MT. Lindsay of Kentucky made brief argument against the Spooner Philippine amendment.
 MT. Culbertson of Texas urged that the Philippine amendment was unconstitu- tional and made an argument in support ing his opinion.
 The Cuban amendment he regarded as
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