Washington sentinel., 1901-02-02
Notes
Loot and GlOryI' our Battle Cry,


most imPsssioned fights can surpas
his power of earnest speech.
Tall, slender, clad ms ministeria
irock coat, the face Of scholar anC
student the brow OF a phlanthEOpist
the head Of a fighter, the breast anc
shoulders of an athlete. his voice rang
clear and distinct from beginning tC
end. Every word, every syllable, was
heard. His face grew whittier, his ges
lures more dramatic as bis spirit rose
with his subject.
They owed us no allegiance when
the war began" he cried. "TheV have
never assumed any since. To callthe m
traitors because ofa transactionin in which
they had no part and which took effect
long after they had begun to shed their
blood in honorable war. is conduct
unwo rtby Of a Just aud chivalrOus nation
Flight them il Ycu will burn, kill
and destroy. Write large the precepts
of Christian Charity in their blood and
ours upon the troplc sands, and let the
flames to which we feed their homes
flash as new beacons Of civilization
across the expanse of summer seas, but
spare them, in mercy's name, the
imputed infamy Of treason.
"Ii we are bent upon slaughter. let it
be in open guise. II we lust for the
peoples land, let us not glaze over our
enterprise with false and sinister pre-.
tence. Rather let us boldly raise the
sombTe flag of international piracy,
whistle scruple down the wind and then
close in upon our feeble victim to the
cry Of Loot and Glory"
There was a pause The orators
hands were outstretched. His face was
radiant with the passion OF his utterance.
Suddenly roar of applause swept the
ball. A dozen Senators leaped to their
feet President pro tempOre Frye
threatened to clear the galleries.
ave hold the ground our troops stand
on, practically nothing more" Towne
continued. "There is no evidence that
any strong native pro-American element
has any existence whatever. The Fill
ipinOs are answering the cry Of extermi'
nation or surrender with another cry
which has come echoing down through !
all our history; Liberty or DEATH"
Again there was an outburst Oi ap- |
plause'
"Is it ever too late to be just and |
honestn" asked the speaker. mo, mol
1t is nobler to get right than to remain
wrong.
ALREADY we feel the virus IN our
veins The President felt it and Itched
for Luzon. The fever grew and the
whole Tagaiog and Viscayan groups OF
islands we're sacrificed. The tempera-
ture mounted higher and the Sultan OF
Sulu was absorbed.
The disease is fercely contagious,
and the whole Republican organization,
at first unsympathetic to the bacillus
Imperialis, is now at last fairly raging
with delirium. 7 he other day, It having
transpired that in some unaccouutable
manner a miscellaneous assortment OF
islands on the outer fringe of the delec-
table Jolo collection had escaped the
drag net at Paris, the majority Of even
this staid and selEpossessed body be-
stirred itself with anxious voracity and
swept them in"
And the orator had piled climax upon
climax. weaving all the circumstances
Of. the alliance with AgulnaIdo. the
Of the Philippine Repub-
lie, the native conquest OF Luzon, the ,
OF war with the FIIipinos, the
refusal ofGeneral OTIS to hear the native :
leaders, and the present refusal Of the
Senate to consider the native petition :
for a hearing. Y
For more than twenty years | have r
watched the Senate at odd times, says +,
lanes Creelmau, in the New York n
Journal, but never before have wit !
messed such a scene Of congratulation 4
as that which followed the close Of this h
speech. II
But even while the Senators we're n
around Senator Towns, his :
Mr., Clapp, came into the p
Senate to take the oath and he was r
to withdraw.
This remarkable demonstration is an
Indication OF the spirit IN which the
Presidents demand for unlimited civil
power IN the Philippines will be met.
Mr.. Towne made three hour speech
n favor OF the FilipinOs in the Senate
asst MOnday--a speech that will rank F
With any Grafton since Webster. Il
Again and again the galleries and the b
Senate applauded his lofty appeal for a
ustice and mercy and when he had ,
inished he was surrounded by his coll q
esgues anc greeted like hero.
1t was Senator Towne's first speech n
IN the floor, and it was bis last. Ten Il
minutes after he sat down his successor c
ook his oath. and the orator who had p
the scene tor hours, sweeping n
II before him by the force and beauty D
II his extraordinary eloquence, lett the
,lace never to return. The like OF it
vas never seen in the Senate before,
The Senate had been in a state Of >
leryous tension. The Presidents de- =
nand for the passage of the Spooner Q
ill, which will confer upon him the y
ntire authority OF Congress in our vast
Asiatic possessions, had stirred the e
Senators as they had not been stirred 81
or years. The threat to call an extra !,
ession If Congress refused to yield was a
aiken as the signal for mighty struggle, ci
o which the immense resources.Ol the 81
National Government would be used to u
heir utmost to secure victory. ;,
So when Mr.. Towne arose to speak
be floor OF the Senate was crowded.
scores OF Representatives we're present.
rhe galleries were packed, Away up II
n a dim corner sat Senior Lopez, the g