The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-06-05
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Senator-Rrevents Publication In
Record of Excerpts from Phil
ippines Testimony.
BEYEaIDeE SEEKS TO HIVE IT PRINTED.

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-BEyEaIDeE SEEKS TO HAVE IT PRINTED.
Senator SpOoner Resumes His Speech
Begun Thursday ON the Phillip
pines Bill-Declares No Question
of imperialism Has Been Raised
Except for Party Purposes.
Washington, June AT the conclu-
| sion of routine business in the SEN
ate Satnrday-the body having con-
vened at IL a. m.-conside ton of the
/ Philippine government bill was re-
sumed. =;
Senator Beveridge (Ind.) presented
certain excerpts from the testimony
| taken by the Philippine committee ar
ranged carefully with reference to
certain phases of the Philippine ques-
ton, and requested that they be print
ed in the Congressional Record. Sen
ator Beveridge explained that they
covered particular points in the testi-
mony arranged in logical sequence and
he thought it was perfectly fair and
just.
Senator Hoar suggested that he
thought a compilation Of the kind pre-
scented ought to have the sanction of
the Philippine committee, and he
moved that the matter be referred to
| that committee.
Senator Beveridge said that the
widest latitude had been afforded to
the minority in the publication of
matter in the record and he thought
it scarcely fair that objection should
be made to his request.
Senator Allison hoped Senator Hoar
would withdraw his motion, and indi-
Gated some criticism of the Massachu-
sett's senator's action. As Senator
Hoar would not withdraw his motion
Senator Beveridge withdrew his re-
quest, announcing that later he would
read the matter, if necessary, to get it
in the record.
In resuming his speech begun Thurs
day Senator Spooner referred to a
statement of Senator. Hoar, a minute
before, that there ought not to be
sides in this Philippine debate. One
trouble one of the weaknesses of the
discussion and one of the wicked ele-
ments, he said, is the fact that there
had been and were now sides in this
question. He thought there ought to
be no "sides."
eft ISL he said, ga question which
belongs to the American people. It
is problem of delicacy and of some
danger and a weapon of no man and
of no party. ..
"The interest of all men in public
and private life is to get at truth with
out private opinion or party strife.
II have not been in favor of perma-
nent dominion over the Philippines"
eaid Senator Spooner, "but / do not
mean by that that I have been in
favor of the United States running
away like a coward or abandoning q
people who have come under our
protection or surrendering them to
tyranny, anarchyand chaos"
He said he had never been able to
contemplate with equanimity the adj
mission of the Philippines as a state or
states Nothing was dearer to him,
except SKis home ties, than that this
government should be confined to this
contment.
No question of imperialism, he said,
had been raised in this problem except
for party purposes. .'There neverbe-
| fore has been an instance, he declared,
where portion Of the American peo-
pie have sought, incessantly, and I
think unfairly, to put this country in
the wrong and to stain the honor of
the country withzdfsfonor. "They had
formed, "hesaid, "a narrow and sqdint-
eyed view of every question of fact;
Colloauy with Hoar.
During the course of Senator Spoon
| er's speech Senator Hoar inquired il
the inhabitants of the Philippines
were not a people where there were
millions of men, acting together, who
raised an army, selected q general,
turned Spain out of all territory cx:
cept only the city Of Manila, and who
had agreed upon a constitution, re-
publican in form. =
"They would be a people, replied
Senator Spooner, "if that were true"
ut is true" said Senator Hoar.
II deny it" insisted Senator Spoon
er. II deny that there is more Chan
superficial truth in it,, -.
Senator spooper said Aguinaldo
had an army of proclamations, con.
fiscations and assassipations. Quot
ing from the diary of Aguinaldo, SEN
ator Spooner said that when Philip
pine independence was established
Aguinaldo and his friends would go
to Europe with an appropriation Of
81 ,ooo,o 900 for expenses.
Filipino Gives Testimony.
Washington, June 2.-Felipe Buen-
canine, formerly of Aguinaldo's cab
met, was before the house committee
on insular affairs Saturday. He said
his country, the Philippines, was like
sick man conyalescing from danger
Gus illness.r It was still bleeding from
the wounds of war. Its aspirations
were those Of Washington, liberty
with justice, under American sover-
| eighty, which thew loved, They looked