The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-05-29
SPEAKS MORE THAN TWO HOURS.
Profound Attention Paid to Impressive
Address of the Venerable Mas.
sachusetts Republican
Senator

IN, E,uuhNc bureau,
tl,h - sad P,un,ylyau,a Ave.
Washington, May - -"lm have
wasted six hundred millions If treas
ura lnu have sacrificed the flower
uf oar youth You nave slain IN.
counted thousands oi the people YOU
desire "a benefit. Your Generals are
coming home from their harvest,
bringing their SheaveS with thsnr in
the shape Of other thousands OF sick
and wounded and insane Ia drag
miserable lives, wrecked in body and
mind You make the American flag
IN the eyes ui "A numerous people the
emblem oi Sacrilege in Christian
churches. and OF the burning OF HUI
man dwellings, and OF the horror Of
the water torture. | helieve-nay, |
know-that in general, our officers
are humane; but in some cases they
have carries on your warfare with a
mixture of American ingenuity and
Castiian cruelty"
With these words, conveying only
a suggestion OF the speaker force
fitness, Senator Hoar, of V $50 y
setts, this afternoon, in what Viii
doubtless be considered one III tie
great efforts of his life and one q! he
most powerful speeches leliXered LII
the United States Senate denounced
the Philippine war and the admins
tration's policy i'll the archipelago,
FIGHTING FOR SOVEREIGNTY; NOTHING
MORE NOR LESS,
Mr.. Hoar maintained that this
country is not at war.
"Youare fighting for sovereignty, y
he said 'fou are fighting for the
principle of eternal dominion over
the people, and that is the onlyques-
ton at issue in this conflict
Mr.. Hoar said he was To discuss
and denounce what seemed to him
one of the most wicked and foolish
chaptersin history. Yet he was CON-
PEELED to admit, he said, that the
men who were responsible for ii were
neither wicked nor foolish
What the fathers OF the Republic
said and our century I'll glorious
history were appealed to in vain,
Their lessons fell upon the ears Of
men daz2led by military @lory and
drlirious with the lust Of conquest.
He compared the situation in Cuba
with ,hat in the Philippines. and ae-
mandod ia know which wos Tie bet
frf.
rvu PICTURE, PRESENTED Hl crHA
NNu pm.r'tNt>.
Mr. Hear rorited u chapter OF the
histor, ot the. roIntry, which, he
said, showed that tine pres nj policy
of the Government was in contladig.
ton 81 the Declaration pi ln1rprn'l'
ence would he repealed and nothing
would bp left of the Monroe Doctrine
except the principle ~ brutal selfish
ness
This Government had erected re-
publicin Cuba and a despotlsm III thu
Philippines. six hundred millions o.
treasure and 10000 American Lives
had been sacrificed in that endeav or
In the Philippines he American fla!
has been made the emblem OF sacri
lpgp and the burning Of homes and q
the horror OF the water torture. II
believed that our officers, in general
were humane But in some case
they have carried on your wariar
with mixture Of American ingenuit
and Castilian cruelty.
What have your ideals costyou?
incurred Mr.. Hoar For the PbiliI
pine Islands you have had to repe'
the Declaration Of Independence; fo
Cuba YOU have had to reatfirm an
give il new luster. For the Philil
pine Islands you have had toconvel
the Monroe Doctrine intna doctril
ofmpre selfishness: for Cuba you ha'
acted on it and vindicated it.
Cuba you have the eternal gratitu'
of a free people; in the Philippil
Islands you have the hatred al
sullen submission OF su'iugated pc
pie. From Cuba YOU have broug
home nothing but glory; from {
Philippines you have brought hor
nothing of glory"