Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-22
BQAR SPEAKS ON
PHILIPPINE BILL
Senator From Massachusetts
Attacks Administrations Pol
icy Toward Filipinos.
Galleries Of Senate Filled With
People Eager to Hear
the Speech.
Conduct Of United States To.
ward Cuba and the Philip.
pines Compared.

Washington, May 22.-Soon after the
senate convened today resolution was
passed directing the secretary of the
navy to furnish the senate with the de-
tailed items under the head of Pay of
the navy"
Consideration Of the Philippine gov
ernment bill was then resumed, Hoar
addressing the senate In opposition to
the present policy of the government In
the Philippines. Great interest was
manifested in the utterances of the
Massachusetts senator, both on the
floor. and in the galleries.
Hoar maintained this country was
not at war;
.You are fighting for sovereignty he
said. You are fighting for the princi-
pie of eternal dominion over that peo-
pie, and that is the only question at is
sue in the conflict"
When it had been determined to re-
sort to force In the Philippines, he said,
the government took upon itself the
natural consequences of that decision.
The result of conflict at arms of such a
character inevitably there would
be cruelty on one side and retaliation
by cruelty on the other; and the re-
sponsibility rested upon those who
made the policy.
He was to discuss and denounce what
seemed to him one of the most wicked
and foolish chapters in history; yet he
was compelled to admit the men who
We're responsible for it were neither
wicked nor foolish.
Hoar maintained his conscience
would not permit him to follow these
men and conscience was the only au-
thority he felt bound to obey in the
matter. He said the share which it was
proposed to give the Philippines in the
proposed scheme of government was
the admission that many of them were
ut for self-government. The United
States was fighting to secure depen-
dency not republic; a government of
our making and not government of
the Filipinos' making.
Discussing the testimony taken by
the Philippines committee Hoar said it
contained some pregnant admissions
What yindicates that which has been
done so far. is saving the island from
anarchy and material benefit conferred
upon the people.
What the fathers of the republic said
and our century of glorious history
were appealed to in vain He compared
the situation in Cuba with that in the
Philippines and demanded to know
which was the better.
Hoar recited chapter in the history
of this country which, he said, showed
the present policy of the government
was in contradiction to the Monroe
doctrine, as 1T was in contradiction to
the declaration of independence. He
said If the present way was followed
the declaration of independence would
be repealed and nothing would be left
of the Monroe doctrine except the prin-
ciple of brutal selfishness.
This government had erected a re-
public in Cuba and despotism in the
Philippines. Six hundred millions of
treasure and 10000 American lives hal
been sacrificed in that endeavor. In
the Philippines the American flag hao
been made an emblem of sacrlege and
burning OF homes and horror of the wa
ter torture. He believed our officers in
general were humane. "But in some
cases they have carried on your war
fare with mixture of American inge-
nuity and Castilian cruelty"
What have your ideals brought
you" inquired Hoar. For the Philip
pines you have had to repeal the dec
laration of independence. For Cuba you
Eave had to reaf1irm and give 1t new
luster. For The Philippines you have
had to convert the Monroe doctrine into
a doctrine of mere sefishness. For Gu
ba you have acted on it and vindicatcd
1t. In Cuba you have the eternal graft
tude of free people In the Philip
pines you have the hatred and sullen
submission of a subjugated people.
From Cuba you have brought home
nothing but Glory. From the Philip
pines you have brought home nothing
of glory"
Referring to the cruelties committed
In the Philippines Hoar said he believed
the American soldiers were as brave
and humane as ever lived. They had
done simply what always would be done
in like conditions. The chief guilt was
upon the heads those who created the
conditions.
After reviewing briefly the capture of
Aguinaldo by Funston, the methods of
whom he sharply criticised, Hoar ex-
pressed his belief that the senate did
not know what it was doing when it
consented to Funston's promotion, and
intimated the result might have been
different If the senate had been fully
cognizant Of all the facts. Advertins
again to the horrors" which have oc-
CURED in the Philippines, Hoar said:
II hope and believe they We're un-
known to the war department. I know
they were unknown to President Roose-
yelt, and President Mckinley. He did
not believe, however, that the state
ment that the war had been conducted
with unexampled humanity on our part
would be accepted by the people. He
denounced the order alleged to have
been given by General Smith and laid
particular stress upon the horrors Of re-
concentration camps, which he likened
to the dreadful scenes in Andersonville
prison during the civil war.
He demanded that these things cease
and the administration declare on what
eternal principle it would act in the
Philippines. He believed 1t would be