The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1902-02-20
WELLINGTON EXPLAINS HIS REA.
soNaFoR QUITTING REPus-
LIcAN RANKS.
IS AGAINST Phil lPPINE BILL

DECLARES Guba Asr ~ NOtutuH = ,UE
ThankfUi Tor as Result Of the
Change ef Ruie ana Ridicuies the
Supreme Court Philippine Decision
Alleges sohiey Is the Victim of TN
just Treatment by Administration
washington, Feb. 19.-At the con
'clusion sof routine business in the SEN
;atesi was agreed that the final vote.
should fbe taken on the Philippine tar
i'll bill and amendments thereto next
Monday at 4 o'clock. During the last
day the debate is to be limited to 15
minutes to each senator, no debate to
be had after the voting begins,
Mr.. wellington Md then address,
ed the senate upon the Philippine
question, stating his points of disa-
greement with the party with which
he had been identified throughout his
life. He said he had been Republic
an. protectionist and believer in a
gold standard Of currency. However,
he said, the Spanish war brought the
parting of the ways. He was opposed
to that war and believed that Cuban
independence could have been brought
about by diplomatic negotiations.
Then came the .;imperialistic tenden-
cdes'' Of the Republican party and with
tAsA 10 aould not agree. Il
Without the Spanish war, he saia.
Cuba might have been free. might
have enJeyed, indeed, a larger meas
ure OF freedom and independence than
she was sAjoying now or would enjoy
in the fntnre. The only thing Cuba
had besn taught was how a postal Of
fetal could ,embezzle a half million
dollars.
Opposed the philippine Bill.
Referring to the bill under discus
,sion Mr. wellington declared his OPP
position TO it on '.the broad ground
,of the minority that there was no
right here ito enact such legislation.
Referring to the decision of the SUI
,preme court holding that the Philip
pine archipelago was territory of the
United States. he said that it was an
aggregation of the opinions Of Jack
Bunsby.
Mr.. Wellington then entered upon
AN extended view of the events which
led up to the trouble In the Philippines
following the line OF argument pursued
heretofore by the senate minority.
During his speech, Mr.. Wellington
spoke Of the sea battle off Santiago.
and said Admiral Schley was in COM
mand OF the vessels of the American
squadron, but the administration had
been as unjust to him as it had been
to the Cubans and Fflipinos. He said
he had not received the credit due
him, but an effort had been made to
besmirch and detract from his char
acter and bravery. The mention OF
Sch1ey's name caused applause In
some OF the galleries.
He referred to his conferences with
the late President Mckinley and said
he had made it plain to the president
that he tWellington) would never
vote for anything that meant the per-
manent retention OF the Philippines.
He said that Aguinaldo had been cap
4 tured by methods unworthy OF the
American army and had been com
PEELED to write his proclamation urg-
Ing Filipinos to surrender. 5ss n
ii is i Complete Wreck.
Halifax, N. S.. Feb. 19. The strand
ed Allan line steamer Grecian, which
struck the rocks just. outside Of the
harbor 10 days ago, broke Ia two mn
der the force Of the tempest Monday
night and lies q complete wreck. The
halves OF the vessel stand on even
keel and 4 mast stands upright ii
each part.