New-York tribune., 1902-05-06

fn order to open the southern islands TO ex-
ploitation The Senator from Utah tMr. Raw
linsl criticised US with the utmost severity on
that ground, whereas the Senator from Tennes-
see lMr. CarmacD criticised US because the
war with the Moros not being pushed with
sufficient vigor. they being brave, wild Mahome-
tans. instead Of peaceful Christianized Ffhpinos.
Mr., carmack-which did not do at ALL
Mr. Lodge-I so understood the Senator and IL
misouote him shall be glad TO correct it
The facts are very simple. The Moros seized
and put TO death some American soldiers. In
demnlty was demanded and the delivery of the
nlurdereTs The President warned our generals
there TO avoid general war if il could possibly
be done. The Moros, l understand, declined,
and engaged in continued hostilities. The news
OF events there is in the newspapers to-day.
BENEFICENT MEASURES FOR FILIPINOs.
MF. President. what have done in the
Islands far in three years is TO establish
SCHOOLS. TO establish courts where there can be
quick justice instead long denial to esta blish
the writ of ha beas corpus to erect civil govern
meats Throughout all the paciied provinces, and
IN lnls GIl Nc propose TO restore to the Fiipinos
the fiiars lands and to give them title to those
portions Cf the public land which they
cupy- All these things are great and beneficent
measures measures which ought to have.
matter what our opinion may be to the ulti-
mate disposition of the islands.
me Charge has been made, and has been made
as frequently as the charge about exploitation,
lhat We ate intrusting these islands TO a
mission, commission Of foreigners of outsiders
as II is called. Mr.. President II is well enough
70 say Commission" but 2 commission is made
o1 men, ana when discuss that we ought to
look at the men to whom intrust this great
work until "A popular and representative govern
nent can be established 1t would not be right
t1r as 10 say that until census was taken and
All the arrangements, which may occupy many
Inonths' possibly some years. are completed for
IL III ISL - SplIsiiiheht or representative govern
iheDt-that during all that time no city shall
poIIoH money; the friars lands shall not be
,nspIhe1' no railroad shall be built: streets
nghted; no electric roads put in: that we should
nole the Islands back. when have there a
SoIhinlsslon -, perfectly suited to deal with all
those matters.
THE TAFT COMMISSION PRAISED
What is that commission? Mr. President the
mead OF II is Judge Taft known throughout the
United States. The Senator from Texas (Nir
Culberson) and the Senator from Colorado (Afr
Patterson), on Saturday last were at some pains
10 try TO prove that Judge Taft was lacking in
csndor. think. Mr.. President. that no one who
knows Judge Taft is not perfectly familiar with
the fact that a more honorable. candid, fair
minded man does not live. ] believe that wher-
eler he is known thu suggestion that he is
evasive or uncandid Will be opinion enjoyed
In solitude by the Senators who hold it. He
had an assured judicial career, or, If he pre-
ferreo, he could have gone back to the bar and
conmandeo a great income. He gave up all
those prospects, went out into the East as dis
interestedly and from as pure motives as ever
caused any man TO undertake great work. He
has devoted TO il his time. his health and
strength He has come back here with impaired
health and yet he is going 10 return to those
islands because he is devoted to the interests
of those people. He regards himself their
guardian and their trustee. No man acted
from better motives; no man ever labored more
d. :nterestedly than he has done, with greater
industry and intelligence.
Judge Taft is a Northern man and a Repub-
ncen- The Acting Governor, Luke Wright, is a
Southern man, eX-COnfederate and Demo-
crat. All that l have sail of Judge Taft. be-
lieve, from everything have ever heard. can
also say of Governor Wright. Those the two
men at the head Of the commission TO whom
we propose to give this great trust in the years
TO intervene between this time and the day when
we can establish a general representative gov
ernment IN the philippines. II is not a great
name-the Philippine Commission-it is just
those two American gentlemen whom l have
named and their aSSOciates-a5sociates in every
way worthy TO be with them. Are they not
honorable men? Do they not stand high in their
community? Is there one who knows them who
would not be glad to make them the trustee for
his wife or his child? Are they not eminently
4. animi secundis temporbus dubiisque recti?
They are. They stand high before the people OF
this country; there is not one OF them we would
not trust with .our own affairs. and is it to be
's,,nuosed that we cannot trust them with this
great public duty? If cannot trust them,
there is no in the length and breadth of
the United States At 10 be trusted, and have
not yet reached that point when am ready TO
admit that there are not Americans Mt TO be
trusted with the interests Of other people in the
faith that they will administer them with
an eye single TO the benefit Of their wards and
the honor OF their country. applause in the
galleries1
THE ATTACKS ON THE ARMY.
Mr.. President, I have stated the provisions
of the bill 1 have tried to speak in regard 10
. real attack that has gone on III this chamber
\ for the last ten days has not been upon the Dill
u So far as the civil government goes, TO any one
who has read the testimony and knows the Iacts
and has considered the bill, the attack upon II
has broken down. The attack has been OIL
rected against the army Of the United states oy
those who are delaying this bill. which seeks
10 replace military with civil government
Why this attack upon the army? Because II
IS said IL has been guilty Of cruelty and torture
10 the natives Of the Philippine Islands An
yes. Mr.. President. perhaps SO. but II mas peeh
guilty Of a greater crime than that IL mas
been guilty of crime not yet brought against
Il upon this floor, but which rankles deeper than
all the tOrtures and all the crueIties lald 10 lts
charge-it has been guilty OF the crime OF sue
cess II has been victorious army II mas put
. down the insurrection, and 1t meets now as IL
met at Appomattox abuse and attack The
days have dropped into history when Grant was
called a butcher, but they are not Forgotten
Now this charge has been brought against the
army OF the United States because they have
been victorious, because they have crushed the
insurrection. That is one reason. and that Is
CRIME for which, in some quarters, no 1orglVe-
ness is possible.
CHARGES GREATLY EXAGGERATED.
But I am not going to deal with that. I am
going 10 deal with the cruelty and the torture
OF the natives with which the army has been
charged The Senator from Tennessee CMr. Car
mack said that he thought no exaggeration was
possible. 1 think he wronged himself. think
the charges have been greatly exaggerated
Why. Mr.. President, the American army has
been held up here as guilty OF greater atroclues
than all history show. The Senator from
Utah (Air RaWns) said: My God, Senator'S!
Will any one rise and tell me when and where
among the most barbaric peoples you ever read
such an act OF brutality as that? When was
anything like that disclosed elsewhere upon the
face OF the earth?"
Mr. President cannot suppose that the Sem
ator with his wide knowledge. has forgotten
the Neronian persecution Of the Christians.
when they were tied TO pillars and burned to
give light IN the streets OF Rome. ! have heard
OF nothing of that sort in the Philippines. Is
N not true, and does not history show how the
Tartar hordes swept over Russia; that they
inpaled the people in the villages and those
thew did not impale they tied stakes with