The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-01
Talked for Five Hours in Supper
of Pending Bill.
HAD TILT With SENATOR H0AR
Massachusetts Representative in Upper
Chamber of Congress Does Not
Hesitate to Denounce Action Of
the Pilgrim Fathers-Many
Senators Participated
in the Discussion.
{By Associated Prcss.)

{By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, May S1-Hissing in
the Senate is so unusual that when it
occurred in the course of the Philippine
debate to-day it ated sensation, Mr.
Spooner. OF Wisconsin. was speaking,
and referred, incidentally. to the story
that thousand Filipinos had been put
to death by American troops in trenches
which they were compelled to dig. Mr.
Lodge of Massachusetts, said the story
had been denied by the father OF the sol
dier who had started it. and that the
War Department mad cabled to General
Chaffee to ascertain the facts. Mr.. car
mack. of Tennessee, interrupted to say
that on doubt the soldier would deny
the story. as all soldiers in the Philip
pines had been required to do his re-
mark was greeted with misses from the
galleries, the demonstration OF disappro-
baton. calling out a sharp rapplng OF
the gayel from the chair.
Mr.. Spooner occupied nearly five hours
of to-day's session in concluding ms
speech begun on Thursday. His elo-
ouence and earnestness attracted the at
tentton of all Senators and of hundreds
of OCCUPANTS of the crowded galleries.
He did not believe in the admission OF
the Philippines to lie Union as states
hut In the conduct of the islands nothing
sayoring of imperialism had been sus
gested. except for party purposes.
II have not been in favor OF perHla,
nent dominion over the Philippines, salo
Mr. Snooner. but don't mean by that
that have been in favor of the United
states running away like a coward OF
ahandoning a people who have come un-
der our protection or surrenderlns lieiii
to tyranny, anarchy and chaos:
,-1l "a
little or no similarity between the con
ditions in Cuba ana those III 't'e
ippines ,;a ..,r,o
cannot see the difference between tne
philippines and Cuba have some sort OF
mental strabismus
TILT WITH HOAR.
IF Congress had recognized the IN
dependence of the Filipinos. said ne,
ta.,..a of being there, as we are now.
n.;+h q title which the Supreme Court
of the United States says is complete
which the Senate has accepted as COM
n,ete when Congress paid for as com
n,ete which the world recognizes as com
plete which gives US the power ~ 20
I,nIif:ing to that people, We would De
there on the shifting sands OF contract
J.h former tyrant. I think that Goo
10. saved us from that unutteraole 1ol-
ly'' :. go - b,h.
,tants OF the Philippines were not peol,.e .
where there were millions OF men, act
a., +orether who raised an army Sc
,ae,sd q general turned Spain out OF all
terrItory except only the city OF MAMMA
o,a r,ho had agreed upon Legislature,
Republican in form
.sThey woulu be people, iefiieo MI
Snoouer. IF that were true.
q .ot7
81 deny It," insisted Mr. Spooner. Il
deny that there is any more than super
fetal truth in IT"
Ha referred to the Filipinos' army as
collection of miscellaneous persons VINO
,,ow constituted bands OF bandits and
cutthroats.
M snooner said Aguinaldo had "a gov
ernment OF proclamations, of confisca-
,;ons and assassinations. and the evidence
all shows it.
Mr.. Spooner quoted from diary 10
.hov that Aguinaldo had said that 6nce
the independence of the fhliiPPii'es Mas
declared he (Aguinaldo) and ms frlehos
.,ould take a trip to Europe with an al
,owance of 100000 for expenses. Mr..
cno,ner referred to the last Presidential
csmpaien and the candidacy Oh Mr.
Eryar and to the assertions or me RIM
,,,no leaders that the success o1 the
democracy meant the independence OIL
hn
.bat the American people nad passed
,-,on the Philippine question at the poiis
,s5ed. ..you cannot charge upon the rat
ifration Of the treaty nor upon the send
tao Of our army to the Philippines all
The bloodshed or all the cruelues that
came to that army
pEFCEDENTS FOR SMITHS oRpEh.
referring to General Smiths order for
+ha txilI,rr of all the inhabitants of Sa-
,,r above fen years of age. Mr. Spooner
n,,otes the witticism that the Pilgrims,
on landing, first fell upon their knees
and then upon the Indians He read from
a statute Of Massachusetts, OF l122. ofter-
,nr a reward of E100 for every male IN
dian scalp twelve years old and upward
and ESQ for the scalp CT those killed In
bnttle.
Mr.. Hoar interrupted to say that the
r,nritans had bought and paid for every
foot OF land acquired from the Indians.
ana that the stat,5e Of 1722 was cruel
and barbarouE-
..Do YOU approve o. it, he demanded.
"vhen at the beginninS of the twentieth
,.r,nry YOU mako It \ precedent"
..I think" said Mr.. SpSpner. that our
,sthers. bought the lands NJ the Indians
In Massachusetts and then proceeded to
bus their scalps
.sI will agree. reiterated Mr. Hoar.
..,ba. this policy which the Senator de-
nv all the wicked presidents which can
=. for,nd IN the lives of good men,"
@sana.ors.. declared Mr.. spooner. "who
aennnnce our policy In the Philippines In
~cneral language on ex-parte testimony
e,,rht not to forget that our forebears
CONTINUED on sixth Pege3