The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-06-10
PROBLEM IN
PHILIPPINES
Senator Spooner', View
OF the Stu.
alton.

WASHINGTON MAY 3d. A. the uor &.
Ciusion ~ routine business IN the sen.
ate today consideration uf the philip.
zine government BIN was resumed MI
lcyetidge 81 Indiana presented certain
excerpts from the testimony taken by
the Philippine committee. arranged
/ carefully. With reference to certain
| phases of the Philippine question. and
/ requested that they be printed In the
J Congressional Record MIR Beveridg-
/ explained that they covered particular
points In the testimony, arranged In
/ logical sequence. and It was perfectly
/ fair and just.
/ Mir lioar said that he thought a com
| pilaiion of the kind ought To have the
sanction OF the Philippine committee,
and he moved that the matter be re-
terred to that committee,
Mr. BeVeridge said that the widest
latitude hau been afforded the minori-
ty in the publication of matter I'm the
record and he thought 1t scarcely fair
that objection should be made To his
request.
Mr.. Allison of Iowa hoped that Mr..
tloar would withdraw his motion and
Indicated some criticism OF the Massa-
chusetts Senator's action. As MIR
Huar would not withdraw his motion.
Mr. Beveridge withdrew his request
announcing that later he would read
IN" matter If necessary to get 1t In
the Record.
In resuming his speech, begun ON
Tuesday, Mr.. Spooner referred to "A
statement of Mr.. Hoar minute be
fore, that ought not to he saddled on
this Philippine debate. one trouble,
one of the weaknesses of the discussion
and one of the wicked elements. he
said. is the fact that there had been
and We're now sides i'm this question.
He thought there ought not to be
sides" on this Philippine debate.
1t is he said, "a question which
belongs To the American people. 1t Is
"a problem of delicacy and some dan
ger and weapon of no man and of no
party. The interest of all men i'm pub
lie and private life is to get at the
truth without private opinion or party
strife.
II have not been in favor of perma-
ncut dominion over the Philippines"
said Mr.. Spooner but | do not mean
by that that | have been in favor OF
the United States running away like
coward, and abandoning "A people
who have come under our protection
or surrendering them to tyranny, an
arohy and chaos"
He said he had never been able To
contemplate with equanimity the ad-
mission OF the Philippines as State
or States. Nothing was dearer to him,
except his home ties, than that this
government should be confined to this
continent.
No question of Imperialism, he said,
had been raised in this problem, eX-
sept for party purposes.
There never before has been an in
stance" no declared, 'where portion
Of the American people have sought,
necessarily and think unfairly, to put
this country I'm the wrong, and to stain
the honor of the country with dishon-
or They have formed" he said "a
narrow and squint-eyed view of every
question of fact"
Mr.. Spooner said Aguinaldo had an
army of proclamations, considerations
ana transformations. Quoting from the
diary of Aguinaldo, Mr. Spooner said
said that when Philippine independence
was established AguinaldO and his
friends would go to Europe with an
appropriation for one million for eN-
pcnses.
by the direction of the President
Secretary Root has issued "A general
order decreasing the strength of our
permanent establishment and chang
ing the ratio of its makeup as provid-
ed in the general order issued last May,
to carry out the army reorganization
law. Under the general order of last
May, the total strength of the army
was fixed at 77,2S7 men. The order is
sued today reduces this figure to 66,i97
"a reduction of 1890.
The President today sent the follow
ing nominations to the Senate:
Army
Colonies to be Brgadier Generals
Samuel NJ Whitside and Sumner H.
Lincoln.
Infantry: Lieutenants to be Colonies
William Quinton and Jesse G. Chance
Majors to be Lieutenant Colonies
Ralph w. Hoyt and George II. Corn
ish.
Captains to be MajOrs-Charles H.
BnneSteel, Lyman w. NJ. Kenefee, Will
liam Lasster, Charles G. Morton.
First Lieutenants to be Captains
George +. BaltZell, Edgar II. Conley
Scaborn G. Chiles, T.. T. Collins and
Lyman w. Wclch.
Also Gearge w Bisbee, receiver of