The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-22
Senator HOar Expresses Belief
Senate Was in Ignorance
When 1t Confirmed the NOmina-
tiOn Of Gen. Funston.
COMPARISONS
Between the Course of the
United States in Cuba
And That Being Pursued in the
Philippine Archipelago.

Washington, May 22.-soon after the
senate convened today a resolution Of
tered by Mr.. Hale CNde) was passed,
directing the secretary of the navy to
furnish the senate with detailed items
under the head of the pay of the
navy It was adopted.
Another resolution. offered by Mr.
Hale, and adopted called upon the sec
retary of the navy for full information
concerning the depth of water at the
Mare Island navy yard, and whether
hrst-class battleship ever had gone to
the yard; and also as to the depth of
water at the Puget Sound navy yard
Considera tfon of the Philippine gov
ernment bill was then resumed. Mr.
Hoar addressed the senate in opposition
to the present policy of the government
in the Philippines Great interest was
manifested in the utterance of Mr.
Hoar. both on the floor and in the gal
leries
Mr. Hoar spoke deliberately and con-
fined himself closely to his manu-
script.
Mr. FIoar maintained that this coun-
try is not at war. You are fighting for
sovereignty he said. You are fight
ing for the principle Of eternal domlna-
tiOn over that people, which is the only
question al issue in the conflict" When
it had been determined to resort to
force in the Philippines, he said, the
government took upon itself the nat
uTal consequences of that decision me
result of the conflict of arms of such
character inevitably was that there
would be cruelty on one side and re-
taliation by cruelty on the other, and
the responsibility rested upon those
who made the policy.
Mr.. Hoar said he was to discuss and
denounce what seemed to him one of the
most wicked and foolish chapters ir
history; Yet he was compelled to admit,
he said, that the men who We're re-
sransible for it were neither wicked nor
foolish
Mr.. Hoar maintained that his con
science would not permit him to follow
these men. and his conscience was the
only authority he felt bound to obey in
this matter. He said that the share
which it was proposed to give the Fill
pinOs IN the proposed scheme OF govern
nlent was an admission that many Of
them We're fit for self-government- The
United States was fighting to secure a
dependency, not republic; govern
ment of our making, not a government
of the F'iHpinOs' making.
Discussing the testimony taken by the
Philippine committee, Mr.. Hoar said it
had contained some pregnant admis-
siOnS. What VindicateS that which has
been done so far IS the saving of the
islands from anarchy and the material
benefit conferred upon the Philippine
people. What the fathers of the re-
public said and our century of glorious
history were appealed to in vain.
Their lessons fell upon the ears of
men dazzled by military glory and de-
lirious with the lust of conquest" He
compared the situation in Cuba with
that in the Philippines and demanded to
know which was the better.
Mr.. Hoar recited a chapter of the his
tory of this country which. he said
/ showed the present policy of the gov
J nj Il 7irf i'm of ha
Monroe doctrine as it was a contradic-
ton of the declaration of independence
/ He said that if the present way was
/ followed the declaration of independ-
ence would be repealed and nothing
would be left of the Monroe doctrine ex-
| cept the principle of brutal sel1shness.
! This government had erected a repub-
| lie in Cuba and a despOtiSm in the Phil
! ippines. Six hundred millions of treas
ure and ten thousand American lives
! had been sacrificed in that endeavor. In
| the Philippines the American flag had
! been made the emblem of sacrilege and
burning of homes and of the horror of
the water torture. He believed that our
officers in general, were humane But
in some cases they have carried on
your warfare with a mixture of Amerl-
can ingenuity and Castilian cruelty
What have your Ideals cost your
! inquired Mr.. Hoar. For the Philippine
Islands you have had to repeal the de-
claration of independence. For Cuba
| you have had to reafHrm and give 1t
I new lustre For the Philippine islands,
you have had to convert the Monroe
doctrine into a doctrine Of mere self
] fishness. For Cuba you have acted on
it and vindicated it. In Cuba you have
/ the eternal gratitude of a free people. In
| the Philippine islands you have the hat
/ red and sullen submission Of a sugjuga-
ted people. From Cuba you have brought
home nothing but glory. From the
Philippines you have brought home
nothing of glory"
Referring to the eruelties committed
in the Philippines. Mr.. Hoar said he be-
lieved the American soldiers were rs
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 Of those who crea-
ted the conditions.
After reviewing briefly the capture OF
Aguinaldo by Gen. Funston, the meth.
DDS OF whom he sharply criticised, Mr.
TIoar expressed the belief that the sen
ate did not know what it was doing
when it consented to Gen. Funston's
promotion, and intimated that the re
suit might have been different if tht
senate had been fully cOgnizant of al
the facts. Adverting again to the "hor.
rors'' which have occurred in the Phil
ippines, Mr.. Hoar said
4 hope and believe they were un-
known to the war department know
they We're unknown to President ROOse-
NetI ana Know t141y were uuEAlOHH -
President Mckinley" He did not be
lieve, however, the claim that the wal
was being conducted with unexamplet
humanity on our part would be accept
ed by the people. He denounced the
order alleged to have basn given BY
General Smith and laid particular
stress upon the horrors Of the recon
centration camps which he Hkened t
the dreadful scenes in Andersonvill'
prison during the civil war.
He demanded that these things cease
and that the administration declare OF
what eternal principle it would act II
the Philippines. He believed that i