The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-21
NISREPRESENTED
TRUE SITUATION.
This Charge Brought Against
Governor Taft.
PEOPLE. BITTERLY MALIGNED
Senator Patterson, OF Colorado, Makes a
Vigorous Speech Attacking Acts OF
Philippine Commission, Rspec-
tally sedition Laws.
PEOPLE. BITTERLY MALlGNED

ial!y sedition Laws.
(Bf Associated Prcss.)
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. 20-Wlth
the exception Of few minutes given
to routine business, the Senate to-day
devoted IT'S entire session to the Philip
pine question. Mr.. Patterson, Of Colo
RADIO, one of the minority members OF
the Philippine Committee, delivered his
first extended speech III the Senate and
was given n most attentive and careful
hearing He discussed princiD ~ &c
sedition laws enacted Ivy the Philippine
Commission, vigorously attacking the au-
thority of the commission to enact and
enforce such laws. He maintained that
Congress alone had the power to put IN
force enactments Of that character he
compared information furnished by the
executive departments OF the Govern
nent with some of the statements OIL
Governor Taft in his testimony before the
Philippine Commission with reference u
the capabilities Of the Filipino, and oe-
clared with some heat his pelleL t'iat
Governor Taft nsreprescnted the true
situation Of the islands from motives
unknown.
TYRANNICAL ACTS.
Mr.. Patterson declared that only FOUR
of the acts of the Philippine Commission
relating to conspiracy against the Unlteu
states had anyresemblance to the statues
Of the United States The remainder,
he held. were taken bodily from the stat
utcs Of Spain as enacted by the spanish
Cortes. He declared, after analyZHlS eiie
enactments, that no greater outrage could
he inflicted upon a people than the en-
forcoment Of the sedition laws enacted
bv the Philippine Commission. Acts more
tI-ranncal. more inimical to the interests
OF the people, he asserted never We =
enacted anu they ought to Je Iepeaieo
Immediately by act of Congress.
Mr.. Patterson maintained that under the
enactments of the Philippine COMMISSION
any person found distributing the Con.
gressional Record, containing speeches. Oh
any member Of the minority upon tiie
philippine question, would be liable to
fine and Imprisonment He denounced
such a, condition as unwarranteo' and eA-
traordinarv and without any constltu-
tional authority He declared that the
sedition laws enacted by Congress in l'9S
we're a beacon light of liberty as com
nared with the laws enacted by the Phli-
ippine Commission.
He said that Governor TAFT mad eA-
planned that in instances where the dedth
oel7s1Ity was inflicted under the law the
cases had to be taken to the supreme
Court but in all cases OF tine ana I'M
prisonment no such appeal was permls-
Sibc
BITTERLY MALIGNED.
Discussing the testimony of Governor
Taft before the Philippine committee.
Mr.. Patterson said that seldom had
people b, en- held up to greater contumely
and scorn than had been applied to the
Filipinos by Judge Taft, who, Temporal
rily, at least. is their ruler
Governor Taft declared, he said. that
no people in the islands were lit for JURY
duty. because the body Of the people was
either corrupt or open to corruption.
The Colorado Senator was of opinion
that Governor Taft was not frank Win
the committee, and he believed that the
American authorities were AFRAID TO lius'
Jury duty with the Filipinos lest the right
of imprisonment thereby should De tahe'
out of the han6s of the commission OH
Gals. He felt that the Filipnos had beer
maligned and slandered, and he took Is
she with Governor Taft and with other
defamers Of the Filipinos upon that polni
and quoted documents to substantiate his
position.
In conclusion, Mr.. Pat:A:son referred to
the fact that GO0O of the people of the
islands were Christians. But" said he
"they are not Protestant Christians. Sen.
ators may smile,'' he continued, but
have it in my MIND that if the 6,o00 o.
Filipino Christians had learned thei'
Christianity in the sanctuarics of tn
Methodist, Presbyterian or Baptis
Churches. and were as well founded ir
the cardinal principles Of Christianity as
they are to-day, there would be such
an uprising of the Methodist, Presbyte-
rian and Baptist denominations at thu
cruel. unconstitutional and RELENTLESS
treatment Of their people in the Philip,
pines that few members Of Congress sup
porting that policy would lace their
wrath. But the Filipinos are not Prot
estant Christians
CRITICISED MIR. PATTERSON.
Mr.. Nelson, of Minnesota, presented g
legislative and constitutional argument
in support of the governments action IL
the Philippine Islands, and sharply crit
cised Mr.. Patterson for injecting sec.
tarianism into the discussion.
Mr. Nelson declared that the trial by
Jury was not necessarily q constitutional
right.
Mr.. N1cCumber, of North Dakota. urged
that Congress should not bind the futur'
now by a declaration Of definite policy
regarding the Philippines. as it was de
siralble that all possible information
should be in hand before a permanent
policy was determined upon.
The Senate adjourned until II o'clock
tomorrow.
In the House.
WASHINGTON, Feb 2o-The, House
spent the day working on the Indian ,ap-
preparation bill. forty-two of the sixty
two pages being disposed of. Several amend
ments We're adopted, none ho srv!n eooll
preliminary work on the reservoir for the
ella River Valley went out on point of
order.
MI. Smith, of Arizona. offered ar
amendment to strike out the approprla-
came a text for a general onslaught on
the practice of educating Indians in East
ern schools, bus the amendment was de-
fea ted.
FITZGERALD, of New York, made an attack
the Of b the school Sa at
was charged with permitting tn. debasing
of Indian girls
rnn,r;t+ae nromfsed to make an inveSti-