Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-02-07
TO GAG FREE SPEECH.
PHILIPPINE COMMISSIONS NEW LAWS
SCORED BY SENATOR TlLLMAN.

The south Carolina Senator Makes DAM
aging Companions of Revolutionary War
Times and the Present-Draws Out Sem
ator Hoar on Subject of New Laws.
1.-THE battle for Filipino independence
must be fought in the United States,"
exclaimed Senator Tillman In the course
of long speech, wherein he recalled the
struggles of the American colonists for
independence.
Mr.. Tillman's exclamation followed
his reading of a section OF new law
that has been passed by the Philippine
commission. This law, which makes 1t
an ofiense in the archipelago to advocate
the independence of the Fiipinos, reads
as follows
Sec 10. Until it has been officially pro-
claimed that a state of war or instruction
against the authority or sovereignty OF the
United States no longer exists In the Philip
pine islands, 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son to advocate, orally or by writing, or
printing, or like methods, the independence
OF the Philippine islands or their separation
from the United States, whether peaceable
or forcible means, or to print, publish, or
| circulate any handful. newspaper, or other
publication advocating such independence.
Any person violating the provisions OF this
section shall be punished by fine OF not
exceeding $4,000 and imprisonment not ex-
oeeding one year.
OF course, this law does not apply to
the United States, so that, as MIR. Till
man pointed out, the advocacy OF indie
pendence for the Filipinos is not punish
able here. Mr.. Tillman, who was In his
usual sarcastic and sometimes belligerent
60 tov no n
by South Carolina in the Revolutionary
war.
Very adroitly he contrasted the gallant
struggles of the early Americans to
achieve liberty and independence with
the conditions now prevailing in the
Philippines, where, he said, people
who declined to be conquered were hav-
ing liberty shot into them with Ameri-
can bullets. "You builded better than
you know" said Mr.. Tillman to Mr..
Lodge, when thanking the latter for
having raised question as to the quota
of soldiers furnished by the states to the
Revolutionary army. "1ou have given
us an opportunity of rehearsing the braye
and gallant conduct of our fOrefathers and
contrasting it with the condition which
prevails today" Incidentally, Mr.. Till
man referred to ''my gallant young
FRIEND, MIR. Beveridge, who leaped into
the arena and charged the minority with
conspiracy and obstruction" and then
compimented Senator Hoar. 81 am
glad" he said, "that Massachusetts has
one representative in this chamber, even
if South Carolina has only One." he In
terpolated, significantly, "who stands
sturdly for the principles upon which
this government was founded, those
principles which constitute the true roat
to liberty"
. While M. Tillman was speaking sew
eral senators engaged in conversation
, among themselves. To this Mr.. Tillmar
objected because of the interruption, ant
he requested that those so engaged re
/, tire to the cloakrooms. For once HI
was, he said, making speech for hom'
, consumption. "Of course" he said
"the senators on the Republican side art
t not interested. l could hardly hope t
7 reach on such subject the minds ant
hearts of the calloused majority-th
commercialized, money grabbing, money
loving majorty--as such subject is no
/ in consonance with the miserable, canting
damnable attitude which that party i
now assuming By the time he La,
concluded this linguistic diversion Mr.
Tillman had the attention of all the sen
ators present.
Mr.. Tillman declared it was the his
I tory of all conquering armies whe
prosecuting such struggle as tn
: British pressed against the revolution
{ airy colOnists, and which is now bein
5 carried on by the British in South Afric
II that they committed cruelities an
: trampled upon all the obligations Of hu
u manity.
;. And would ask the maorty in thl
,. chamber" he said, "if, In trying to fore
!, the Filipinos to accept our govermeL
|, without u promise, they are not invitln
;, the evaporation of the natives and
spirit of perpetual Instruction"
7. The effort to treat the FilipinOs "s
n chatteis, as CATTLE" he declared, ws
e side with being the "real murderers {
l. our troops in the Philippines"
D "But," he asserted, shaking his finger
the Republican side, ''if we can gag yo
and force down your Threats scinti
or small dose of the principles whiC
If actuated the men of Massachusetts
v 1776 we will have done our duty to Il
N country and to humanity"
ir In brief colloquy with Mr.. BurtC
If of Kansas, an allusion was made to Il
II remark of Mr.. Tlllman on Wednesds
v about the burning of negroes in kansa
is Mr.. Burton said that no one in Kans
in was proud of committing murder, al
10 Mr.. Tillman retorted "they preferred
murder them in the Philippines"
40 Commenting upon the sedition Law
RI promulgated by the Philippine commi
no sion, Mr.. Tillman expressed dou
,g whether he would be allowed to go
q large In the Philippines if those Law
~ were enforced. In this connection,
40 inquired of Mr.. Hoar whether Il
Sprinofield Republican, which, he sal