The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-23

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one can tell. he exclaimed. .how long
ago the Philippine Islands might, have
| been pacihed but for that. The prolonga-
ton OF the struggle was its Inevitable effect
THE Filipinos were led TO believe Mr.;
| Spooner continued, 'that II they only held
| out until the Presidential election was over
and II Mr.. Bryan should be elected they
would receive independence. IL Is no
wonder that Aguinaldo told his men TO
redouble their hostilities. TO. shoot down.
more and more. the American soldiers;
to ambush our boys over there. That
was not intended, Of course, by our friends
at home. But there were men here who
sent letters over there encouraging them
and denouncing our attempt TO bring ABOUT
Mr.. spooner read from a letter. from
the late Gen. Lawton TO Mr.. Barrett, former
Minister to Siam. and dated Octobeii iSss,
to the effect that II the ant-imrerialists IN
be S' Sonyinosd q TIE error and eHsssera;
tions Of their statements, and OF the
and unfortunate sfe0t Of their publication.
Lawton. he said, knew. whereof no spoke
The position Of The minority wa : con
lions which had wrought 90 much harm
and done absolutely no good.
Mr.. Spooner read from the rows mace
In the initiation services OF an oath-bouno
the Katapunan, which made assassination
the order Of the day. 30 a. To terrori1e the
Fiiipinos and prevent their acceptance OF
American sovereignty, and he mentioned
1t as an odd thing that the oa6alstip sympo
OF that oath-bound assoclauon wse IA H.
the same a. the KukluI Khan.
Referring to q statement made by. Q
soldier and quoted on the othsr side, that
he had seen a largs. number OF water
cure tortures applied 70 naaves py is sa
from Gen. Funston. branding the state
ment as an atrocious lie and saying that he
had never seen the watercure torture ap-
piled In a single instance.
After an eloquent suiogy OF rtes ars
solemnity Of amer. whether anybody
could believe that Mr.. Mckinley Intended
the enAlavsmsnt Of the PhinpPtnss. no
State paper, he declared, was liner or loftef
than the paper Of instructions which the
President issued to the Taft Commission.
No Senator on the other side, Mr.. Spooner
declared. had said one word In commando
ton OF the army or ~fecoghlLeu ynisiS
p~raiseworthy act on the part OF the United
otber things, the commission bad abol.
ished the eoclesiastioal court whion haa
Jurisdiction OF every offence committed
| by a friar, and now every man nving Gere,
Of every tribe and OF every rehgson, mac
an equal position before the Jaw. oena/ofs
had failed 70 observe that.
Speaking Of the question OF schooh In
the Islands, Mr.. Patterson asked Mr. opoone5
whether or not those who we're competed
to pay the teachers should not DO ooosu'oo
as TO what should be taught.
IF the Filipino fathers and mothers.
Mr. Spooner replied, shksd to send their
children to American sohools TO be taught
the English language the senator from
Colorado !% dSs ought Hli1 70 Do 1 peopie are content
said MI. Patterson, Il am content But
the people are given no choice. d 10
crsmmed into them and forced on them
Now. Mr.. .Spooner exclaimed saIoas,
consent and education without consent.
What neIti IL~aughter.l The people
there know what they want, but they do
not know what the Senator from colorado
wants them V ant; More lamsnssi nv
the minority Of tho Philippine COMMITTEES,
Mr.. Spooner asked why should the dogma
Of future Independence be projected INTO
And now said he. instead Of leaving
commisslon In developing the industries
and increasing the prosperity Of the islands
and affording free education and elm
mating, as We viii do, the title OF the friars
to land there, what do you propose 70 S 90
away the sovereignty Of the United States
over this islands and leave US there as Ten
ants at viii or on sufferance. The minority
bin.' he exclaimed with great iorG p,n Si
I manner ir II = SaI to Fsii { = hf lin n Which ias fR Ia.
no merit whatsvsr In It. / do not believe
In our permanent dominion In the islands.
Al the sams TIM / do not expect the nag
Of the United States t" depart from mat
Mr.. Hosr asked Mr.. Spooner whether
he contendsd that the United States was
the nghtful owner Of the Philippine people
Mr.. spoonsr expressed his Tesre. that
understood by the ssnator from Massa,
chusetts. He went on with his speech ana
Pull down your Gag. Leave your stable
government in the Philippine lslands 70
Poyernment. Then what' Civil war.
Internal strife. Resumption OF ancient
grudges between different tribes. Cor
ruption, weakness, inefioiency foreign
seizure Of the archipelago. No. MI Pres,
along as President Mckinley did, as Pres
ident Roosevelt proposes TO do. lie s
an idealist. He Is a lover Of liberty. He
dared more for liberty In the Spanish,
American Wa than any OF US. lie 9nered
his life for the freedom Of Cuba. Let US
trust him. Let US hold up his hands. Let
US help the Tat Commission, And then,
when the time comes. ! hope that we shall
have liberated Cuba. made her indepen-
dent, made Porto Rico happy and pros
Shall have built up the Philippine Republic
and the isles OF the Pacific with their flag
flying alongside OF ours IApplausel
MIR, Tllman Dem., S; CO was the next
speaker. He denounced the bill as pro-
posing a fundamental change In the policy
of the United States Government, and as
a subversion of all the principles OF the
Government. He characterized the motives
assumed for the bill as subterfuge and
bumbug. The hypocrisy involved in the
whole Transaction was damnable.
The first thing, he said which the carpet
bag vermin" In the Philippine Islands
would do, as they had done In Cuba. was
TO get their hands into the pockets OF the
people. He expected that Gov. Taft had
already caught some Of the s~coundrels,
but II would not be a good thing TO venti-
late II in the United States Just now,
without finishing his speech, Mr.. Till
man vis1iad co q nation IN adjourn.