The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-22
CUBA is WELCOME
SENATE ADOPTS APPROPRIATE
Resolution.
WELLINGT0N'S RASH CHARGE.
DECLARES POLICY IN PHILIPPINES
INDISPENSABLE.

Like "Attacl< of the HOrdes of He'll
Upon God" Declared Maryland
Senator-Mr. BacOn's Resumes His
DenuncintiOn of Philippine Policy.
He Demands That the "PhiIippine
Excrescence" Be Cut On-Mr.
SpOoner Pretends Indig nation Mt
CHARGE of WeyIerism in Philip
pines.
Washington, May 21.-Before the Sem
ate resumed consideration of the Phil
ippines bill to-day it adopted a resolu-
ton congratulating the republic Of
Cuba upon it's entry into the family or
independent nations, and the Secretary
of State was directed to transmit the
resolution to the President of the new
republic. The Senate also ordered the
Associated Press account of the cere-
monies of the transfer from the United
States to the Cuban authorities print
ed in the Congressional Record, and
as public document.
Mr.. wellington of Maryland opposed
the pending Philippine measure, and
denounced the action of the United
States in the islands as indefensible as
the attack of the hordes of hell upon
God. He declared that above the army
and the War Department and the Pres
ident were the American people, and
they were responsible for the condition
of affairs in the Philippines because
they had placed the dollar above the
man.
In a continuation of his speech of
yesterday, Senator Bacon of Georgia
again denounced the concentration pol
icy pursued in the Philippines. He in
! dicated that if leading Republican SEN
ators would declare it to be their pur-
pose to give the Filipinos a free gov
! eminent, the minority would not quar-
| rel about the time when the govern
ment was to be established. They de-
| sired simply to know that the Philip
| pine eXcrescence was to be cut off
Adverting to the policy of concen-
| tration, Mr.. Bacon said that Mr.. For
| aker had indicated yesterday that the
| orders for concentration had been is
| sued for a humanitarian purpose, and
to protect the friendly FiliPnos from
bandits and guerrilla bands. The trou-
BILE with that idea was that definite
date had been fixed for the coming
into the concentration camps of the
| FiliDinos the order stating that if the
| inha bitants did not enter the camps by
the specified date their property would
be liable to confiscation. II was evil
dent that the concentration order had
some other purpose than that stated by
Mr.. Foraker.
SPOOner Makes Inquiry.
When he referred to the camps as re-
concentrate camps. Mr.. Spooner in
| CURED if it was his purpose to fasten
upon the American army the odium Of
| Weylerism. He said the term recon-
centrado stood for policy of infamy
which was not the purpose of Gen. Bell
in issuing the concentration order, and
| he believed Mr.. Bacon knew that the
general had no such purpose.
Mr. Bacon said he had called at
| tention to this matter simply to show
the American people what were the
results of the Philippine policy in or
der that. understanding it, they might
! be induced to abandon it.
! Discussing the term "scuttle'' as
applied to the Philippine policy, he
| declared that what the minority now
asked to be done as the Philippines
| was precisely what leading sena tors
! of the majority wanted to be done in
the beginning. And yet the opprobious
term ''scuttle" was now applied to the
| suggestion of the minority. He read
| from a speech by Mr.. Spooner in sup
port of his point. declaring that the
| Wisconsin senator had committed
himself to the proposition that we
ought not to retain the Philippines.
but that we ought to establish a gov
eminent for the Filipinos
Senator Bacon did not conclude his
speech to-day, being compelled to stop
on account of the bad condition of
| lis throat.