The Wilmington daily Republican., 1902-01-15
HOAR WANTS FACTS
Senator From Massachusetts,
on the Philippines.
he FAyORS 4 FULL INVESTIGATION.
Senator Lodge Says His Committee
Is Perfectly Abze to Handle the
Subject-The House Dis
cussea Pensions.


cusses Pensions.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.--For tn
first time this session the Philippine
question was touched on in the senate
The interest taken indicates that i
will occupy the attention of the uppe
branch of congress for some time whel
the tariff bill is reported. The Philip
pines were the subject Of an address
by Mr.. HOar Of Massachusetts. who
spoke on his resolution introduced
Monday providing for the appointment
or senate committee to investigate
the administration Of those islands
Mr.. Hour spoke at some length regard
Ing the unreiability of statements
which have been made from time tO
timo regarding the situation in the
Philippines and the causes which led
to the outbreak.
lie urged that there should be a
place where any senator in his official
capacity could so and ask for two wit
nesses to prove the correctness or i'll
correctness of any question upon
which light is desired.
Among other things Senator Hoar
said:
81 do not know of any one able to
give a statement of the truth as to
the differences between Governor Taft
and General Chaifee. get some dread
ful stories from brave soldiers and Off
GERS Of high rank about the manner in
which the war is conducted. ! have
heard OF an investigation now going
on in regard to one transaction which.
if true. has covered with foul blot
the flag which we all love and honor.
] think there should he II place where
any senator who. makes such Sug
gestioE in his official responsibility can
20 and say. 1 want two witnesses on
that subject brought here and then
we shall know"
lie said he had been taunted by
newspapers for three or four years
with Il statement attributed to General
Lawton TO the effect that if certain
people at home would hold their
tongues there would not be any diff
Guilty with the islands. But what the
general is understood to have said was
That We should stop this accursed
war. 1t is time for diplomacy, time
for mutual understanding.
There is no one, Mr.. llour declared,
who can tell whether General Lawton
said that or whether ii is Il forgery or
whether he said the other or it is Il
forgery.
General Otis had shocked the coun-
Try by saving W" should keep 10000
troop, in the Philippines for Il consid
crablr time. but instead Of that NUM-
Der we have 10000. ana Mr.. iIoar ask
cd how long were we going to keep
them there. 'If General thaifee is
right" he said, there is not a man in
these islands who is not conspirMg
against the government nnd eager for
his liberty. Now. give us Il little light.
Take the most Jealous men in this
body and give us committee that will
hear the evidence. put questions. hear
both sides and let us know what is the
truth. We are engaged In the unholy
office of crushing out republic the
first great republic ever established in
the eastern hemisphere. If we had
dealt with this people as we dealt with
Cuba. We should have had today civil
lized. happy, peaceful republic sending
their youths to our schools studying
our laws. initiating our examples, ami,
mated by a love and affection and a
gratitude such as no one people on
earth ever yet felt for another"
One Of the great events of history,
he said, was the civilization of Japan.
Another was the adoption of the Dec
laration Of Independence. Japan has
just celebrated the fiftieth anniversary
Of taking her place among free nations,
at which the declaration had been made
that everything that japan was she
owed to the United States, and yet in
half century she had encountered
China rs a superior and Russia as an
equnl.
That came. Mr. Hoar said. from the
application Of world power that he
should like to have his country eXer-
cise that came from the application
to the affairs Of modern life of the
great doctrine Of the immortal declara.
ton.
Mr.. Lodge. Mr.. Hoar's colleague, said
he regarded the resolution as Il rchec.
tion on the Philippine committee, OF
which he was chairman, and the neces-
sity for the latter would cease were
this resolution to be adopted His com.
mittes. he said, was perfectly able to
handle any investigation which might
be conducted. Mr.. Carmack DemJ
agreed with him. The discussion was
leading rapidly to an opening up of the
whole Philippine question, when 1t was
agreed that the resolution should 20
over until today. Mr.. Mason of Illinois
made Il speech in favor of reciprocity
with Cuba.
The house continued the debate on
the pension appropriation bill and de.
voted much time to the proposition ad-
vanced by Mr.. Rixcy Of Virginia to
open the doors Of the soldiers homes
to cx-COnfederate veterans. Two nota.
ble speeches were made In support of |
the proposition, one by Mr.. Gardner, a
Michigan Republican. and the other by
Mr.. Dearmond. Missouri Democrat.
Mr.. Dearmond's eloquence aroused
bo'h sides of the house. The Republic.
ans, with the exception Of Mr.. Gard
ner. took no part in the discussion of
the Rixey suggestion, which met with
much opposition OH the Democratic
side on the ground that 1t was utterly
impra cticable. Mr.. Lamb of Virginia
read number Of kilograms from prom.
inent ex-Confederate Of Richmond
protestinp apainat II