The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-07
IT IS TREASON
TO SYMPATHIzE
MOTHER MUST CONDEMN son,
BROTHER MUST GIVE BROTHER
TO THE GALLONS
CRUEL POLICY IS DEFENDED
Foraker Declares Harshest Measures
of TyrannicaI Rulers Should BE
Applied to Filipino SYM
pathiZerS.
no CONQUER AT ALL HAZARDS

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-For four hours
4cdav the senate had the Philippine tariff
bill under discussion. The measure was
con1peted, so far as the Philippine com
mittee is concerned, all of the committee
amendments being adopted Several 9TH
er amendments, however. will be offered,
one or two being pending.
Toward the close of the session the dls-
eussion became heated. In response to a
resolution offered several days ago oy
Mr.. Rawlins Of Utah, the secretary OF
war transmitted to the senate the sedl-
tion laws enacted by the Philippine com
mission. They were read in full and i'm
mediately drew the fire of the opponents
of the governments Philippine policy.
Mr.. Hoar, of Massachusetts, expressed
his astonishment that such laws should
be enforced by the government authorl-
ties He said he was sorry the commis-
sion had had it's act justified by reference
to the only harsh and cruel provisions
that were to be found in the statutes of
the United States. Under this cruel pro-
vision in the Philippine commissions acts
a mother having knowledge of the treason
of her son must inform the authorities
upon him; the son must inform upon the
mother; the brother upon the brother;
the daughter upon the father, and so on
He said the laws of the United States
were applied only to citizens Of this
country-citizens by either nativity or
adoption.
In the case of this application of these
acts in the Philippines he said, they
were being put into execution by alien
authority responsible only to an alien
government or command. The people
there had nothing to do with them.
Mr. Foraker said he never had heard
the Philippine acts read until now. He
was surprised, however, that the senator
from Massachusetts, (AIr. Hoar), should
be mentally and morally disturbed by
such provisions as had been read. When
MIR. Hoar had desired to know, he added,
whether it were possible that the United
States had enacted such provisi&1s, he
had sent for the United States statutes
and had had read the acts upon treason
and Offenses against the country.
Not only are the provisions the same"
he declared, las those contained in the
Philippine acts, but the wording in both
is practically identical. The Philippine
commission adopted the language of the
revised statutes, adding such matters as
would make the provisions applicable to
l.
approved of them He pointed out that
it was among the first enactments of an
American congress. For the protection
of our government in the Philippines, the
Taft commission had applied that law to
the Philippines. Senators were not war
ranted, he thought, in saying that the
act was unprecedented in the history of
civilized countries.
At this point Mr. Tillman Is. c. in
sedition laws enacted by the Philippine
commission as a ''damnable doctrine"
1T might be in order" said Mr. For
aker, Ito inquire of the senator from
South Carolina on which side of the
struggle in the Philippines are his SYM
pathieS?'
Sympathies With FiIipinOs.
my. sympathies are with the Fill
pinos," shouted Mr. Tillman, pounding
his desk emphatically.
"Undoubtedly they are, retorted Mr..
tofaker And such fat-foOted and
unqualified declaration as the senator has
made would render the revised statutes
applicable to him if he were not protect
ed by his position as senator
Mr. Hoar again interrupted Mr. For
aker, and directed attention to the dec
laratlon in the senate chamber of Thorn
as CorWin, of Ohio, during a debate on
the Mexican war, that if he were Mex
lean he would welcome the Americans
with bloody hands to hospitable graves.
He inquired if the people Of Ohio did not
reverence the name and memory of Thorn
as Corwin.
Mr. Foraker replied that the people of
Ohio did love to recall the memory of
Thomas Corwin, but they realized he
said that in that great emergency he
made profound mistake
In response to a question from Mr.
patterson (Col), Mr.. Foraker said that
there was not a single word in the sedi-
tion laws adopted by the Philippine com
mission which WOnld mol 10
ties to touch any man who was loyal to
the United States. In this reply he re-
ferred particularly to an act that provid-
ed that no secret society should advocate
any policy inimical to the government of
the United States or to the control of the
Islands.
Mr. Tillman said that he had seen a
statement from Gen. Chaffee that prac-
tically the entire Philippine population
was imbued with a hatred of Americans
I'm view Of this statement said he,
must we continue this infamous, tyran-
nical, British South-African-." Then
hesitatng a few seconds he continued.
IN stop right there, because I can't
lind word hot enough to apply to the
situation
Will Wipe Them Out.
'I want to say to the senator and to the
senate" retorted Mr.. Foraker, with great
vehemence, that our army will never
come back from the Philippines until il
comes back victorious. That NAV as well
be understood now as at any future time
Gentlemen may rail about in congress
and out, but it is a fact that all bv this
time ought thoroughly to understand
Mr. Hoar concluded the debate Of the
afternoon, and in the course of his re-
marks pald a brilliant tribute to Thomas
Corwin, who, in the face of a hostile SEN
ate; had uttered the sentiment which he
had quoted earlier in the day He de-
clared that CCrwin's name and memory
had become one of the treasures of the
republic, and that he had been placed
among the immortals of this government
tEhe great questions now before the conn.
try, he said. could be discussed fem
perately and calmly. It was a great CUES
ton whether this powerful renuhIic
should crush the life out of a renubIic
modelled after our own government. Il
was great question how the slaughter
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