The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-02-27
USING PITCHFORK
His Apt and Caustic Reply to the
Senator From Michigan,

| ScudtOT HTOu1 mtCn1 gan,
The Senate had under consideration
the Philippine tariff bill, and Il nun
Der OF Senators took part in the gen
eral debate on the subject.
a resolution offered by Mr.. Tillma,
was adopted, directing the civil scrvic,
commission to transmit to the Senate
a statement showing the apportionmen,
or the employees in the various depart
mcnts of the governments from ,h,
several States and the District OF
Columbia, together with the pcrccn
taScs OF employees in the departments.
Mr.. Burrows said that Congress was
dealing with Philippine questions as
they were found now and not as
they had been IN the past or might be
in the future.
We hold" said he, &c The Philip
pine islands by a title that cannCt be
challenged by any court in Chrstcn-
dom. We have become responsible
for them to the nations Of the world.
fhc pending bill simply provides rev
cnuCs sufficient to meet the needs of
The government of the Philippines"
While the Michigan Senator was
reading the proclamation Of President
Mckinley known as The benevolent
assimiIatlon' proclamation, Mr.. Till
man Interrupted to inquire if he con-
tended that the President had author
ity to issue that proclamation.
No doubt Of it," replied Mr.. Bur-
rows. While the treaty had not been
ratified, he said, the President had
ample authority to issue such moc-
lamation as a guide to the military
commanders in the Philippines.
In other words," suggested Mr..
Tillman, "although that proclamation
scdulously ignored the political status
Of the Filipinos, it was expected that
the 5000, 900 of people would acccde
to its provisions"
Mr.. Culberson interrupted TO say
that the proclamation was considered
so extreme that Il part Of il was sup
pressed by General Otis.
Mr.. Burrows declined TO be diverted
further from his argument by Mr.. TIL
man as " the questions of the Senator
from South Carolina evidently arc not
iieSiuSb w lllulilliittNC lLS Subl lCSl.
Mr.. Burrows cOntcndcd that while
the Filipinos desired It good govern
ment they did OF, as whole, desire
independence, because ii was realized
by the best informed of them that an
independent government in the
archipelago was neither practic-
able nor desirable. The Fllipinos, he
asserted, were not prepared either by
education or experience, for indcpcn-
dcncc, and could not maintain it if it
were granted to them.
Mr. Tillman presented a number of
public documents, as he said, IN rciu~
tation of statements made by Mr.. Bur
rows, These papers genera ly bore
upon the treatment by the United
States Of the inhabitants Of newly
acquired countries and were intended
to show that they have in the past been
received as citizens. lie laid especial
stress upon the difference Of the
circumstances connected with the ac.
QUESTION OF Louisiana and those con-
nCctcd with the acquisition OF the
Philippines. The former he charac-
tcrlzed as Democratic cXpanslon-and
the latter as Republican subjuyatlon.
Speaking Of the Philippines, he said
that our conduct in those islands had
been 50 infamous that it should cause
a blush Of shame to mantle the checks
of every American.
Quoting President Mckihlcy's an
nounccmcnL that VIC must pursue a
method Of benevolent assimilation
of the Filipinos, Mr.. Tillman said that
the assimilation which had been
practiscd could be contrastcd to moth.
ing so we'll as the parable Of the lamb
and the lion. 1t would be found, nc
said, when they should get up that the
lamb would be inside the lion. lie
spoke of the effort of building up
American schools in the Philippines
as mawkish scntimentallty," saying
that the system could be of no avail in
view Of the fact that the teachers sent
over know nothing of the language of
| tie Elhplnos and the Fl.ipinos nothing
of the English language. And yct,"
he said, this is the system advocated
by the olcaginous Senator from Michi-
gan and presumably endorsed by his
constituents, the people Of Michigan
Taking this TO be the position of tho
people Of that State, he exclaimed
"May God have mercy on their pusil
luminous souls"
Replying to Mr.. TilIman, Mr.. For
akcr said that the people Of I.oulsian;
had not been allowed TO elect Gov
crnor or the judiciary Of that territory
and that the government established il
The Philippines is far more liable thar
the government established in Louis
lana by Jefferson and the Democrats
Congress of that day.
lntcrrupting, Mr.. Tlllman said th,
President appoints the governors of al
territories, and admitting this, Mr.
Foraker said that no more authority i
requested now IN the case Of the Philip
pines. This statement led Mr.. TiIlmal
to say that Congress had granted n
authority for such appointment.
"yhc Governor Of the Philippine
is the Governor by appointmcnt," SAT-
Mr.. Foraker in reply, "and lie is a
much as MI. Claiborne was GovcrnO
Of Louisiana, under JclIcraon's ap
pointmcnt."