The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-18
Senator Wellington Discusses
the Philippine Bill.
Says AguinaldO Was Captured
by Unworthy Methods.
COMPELLED TO WRITE
His Proclamation Advising Fill
pinOs to Surrender.
Gives the Administration a jog
on Schley Matter.

Washington, Feb. 1S.-At the conclu-
sion of routine business in the senate
today it was agreed that the final vote
should be taken the Philippine tariff
bill and an endments thereto next Mon
day at. o'clock. During the last day
the debate to be limited to Is minutes
to each senator, no debate to be had
after the voting begins.
Mr.. Wellington (Md.) then addressed
the senate upon the Philippine question.
stating his points of disagreement with
the party with which he had been iden-
titled throughout his life. He said he
had been a Republican, protect1onlSt,
and a believer in a gold standard of
currency. However, he said, the Span
ish war brought the parting of the
ways. He was opposed to that war,
and believed that Cuban independence
could have been brought about by dip
lomatic negotiations. Then came the
'imperialiStic tendencies" of the Re
publican party, and with them he could
not agree. Without the Spanish war he
said Cuba might have been free, might
have enjoyed indeed larger measure
of freedom and peace than she was en-
joying now would in the future.
The only thing Cuba had been taught
was how a postal official could en-
bezzle a half million dollars.
Referring to the bill under discussion,
Mr.. Wellington declared his opposition
to it on "the broad ground of the minor
ity,' that there was no right here to
enact such legislation.
Referring to the decision of the SUI,
preme court. holding that the Philip
pine archipelago was territory of the
United States, he said that it was an
aggregation of ~ opinions of Jack
Bunsby.
Mr.. Wellington then entered upon an
extended view of the events which led
up to the trouble in the Philippines, fol-
lowing the line of argument pursued
heretofore by the minority in the SEN
ate
During his speech Mr. Wellington
spoke of the sea battle off Santiago and
said Admiral Schley was in command
of the vessels of the American squadron
but the administration had been as un-
just to him as it has been to the CuDans
and the F'ilipinos. He said he had not
received the credit due him. but an ef-
fort had been made to besmirch him
and detract from his character and
bravery The mention of Schley's name
caused applause in all of the galleries
Mr. Wellington referred to his confer
ences with the late President Mckinley
and said he had made it plain to the
president that he CWellington) would
never vote for anything that meant the
permanent retention of the Philippines.
He said that Aguinaldo had been cap
tured by methods unworthy of the
American army and had been compelled
to write his proclamation urging Fill
pinoS to surrender.
IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, Feb. 1S.-The house to-
and took up consideration of the Indian
appropriation bill. 1t was agreed that
general debate should continue today
and tomorrow after which the bill
should be open to amendment under
the five minute rule.
Mr. Sherman On. W who was in
charge of the bill announced that in
view of the fact that many members
in general debate desired to speak on
ma alters not germane to the bill, he
would reserve his opening address.
Mr.. BurlesOn CTeX) then made
speech on the subject of trusts. He
spoke of the strenuous one who had
succeeded to the presidency last fall
and contrasted his Minneapolis speech
last summer with the utteranceS in his
message on the trust question. Before
his accession to the presidency he had
spoken of trust baronS" and mono
polists' afterward of capitalists of in
dustry, all of which he declared. indi-
Gated that the preident was controlled
by the forces in the republican party
which had in the past protected trusts.
What is the Democratic governor of
Montana doing to prevent the big rail-
Mr.. Tawney (Mo.)
IF he is not in line with the gov
ernor of your state,' responded Mr..
Burleson, then 1 repudiate him."
HE is not" retorted Mr. Tawney,
land he repudiates you.''
Mr.. Hill (Conn.) followed with an
hours speech in support of his bill to
make silver dollars redeemable in gold.
Mr.. Shafroth (Colo) answered Mr..
Hill. He read from a speech of Mr..
Hill delivered in 1900 in denunciation
of the endless chain by which green
backs could draw gold from the treas
ury," and declared that in the face of
such an exposition of the evils of the
endless chain Mr.. Hills bill proposed
to add to the charge against the gold
reserve $500 900 900 of silver