New-York tribune., 1902-05-27
THE PHILIPPINE DEBATE.
SENATOR PATTERSON EXPLAINS HIS
CHANGE OF VIEWS, AND STARTS
SOME SHARP COLLOQUIES
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[BY TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUNEI
Washington. May 26.-AnOther week of time kill
ing debate was begun in the Senate to-day, Mr.
Patterson, of Colorado, undertaking contribute
an afternoons discussion of the Philippine Civil
Government bill. The Colorado Senator had the
task before him of reconcng his opinions of three
years ago, when he filled the editorial columns OF
1.-THE Denver News with ardent pro-expansion
guments, with his opinions of to-day, when he
poses as radical anti-imperialist of the Edward
Atkinson type Mr.. Patterson devoted a great deal
of ingenuity explaining his violent change OF
view. and however languid interest the Senate
may have taken in his elucidation he undoubtedly
thoroughly convinced and satisfied himself.
Mr.. Patterson referred to the editorials from
The Denver News" which Mr.. Foraker had read
in the course of his recent speech These editorials
strongly urged the retention of the Philippine
Islands and upheld the governments policy. Mr..
Patterson said he responsible for the utter
ances of THE Denver News" then and now. He
said he was type of hundreds of thousands of
American people who had held views similar
those expressed in The Denver News editorials
and had changed those views. Just before the rati-
hcation of the Paris treaty ne had changed his
opinion, and since that time had advocated strenu-
ously the Independence of the Filipino people. lie
declared that after the capture of Manila "a
sored press, deliberately guided by the powers in
Washington had msrepresented the situation in
the Philippine Islands," He read some extracts
from editorials in his paper since the time
ferred TO- declaring that the most sublimely grand
deed which the United States could perform would
be TO extend independence TO the Filipnos, lie
urged that Mr. Foraker had not been frank and
candid in his quotations from The News -
Mr., Foraker resented the imputation of lack of
fairness.
MIR. Patterson insisted that Mr.. Foraker had
omitted editorials which presented the question in
its ligh,.
Mr.. Foraker said he had presented only such
editorials from Democratic newspapers had
ueat ably and interestingly with the question. and
OF course he had no intention Of rejecting on the
Senator from Colorado.
Mr. Patterson declared that additional light had
bt'n thrown on the subject, and editorials mad APP
.a IfaEed IN his paper which presented different
luaSe OF the matter These had not been reaa: In
Justice he read them himself. declaring that they
patehcs from from the fhiIipPines so 9' ''es''p"'' us
In answer 10 an inquiry from Mr. Beverdge Mr.,
advocated the retention of the philippines by the
the independence of the FIlipinos.
In his argument Mr.. Patterson quoted from d
Ine effect that he had no sympathy With those
followers In their struggle for liberty and ndepen-
MIR Foraker explained that the war he referred
70 was not war between the United states ana the
EiiiPinos. but the war between Spain and the
Mr. Patterson % hfid that hat eoud not be the the
Spanish had been sent To their homes.
Mr. Foraker said mis- sympathy always had been
las! gun had been hred IN the . pending confiiet "
Mr. Hoar asked Mr. Foraker to read the sen
had been eliminated by General otis lest it should
bring lie said General otis had assumed
extraordinary authority 10 himself 10 suppress
part OF the proclamation and to substitute state
ment that would indicate To the FiltpEos that they
were To- receive a fun measure of liberty. Mr..
Hoar said he realized the purity of purpose and
intellectual superiority OF the Republicans with
whom he differed on this question. lie would rather
lose his right arm than take the position he had
taken, but constructed by his Creator
that he could not help Il. Apblause9 ~, H..
saying that his colleagues esteemed him highly,
not only for his great ability. but also for his Iowa
a sharp youoquy arose between Mr.. ,Mccqmas
of the army-utiicers and mcn-was 70 be found In
almost every speech on the Democratic side. Mr.
Carmack Insisted that not a single Democratic Sen
Was banded aCkward and forward between the
senators. but did not get beyond the para mentary
Mr.. Dubois .fnterruptcd to say taat not a Demo
cratic Senator had abused the acmy much
General tharee had in Associated Press dis
patch from Manila. published to-day. The state
mcnt about the Waller court martial by General
pages the history the army. lie did not think
any Senator who had called attention to out
RACES" could be accused properly Of vlfying the
Mr.. McComas said that General Chafree had made
his comment simply on the acts of one brave man
when he was III and scarcely responsible for what
ne did
Mr.. Foraker referred TO the proclamation OF Pres
made in Il by General otis.
Mr. iIoar interrupted TO refer TO the assurance
or President Mckinley Andrew Carnegie that in
thirty days resistance In the Philippines would
cease General Otis knew the Fuipinos would not
submit, and that the only way To keep the peace
tell them they to have their tudrpcn-
dence- So said Mr.. !ioar, General Otis sup.
want an attack, produced It, and Aguinaio met II
with an instant speedy defiance.
not issued as declaration or war the FilipiuoS
Mr.. Iioar declared that If such proclamation
have regarded II a declaration OF
SXty-two private pension bills passed and
after brief executive session the Senate adjourned