Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-12

sovereignty of the United States OBJ.
tains we will put that insurrectior
down. No perversion of the glories OF
| liberty Will prevent the American peo-
pie from putting down rebellion wher-
ever 1T may rear it's hateful head In
conclusion he said: 81 believe that the
time is coming when the world shall be
Christianized, when the world shall be
| converted to the cause of free govern
!nent, and I believe that the United
States is appointed providentially as
agent for that purpose. He who has
studied the history of this western
world from the twentysecond of De-
cember, 1920, to the present hour, must
be blind. indeed, If he can not see that
the cause of free government in the
world is progressing and that what the
United States is doing in the Philip
heneficent result
Mr. Hoar replied particularly to Mr..
Platts discussion of the treason Law
enacted by the Philippine commission.
He maintained that the Connecticut
senator had not quoted accurately the
Philippine statute, because he had
omitted portion of it which, he as
serted sustained the position he Qioar)
had taken and the statements he had
made.
AT the conclusion of routine business
forty minutes We're devoted to the con.
sideration Of bills on the calendar. ex-
elusive of private pension bills.
Upon the request of Mr. Hoar the
To
Of the proposed amendment to the con.
,stitution of the United States respect
Ing the commencement and termination
o. congress, changing the date of the
inauguration OF the president and vice
president from March to the last
Thursday in April at noon, the COM
mencement and termination of con-
gress to occur at the same time
Mr.. Stewart protested against the
passage of the resolution. but by vote
the senate overruled his objection and
adopted the resolution by the necessary
two-thirds vote.
Among the other measures passed
were the following: Appropriating $780,
600 for g public building at Gainesville.
Tex: to establish sub port of entry at
Naco. Ariz.: appropriating $4,000 for
Il fog signal and keepers dwelling at
PIedras Blancas, Cal; appropriating
$4,000 for monument to the memory
of Dorothea Lynde Dix. to be erected at
IIampden. Me-: resolution recognizing
the able and gallant services of Captain
Francis futile. revenue cutter service.
his officers and men of the Bear: also
the heroic services of Lieu:enants d. II.
Jarvis, e. P. Bertholf and DIR. Samuel J.
Call, composing the overland expedi-
ton to Point Barrow, Arctic ocean, for
the relief Of imperiled whalers.
At o'clock consideration of the Phil
ippine tariff bill was resumed. Mr..
Teller who had the floor when the SEN
ate adjourned Monday, continued his
speech. He did not think the holding of
the Philippines by this government ever
would be profitable and he could see
readily that 1t might prove dangerous
1t was contrary to our principles to
hold any people In subsection by force.
Nobody, he said, was likely to question
the right of the United States to hold
the Philippine archipelago; no nation
would dare to raise such question.
That question might be raised in the
American continent. but nowhere else.
He felt that a profound mistake had
been made in our early treatment of the
people of the Philippines, but the ques-
ton had passed and 1t was now our
duty to do what was right. Nobody be-
l!eved. he insisted, that the United
States could force upon the Filipinos
our government or our civilization.
Those people We're of different race
from the Anglo Saxon and such gov
ernment as would be desirable for
Americans would not be desirable for
the Filipinos.