Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-11
PUPPETS OF
THE PRESIDENT.
Senator Turner So Terms the Phil
ippine Commission,
Day In Not Far Distant Teller Says
Not Intendcd That Annexation
should be Permanent

Washington, Feb, 1O.--Thoughout
nearly the entire session Of the senate
today the Philippine tariff bin was
under discussion. Mr., Turner OF Wash
ington concluded his speech begun
last Friday on the legal aud constItu-
tional phase Of the Philippine question,
lie held in the main that as the Fill
plnos had established an Independent
government in the islands prior TO the
falling OF Manila, the United States,
under the principles of international
law, had no right in the islands,
Mr. Hale presented a partial confer
ence report on the urgent deficiency
appropriation bill He explained that
an agreement had been reached upon
all contested items except those re-
latlnB 20 the reimbursement Of the
Mexican government for money paid
and TO the payment Of certain state
claims for money advanced during the
Ciyil war The report was agreed to
and another conference was ordered
upon the contested Items.
Consideration Of the Philippine tariff
bill was then resumed. Mr. Turner of
Washington not having concluded his
remarks OF last Friday took the floor
and continued his speech. Mr. Turner
pointed out that on Jan q, 1899,
the Flipinos established a republic and
that under that government peace ana
order were maintained.
Further along Mr., Turner exclaimed
with vehemence. THE leaders OF the
Republican party have dishonored the
nation by their greed for power ana
spoils They have done so under the
false and basphemous pretense that
they were serving Almighty God by ad-
vancing liberty and religion Instead
Of advancing the cause Of liberty they
have struck 1t the worst blow It has
received since It first found a loothold
on the American continent
He maintained that the Republican
leaders had deceived and deuded the
people, but he did not believe they
could continue to do So There VIII
come an awakening said he, and
the day of awakening Is not far DIS
tant. II did not believe so ! should
despair Of my country
Mr.. Turner then discussed In detail
the attitude OF the United states to-
ward the Philippines under the prinei-
pies Of international law. He main
tanned under those principles the
United States had no right 60 prevent
the Fllipinos from setting up a free
and independent government lie called
upon his Republican friends TO think
what a tangled skein they have woven
In the orient
81 conjure you" he urged ito un-
rayel that skein while there Is yet
time. | Coniure you to do II not alone
IN the name OF the hopeless Fllipinos
who trusted you and whose lands you
have drenched with blood. but | con-
lure you In the name Of 100000 Amer
lean people and their pOsterity TO stay
your hand lest their precious liberties
be destroyed along with that of the
unfortunate people devoted by you to
conquest and subjugatlon and spoila-
ton"
He denounced the Philippine COM
mission as puppets of the executive
and declared that their socalled laws
We're not enacted IN the interests Of
the people OF the islands The COM
mission, he said, do only what they
are told to do by the president and
secretary Of war,
Mr.. Turner referred TO the Philip
pine sedition act as not only unconstl-
tutional, but as "a relic of barbarism
too black even for the most despOtic
and tyrannica government that now
exists on the face OF the earth
When Mr. Turner concluded the
house amendment to the urgent def
cheney bill relating to the opening Of
state claims was agreed 10, which
passed the bill
The discussion Of the Philippine bill
was continued Mr. Patterson of COL
orado presented an amendment provid-
Ing for the repeal Of the sedltion laws
applied TO the Philippines.
MIR. Teller gave notice of an amend
ment declaring that II is not intended
by the government OF the United
states TO permanently annex the Phil
ipplne islands MS an integral part Of
the United States, but that II Is Intend
ed TO establish, with the consent and
assistance Of the inhabitants thereof
government on governments suitable
10 their wants ana conditions,
Addressing the senate, Mr. Teller
SAID ne WIS not Eotlb W w blHlul h'h
by the unparllamentary and indecent
charge made against those who do lot
agree with the administrations policy,
that they are unpatriotic and have not
the public's welfare az heart Be
cause | stand here with words Of sym.
pathy for the FillpnOs," said he, II
am not guilty Of treason, as has been
charged against senator IN this
chamber"
Mr.. Teller said that in 1898, the ques-
tlon was raised as to whether the Con-
stitution Of the United States, by its
own force. went into operation In the
Philippines He expressed an opinion
that II did not and II could not until
Congress put II there by positive de-
claration Of law He maintained, how
ever, thar the Constitution ought to be
extended over the Philippines so that
the inhabitants Of the Islands should
have all the protection afforded by
that great document
Mr.. Spooner interrupted Mr. Teller