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ment by saying that there was no per-
centage who wanted them.
Mr.. Hoar reminded Mr.. Teller of the
order said 70 have been issued by the
Philippine Commission, that the Declara-
ton of Independence must not be read in
Manila on the Fourth Of July next, If that
day should be celebrated there.
To Speak Again Today.
Mr.. Teller said he would refer to that
matter before he got through. He said
that he had now been speaking over two
hours and half; and as there was 40 rea-
son for haste, he would proceed with his
remarks today
Mr.. Plat thought is somewhat remark
able that If there was no peace and no
prospect of peace in the Philippine ISL
ands, the army shsald have been re-
duced from Il, 600 to 10000 men, and was
to be further reduced to 80, 900. If Sena-
tors would take facts and not fancies-
would take things as they really were
and not as they were conjured UP by the
party CT protect and dsapproval, they
would see that the Americans were get
ting along very well; that the islands
were progressing very rapidly, ana that
the provincial governments being estab-
lisheG there were welcomed as a blessing
to the archipelago.
He said that he proposed to trust the
opinions OF the Philippine Commissioners
as to the condition OF affairs in the
islands.
Mr.. Carmack Dem. Tenn asked him
what he would think il he knew that all
the military officers in the islands held
an opposite opinion to that of the Com
missioners.
Il have no evidence" Mr.. Plat replied,
that all the army officers out there hold
different opinion, and | do not think
that the Senator himself tMr. Carmack)
will try to discredit in the United States
Senate and before the American people
the honesty, integrity, and patriotism and
ability OF these five Commissioners"
VIII Put Rebellion Down,
If" Mr.. Plat continued we are a
people worthy of the name, worthy of the
living. worthy of a place in the present
or the future. wherever men take up arms
against the Government of the United
States in any country. district or terri
tory where its sovereignty prevails. we
Will put that rebellion down. And no
perversion of the doctrine of indie
pendence. no perversion of the glory of
liberty, vii convince this American peo-
pie that it is not right and its duty to
put down armed resistance against the
Government wherever it may rear its
hateful head"
In conclusion. Mr.. Plat said: Il be-
lieve that the time is coming when the
world shall be Christianized, when the
world shall be converted to the cause of
free government. and l believe that the
United States is a provdentially an
pointed agent for that purpose. He who
has studied the history of this Western
World from the 22d of December. 1920. to
the present hour, must be blind. indeed,
if he cannot see that the cause of free
government in the world is still pro-
crossing and that what the United States
is doing in the Philippine Islands is an
extension of that bcnefcent result"
Mr.. Platt quoted largely from the re-
ports OF the provincial governors as an
evidence of the general feeling of the
in favor of the existing state
of affairs.
On a Par with Tory Governors.
Mr.. Hoar remarked that the declara-
tions which the Senator from Connecti-
cut had turned over as sweet morsels
under his tongue were the declarations of
a conquered and disarned people Those
governors he said, had all been appoint
ed by American authority and were paid
by American money. and no more value
was to be given TO their statements than
might have been given TO the Tory gov
errors Of the colonies At the outbreak of
the revolutionary war.
Senator CarmaCk yesterday added an
other tsthe long list OF resolutions, bills,
reports and amendment that have
been proposed by he Democratic minor
ity during the Phlippine'discussion
Mr.. CnrmncI.'s Resolution.
Mr.. Carmack's measure was Joint
resolution which reads as follows:
That the United states regard with
extreme disrayor any movement having
Tor its object the early or ultimate ad-
mission of the Philippine Islands as a
state or States of the Union. and any
action on the part Of persons holding
Office under the authority Of the United
States that gives sanction or encourage
lnpnt to such a movement is hereby con-
tcmncd.
THAT to confer the rights and privi-
le-es of citizens upon the inhabitants of
The Phijjnpinc Islands would tend to de-
stroy the integrity of citizenship and to
7epradc the character Of the Government
Of the United States.
THAT to maintain the relation of SOW
ar.lgn and subject between the Govern
mott Of The United States and a people
Under its dominion would be repugnant
IN The prjnciples OF the Constitution