The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-29

fensive in its character.
Mr. THlmaD- 1T certainly had no allu-
sion to lyuching.
Mr.. SpoOner: No
Mr.. Tillman: And the senator I'M
derstands very well that I come from n
section of the country where lynching
. Tor given crime and for q good many
other crimes - very prevalent Now.
does the senator wish to leave the Phil
lpplne proposition. III which he is dealing
with a. COlOred people. in most infamous
and damnable and hyDOCTitical way and
so south and hold the negroes up as eN-
ampleS that We are dealing with in a
similar way? I mean the c0lOred people
, here at home. Are we TO have two rules
of conduct in regard TO. the COlOred DeO-
pie, one in the Philippines. by which we
/ butcher them and shoot Christianity into
/ them. and another in the south. where we
/ are allowed TO protect our wives and
Children
I Mr. SpOOner: "If we had the same rule
/ for the cOlored people in the Philippines
/ as the senator refers TO In the south. God
] help the cOlOred man in the Philippines.
I Mr. Tlllman; God help Them. In the
] philippines now you have already butch
| cred in three years three times as many
| as the Spaniards did in three centuries.
] Mr.. SpOOner: 1T is one thing 20 kill
men with arms IN their hands against a
| government and against the Gag. It is
/ another thing to burn them"
Mr.. Tillman: You burned them in
Kansas, sir
Declares Il an Outrage.
Mr.. Spooner: Wherever it is done It
| is an outrageous crime.
! Mr. Tlllman- "Oh, ii is a very easy
/ thing for a man who has not come IN
| contact with them in close quarters to
| theOrize and sentimentaIze as TO what
other people ought TO DO -
Mr. Ililman was admOuisbedA- the
president pro TEN that ne must not in
! terTupt . senator without first obtain
ing leave. TO which he replied that he
was tainted IL a way that no white
4 man from South Carolina can submit TO.
After p little coilOquv- Mr.. Tillman
asked Mr. SpOoner; when he quoted
the constitution a moment ago in regard
10 the power of congress in dealing with
territory and other property, Old he in
/ clude men as other property whose lib
/ eTty and lives and all rights are TO be
/ jeopardized or TO be destroyed in this
/ country, and whether they are property:
, whether people are property? You bought
, 1 them at 3 a head. it is true, but did you
| intend TO give them their liberty as we
/ propose. or do YOU propose TO hold them
under the bayOnet. under carpet bag gov
eminent more damnable than YOU puE
on us in 1852
That is the old question: replied Mr..
SpOoner.
| The power 70 occupy inhabited terri
tory involves the power. ] suppose. TO
% change the allegiance. We acquired Lou
. isiana- No one ever pretended that men
and women were bought and sold IN that
transa Ction.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Sp0oner's re-
marks Mr.. Teller tColoradO), offered the
. following amendment to the bill as
s separate section
r .The bin further enacted that the con
| stitutiOn and all the laws or the luleo
States which are not locally lnapphcaoie
~. shall have the same force ana erect
' within the said Philippine archipelago IS
elsewhere within the nited States
Worse Than the spaniards.
AIr. Teller declared that the outrages
( J and fortunes committed in the philippines
q b,- the Standards had been increased
o since the advent OF the AInerlc5lls mo
p the islands. as was also the case "AeL
b. the Anglo-SaNOus succeeded the languiu
n Latin in such an undertaking. lie as
n serted that war was rife today IN Jhe
d Philippines as IL had been since our
n forces 0pencd fire on the FiIDinos
. He was satisfied he said, tnat II the
Z [ senator from MaSSacnuSeil us t3lE- AEJc6Sl
. would call before the Philippine commit
3 lee men who knew the facts. ne Noui1
n find In the Philippines q condiIlon or
n absolute fnsUrTecUOn and war LheLo
% was not a square mile Of territory ln tne
: Islands he said. outside Of Manila Wnefs
= ~, An7ericau could walk without the
m protection of bayonets- The civil branch
% of this government, ne OecldIttl- --i7-aleA
;e that there was no war lh lLe ~ -il- -Ii
while the military auiAoIiIeS "I-- ga
IF ing for more troops -.-.s-4-
II ut is incumbent upon this aof-iills "a
,e lion" said Mr. Teller TO tell Us ~4L1.i
O.
d der I'm the Islands. II TINS aoiii 49,.
x has not got q policy except 10 orlIl We
- ~ Ts1Ier further along referred 10
what he declared was the eSIapllsnIllelll
20 Il, tho Philippines of recOnceIll Id ll0lA
:. cau1Ds and the repetition IN toe ELt-5 a
p I mines of the horrors INTRODUCED l1 --l-1
n . Inv VeyIer He-said that private -e----
- { 49,, an ar777v officer in the Pllllppll-s7
10 had heen received in Nasnih--ou "a
which an army officer was 4L 7:,.,-+
r. saving with respect to the esla 55
Of I of concentration camps ~ 80 4 \
is to continue I viii have TO apoloslAs -
% mother officer was quoted as adding g
nj ssThts time has come WHeh am --'' ~
<e apologize to him now
Quotes Taft's Interview.
=; Mr. Teller. in response TO q FoAey on
- -lgri)-s reDIied that he did not know
7 Inc name of the writer Of the lttleI anu .
would not mention IL II pc GU 49, 49,,
ne As ne was proceeding TO 4iS~-7- 49,
~ sorship on press dispatches 9----
y, 7TariIa he was Interrupted DE l4f- ~
aLer who quoted from an ihlT-'lc
n President Taft of the Philippine eolllll u.s.
ut sion under yesterday = g. -,rasS dis
te thrre was no censorship on 49, 49, M -
ar -a+c7e- now. Further along judge ~ - Z
ne vita reference TO the alle-tL C--7;77s,l
y. ,,,e,t of concentration camps e-ep-al-t
ri +Jgt only an insurrecuonary eoIuo ,, -
- hen established with a view 10 ~ -
ont what remained or reoel--o--- - $50
oh aJ-ar said that II Ineie '-7 - 80
." more nor barbaric than another it was me e
he establishment Of concern, 15 for 9nv
Cll lD3 IN saw that this government mao l
x ss.+t.s,15Iis7ed anything of the sind III la=
We P5iiinnines was for him 20 make d mos
Ire 40 roller was insisting that ne aae
al5 GOOD authority for the statement , INA.
gg 6Tess dispatches were censored n, l Va
Is ia when he was interrupted ~ N- + 49,
y Lido 0ndiana) who SAID ~ 80, 49, ~ = ~
o- Teen stated by authority on the ll9or
~, ne senate that press dispatches M[S $3.50. Us
-9r censored in Manila he WAS sT prgp nsr
ID - observation in the Philippines lie