Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-03-27
SENATOR HALE AND THE PHILIP
PINE BILL

MtHDtIs Ol lNt NHUlleu States sen
ate who killed the Philippine free.
trade bill N committee are looked up.
on with special favor in Hawaii-sort
of saviors of the nation. or at least
of a very important section of Amer.
ican industry.
They are however catching It. on
many sides among the mainland sup.
porters of the Administration and up
holders of Philippine freedom of trade
on the theory of benevolent assimi.
lation". The Outlook has nothing
pleasant to say of the men who refused
to allow the bill to pass out of the
hands OF the committee, so that 1t
might come before the full body of the
Senate, and Golfers devotes nearly a
full page to fatherly grilling of the
national millionaires' club and the
home of the Trusts.
II must be admitted that the defeat
of the bill In the Senate was clear
case of slaughter. Party lines were
wiped out absolutely. The majority OF
the committee was not only opposed
to favorable report on the bill but
refused to allow an unfavorable report
W Nv Hlduts III OAAlfl NOluNs Alt w
was killed then and there with never
an opportunity for a single Senator tC
express his views on the subject from
the floor OF the Senate.
Golfers in telling the story of thu
! bills defeat says:
"when II philippine Bill reached
| the Senate Il was referred to the Com
mittee on the Philippines, and Their
| the welfare of our brown stepchildrei
became hopelessly entangled in tn
tolls of political intrigue. There wa
solid nucleus of opposition In tn
Senators whose conceptions of states
manship and of national honor ar
bounded by the profits on sugar an
tobacco. But this would not hav
been enough in itself to defeat the AC
ministration's policy. The sugar an
tobacco Senators were reinforced b
! others to whom the question Of justic
TO the Philippines was merely mean
of tripping up the President. They r.
sented White House dictation in tn
matters OF railroad rates and STATE
hood. and took II out on the Pres
dents Filipino proteges.
when the bill came up for actio
on March 2, the committee treated
with unexampled contempt. First
rejected. by a vote OF eight to Ave, Sci
ator Lodges motion TO report III
measure favorably. OF the eight mel
ativevotes FIVE were given by Republ
cans-Hale, Burrows, Dick, NixoI
, and Brandegee-and three by suga
and tobacco Observation-Disclosures
Dubois. and Stone. Three Republican
Ledge, Beveridge, and Long-an
two emocrats-McCreary and Ca
mack-supported the motion. Part
zan lines could not have been NOR
= thoroughly smashed. The majority
the Republicans repudlated their pa
ty Administration, and the majority
the Democrats repudiated their part
/ policy, under the joint pull OF sordi
| interests and peanut politics. Whe
the attempt to secure a favorable r
port failed. Mr.. McCreary moved to r
3 port the bill without recommendation
, That got the vote OF Mr.. Nixon OF n
a yada, but there were still seven to 81
against the proposition. In last de
perate effort TO give the Senate
e chance to act on the matter, Mr.. Lodl
y moved an adverse report, but the soil
: sever defeated even that. Thus n
e bill Mas immovably lodged In a cor
mittee pigeonhole. whence only vel
unusual action by the Senate couI
/ get II out, and conscientious imperia
o lists were brought face to face wit
5 the question whether II would not
). best for us to abandon dependenci'
= we had proved ourselves hopeless
unit 10 rule"
Hawaii can see another side TO thI
e This Territory can appreciate the
), jury which the passage Of the b
u woulc have done to established Anne
r Lcan industry. Furthermore, the nan
IS of Senator Hale appearing as the lea
err OF the opposition indicates tn
there was something deeper in Il
IS mind OF at least one man, than to
), the mere bidding of a gang of "oct
: puses "
u Senator Hale is leader Of the Sc
e ate, II not the leader. He is an ind
pendent man. He Is sincere and alb
He Is one OF the men who has mo
cordially supported the President