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Wfcea tbe fciftory of ttee tine it
written. Felmary 2S. 1501. will be a
KM-saorbS day. It ras on that day
that the liit grat fight wa made la
the Unites States senate to preserve
ti-U rrpmhllr. to dfid the constitu
tioa n3 prrtfn government mong
men by ti.fr roaw-nt of the governed.
It at a Lt'.tle that lastt-4 for thirteen
hyir h &p let from the beginning
for the rep"utliras having a major
ity ere detertaltM to set a precedent
snd enact a law that would announce
to the morli that the old idea of gov
erErseut handed dawn to us by Wash.
IcjrUrn, JeTrsoa and Lincoln had
P&-d away and another -system of
Korerscent a to take its place. It is
tot a new yttrSJ that they would sub
mit -it, but the one that vu abolished
in this cou stry after seven years of
f-rae and tiood at Yorktown. It was
a path tic f-sht. Hopelessly In the mi
nority. Teller and his conferees could
only piad. for the ten million of peo
t2 that mere to be thrust under a
det poum by the act cf the republican
leaders. From eleten o'clock ia the
oorainjc uctil one o'clock the next
moraine th battle rased and then the
awful deed was done, a deed that will
mark the beginning of the decadence.
u&U-sa reteraed. of the greatest free
republic that has ever existed ia the
world. This republic has become great
becauAe It ha insisted that "all" men
were bora free and ejual. and that
"all" just powers of government were
deHed frtra the consent of the gov
erned. The congress 0f the United
Ftate has repudiated that doctrine.
Thit will change the cour&e of hietory.
If all men are not by nature free, then
tho oj.!r will be free who can main
tain th-ir liberty by force. For "the
content of the governed the republi
can have substituted "force."
This 1 the great fight for liberty
in th Tnited States senate. Before
the text k-ii.cn closes the republicans
will charge tLe rules and the senate
will be no more a deliberate body, but
ws, ill be ran as the houie is run. ex
cept that it will have Teddy in tho
cair instead cf Czar Reed or Hender-
Pcpu lists are requested to examine
closely the yea and nay votes on this
occasion.
Not since the enactment of the reso
lutions decfatsg a tat of w-r to ex
it between the United States and
Spain has there been such aa aval
anche cf passionate oratory as the sen
ate IiKteaed to last Thursday.
Throughout the session the army ap
propriation hill wa under discussion,
the controverted questions being the
Spooner Ihi!ipp:ne amendment and
the Halt Cuban amendmeat.
Mr. Baron (Ga.l had been thorough
ly arotised by reports that the demo
cratic members had been induced by
questionable means to withdraw their
exposition to the proposed legislation,
and he patkionately branded as a libel
upon honorable men and senators any
and all su"h taU-EQntc. His arraign
ment of the administration for "coere
cg coogrees into enacting such pro
vision in the closing hours of the
- ion was sensationally fierce, and
he declared that the only possible ob
ject of such action wa that the
"plunderers and vultures" might have
an opportunity to prey tspoa the pros
trate land of the Filipinos. Senators
Turner (Wash,), Tillman IS. C). Petti
grew (S. D.), Hoar (Ma?.). Teller
i Colo. i. Maliory (Fla.). Lindsay (Ky.),
Cu!berca (Tex.i. Jones (Ark.). Si
mon (Miss.), and others addressed the
senate, all of whom denounced the pro
posed legislation.
Mr. Teller gave notice of aa amend
ment to the Philippine fcc-ctioa as fol
lows: "That ti e -or.tti:ution cf the United
State I hereby extended over and de
clared to be ia force ia the Philippine
UUnde o far as the tame or any pro
visos thereof may be applicable."
His purio in offering tbe amend
ment, he taid. wa to ascertaia wheth
er those who say the constitutioa doe
cot extend over the Philippines are
wjlIfEg that it should extend over the
island. He had no idea that the
Uciied State ever would surreader the
Philippine islands.
"Ia my opinion." interposed Mr.
Hoar l ilifi.), "we have no more right
to govern the people of the Philippiaes
than the people of the Philippines have
to govern us. If the senator should
declare la his amendment that the con
stitution of the United States is to be
in effect and force o long as the au
thority of the United Slates i main
tained there I should be Inclined to
s coalesce In it-"
"But I do not yield that point." re
plied Mr. Teller Mr. Teller then pro-ceed-l
with a legal and constitutional
argument apoa the pending questions.
He said the congress was asked In this
bill to place its approval upon a meas
ure that would carry us back to the
dark agef; a bill that embodied "a
rs-kd asi vicio'ia system of admin
l?ration." He feared that the meas
ure wonll have the approval of the
cefTry. too. a he thought the people
tY have forgotten the principles of
liberty.
Referring to the Cuba a amendment
Mr. Teller said It wa net so "drastic
and savage" as be had thought it
might be. but he could cot give It hia
approval. He feared It might wound
the sensibilities of the Cubans. He
hoped the Cuban might agree to the
proposition made. Even with those
conditions Imposed he believed Cuba
yet would be aa independent state.
Mr. Pet t! grew made a vigorous at
tack up-oa tfce Philippine amendment
particularly, declaring that it would
ercouraee "Jobs" and "schemes" for
the advancement of the interest of
those "en the inside. He referred to
ths orsixlzatlaa. cf tte Philippine
Lumber and Development company, of
which be said Representative J. A. T.
nun. chairman of the military affairs
committee of the house, was president,
and Representative Dovener of West
V'irgiaia was the attorney. A son of
Mr. Hill, he asserted, evea now was in
tbe Puilippines looking after the in
terests of the company.
Mr. Pettigrew then read from what
he said were certified copies of cor
respeadence which tad passed between
Major H. O. S. Heistand of the adju
tant general's department of the army
and Major E. W. Hawkes, until re
cently an officer In the volunteer ser
vice, relating to a company wtich had
been orgaalzed for the development of
the hemp industry in the Philippines.
The letters Indicate that this com
pany wa endeavoring to secure con
trol of the hemp Industry in the Phil
ippines, and that Major Heistand was
using hi official position to advance
the Interests of the enterprise. Mr.
Pettigrew contended that to legitimate
effort were being made to prepare the
Philippines for civil government, and
he declared that the barbarities prac
ticed In the Philippines by xur forces
had been equaled only by those of
the "civilized" armies at Pekin. He
could not comprehend how any Ameri
can senator could look upon our act
a an act of right. He thought the
Filipinos should be given their liberty
and allowed to establish their govern
ment under our guidance and direc
tion. "I hope," he said, In conclusion,
"that this administration will see the
Infamy of Its course and turn its back
upon a policy which has already cov
ered It with shame and disgrace."
Mr. Turner (Wash.), criticised the
Spooner amendment as a departure
from the American system the first
departure in the history of the coun
try. It vested, he contended, In the
president of the United States all the
powers that belong to and are exer
cised by the czar of Russia.
"It Is an extraordinary proposition,"
he declared. "To my mind, it is a
monstrous proposition, which no par
ty ought to countenance for a moment.
We may well tremble for this country
if the proposition of the senator from
Wisconsin be adopted; for we will not
only have a czar in the Philippine isl
ands, but a czar in the United States
before it shall pass out of existence.
If I were a Filipino," Mr. Turner con
tinued, vehemently, "I should never
cease to resist the attempt to impose
the rule of the United States govern
ment upon myself and upon my people.
In the face of so tyrannical a proposi
tion as that involved in this amend
ment." , . . . '
Mr. Bacon (Ga.) said: "This amend
ment is the most pernicious and ob
jectionable form of legislation which
has been proposed since I have had any
connection with the American con
gress." Proceeding, he said he be
lieved that It was the very worst leg
islation that ever had been attempted
In the congress. He considered it as
revolutionary, and said that under no
circumstances would he vote for it or
vote for a bill containing such a pro
vision. He would indeed rather vote
for ten subsidy bills than for this
measure. He denounced as "coercion"
the putting upon an appropriation
measure in the closing hours-of a ses
sion such propositions as the Philip
pine and Cuban amendments. They
were clearly in violation of the rules
of the senate, and every senator, he
said, who voted to place the Philippine
amendment upon the bill knew that it
was a "plain, distinct and undeniable
violation of the rule."
Mr. Bacon pointed out that in the
Philippines there were 68,000,000 acres
of rich lands, on which were rich
mines and valuable timber. It was
from "the plunderers and speculators,
who, like vultures, are hovering over
that prostrate land." that the demand
had come for Philippine legislation to
which the majority was about to re
spond. He referred to a press tele
gram from Manila which stated that
Dr. Kroger, the German consul there,
had urged his government to request
the German ambassador in Washing
ton diplomatically to advance the pass
age of the Spooner bill because it
would Improve the interests 'of cer
tain German mining companies in the
Philippines.
Mr. Bacon, briefly discussing the Cu
ban amendment, declared he could not
vote for it. The Teller resolution, he
said, was not a matter of sentiment,
but a solemn asseveration of our duty
made for our own safety. The rela
tions existing between this govern
ment and Cuba ought to be guarded
agalnft any irritation that might be
treated by any such amendment as
that proposed, which was an ultima
tum declaring that the Cuban people
were subject to the United States.
Mr. Jones (Ark.) said he would vote
against the Cuban amendment because
it seemed to reserve the right of the
Unites! States to intervene in Cuban
affairs wherever the government does
not suit the purposes of the United
States. This was In direct contradic
tion to our pledge to the people of
Cuba. He also criticised the right
claimed to interfere in regulating the
sanitation of Cuban cities. He was
willing to say that the amendment
was far better than he had expected,
for he had for months been apprehen
sive that the party in power would de
sire to maintain a real protectorate
over Cuba. He therefore considered
that the Philippine amendment con
tained a more serious question than
that involved In the Cuban amend
ment. He contradicted all reports that
there had been any agreement to vote
upon the army bill, but he for one was
not willing to filibuster and thus force
an extra session when he knew that
In case of an extra session measures
more objectionable than those pending
would be forced through congress.
Mr. Hoar (Mass.) expressed the con
viction that a great change is goins
oa in the minds of the American peo
ple and of the republican party, as to
tbe policy to be pursued In the Phil-"
Ippines. "Our fathers did not pene
trate Into a position their children can
not hold," he said, and he was satis
fied that when the light should come
they would be found to adhere to i the
great declaration of our independence.
In view of this change of sentiment he
considered It better to postpone furth
er discussion in order that the change
might go on. "Although," he said,
"I am opposed to the proposition con
tained in this amendment to commit
to five men despotic power over 12,
000,000 of men, yet I bear in mind that
that power is now, and will be for
some time In the future, exercised by
one man. I do not, therefore, think
it wise to bring on an extra session of
congress by what would in the end be
unavailing opposition."
Mr. Hoar presented documents
signed by native Filipinos, which, he
said, were convincing evidence that
those people were not savages. Mr.
Hoar predicted that the proposed legis
lation would "wipe out the last hope
that the example that the United Stat
es is to continue to work out its great
result In the ideas of the downtrod
den people of the rest of the world."
"You may," he declared, in conclu
sion, "talk about benevolent assimila
tion and use other honeyed phrases,
but your act is pure, simple, undi
luted, unchecked despotism."
Mr. Tillman (S. C.) declared con
gress was about to abandon its prero
gatives and turn them over to an
oligarchy a new despotism of five
men to be appointed by the president.
He declared by the Hoar amendment
"the teeth of the hyena which was
about to tear out the vitals of the
Filipinos have been pulled." He pro
tested that the president ought to be
left with his present power the war
power which he thought was ample,
and he .urged that the committee
amendment be voted down.
Mr. Lindsay (Ky.) made a brief ar
gument against the Spooner Philip
pine amendment. His principal ob
jection "to the proposition was that, it
added nothing to the security of the
Philippine people and opened the door
to serious abuses.
Mr. Culberson (Tex.) urged that the
Philippine amendment was unconsti
tutional, and made an argument in
support of his opinion.
Mr. Money (Miss.) did not want to
leave Cuba in the hands of United
States forces until next December. The
time hafd come, he thought, for action.
He said that he was violating no great
secret in saying he had consulted with
some of his democratic colleagues
about the amendment before it was re
ported, and every one of them had
approved it. They had changed their
minds now, but why he did not know.
In conclusion ne stated briefly his ob
jections to the Philippine amendment
and his reasons for not supporting it.
A vote then was taken upon the
amendment of Mr. Vest, providing that
the action of this government or its
officials in the Philippines shall be
subject to the constitution and laws
of the United States so far. as they ara
applicable. The amendment was re
jected, 25 to 45, as follows:
Yeas Bate, Berry, Butler, Caffery,
Chilton, Clay, Cockerell, Culberson,
Harris, Heitfield, Hoar, Jones (Ark.),
Kenney, McEnery, McLaurin, Maliory,
Martin, Pettigrew, Pettus, Rawlins,
Taliaferro, Teller, Tillman, Turley,
Turner 25.
Nays Aldrich, Allison, Bard, Bev
eridge. Burrows, Carter, Chandler.
Clark, Cullom, Deboe, Dillingham,
Dolliver, Fairbanks, Fo'raker, Foster,
Frye, Gallinger, Hanna, Hansborough,
Hawley, Kean, Kearns, Kyle, Lindsay
(dem.). Lodge, McComas, McCumber,
McMillan, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins,
Piatt (Conn.), Piatt (N. Y), Pritch
ard, Proctor, Quarles, Scott, Sewell,
Shoup, Simon, Spooner, Stewart,
Thurston, Warren, Wolcott 45.
Mr. Rawlins offered an amendment
declaring it not to be the purpose of
the United States to hold permanent
sovereignty over the Philippines, but
only to the extent necessary to se
cure their pacification and to establish
a stable government. Rejected yeas,
24; nays, 45.
Mr. Bacon offered an amendment to
limit the grant of power to March 4,
1904. Rejected yeas, 26; nays, 46.
Mr. Pettus (Ala.) offered an amend
ment providing that every person in
whom authority is vested under this
grant of power shall take an oath to
support the constitution of the United
States. Rejected 25 to 41.
Mr. Teller then offered his amend
ment providing that the civil govern
ment established in the Philippines
should be so exercised a to secure for
the inhabitants thereof the fullest par
ticipation consistent with the safety
of the government. Rejected 23 to 39.
Mr. Teller then offered as an amend
ment a provision of the act establish
ing the Missouri territory in 1812 thaV
all fines shall be moderate, no ex-post
facto laws, etc. Mr. Teller said that as
the officials in the Philippines were not
to be required to take an oath to sup
port the constitution of the United
States, and the constitution and laws
were not to be made applicable, he of
fered the amendment to protect the
people of the islands. It embodied
pretty good republican doctrine, said
he, in the days when it became -a law.
To prevent cruel treatment of the na
tives under the powers of an autocratic
government violative of every prin
ciple of free government he declared
the amendment should be adopted. - It
was rejected 23 to 41.
When the result was announced Mr.
Teller said it had been his intention
to offer an amendment to extend the
constitution over the isiands. But the
senate had twice negatived that, idea
and he said he would not bring the
constitution into further contempt by
offering his amendment. But, he said,
congress was about to enact a law. so
contrary to anything that had taken
place in American history that he" feit
constrained to read some utterances
of our early uistory which might be
treason now but which were patriot
Ism then.- -
Mr. Teller declared passionately
that he had never expected to liv
indeed, he regretted that he had lived
to see the day. when' the ordinary
rights of citizens were denied people
living under the American flag.
It looked as if the vote was about
to be taken." when the'Venerable Mas
sachusetts senator, Mr- Hoar, arose:
"There is one principle of constitu
tional liberty not yet slain,' said he,
"and I will give at a chance tonight.1
He then offere- an amendment provid
ing that no" official of the Philippines
vested with' legislative power should
exercise " judicial ; or executive power
and vice versa, "to the end that the
government might be one of laws, not
men." . '
The amendment was rejected yeas
26; nays, 43.
At last the decisive moment had ar
rived. It was iow l0:30 p. m. The
senate had been In session continuous
ly since 11 o'clcat in the morning. The
vote, was takeii upon the amended
Spooner resolution, which was adopted
yeas,-45; naysJ27 as -follows:
Yeas Aldrich,! Allison, Bard, Bev
eridge, - Burrows, Carter, Chandler,
Clark, Cullom, Tieboe, Depew, Dilling
ham. Dolliver. Elkins. Fairbanks. For
aker, Foster, Gallinger, Hale, Hanna,
Hansborough, Hawley Kean, Kearns,
Kyle, Lodge, McComas, McCumber,
McLaurin, McMillan, Nelson, Perkins,
Piatt (Conn.), f Pritchard, Proctor,
Quarles, Scott, Sewell, Shoup, Simon,
Spooner, Stewart, Thurston, Warren,
Wetmore 45. "
Nays Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry,
Butler, Caffery, Chilton, Clay, Cockrell,
Culberson, Harris, Hoar, Jones (Ark.),
Jones (Nev.), Kenney, Lindsay, Mc
Enery, Maliory,; Martin, Pettigrew,
Pettus, Rawlins,1 Taliaferro, Teller,
Tillman, Turley, Turner 27.
Mr. Piatt (Conn.) then offered tho
amendment prepared by the committee
on. relations with Cuba. Mr. Jones
(Ark.) moved to strike out the third
condition providing that Cuba shall
agree that the United States shall ex
ercise the right to intervene for the
preservation -of 5 Cuban independence.
Mr. Hoar (Mass.) said he considered
the entire Cuban amendment wise. He
was not able to share in the apprehen
sions indulged in on the other side. It
was. designed to enforce the Monroe
doctrine.
Mr. Jones replied that the Monroe
doctrine was not involved in the third
condition. -The right of the United
States to intervene in the internal af
fairs of the island would be, he
thought, tantamount to assuming the
right to overturn - the government of
Cuba whenever we saw fit on one pre
text or another. (
" He modified his amendment so as to:
strike Dut only that portion of the con
dition or section providing that the
United States could intervene "for the
maintenance of a government adequate
for the protection of life, property and
individual liberty." - :i .
Mr. Morgan declared the Cuban
proposition was a piece of arrant
hypocrisy.- The position w were to
assume toward Cuba would justify
England in slaying the Boer people in
South Africa under the claim of suzer
ainty. The amendment in effect pro
posed an American suzerainty over
Cuba. -
Mr. Pettus (Ala.) declared that the
horor of the country was at stake
Congress and the president had
pledged their word that the Cuban
people " "were, and of right ought to
be free and independent." This pro
position violated the pledge. It was
to be the old law of "let him take who
has the power, and let him keep who
can." It was a aisgrace upon the Am
erican people
Mr. Jones' motion to amend the
amendment was defeated yeas, 21;
nays, 43.
The Cuban amendment to the army
bill was adopted. The vote was 43 to
20, as follows:
Yeas Aldrich, Allison. Bard, Bev
eridge. Burrows, Carter, Chandler, Cul
lom, Deboe, Depew, Dillingham, Dol
liver, T'airbanks, Foraker, Foster, Gal
linger, Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough,
Hawley, Hoar, Kean, Kearns, Kyle,
Lodge, McComas, McCumber, McMil
lan, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins, Piatt
(Conn.), Proctor, Pritchard, Quarles,
Sewell, Shoup, Simon, Spooner, Stew
art, Thurston, Warren, Wetmore 43.
. Nays Bacon, Bate, Berry, Butler,
Caffery, Clay, Cockerell, Culberson,
Jones (Ark.), Kenney, Lindsay, Mal
iory, Martin, Pettigrew, Pettus, Raw
lins, Teller, Tillman, Turley, Turner
20.
Several amendments were voted
down and the bill was passed yeas,
43; nays, IS and the senate at 1 a. m.
adjourned.
The next day the house passed the
bill Tinder the gag rule, allowing on
hour and twenty minutes for debate,
and it is now tho law.
Republican Economy
The government wanted some ves
sels for, transports and to be turned
intocruisers at the beginning of the
Spanish war. When the war was over
these vessels, in as good or better con
dition than when they were purchased,
were for sale. The following table
shows the difference betwee- the pur
chasing and selling prices:
" Purchase Selling
Vessel. . price, price.
Niagara 200,000 75,000
Badger 367,000 135,000
Kesolute ........... 475,000 260,000
Vulcan 350,000 175,075
Cassius 160,594 160,591
Scipio 85,769 80,125
Hector 200,000 65,150
Totals ..$1,838,363 $950,944
Loss .$887,319
This loss of nearly 50 per cent" upon
the purchase price of seven vessels is
not a very large amount in itself, but
it bears incidental testimony to the
costliness of war in general Philadel
phia Times.'
"SHALT NOT" GROWS FAINTER
To Appeal to th Morai Sena of the Im
pcriallst Is AVor Than a Wast
of Breath and Time-
In its original edition, Mohammed's
Koran laid down the law of "one man
one wife." But when Mohammed be
came an "expansionist" and was prop
agating the blessings of peace and true
benevolence by the sword, he met a
young woman whose charms convinced
him that a revised edition of his moral
code was necessary.
And down from heaven came a new
revelation, giving the faithful large
latitude in the matter of wives.
So it is with tne moral code of our
holy band of imperialists. In the
original edition of the revelations of
the mandates cf the Almighty to its
sanctified leader, "Thou shalt not
steal" and "Thou shalt not covet" ap
peared in the paraphrase, "Forcible
annexation would be criminal aggres
sion." But in the A revised editions
that are constantly appearing, the
"not" in these commandments grows
fainter and fainter, and stealing and
coveting and pledge-breaking and false
swearing and even murder are gradual
ly being erected into resplendent vir
tues.
Of the many ways of wasting breath
the most foolish is in appeals to the
moral sense of imperialists. Their
moral code changes with their appe
tites and their appetites grow so rap
idly that there is no keeping up with
them.
The only hope of preventing the Cu
ban perfidy, and for that matter th$
only hope of stopping war and rapine
and desolation in the Philippines, is in
the arguments of the coldest exped
iency. -
Therefore, we say to Mr. McKinley:
No doubt you can adjust your con
science to any situation which the
demands of imperialism may create.
No doubt you can make yourself take
a "holy joy" in the breaking of
pledges, in the outraging of the moral
code of ordinary mortals, in the re
newal of the scenes and the sounds of
anguish in Cuba.
But, will it pay, dear Mr. McKinley?
Wouldn't it be wiser and cheaper . to
get out of Cuba for the present and
take advantage of an internal disturb
ance created by judicious agents to
return? Couldn't you steal more. in
that way with less bloodshed and less
expense and less damage to the prop
erty you covet?
And, if you are right in thinking
that your fellow countrymen secretly
wish you to do the "dirty work" of
violating the Cuban pledge, will they
not be better pleased, be less likely to
make a scapegoat of you, if you do the
"dirty work" in a nice, smooth, oily,
hypocritical, way?
' If we must steal and swindle, let us
steal and swindle artistically, not vul
garly, not bungingly. And, above all,
as -cheaply as possible. N. Y. World.
A BEAST OF PREY
The Nation That Washington Founded
and Which " Lincoln Saved Attacks
tho Woak and Halploss.
In my early childhood I read an in
scription on an old revolutionary cop
per coin, namely, "Not one cent for
tribute, but millions for defense." Af
ter my uncle explained the word
"tribute," we both decided that the
great Boston tea party was justifiable.
And you may hold the sentiment ex
pressed in that inscription together
with the Influence of my reading tne
lives of Jesus the Christ, of Wash
ington. Franklin. Marion of Bolivar,
"the Washington of South America,"
and of the noble, generous patriot La
fayette responsible, to a great extent,
for my having since voted twice for
Abraham Lincoln, and enlisted twice
in the union army of the war of the.
rebellion, and for my now writing this,
in hone that the sentiments herein ex
pressed, through the powerful influ
ence of the republican, may awaken a
deeper interest in the cause of justice,
lihertv and humanity. I pray thes?
words may cause immediate and de
cisive action by all who love justice,
who love liberty, who love humanity,
to use individually and in concert all
just, and lawful means to stop the un
just and inhumanly cruel wars now
being waged by the British on the
Boers in South Africa, and- by the
United States government in the Phil
ippines, evidently for no other motive
than that which prompts the most
powerful rapacious bird and beast of
prey to seize and kill their struggling
victims. And they always attack the
weak and helpless all of which is
certainly inhuman.
In sneaking of people controlled by
this "beast-of-prey" quality of mind,
the apostle Paul says: "Whose God
is their bellv: and their end is de
struction," and "The universal eternal
law of the terminal transmutation to
opposites, insures the destruction of
the beast of prey spirit in all individ
uals and governments now controuea
by it, and its being supplanted by its
onnosite. But this change will come
by strict obedience to law and the ex
ercise of good sense and kindness, by
both individuals and nations. .
From mv viewpoint what is known
as republicanism in the United States
todav is no more like that of Mr. Lin
coln's time than what is now recog
nized as Christianity is like the Chris
tianity taueht and lived by the Lord
Christ and His apostles 1900 years
ago. Both are antithets of the orig
inals. . And the inhuman cruelties
now - being perpetrated by these two
leadinsr Christian (?) nations in the
Philippines and South Africa prove the
truth or the above statement, un
doubtedly the majority of the Ameri
can neonle are ODDOsed to the war in
the Philippines, and would stop it .if
they could, to prevent the demoralizing
effects or war and tne increase or tax
ation, out, the people are misled and
largely controlled by a sensual, selfish
plutocracy, with headquarters in Lom
bard street, Londqn, and Wall street,
New York. Nevertheless, let us who
are awaking do right, and "make a
long pull, a strong pull, and all pull
together, for righteousness, . peace
and joy In good, for all women, chil
dren and men, in all countries of earth.
E Pluribus Unum, in Springfield Re
publican.
WE SHOULD HIDE OUR FACES
Because Thin "Nation has Become a Land
. Grabber, Invader and Despot as
Much as Russia is In
. Manchuria
The Denver News in discussing the
awful crime enacted at Washington
during last week says the action seta
aside the whole theory of American
government promulgated in the con
stitution, and makes the Philippines a
sort of "crown colony," subject to the
will of William the First.
Senator -Vest offered an amendment
"that the action of this government or
its officials in the Philippines shall be
subject to the constitution and laws of
the United States so far as they are
applicable." It was defeated, 45 to 25
Senator Bacon offered an amendment
to limit the grant of power tQ March
4, 1904. It was defeated, 46 to 26.
, Senator Pettus offered an amend
ment that "every person in whom au
thority is vested under this grant of
power shall take an oath to support
the constitution of the United States."
It was defeated.
,Mr. Teller sought to attach an
amendment modeled on that of the
Missouri territory law of 1812 provid
ing that fines shall be moderate, that
no cx-post facto laws shall be passed
and that other of the most ordinary
safeguards against oppression be es-
tablisheti.NIt was defeated, 41 to 23.
Senator Hoar -offered, an amendment
that no official in the Philippines
vested with executive power should
exercise legislative or judicial power.
It was defeated, 43 to 23, and the door
is open for McKinley to create, as many
petty czars in the islands as he pleases.
In other words, the stars and stripes
will float in the Philippines over peo
ple who are denied every right of Am
erican citizens and over whom we
have far less just claim than the crown
of Great Britain had on the American
colonists. This country was founded
by British colonists, but we are in
truders in the Philippines demanding
with armed force that the people shall
submit to an arbitrary rule which we
would not. ourselves tolerate in this
country for twenty-four hours.
In the matter of Cuba, too, the Unit
ed States is placed in the attitude of
breaking a most solemn pledge. At
the outbreak of the Spanish war the
congress passed a resolution . which
was signed'by the president declaring:
"The United States hereby disclaims
any disposition or Intention to exer
cise sovereignty, jurisdiction or con
trol over said islands except for the
pacification thereof, and asserts its de
termination when that is completed to
leave the government and control of
the island to its people."
The senate by a vote of 43 to 20 de
cided that the United States shall
have:
"Supervision of all foreign treaties.
"Control of Cuba's finances and
credit
"An indefinite right of intervention
equivalent to the right of interfering
in anything that congress thinks
should be interfered with.
"Dictation by the United States in
matters pertaining to sanitation.
' Absolute retention or tne isie or
Pines by the United States.
"Sale or lease to the United States
of such naval or coaling stations as
it desires.
"Absolute confirmation of all right
granted during- the military occupa
tion of Cuba, such rfght including a
huge mass of highly valuable fran
chises, in the grant of which the Cu
bans had no part."
There is no use trying to disguise
the fact that the world will point to
us with scorn as devoid of regard for
the most solemn pledge which a na
tion can give.
But while it is possible to make
some defense of the breach of faith to
ward Cuba on the ground of the law of
necessity, the disposition made of the
Philippines by congress violates ev
ery precept of liberty and every declar
ation of the constitution. -By it we
become landgrabbers, invaders and
despots as much as the Russians In
Manchuria.
THE SILVER TRUST
An Arrangement Between a Few Men to
"Keep the Price of Silver Down for '".
the Benefit of the British
Exchequer.
It has long been known that there
was an arrangement between a cer
tain firm in this country and another
in London to keep down the price ' of
silver. This sort of thing hasi been
backed up by a lot of "gold standard
bankers on both sides -of the ocean.
It was pure business on the part of
the London men. They not only made
money out of it for themselves,- but
they were greatly: aiding the British
government which has " to supply sil
ver for India. Erery point that they
could force silver down was that much
gain to the British.,
The producers of silver in this coun
try got very tired of that thing and a
concerted effort has been made by the
smelting companies to break it up.
These companies ran square against
the powerful government combine in
league with the gold standard bankers
to destroy the value of silver and a
fierce fight is now on. A trust has
been formed that differs from all other
trusts in that its object is to depress
the price instead of increasing It. It
is more of a political trust than anyr
thing else. '
The London Statist sees an advan
tage for silver in the Guggenheim con
trol of the American Smelting and Re
fining company, which will break up
the pernicious practice of allowing the
firm which controls the sale of the bul
lion to work both sides of the market
the seller's side in New York and the
buyer's side in London. This Is pre?
cisely wnat the Lewisohns have bejn
doing, and it is particularly the prac
tice that the Guggenheims obiect -to.
As shown by the Statist and by the
British board of trade the statistics of
the London market since the openlag
of the year have been favorable to sil
ver. Yet the price there has declined
from an average of 64.14 cents per
ounce for December, 1900, to 61.36
cents per ounce February 25, a drop of
some twenty-four points. In the mean
time. Indian exchange is firm at too
ideal. price, 16 pence per rupee, while
shipments' of silver to India, China
and the Straits, from January 1 to
February 1, 1901, show a gain of 42).
819 over the like period in 1900. Aj
rivals of silver in London last wesk
reached . 297,000 and shipments for
the same period 147,000, all to the
mints, at Bombay and Calcutta. This
shows that the Lewisohns are holding
nothing back, and that the London end
of the concern is making a stiff profit
on its Indian sales. The low quota
tion to the miner at a season of the
year when treatment contracts are
made is another story.
That the statistical position of sil
ver in this country is unusually favor
able Is shown by the New York Engi
neering and Mining Journal. In its
issue for last Saturday it says:
; !The total Imports of silver for tlae
year 1900 were valued by the treasury
department at $39,780,105, of which sil
ver to the value of $14699,531 was la
coin or bullion, and $25,080,574 In orea
And base bullion. The mistake in tho
first statement was in including tho
latter amount, which is really dupli
cated th 4he. repjort of silver refined In
this "country from foreign material.
The corrected statement 4s given be
low, in values computed at' the aver
age price of silver for the year 61.41
cents per fine ounce:
Production from ores mined i .
in the United States $37,085,248
Production from imported
ores and base bullion.... 28,423,219 -
total production.. $65,508,437
Imports in coin and refined
bullion ' 14,699,531
- Total " supply from new
sources $80,207,993
Exports, domestic,
In" coin "andr rer :
fined, bullion. . . .$58,756,913
Exports, domestic, - -
in ores and base "
bullion . . . 515,755
Exports, foreigh.in
coin and refined -
bullion 6,948,996
- 66,231,664
Balance retained in U. S.. $13,986,332
Equivalent fine silver at av-
eraere. mice, ounce.;....,. 22,779,04b
L. ritris ; possible that there may be
still a small duplication in tnis state
ment, since the imnorts in refined bul
lion may include some material, ltt
silver bars or ore bars, which Is parted
or refined in this country, and so in
cluded In the quantity produced here
from imported ores or bullion. -This
amount it is not possible to ascertain
from the treasury or other reports.
Tho rmnntitv ; siven above reDresents
.approximately the silver used In the
arts In this country, 6ince tnere is no
reason to believe that there was any
large accumulation of stocks during
the year." ; - - -
Imports of silver into the united
States in all forms in 1900 reached
$39,780,105. compared with $30,843,929
in 1900. Exports of silver to all coun
tries and In all forms footed up $66,
221.664. comnared with $53,461,737 in
the year previous, v Thus, while this
country gained little or no suver irora
mining compared with 1900 its gain by
import was $8,936,176, which is more
than offset by an Increase of $12,759,-.
927 in expr ;ts. ...
The rmantitv received from South
America is Increasing, but is still com
paratively small, or the exports last
year 81.4 per cent went to Great Brit
ain and 16 tier cent to China, only 2.6
per cent going to other countries.
China and India were also the ultimate
destinations of a large part of the sil
ver sent to London, we lmporiea m
iftno $33 078.666 from Mexico and sent
to that country but $32,472, showing
that much of the Mexican bullion Is
handled in our refineries.
If we add to these favorable ngurea
the fact that the bullipnizing bills are
hneieasiv stalled in the house of rep
resentatives we may reasonabjy con
clude that the outlook for silver is rroc
half bad. If the mines are not halted
by executive action, the Sherman dui--lion
reserve will be entirely used up
by February, 1902 ;
If there ever was a set of men whose
consciences have been seared ts with
a hot iron. It is the Imperialistic
nreachers. They have become so be
sotted with commercialism , that they
cannot distinguish any lopger between-
morals and depravity. When one or
them -was confronted with a few ques
tions about how he could go into the
pulpit and read "Thou shalt not kill''
and then advocate the killing of the.
Filipinos-and the looting of their isl-
andsi he looked at the questioner ta
the greatest amazement ana men ae
Marert that a man who would ask
such questions must be crazy. That is
exactly the way some of the preachers
acted when we declared that human
el a verv should, be abolished. - These
men have come down to a level with ;
the lowest politician.
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